GAZETTEKR '^ 



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Business Directory 



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WINDHAM COUNTY, VT., 



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Compiled and Published by 

HAMILTON CHILD, 

ADTHOR OF WAYNE, ONTARIO, SENECA, CAYUGA, TOMPKINS, ONONDAGA, MADISON, 
CORTLAND, CHEMUNG, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, ORLEANS, HERKIMER, CHENANGO, 
NIAGARA, ONEIDA, MONROE, GENESEE, SARATOGA, MONTGOMERY AND FULTON, 
ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY, RENSSELAER, WASHINGTON, WYOMING, LEWIS, 
COLUMBIA, SULLIVAN, SCHOHARIE, OTSEGO, ULSTER, CHAUTAUQUA, ST. 
LAWRENCE, BROOME AND TIOGA, CATTARAUGUS, ALLEGANY, AND 
OTHER COUNTY DIRECTORIES IN NEW YORK STATE, AND ERIE 
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES, THE BRADFORD OIL DISTRICT IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, BENNINGTON, RUTLAND, ADDISON, CHIT- 
TENDEN, FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE, LAMOILLE 
ORLEANS AND WINDSOR COUNTIES IN VERMONT. 



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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



" He that bath much to do, will do something wrong, and of thau vrong must suffer the conse- 
quences ; and if it were possible that he should always act rightly, yet when such numbers are 
to judge of his conduct, the bad will censure and obstruct him by malevolence, and the good 
sometimes by mistake." — Samuel Johnson. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y.: 
Printed at the Journal Office, 
July, 1884. 






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Explanation.— Find the Year and observe the Letter above it ; then look for the Month, and 
i n a line with it find the Letter of the Year ; above the Letter find the Day and the figures on the 
left, In the same lino, are the days of the same name in the month. 

Leap Years have two letters ; the first is used till the end of February, the second during the 
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IKTRODUCTION. 



In presenting to the public the " Gazetteer and Business Directory of 
Windham County," we desire to return our sincere thanks to all who have 
kindly aided in obtaining the information it contains, and thus rendered it 
possible to present it in the brief space of time in which it is essential such 
works should be completed. Especially are our thanks due to the editors 
and managers of the county papers, for the uniform kindness they have 
evinced in calling public attention to our efforts, and for essential aid in fur- 
nishing material for the work. We have also found valuable aid in " Thomp- 
son's Vermontj" "Deming's Vermont Officer's;" Hiland Hall's "Early History 
of Vermont;" " Hall's Geography and History of Vermont ;" " B. H. Hall's 
History of Eastern Vermont ;" the " Documentary History of New York ;" 
Lanman's " Dictionary of Congress ;" Palmer's " History of Lake Champlain ;" 
" Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley ;" " History of the Town of New- 
fane ;" " History of Brattleboro," by Henry Burnham ; various pamphlets of 
centennial celebrations, etc.; in the reports of the Adjutant-General and State 
School Superintendent; Beers, Ellis «Sr Soule's "Atlas of Windham county;" 
and also the geological reports of Hitchcock and Hagar. Our thanks are also 
due to the clergy throughout the county, and to C. P. Stickney, of BrookHne ; 
Charles F. Eddy, of Bellow's Falls, (for manuscript history of Rockingham ;) 
Kittredge Haskins, (for history of First National Bank,) George B. Sargent, 
J. I. Cutting, Fred W. Childs, WiUiam S. Newton and Timothy Vinton, of 
Brattleboro ; Samuel H. Jones, of Needham, Mass.; Hon. James H. Phelps, of 
West Townshend, (for the very complete hst of county officers on pages 34 to 
43 inclusive, originally compiled by him for his History of Townshend, soon 
to be issued;) Hon. Hoyt K. Wheeler of Jamaica, and to many others 
throughout the county who have rendered valuable aid. 

That errors have occurred in so great a number of names and statements is 
probable, and that names have been omitted which should have been inserted is 
• quite likely. We can only say that we have exercised more than ordinary dili- 



INTRODUCTION. 



gence and care in this difficult and complicated feature of book-making. Of 
such as feel aggrieved in consequence of errors or omissions, we beg pardon, 
and ask the indulgence of the reader in noting such as have been observed in 
the subsequent reading of the proofs, and which are found corrected in the 
Errata, following this Introduction. 

It was designed to give a brief account of all the church and other societies 
in the county, but owing, in some cases, to the neghgence of those who 
were able to give the necessary information, and in others, to the inability of 
any one to do so, we have been obliged to omit special notices of a few. 

We would suggest that our patrons observe and become familiar with the 
explanations at the commencement of the Directory, on page 305. The 
names it embraces, and the information connected therewith, were obtained 
by actual canvass, and are as correct and reliable as the judgment of those 
from whom they were solicited render it practicable. Each agent is furnished 
with a map of the town he is expected to canvass, and he is required to pass 
over every road, and to call at every dwelling and place of business in the 
town, in order to obtain the facts from the individuals concerned whereve 
possible. 

The margins have been left broad to enable any one to note changes op- 
posite the names. 

The Advertisers represent many of the leading firms and business men of 
this and other counties, and we most cheerfully commend them to the pat- 
ronage of those under whose observation these pages may come. 

We take this occasion to express the hope that the information found in 
this book will not prove devoid of interest and value, though we are fully 
conscious that the brief history of the county the scope of the work enables 
us to give, is by no means an exhaustive one, and can only hope that it may 
prove a nucleus and incentive to future historians, who will be the better able 
to do full justice to the subject. 

While thanking our patrons and friends generally for the cordiality with 
which our efforts have been seconded, we leave the work to secure that favor 
which earnest endeavor ever wins from a discriminating public, hoping they 
will bear in mind, should errors be noted, that " he who expects a perfect 
work to see, expects what ne'er was, is, nor yet shall be." 

HAMILTON CHILD. 



ERRATA. 

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



HISTORICAL. 

County Chapter. — The Rockingham Transcript, a weekly published 
at Bellows Falls, was established by A. VV. McDonald, editor and pro- 
prietor, the first number appearing Saturday, May 24, 1884. The 
Transcript, judging from the number now before us, is a well printed 
sheet, containing four large pages of eight columns each. 

SrattlehorO. — On page 137, in the sketch of Henry Dwight Holtou, M. 
D., A. M., in the second line, read seventeen years instead of "fifteen." — 
Dr. Holton has also been a director of the Vermont National Bank for 
the last six years, president of the Brattleboro Gas Light Co., chairman 
of the school board for several years, and chairman of the building com- 
mittee who have in charge the erection of the new High school building. 

In the sketch of Hon. Samuel Clark, on page 114, third line from the 
bottom, read survived, instead of survive. Samuel Cushman Clark died 
March 10, 1864. 

In the fourteenth line of the sketch of James Fisk, on page 146, read 
Love, instead of " Leone." 

In the second line of the sketch of Stephen Greenlief, on page 146, read 
1768 instead of " 1868 " In the same sketch, fifth line from the bot- 
tom of page, read Mrs. Love Fiske, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
George W. Hooker, was the daughter of his second wife, Cynthia Snow, 
of Chesterfield, N. H. 

DIRECTORY. 

SellOWS Falls. — Bellows Falls Skating Rink Co., Wheeler & Murphy 
managers ; George B. Wheeler, Edward D. Murphy, L. P. Moody and 
Libby, proprietors ; Island ave. 

Earle Frank R., (E. & Hitchcock) bds 11 Center st.. Terrace. 

Earle & Hitchcock, (Frank R. Earle & Ransom C. Hitchcock) successors to 
A. F. Holden, dealers in boots, shoes and rubbers, 17 Union block. 
The Square. 

FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., A. N. Burbank, of Boston, Mass., treas. 

HECKER ANTON, (Hecker & Kiniry) bds Wilson's block. The Square. 

HECKER & KINIRY, (Anton H. & John C. K.,) successors to A. R. 
Winnewisser, manufs. of cigars, and dealers in tobacco and cigars, whole- 
sale and retail, also pipes and smokers goods, The Square. 

Hitchcock Ransom C, (Earle & Hitchcock). 

Holden Amos F., has sold his boot and shoe business to Earle & Hitchcock, 
and is assisting his wife in the millinery business. 

KINIRY JOHN C, (Hecker & Kiniry) bds Wilson's block. The Square. 

LARRABEE TIMOTHY, h Canal St., moved from Halifax. 

*LIVERMORE BROS., job printers, The Square, have removed to Lovell's 
block, Rockingham st. 

McDonald ARTHUR W., editor and prop, of Rockitigham Trans- 
script^ bds 19 South. 

O'Brien Daniel, (O'Brien & Son,) farm 250, h in Walpole, N. H. 

O'Brien Daniel C, (O'Brien & Son) h in Walpole, N. H. 



ERRATA ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



O'Brien & Son, (Daniel and Daniel C.,) ilealers in fresh and salt meats, veg- 
etables, milk, etc., 9 Bridge. 
ROCKINGHAM TRANSCRIPT, A. W. McDonald, editor and prop. Lov- 

ell's block. 
Smith James O., on page 333, now runs a meat wagon, h Henry st. 
Wheeler George B., (Bellows Falls Skating Rink Co.) proprietor of Wheeler's 

steam laundry, and custom shirt factory, and leader of Bellows Falls 

band. 
WILCOX JAMES T., clerk for O'Brien & Son, h North Walpole, N. H. 
WILLIAMS JAMES H., instead of " James N. H.," as printed on page 

336. 
WILLIAMS NATHAN G., has moved to School st. 
WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., has sold his business to Hecker & Kiniry, 

and moved to Colorado. 
Brattlehoro Viiia^e.— ADAMS LEROY E., is a patron of this work.. 
Bardwell Lucius, slater, h 93 Frost. 

BURCHARD KATE M., widow of Rev. Horace, h 19 Grove. 
Chase Henry S. Capt., h 82 Frost. 
Cowing Dwight, (Shaw & Cowing) bds 42 Main. 
CROSBY EDWARD C, is a patron of this work. 

*DICKINSON CHAUNCEY B., has sold his business to A. E. Thurber. 
EDDY C. H. & CO., are patrons of this work. 
FISKE LOVE C, is a patron of this work. 
GREGG JAMES W., is a patron of this work. 
HODGKINS MARTIN O., is a patron of this work. 
HOWE C. L. & SON, photographers, are patrons of this work. 
*JACOBS JAMES EUGENE has moved from Elliot st. His factory is now 

at West Brattleboro, and his office on Western ave. 
MILLER MARY, widow of George Rodney, is a patron of this work. 
RICHARDSON WILLIAM F., (W. F. Richardson & Co.) dealer in live 

stock, and farmer 535, h High. 
*SELLICK & DAVIS, are patrons of this work. 
Shaw Fred L., (Shaw & Cowing) bds 42 Main. 
Shaw & Cowing (Fred L. S. & and Dwight T. C.) 5 and 10 cent goods, fancy 

goods, and kitchen furniture, Elliot st. 
Simonds & Pullen, (James A. S. and Albert J. P.) successors to A. C. Daven- 
port, dealers in groceries and provisions. 
Thomas & Ward, (Mrs. O. M. Thomas and Miss A. E. Ward) millinery and 

fancy goods. Main st. 
*THURBER ALBERT E., successor to C. B. Dickinson, prop of bakery, and 

dealer in crackers, bread, cake, confectionery, etc., 57 Main, h 49 High. 
TYLER ROYALL, not " Royal," as printed on page 372. 
WHITNEY EDWIN D., instead of "Edward D.", as printed on page 375. 
WILDER JOSEPH, is a patron of this work. 

Brattlehoro ToWil. —HAYNES CLIFTON F„ moved to Guilford. 
SARGENT GEORGE B., is a patron of this work. 
STOCKWELL ARAD H., is a patron of this work. 
Stowe Alonzo T., Harriet and Lettia L., instead of "Stone," as printed on 

page 385. 
THOMAS GEORGE H., is a patron of this work. 
THURBER HORACE M., (West Brattleboro) r — , owns farm 45, moved 

from Guilford. 
WARE OSCAR T., instead of " Oscar F.", as printed on page 386. 



ERRATA ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



J>lZ222222ePSt022.— CORSER ADELBERT M. and ERASTUS T., are 

located on road 17, not " 14," as printed on page 398. 
DODGE WILLARD, is located on r 4, not " 34," as printed on page 398. 
DUTTON STEPHEN L.,is located on road 55, not "27/ 'as printed on page 

398. 
JOHNSON FRANK A., is located on road 47, instead of "46", as printed 

on page 400. 
Grafton.— GOODRIDGE Samuel W., is a patron of this work. 

Guilford. — Bullock John L., is located on road 7, instead of "17," as 
printed on page 546. 

KING CYNTHIA A., is a patron of this work. 

RICHMOND HERBERT J., on page 551, is also prop, of a grist-mill. 

Wilder Henry N., instead of " Henry M.," as printed on page 554. 

Halifax.— ?>T ARK JEDEDIAH, is a patron of this work. 

Worden Charles, farmer, son of Isaac H. 

Jai22aiC3.— MAGOON EDWARD, on page 427, is also prop, of a saw- 
mill. 

RUBY GEORGE M., instead of "George W.," as printed on page 429. 

Marlboro. — The following named residents of Marlboro receive their mail 
at South Newfane, a postoffice established since our canvass, as per 
advice of the postmaster : Francis C. Adams, Alvin B. Bruce, Charles 
Bruce, Warren E. Bruce, King D. Charter, Anson H. Collins, Henry M. 
Collins, Gracia Goodell, Arminda Hale, Harlow E. Howe, Charles E. 
Ingram, Maria S. Johnson, and John O. Metcalf. 

CORBETT CECIL M., (West Marlboro) r 49, carpenter and joiner, owns 
grist-mill and saw-mill with John N., and farmer 40, instead of as printed 
on page 446. 

CORBETT JOHN N., (West Marlboro) r 49, carpenter, owns saw-mill and 
grist-mill with C. M., and farmer 40. instead of as printed on page 446. 

JVew/ane.— BENNETT EDFORD O., instead of "Elford O ," as printed 
on page 451. 

DAVIDSON MILON, not " Milan," as printed on page 453. 

Howard Bros., (Williamsville) card-board mill, Parker S. Simonds, general 
supt. 

Piztnej^.— CRAWFORD ELLEN, is a patron of this work. 

Rockingham. — ALEXANDER JOHN F., is a patron of this work. 

HOIT THEOPHILUS, is a patron of this work. 

PERRY HANNAH B., (Saxton's River) widow of George, resides with her 
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Alexander. 

SCOFIELD FRANK B., (Saxton's River) (Barry & Scofield) not "Bar- 
ney & Scofield," as printed on page 479, h Main. 

^TowiZSTieild.— CARPENTER MARK Mrs., is a patron of this work. 

Colburn Hattie E., (Townshend) assistant teacher Leland and Gray Sem- 
inary. 

FLETCHER HARRIET, is a patron of this work. 

PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., postoffice address is West Townshend, not 
"Townshend," as printed on page 492. 

Spaulding F. B., (Townshend) principal of Leland and Gray Seminary. 

WILLARD WARREN H., instead of "Warner H.," as printed on page 495. 

Vernon, — Baker Michael, (Vernon) r 9^, farmer — acres. 

BROOKS NATHANIEL, is located on road 16, instead of " 10," as printed on 
page 496. 



8 ERRATA — GENERAL CONTENTS. 

GOULD GILBERT F., on page 497, is located on road 18. 

MILLER SIDNEY S., instead of "Sidney L.," as printed on page 498. 

Wardsboro.— READ JUSTIN C, instead of "Justin B.," as printed on 
page 506. 

Westmins ter.—CAMFBELL CHARLES C, instead of "George C," 
as printed on page 509. 

Gage Sidney & Co., are props, of a basket factory, not " bracket factory," as 
printed on page 512. 

SNOW MORTON A., not " Martin A.," as printed on page 518. 

Stearns William G., not " Stears," as printed on page 518. 

STEVENS ALFRED, is a patron of this work, and his postoffice is West- 
minster West, not " Westminster," as printed on page 518. 

Wilmington. — Haskell Newland M., instead of "W. N.," as printed on 
page 537. 

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 
Academies and Schools. 

Leland and Gray Seminary, F. B. Spaulding, principal ; Hattie E. Col- 
burn, assistant, Townshend 
Basket Makers. 

Gage Sidney & Co,, r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster 

Book Binders. 
LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry & Atkinson st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Grist and Flouring: Mills. 
CARPENTER BROS., r 39, Guilford 

STATTON HERBERT A., manager, 

FLINT O. C, Jamaica 

Eddy F. W., Townshend 

Quarry. 

Lyon G. E. & Co., (granite) D. J. Bailey, foreman. West Dummerston, 

Dummerston 

GENERAL CONTENTS. 

Almanac or Calendar for 20 years 2 

Business Directory, by towns 305 

Census Table, 1 7 7 1 to 1 880 "'304 

Classified Business Directory 555 

County Officers 11 

Courts in Windham County 12 

Distance Table '"'304 

Errata ... 5 

Gazetteer of County 17 

Gazetteer of Towns 79 

Justices of the Peace 11 

Mail Routes and Stage Lines 14 

Map of Windam County inside of back cover 

Postal Rates and Regulations 12 

Postoffices and Postmasters 13 

Publisher's Notes 619 

Societies 15 

Town Clerks , 12 

Town Representatives 12 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 9 

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 

PORTRAITS. 

Athens — A. A. Wyman 8i 

Brattleboro — Rev. Horace Burchard 125 

C. L. Brown 95 

Lafayette Clark (steel) 115 

Samuel Clark, (biography page 114) 112 

Charles Newton Davenport, (steel) (biography page 138) 152 

Jacob Estey, (steel) 88 

James Fisk 1 46 

Francis Goodhue, (biography page 119) 128 

Joseph Goodhue 120 

Henry Dwight Holton 136 

Daniel Kellogg, (biography page 126) 132 

Anthony Van Doom, (biography page 133) i34 

Dummerston — William H. Greenwood, (steel) 181 

Jamaica — J. E. Butler 232 

David Eddy 228 

Newfane — W. H. Williams 264 

Putney — David Crawford 281 

Rockingham — D. Campbell, M. D., (steel) *3°4 

John A. Farnsworth, (steel) (biography page '304) 296 

Theophilus Hoit, (steel) 3°4 

George Perry, (steel) *3°4 

Benj. Scofield, (steel) '304 

TowNSHEND — Rev. H. Fletcher '°3°4 

A. C. Howard, (biography page "304) ^^3°4 

Charles Phelps, (steel) ''304 

James H. Phelps, (steel) '^304 

Westminster — Homer Goodhue, (biography page "304) "3°4 

Ira Goodhue, (biography page "304) *'*3°4 

Rev. Alfred Stevens ^''304 

Wilmington— A. B. Childs *'3°4 

views. 

Brattleboro — Brooks House i°3 

Estey Organ Works 9° 

Glen wood Classical Seminary 108 

Hayes Homestead ^^^ 

Vermont Asylum for the Insane i°5 

Congregational Church ' 5^ 

Baptist Church ^57 

Unitarian Congregational Church ^54 

INDEX TO BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 

Athens 305 

Bellows Falls, Village 3^8 

Brattleboro, Village 338 

Brattleboro, Town outside^of fire district 377 

Brookhne ". 387 

Dover 39^ 

Dummerston 39^ 

Grafton 405 

Guilford 545 



lO INDEX TO BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Halifax 414 

Jamaica 421 

Londonderry 433 

Marlboro 445 

Newfane 450 

Putney 462 

Rockingham, outside of Bellows Falls 470 

Somerset 482 

Stratton 483 

Townshend , 486 

Vernon 495 

Wardsboro 501 

Westminster 508- 

Whitingham 520 

Wilmington, Village 530 

Wilmington, town outside of corporation 533. 

Windham 541 

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Adams & Haynes, water tanks, sap gatherers, etc., Wilmington,. .534 and 548 

Allen C. E., florist and seedsman, Brattleboro 358 

Anderson & Reed, plumbers and gas fitters, Brattleboro 374 

Bellows Falls Times, printing, Bellows Falls 310 

Butterfield Charles W., florist, Langshan fowls, Bellows Falls 326 

Carpenter E. P. Organ Co., organs and actions, Brattleboro 374 

Central Vermont R. R 578 

Chamberlain B. N., hats, caps, robes, etc., Brattleboro 586 

Day J. F., sash, doors, etc.. Bellows Falls 326 

Drown & Bliss, boots and shoes, Brattleboro 390 

Farr N. H., insurance. Bellows Falls 326 

Goodell J. W. & Co., marble monuments, Burlington. . ..facing' back cover 

Goodridge S. W., fishing rods, Grafton 586 

Halladay A. A. & L. H., Langshan fowls, Bellows Falls 326 

Hayes L. S., insurance, Bellows Falls 420 

Henry, Johnson & Lord, proprietary medicines, Burlington 607 

Jacobs J. E., folding furniture, Brattleboro 390 

Lake H. E., pianos, organs, etc., Saxton's River 484 

Leonard D., printing, Brattleboro 358 

Livermore Brothers, printing, Bellows Falls, 420 

Lockwood & Wheeler, contractors and builders, Bellows Falls 420 

Londonderry Sifter, printing. South Londonderry 516 

Merriam D. S. Dr., physician, Shelburne Falls, Mass 618 

Mitchell A. S., hemlock bark and lumber 484 

Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain R. R., 609 

Perry F. W. & Son, tanners, Jamaica 452 

Post C. C, sugar makers' supplies, Burlington 596 

Reformer Windham Co., printing, etc., Brattleboro 342 

Robinson Amos, cancer doctor, St. Albans 564 

Selleck & Davis, printers, Battleboro 586 

Sherman & Jennie, insurance, real estate, etc., Brattleboro 406 

Starkey & Wellman, clothing, Brattleboro 516^ 

Thompson C. F. & Co., hardware, groceries, etc., Brattleboro 452 

Thurber A. E., baker and confectioner, Brattleboro 484 

Van Doom M. T. & Son, crockery, etc., Brattleboro 452- 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS — CONGRESSMEN COUNTY OFFICERS. 1 1 

Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, inside back cover 

Vermont Phcenix, printing, Brattleboro 436 

Vermont State Normal School, Castleton '"304 

Williams & Co., paper stock, Bellows Falls 420 

Winnewisser A. F., furniture, crockery, etc., Bellows Falls 484 

CONGRESSMEN. 

United States Senators. 

Justin F. Morrill— (1885) George P. Edmonds (1887) 

United States Representatives. 
John W. Stewart Luke D. Poland 



STATE JUDICIARY. 

Homer E. Royce, Chief Justice Supreme. Vouit St. Albans- 

Timothy P. Redfleld, First Assistant Justice, Montpelier 

Jona.th.&n'R.oss, iiecond Assistant Justice, St. Johusbury 

W. Henry Powers. Third Assistant Justice Morrisville 

Wheelock G. Veasey, Fo\irth Assistant Justice, Rutland 

'S.M&BeW.H.I&tt, Fifth Assistant Justice, Burlington 

John T. Rowell, Sixth Assistant Justice, West Randolph 

Edwin F. Pttlmer, /BepoWe»^S Waterbury 



COUNTY OFFICERS. 

Assistant Judges, County Court. P. O. Address. 

Ranslure W. Clarke Bratileboro 

Andrew A.Wyman Athens 

Judges of Probate. 

Royall Tyler, District of Marlboro Brattleboro 

Abishai Stoddard, District of Westminster, Westminster 

County Clerk, 

Royall Tyler Brattleboro 

State's Attorney. 

A. Augustine Butterfleld Whitingham 

High Sheriflf. 
J. Washburn Melendy, Londonderry 

DEPUTIES 

SethN. Herrick / 



Dorr C'lougb, Putney- 
Nelson Winslow Townshend 

Oscar R. Garfield West Townshend 

Charles Jackson West Northfleld, Mass. 

Henry N. Pitts Wardsboro 

Henry H. Hoy t Williamsville 

J-H^'nry Kidder iwilmington 

N.M.Haskell f ^ 

George W. Metcalf Westminster 

11. C. Millington Whitingham 



Alonzo Starkey ^ Brattleboro 

Frlnttf^ T rZl^\ ~'^' \ Bellows Falls 

r ranklin A. George ) 

Francis Phelps. . . Grafton 

J.Henry Richmond Guilford 

John Q. Shumway Jamaica 

William A. Brown Jacksonville 

Barnet S. Wait Londonderry 

Henry W. Bellows Marlboro 

High Bailifl. 

George E. Selleck Brattleboro 

State Senators. 

Julius J. Estey Brattleboro 

William B. Cutting Westminster 

• Justices of the Peace. 

Athens.— Amos T. Ball, Eugene S. Kingsley, Nial Bemis, William C. Robbins, Andrew A. Wy- 
man. 

Brattleboro.— William S. Newton, Royall Tyler. Edgar W. Stoddard, Kittredge Haskins, Rans- 
lure W. Clarke, James M. Tyler, Jonathan G. Eddy, T. J. B. Cudworth, Levi K. Fuller, Pres- 
ton P. Perry, John W. Burnap, John S. Cutting, William W. Lynde. Peleg Barrows, Oscar 
D. Estabrook. 

Brookli.ne.— Erastus Whitney, William Adams, John B. Stebbins, Everett P. Wellman, Timothy 
M. AUbee. 

Dover —George E. Rice, Anson B. Collins, Stillman H. Lazell, George B. Boyce, Gilbert W. 
Yeaw. 

Dummerston. — Jesse E. Worden, Thomas N. Reed, Oscar L. P. Bennett, George R. Bennett, 
Sanford W. Wilson. 

Grafton.— Samuel Phelps, William G. Wyman, Thomas W. Davis, Charles W. Haskell, Sidney 
Holmes. 

Guilford.— Samuel L. Hunt, William W. Barney, J. Henry Richmond, Nathan P. Chapin, Fran- 
cis G. Taylor, HoUis H. Burnett. 

Halifax —William E. French, Lemuel M. Woodard, Frank Worden, Albert M. V. Hagar, J ede- 
diah Stark. 

Jamaica.— Fred B. Pier, Prank E. Smith, John L. Knowlton, Edwin P. Russell, David Eddy, 
William P. Gleason. 

Londonderry.— William W. Pierce, Dwight Tyler, Artemas W. J. Wilkins, Henry A. Walker, 
Daniel D. Waite, Nelson S. Colburn, Clarence A. Peabody. 



12 COUNTY OFFICERS — COURTS — RATES OF POSTAGE. 

Marlboro.— Albert M. Prouty, Joseph H. Hatnilton, Henry W. Bellows. 

Nbwfane.— Eugene P. Wheeler, Frederick O. Burditt, Dennis A. Dickinson, Albert T. Warren, 

Samuel P. Miller, George W. Sherwin, George W. Redfleld. 
Putney.— Denison Davis, Oscar B. Blodgett, John P. Clark, Sterne O. Parker, Charles W. Kim- 
ball, Moses C. Ingalls, William S. Aplin. 
Rockingham.— Ira D. Burwell, Leonard C. Hubbard, Henry C. Wiley, Maynard F. Burt, Martin 

R. Lawrence, Josiah B. Divoll, Marshall M. Whitney, Luther G. Howard, Charles C. Chapin 

Zina H. Allbee, Herbert D. Ryder. Thomas H. Hughes. 
Somerset.— HoUis Town, William C. Bailey, Jason W. Rice, Asa Burnap, Reuben B. Grout. 
Stratton.— William Shepard, Edwin L. Grout, Ebenezer Allen, Jerome B. Temple. 
TowNSHBND.— James H. Phelps, John S. Fullerton, Oscar R. Garfield, Ira K. Batchelder 

Ormando S. Howard. David Howard, John L. Nichols. 
Vernon.— Lorenzo Brown, Artemas H. Washburn, Thomas Goodwillie, Jason C. Allen, Marshall 

I. Reed. 
Wardsboro.— Avery J. Dexter, Dorwin A. Hammond, Norman C. Johnson, Jedediah C. Estabrook, 

Addison J. Martin. 
Westminster —Henry C. Lane, Nathaa G. Pierce. William B. Cutting, Freeman C. Gorham, 

Daniel C. Wright, Ebenezer Hall, Marvin W. Davis, 
Whitingham.— Otis B. Wheeler. A. Augustine Butterfleld, George Porter, Horace B. Ballou, 

Charles S. Chase, Elijah Allen, Leonard Brown. 
Wilmington.— Stephen T. Davenport, Oscar E. Butterfleld, Edwin Titus, Clark Chandler, 

Hosea Mann, Jr. 
Windham.— David E. Robbins, Henry M. Bemis, Adelbert J. Stearns, Asahel Upham, Henry M. 

Abbott. 

Representatives. postoffice address, 

Athens — Jerry M. Powers, Athens 

Brattleboro— George W. Hooker Brattleboro 

Brookline— Charles P. Stickney Brookline 

DovER-Elwin H. Jones East Dover 

Dummerston— Lewis H. Lynde Brattleboro 

Grafton— Sidney Holmes Grafton 

Guilford— Francis G. Taylor Guilford 

Halifax— Lemuel M. Woodard Halifax 

Jamaica— Daniel Sherman Jamaica 

Londonderry— James L Martin. South Londonderry 

Marlboro— Asa Winchester Marlboro 

Newfane— Marshall O. Howe Newfane 

Putney— George H. Philips. Putney 

Rockingham -Francis A. BoUes Bellows Palls 

Somerset— Ebenezer Roberts Somerset 

Stratton— Willard Shepard Stratton 

Townshend— Philip H. Rutter Townshend 

Vernon — Frederick W. Johnson Vernon 

Wardsboro— Speucer Robinson Wardsboro 

Westminster— George R. Harlow Westminster West 

Whitingham— Amelins A. Wilder Whitingham 

Wilmington— Clinton C. Haynes Wilmington 

Windham— George W. Dimmick Windham 

Town Clerks. 
Athens, Eugene S. Kingsley; Brattleboro. WiUi&m S. Newton; Brookline. William Adams; Dover, 
Job A. Newell; Dnmmerston, Joseph Miller; Grafton .Lew is S. Walker; Gvilford. William W. 
Barney; /^//i/f/ai, Millard Wick; Jamaica, Frank E. Smith; io/fcfonrferry, Dwight Tyler; Marlboro, 
Albert M. Prouty; Newfane. Dennis A. Dickinson; Piiiney. Alexis B. Hewitt; Rockiiiglunn. Fran- 
cis A. Bolles; Somerset, Hollis Town: Stratioii. Lafayette Sheldon; Town.shend. Henry Salisbury; 
F(»r7icwi, Addison Whithed; Wardsboro, Avery J. Dexter; M'estjninster, Henry C. Lane; Whiting- 
ham, Hosea B. Ballou; MHlmington, Hosea Mann, Jr ; Windham, Luther B. Chapman. 

COURTS IN WINDHAM COUNTY. 

Supreme Court. 

At Court-Rooms, Brattleboro. 

Monday following the Second Tuesday after the Fourth Tuesday in January. 

County Court. 

At Court-House, Newfane. 

Second Tuesday in March and September. 

THE RATES OF POSTAGE. 

Postal cards one cent each, to all parts of the United States and Canada. 

first-class matter— two cents per half ounce or fraction thereof. 
Letters and all other mailable matter of other classes subject to letter postage by reason of a 
violation of the postal laws, two cents per half ounce to all parts of the United States and 
Canada. 

registration, drop letters, etc. 
On registered domestic letters and third and fourth-class matter an additional fee of ten cents 
is required. . ^ , 

Local or " drop" letters, that is for the city or town where deposited, two cents if delivered by 
carriers, and one cent if there is no carrier system, per half ounce 

Manuscript for publication in books, (except when accompanied by proof sheets,) newspapers 
And magazines chargeable as letters. 

free. 
Newspapers, to each actual subscriber in the county, where published, free of charge. 



RATES OF POSTAGE — POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. 



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SECOND-CLASS MATTER— TWO CENTS PER POUND. 

Newspapers and periodicals, transient excepted, to be prepaid at the oflBce of publication at 
twu cents per pound, or fraction thereof. 

THIRD-CLASS MATTER— ONE CENT FOR TWO OUNCES. 

(Must not be sealed.) 
Mail-matter of the third-class embraces books (printed), transient newspapers and periodicals, 
circulars, proot-sheets and corrected proof-sheets, manuscript copy accompanying the same, 
and all matter of the same general character, as above enumerated, the printing upou which is 
designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information, and post- 
age shall be paid thereon at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof. 

FOURTH-CLASS MATTER— ONE CENT FOR EACH OUNCE. 

Mailable matter of the fourth-class embraces labels, patterns, photographs, playing cards, vis- 
iting cards, address tags, paper sacks, wrapping paper and blotting pads with or without 
printed addresses thereon, ornamented paper, and all other matter of the same general charac- 
ter, the printing upon which is not designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or 
impart general information. This class also includes merchandise, and samples of merchandise, 
models, samples of ores, metals, minerals, seeds, &c., and any other matter not included in the 
first, second, or third-class, and which is not in its lorm or nature liable to destroy, deface or 
otherwise damage the contents of the mail-bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the 
postal service. Postage rate thereon, one cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof. 

Packages of mail-matter must not exceed four pounds each in weight, except in cases of sin- 
gle volumes of books. 

Undelivered letters and postal cards can be re-sent to a new address without additional charge. 

Senders may write their names on transient newspapers, books or any package in either class, 
preceded by the word "from." 

Stamps cut from th^ stamped envelopes a,re rejected by the postofBce. 

Stamped envelopes and wrappers, postal cards, and stamps of different denominations for 
sale at ihe postofBees. 

Stamped envelopes accidentally spoiled redeemed at any postoffice. 

POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. 



POSTOFFICE. 

Athens, 

Bartonsville, 

•Bellows Falls, 

*Brattleboro, 

Brookline, 

Camtjridgeport, 

Dover 

Dummerston, 

East Dover, 

East Jamaica, 

East Putney, 

•Grafton, 

Green River, 

Grove, 

Guilford, 

Guilford Center, 

Halifax, 

Jacksonville, 

Jamaica, 

Londonderry, 

Marlboro, 

Newfane, 

North Windham, 

Putney, 

Rawsonville, 

Rockingham, 

*Saxton's River, 

Somerset, 

South Halifax, 

*South Londonderry, 

South Newtane, 

South Wardsboro, 

South Windham, 

Stratton. 

Townshend, 

Vernon, 

Wardsboro, 

West Brattleboro, 

West Dover, 

West Dummerston, 

West Halifax, 

West Marlboro, 

Westminster, 

Westminster Station, 

Westminster West, 

West Townshend, 

West Wardsboro, 

Whit'ngham,- 

Williamsville, 

Wilmington, 

Windham, 

* Money order o£Sces. 



TOW.V. 

Athens, 
Rockingham, 
Ruckingham, 
Brattleboro, 
Brookline, 
Grafton, 
, Dover, 

Dummerston, 

Dover, 

Jamaica, 

Putney, 

Gtafton, 

Guilford, 

Halifax, 

Guilford, 

Guilford, 

Halifax, 

Whitingham, 

Jamaica, 

Londonderry, 

Marlboro, 

Newfane, 

Londonderry, 

Putney, 

Jamaica, 

Rockingham, 

Rockingham, 

Somerset, 

Halifax, 

Londonderry, 

Newfane, 

Wardsboro, 

Windham, 

Stratton, 

Townshend, 

Vernon, 

Wardsboro, 

Brattleboro, 

Dover, 

Dummerston, 

Halifax, 

Marlboro, 

Westminster, 

Westminster, 

Westminster, 

Townshend, 

Wardsboro, 

Whitingham, 

Newfane, 

Wilmington, 

Windham, 



POSTMASTER. 

Stephen C. Ranney. 
Harrison H. Bowker. 
Quartus E. Morgan. 
Charles H. Mansur. 
Virgil W Ranney. 
Warren G. iStevens. 
Emmons P. Knowlton. 
William O. Miller. 
Wells C Halladay. 
Aaron M. Butler. 
David M. Frost. 
Elizabeth S. Hall. 
Charles Clisbee. 
Daniel S. Worden. 
John A Stafford. 
Charlotte L. Barney. 
Alpheus F. Stone. 
Norris L. Stetson. 
John C. Robmson. 
Fred M. Leonard. 
Albert M. Prouty. 
John D. Pierce, 
Hezron W. Smith. 
Herbert E. Wheat. 
Fred B. Pier. 
Josiah B. Divoll. 
Elliot R. Osgood. 
Emma M. Town. 
Jedediah Stark. 
George) G. Smith. 
Mary A. Morse. 
George S. Johnson. 
Asa Smith. 
Lafayette Sheldon. 
Henry Salisbury. 
Addison Whithcd. 
Edward B. Bissell. 
Charles W. Eaton. 
Daniel A. May. 
William O. Miller. 
Lemuel B. Hall. 
Ira Adams. 
Austin Goodridge. 
Frank A. Spaulding. 
Mary F. Clark. 
Levi W. Page. 
Osmer C. Fitts. 
Horatio N. Hix. 
Charles E. Park. 
Orrin O. Ware. 
Asa Smith, 



14 RATES FOR MONEY ORDERS MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES. 

Rates of Commission Charged for Money Orders. 

On orders not exceeding $10.00, etght cents; over $10.00 and not exceeding $15.00, ten cents; 
over $15.00 and not exceeding S30.00, fifteen cents; over $30.00 and not exceeding $40.00, twenty 
cents; over $40.00 and not exceeding $50.00, twenty-five cents; over $50 00 and not exceeding 
$60.00. thirty cents; over $00.00 and not exceeding S7('. 00. thirty-five cents; over $70.00 and not 
exceeding $80.00, forty cents; over $80 00 and not exceeding $100 00, forty-five cents. No single 
order issued for a greater sum than $100.00. 



STAR MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES. 

No Stages Run on Sunday. 

Athens to Cambridgeport, (special supply) irregular, generally every day. W. Glynn, mail car- 
rier; one horse conveyance; no passengers. Express via Bellows Falls to Cambridgeport; 
Telegraph via Cambridgeport. 

Bellows Palls to Alstead, N. H., and return daily. Arrive from Alstead at 13:20 p. m., and 
return immediately. 

Bellows Falls by Saxton's River,Cambridgeport and Grafton to Townshend, 21 miles and 
back, twice daily to Saxton's River, and once daily the residue Leave Bellows Falls via Sax- 
ton's' River for Townshend at 12:10 p. m., arrive at Townshend 5:15 p. si ; leave Townshend ti a. m., 
arrive at Bellows Falli; at 11 a.m.; leave Kellows Falls for Saxton's River at 7:20 p. m. Arrive 
from Saxton's River at 8:40 a.m. William P. Cassidy. mail carrier; two horse stnge: fare Bel- 
lows Falls To Saxton's River, 50 cents; Cambridgeport, 75 cents; Grafton, $1.00; Townshend 
$1.25; Express via Bellows Falls or Townshend; telegraph to any point on the route. 

Brattleboro bv Guilford, Guilford Center, Greun River, Grove, Halifax. Jacksonville, 
Whitingham, Readsboro, &c. to North Adams, Mass.. 47\ miles and back daily. Leave Brattle- 
boro at 1 P. m., arrive at Jacksonville by 7 p. m ; leave Jacksonville in the morning, and arrive at 
North Adams by noon; leave North Adams after noon, arrive at Jacksonville in the evening; 
leave Jacksonville in the morning, and arrive at Brattleboro by 10 a. m. H.G.Davis is mail 
carrier between Jacksonville and North Adams, and M. F. Perry between Brattleboro and Jack- 
sonville. Two horse coach. Fare from Brattlpboro to Guilford 25 cents; Guilford Center. 50 
cents; Green River 75 cents; Halifax $1.01); West Halifax, $1 25: Jacksonville, $1.50; North 
Adams, $3.00. Express and telegrams should be sent via North Adams or Brattleboro. 

Brattlkboro, by West Brattleboro, Marlboro, West Marlboro, Wilmington. 20 miles, 
Searsburg, Bennington county, and Woodford to Bennington, 14 miles and back, daily. Arrive 
at Brattleboro from Wilmington at 9:30 a. m.. leave Brattleboro for Wilmington at 2 p.m.; 
leave Wilmington for Bennington about a m., arrive at Bennington by 11 a. m. ; leave Ben- 
nington about 1: 45 p. m., arrive at Wilmington about fi: 30 p. m. Charles E Snow, mail carrier 
from Brattleboro to Wilmington; John Rudd, from Wilmington to Bennington; two-horse stage. 
Fare from Brattleboro to Marlboro 75 cents ; to West Marlboro, 80 cents; to Wilmington, $1..50; 
to Bennington, $3.00; to North Adams, via Wilmington and Hartwellville, $3.00. Express via 
Brattleboro, North Adams, or Bennington. Telephone along the line. 

Brookline to Newfane. Mail carried every Tuesday and Friday. Our information is not 
perfect respecting this route. We suppose the mail leaves Brookline at 9.30 a. m.. and is re- 
ceived by 5.30 p. m. J. A. Shattuck is mail carrier; one-horse conveyance; sometimes carries 
passengers. Express and telegrams should be sent via Newfane. 

Chester Depot, Windsor coimty, by Chester. Simonsville, North Windham and South Lon- 
donderry TO Londonderry, and thence by L.^ndgrove, Peru, Winhall and Barnumville to 
Factory Point, Bennington county, 35 miles and back, daily to Londonderry, and Tuesday, 
Thursday and Saturday tfie residue. Leave Londonderry at S a. m.. arrive at Chester Depot 
about noon; leave Chester Depot at 1: 15 p. m , arrive at Londonderry at 5 p. m.: leave Lon- 
donderry for Factory Point at 8 a m ; returning, arrive at Londonderry at 4 p. m. Mail car- 
rier to Chester Dei)ot, J. P. Tarbell; two-horse stage; fare from Londonderry, $1.00. Mail car- 
rier to Factory Point, Charles C. Coleman ; two-horse stage; fare from Londonderry, $1.25. Ex- 
press should be sent via Factory Point or Chester Depot. 

Dummerston to Railroad Station, 3 miles and back, daily, connecting with mail trains. 

East Jamaica (Wardsboro Station) BY Wardsboro and West Wardsboro to Stratton. daily 
to Wardsboro and West Wardsboro; every other day, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, the 
residue. Arrive from Stratton at 7: 45 a m. returning, leave East Jamaica at 7: 50. H. Bissell, 
contractor; H. Waite. sub-contractor; A. K. Smith, driver; two-horse stage. Fare to Wardsboro 
30 cents; to West Wardsboro, 00 cents; from West Wardsboro to Stratton, 25 cents. One- 
horse stage. Express to Wardsboro Station. Telegrams should be sent to West Townshend. 

Jacksonville by South Halifax, Elm Grove. Mass., Coleraine, Griswoldville and Shat- 
tuckville to Shelburne Falls, 18 miles and back, daily. Leave Jacksonville at 0:30 a. m. ; ar 
rive at Shelburne Falls by 10 a. m., or in time to connect with mail train; leave Shelburne Falls 
at 1 p. m., arrive in Jacksonville by 5: 30 p. m. J. h. Alexander, mail carrier; two-horse stage. 
Fare through $1 25. Express and telegrams via Shelburne Falls 

Jamaica, by Rawsonvillk. Bondville to Winhall (thence to Manchester Depot, Bennington 
county, on the Bennington & Rutland railroad) and back three times a week. Leave Jamaica 
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8: :aO a ra., and returning, arrives at Jamaica on Tuesday, 
Thursday and Saturday at 7 p. ra. Frank Davis, mail carrier: two-horse stage. Fare from Ja- 
maica to Rawsonville 50 cents; to Bondville 00 cents: to Manchester, |1.40. Express from'ihe 
west should be shipped via. Manchester; from the east via. Jamaica. Telegrams should be sent 
via Jamaica or South Londonderry. 

North Windham by Windham to West Townshend, lOj^ miles, and back, daily. Leave Wind- 
ham at 4 p. m. for North Windham, and return at 5p m. Leave West Townshend at 3:40 p. m. 
for Windham, and returning, arrive at p m. Edwin Chase, mail carrier from West Town- 
shend to Windham ; Chauncey Harris from Windham to North Windham ; one-horse conveyance. 
Fare from Windham 25 cents each way. Express should be sent via Chester or West Townshend. 

Somerset to Searsburg, in Bennington county, 7 miles and back. Tuesday and Saturday. 
Leave Somerset at 8 a. m., arrive at Searsburg at 10 a m.; leave Searsburg at 11 a. m., ar- 
rive at Somerset by 1 p. m. 

South Wardsboro to Wardsboro, 3 miles and back, on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. 
Leave South Wardsboro at a. m., returning, arrive at South Wardsboro at 7 a. m. Gilman 
B. Brown, mail carrier; one-horse conveyance. Eare, 25 cents. Express and telegrams should 
■be sent via Wardsboro Station. 



MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES — SOCIETIES. IS 

Westminster West, TO Saxton's River and return, daily. Leave Westminster West about 9^ 
A. M., returning, arrive at 3:30 p. m., R. C Gould, mail carrier; one-horse conveyance; fare 25 
cents. Express via Saxton's River. Telegraph via Bellows Falls. 

WiLLIAMSVILLE STATION BY WiLLIAMSVILLE, SoUTH NeWPANE, EaST DOVER. and DoVER, tO WeST 

Dover, 15 miles and return, daily. Arrive at Williamsville Station from West Dover by 9 a.m., 
leave Williamsville Station by 7 p. m A. M. Merrifleld, mail carrier ; E. K. Cooley, driver ; two- 
horse stage : fare from Williamsville Station to Williamsville, 25 cents; South Newfane 25 
cents; East Dover,,60 cents; West Dover, $1,00. Express via Williamsville Station. Telegraph 
via Newtarm. 

Wilmington to Hartwellville, Bennington county, daily,to connect with stage from Jackson- 
ville, via Readsboro and Hartwellville, to North Adams, Mass. Pare $1.50 through. 

SOCIETIES. 

Masonic Fraternity. 

Brattlebobo. — Columbian Lodge, No. 36, F. & A. M., chartered January, 1856, meets second Tues- 
day of each mouth . Kitf redge Haskins, W. M., and Herbert E. Taylor, Sec'y. 
Brattleboro Lodge No. 103, F. & A. M., chartered June 16, 1881, meets last Monday in each 

month. J. Henry Pratt, W. M., and William C. Horton, Sec'v. 
Fort Dummer R. A. Chapter, No. 12, William H. Vinton. H. P.,'and D. A. Abbott, Sec'y. 
Connecticut Valley Council, No. 16, I. D. Bailey, T. I. M.; P. A. Whitney, Rec. 
Beauseant Commandery, No. 7. Henry W. Simonds. E. C, and D. A. Abbott, Rec. 
Grafton.— Keystone Lodge, No. ('5. F. & A. M., chartered June 15, 1871, regular communications 
first Wednesday on or before full of moon. H. A. Thompsoa, W. M., and S. Holmes, Sec'y. 
Jamaica.— Mt. Lebanon Lodge, No. 46, P. & A. M., chartered January 18. 1859. communications 

Fridays, on or before the full moon. John A. Butler. W. M., and J. Q. Shumway, Sec'y. 
Londonderry.— Anchor Lodge, No. 99, F, & A. M.. chartered June 13, 1872. communications Tues- 
days on or before the full moon, at South Londonderry. C. A. Whitman, W. M., and 
George G. Smith, Sec'y. 
West River Lodge, No 57, P. & A. M., chartered January 11, 1861, communications Wednes- 
days, on or before the full moon A. A. Curtis, W. M., and W. W. Wiley, Sec'y. 
Putney.— Golden Rule Lodge, No. 32, P. & A. M., chartered January 12, 1857, communications 
Wednesdays, on or before the full moon. C. W Kimball, W. M., and H. W. Gough, Sec'y. 
Rockingham.— King Solomon's Lodge, No. 45, P. & A. M., chartered January 13, 18.59. Communi- 
cations third Friday in each month, at Bellows Palls. Eugene S Leonard, W. M., and 
Charles S. Billings. Sec'y. 
Lodge of the Temple, No. 94, F. & A. M., chartered June 15. 1871, communications second 
Thursday of each month, at Bellows Palls J. C. Day, W M., and B. C. Buxton, Sec'y. 
Abenaqui Chapter, No. 19. R. A. M., chartered October 2, 1867, communications first Mon- 
day of each month, at Bellows Falls. O. A. Day, H. P., and Charles S. Howard, Sec'y. 
Bellows Falls Council, No. 19, R. & S. M., chartered June, 1878. meets first Monday of each 
month. H. W. Hutchins, T. I. M., and P. Adams, Rec 
TowNSHEND— Blazing Star Lodge, No. 23. chartered 1819and 1851, communications Thursdays, on 

or before full moon. E. S. Weston, W. M , and C. C Taft, Sec'y. 
Whitingham— Unity Lodge, No. 89. F. & A. M., chartered June 10, 1869, communications Thurs- 
days, on or before full moon, at Jacksonville. A. A Butterfleld, W M., and D. Byron 
Wheeler, Sec'y. 
Wilmington.— Social Lodge, No. 38, F. & A. M., chartered January 15, 1857, meets Wednesdays, 
on or before full moon Elmer J. Titus, W. M., and Edward Bell, Sec'y. 
Temperance Societies. 
Brattleboro,— St. Paul's Lodge. No. 75, I. O. G. T., organized in November, 1881, meets, Mon- 
day evenings of each week. Eugene Clark, W. C. T. 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, organized in 1877, meets Wednesday afternoon of 
each week. Mrs. J. S Brown. Pres't, and Mrs. D. H. ToUes, Sec'y. 
Grafton.— Grafton Division, No. 19, S. of T., organized in 1883, meets Monday evening of each 

week. S. D. Conant, W. P.. and L. M. Clark, R. S. 
Londonderry.— Sparkling Water Division, No. 25, S. of T.. organized March 10, 1884, meets Mon- 
day evening of each week. Rev H. C. Leavitt, W. P., and Fred A. Pierce. Scribe. 
Newfane.— LaFayette Division, No. 10, S. of T., organized May 28, 1881, meets Saturday evening 
of each week, at Fayetteville. 
Band of Hope, organized in Feb., 1882, meets at Fayetteville, every Saturday afternoon. 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, organized May 17, 1882, meets first Wednesday of 
each month. 
Putney.— Putnev Temperance Society, organized in 1874, meets once in two weeks, at Town Hall, 
Rockingham.— Bellows Falls Division. No. 9, S. of T., organized March 15, 1881, meets Monday 
evening of each week. J. N. Emery, W. P., and P. S. Ritter. R. S. 
Band of Hope, Mrs. L. B. Jackson, Sup't., meets second Sunday of each month. 
Royal Arcanum, organized March 1, 1884. Frank Whitman, S. G.. and J. D. Hurlburt, Sec'y. 
Townshend.- Townshend Division No. 18, S. of T., organized in November, 188.3. meets Thurs- 
day evening of each week. Andrew White, W. P.. and Mrs. C. C. Taft, R. S. 
Wilmington.— Waverly Lodge, No. 53, 1. O. G. T., meets Tuesday evening of each week. C. C. 
Clark, W. C. T., and A. H. Halladay, W. S. 

Patrons of Husbandry. 
Athens.— Golden Rule Grange, No. 160, O. R. Edwards, M.. and W. C. Robbins, Sec'y. 
Brattleboro.— Protective Grange, No. 22. C. W. Sargent, M., and Mrs. M.J. Sargent, Sec'y. 

Evening Star Grange. No. 154. G. B. Sargent. M., and F. E. Crosby, Sec'y. 
Grafton.— Grafton Grange, No. 117, A. J. Davis. M., and Mrs. A. J. Davis, Sec'y. 
Guilford.— Broad Brook Grange, No. 151, Orson Thayer, M., and J. L. Bullock, Sec'y. 
Halifax.— Guiding Star Grange, No. lo3, G. W. Putnam, M., and Ira Larrabee, Sec'y. 
Jamaica.— Sunny Side Grange, No. 147, Alvin Frost, M., and Mrs. C. W. Russell, Sec'y. 
LoNroNDERRY— Farmer's Grange, No. 137, L. N. Vaile, M., and S. O. Davis, Sec'y. ^ 

Marlboro.— Home Grange, organized January, 1883. E. P. Adams, M., and J. H. Hamilton, Sec y. 
Newfane.— Fayetteville Grange, No 153, S. Y. Brown, Jr., M., and Mrs. W. R. Rand, Sec'y. 
Townshend.— West River Grange, No. 118, G. H. Houghton, M., and Nelson Winslow, fc.ee y. 



1 6 SOCIETIES. 



Wardsboro.— Vermont Grange, No. 139, Alden Wakefield, M., A. M. Farnum, Sec'y. 
Westminster — Maple Grove Grange, No. 156, J. H. Clark, M., William B. Cutting, Sec'y. 
Windham.— Glebe Mountain Grange, No. 125, George W. Dimick, M., Bell B. Dimick, Secy. 

Grand Army of the Republic. 

Brattleboro. — Sedgwick Pest, No. 8, H. O. Leonard, Com., meets first and third Wednesday of 

each month. 
Jamaica.— Scott Post, No. 11, Milton L. Howard, Com., meets Saturday, on or before full moon. 
Londonderry.— Hooker Post, No. 5, W. W. Pierce, Com., meets first Saturday of each month. 
Newfane.— Birchard Post, No. 65, A.B. Frauklin,Com., meets 1st and 3d Wedcesday of each month. 
Rockingham.— E. H. Houghton Post, No. 34, George K. Russell, Com., meets second and fourth 

Monday of each month. 

Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

Brattleboro.— Wantastiquet Lodge, A. I. Williams, N. G. ; A. E. Rogers, P. S. ; meets every Mon- 
day evening. 
Rebekah Lodge, Mrs. J. C. Howe, N. G.;Mrs. H. O. Leonard, P. S. ; meets second and 

fourth Wednesday of each month. 
Oasis Encampment. J. C. Timson, C. P.; D. W. Tenney, P. S. ; meets first and third Thurs- 
day of each month. 
Halifax.— James L. Ridgely Lodge, No. 15, A. C. Niles, N. G. ; George L. Clark, P. S. ; meets every 

Friday evening. 
Rockingham. — Golden Rule Encampment, No. 15, Charles H. Lockwood, C. P.; W. A. Howard, S.; 
meets first and third Saturdays of each month. 
Amity Lodge, No. 47, D. of R., Mrs. E. L. Wheeler, N. G. ; Mrs. O. E. Hal), P. S.; meets 

every second and fourth Friday of each month. 
Bellows Falls Lodge, No. 23, tdmond L. Wheeler, N. G ;] Simon D. McLeod, P. S. ; meets 
Wednesday evening. 

Knights of Honor. 
Braitlkboro. — Knights of Honor, H. E. Taylor, D. ; A. A. Smith, R. ; meets second and fourth 
Wednesday of each month. 
Delta Lodge, No. 445, K. L. of H., John Orton, P., A. A. White, S. 
Rockingham. — Mt. Kilburn Lodge, No. 827, J. O. Spring, D; F..Carruthers,R. ; meets first and third 

Tuesday of each month, at Bellows Falls. 
Vernon. — Vernon Lodge, No, 1670, Timothy Eason, D.; meets) first and third Thursday of each 
month, at Vernon Center. 

Uands and Musical Societies. 

Brattleboro. — First Regimental Band, twenty-two pieces, Fred Leightsinger, leader. 

First Regimental Band Orchestra, twelve pieces, J. B. Simonds, leader. 

Philharmonic Society, Col. L. K. Fuller, Pres't ; D. A, Abbott, Sec'y ; has a male quartette 
and orchestra of sixteen pieces. 
Grafton. — Grafton Cornet Baud, fifteen pieces, Albert W. Dresser, leader. 
Jamaica —Kingsbury's Quadrille Band, five pieces, B. A. Kingsbury, leader. PostofiSce address, 

Rawsonville, Vt. 
Londonderry.— Londonderry Cornet Band, fourteen pieces, David W. Parker, leader. 

Richardson & Parker's orchestra, twelve pieces. 
Vernon.- Brooks & Melendy's orchestra, five pieces, A. L. Brooks, leader. 
Wilmington. — Wilmington Cornet Band, twenty-two pieces, H. F.Barber, leader. 

Military Companies. 

Brattleboro. — Estey Guard, George H. Bond, Capt.; F. W. Childs, 1st. Lieut. 
Fuller Battery, N. G. Vt., L. K. Fuller, Capt.; E. H. Putnam, Adj't. 

Fire Companies. 

Brattleboro.— Western Engine No. 1, (West Brattleboro), Hervey D. Harris, foreman. 

Hydropath, No. 1, (steam), sixty members, W. Dorr Perry, foreman. 

Fountain Engine. No. 1, eighty members. John Orton, foreman. 

Phoenix Engine, No. 6, sixty members, Thomas Finton, foreman. 

Protector Hook and Ladder, Charles Conant, foreman. 
Londonderry.— Champion Fire Company, (South Londonderry), forty-five members. C. A. Whit- 
man, foreman. 
Rockingham.— Bridgeman Hose Co. No. 2. (Bellows Falls), M. W. Marble, foreman. 

Abenaqui Hnse Co. No. 1, (Bellows Falls), Arthur Coolidge, foreman. 
Wilmington. — Boxer Engine No. 1, twenty-nine members, George Haynes, foreman. 

Miscellaneous Societies. 

Brattleboro.— Young Men Christian Association, organized April 16, 1883, 125 members, Col. J, 
J. Estey, Pres't 
Windham County Medical Society, organized June 24, 1849, and reorganized September 1, 

1880, meets four times each year ; J. Draper, Pres't, and James Corsland, Sec'y. 
Tyler Camp No. 2, S of V., L. D. Green, Com., was organized in May, 1883. 
Sedgwick Relief Corps, organized in 1883, Mrs. G. W. Hooker, Pres't ; Miss K. Leonard, 
Sec'y.; meets once each week at G. A. K. Hall. 
Grafton— Grafton Library Association, S. W. Goodridge, librarian, has 1,000 volumes. 
Londonderry. — Londonderry Library Association, organized in November 1882, W. L. Gibson, 

librarian, has 220 volumes. 
Rockingham.— Bellows Falls Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Rev. H. F. Austin, 
Pres't ; meets alternate Fridays. 
Bellows Falls Book Club, established in 1862, Mary C. Gale, librarian. 
Bellows Falls Literary Club, W. W. Slate, Pres't, was organized in 1880. 
Bellows Falls Ancient Order of Hibernians, Div. No. 2, Edward Barrett, Pres't., was 
organized January 26, 1881. 
Wilmington.- Wilmington Agricultural Society, M. A. Goodnow, Sec'y, was organized in 1850, 
and re-organized in 1883. 



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Windham County, Vt. 



No county in Vermont, probably, excels Windham in point of scenic 
beauty, and none can equal it in historical interest. Nearly every 
mountain, river and streamlet, throughout its entire length and 
breadth, has clustered about its name a wealth of historical lore over which 
the muse of history delights to linger — traditions that have inspired the pen 
of the poet, novelist, and historian to works of rare grace and beauty. Wind- 
ham county's sons, too, from the first who broke the solitude of her forests, 
have held a prominent place in the ranks of patriotism, honor and letters, 
where her thirteen sister counties have gained no unenviable position in 
the history of our country. It is not our purpose in this volume, however, to 
attempt a full and detailed history of this beautiful territory, but rather to 
place on record only the principal events connected with its history, to trace 
in outline the lives of a few of those hardy ones who braved the vicissitudes 
of pioneer life that their posterity, the present and future generations, might 
enjoy the fruits of their toil, to trace the erection of each one of the townships 
therein, and to hand down to future generations the names and occupations 
of the present residents. To accomplish this task, however, one must neces- 
sarily go back to the days when the county was not, and glance at the causes 
which brought it into existence, just as in describing a delicate wheel or pivot 
in a complicated piece of mechanism, it is necessary to understand the whole 
of the machinery and the relation the wheel or pivot bears thereto. 

It is very uncertain who were the first to visit America. Various authors 
of note have written on the subject, but their testimony is conflicting and 
uncertain ; for instance, Calmet, a distinguished author, brings forward the 
writings of Hornius, son of Theodosius the Great, who affirms that " at or 
about the time of the commencement of the Christian era, voyages from 
Africa and Spain into the Atlantic ocean were both frequent and celebrated ;" 
and holds that " there is strong probability that the Romans and Carthage- 

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nians, even 300 years B. c, were well acquainted with the existence of this 
country," adding that there are "tokens of the presence of the Greeks, Ro- 
mans, Persians, and Carthagenians, in many parts of the continent." These 
reports, however, only resolve themselves into mere conjecture. The first 
authentic record we hive of voyages of discovery to America are in the Ice- 
landic accounts. From these we learn that in the year 1,000, a. d, Lief, 
son of Eric the Red, embarked from Greenland on a voyage of discovery, 
and explored the eastern coast of North America as far south as Narragan- 
sett bay, in Rhode Island. Other discoverers and navigators followed this 
expedition, attempts at colonization were made, and the country explored, in 
some localities, quite a distance back from the coast; but dissensions among 
the colonists and wars with the natives at length put an end to these rude 
attempts at civilization. Except a few vague records and a "rune stone," 
found here and there throughout the territory, marking a point of discovery 
or perhaps the grave of some unhappy Norseman, the history of these explo- 
rations is wrapt in oblivion. Even the colonies in Greenland, established by 
Eric the Red in 986, a. d , and from which the explorers came, were at length 
abandoned and the site upon which they flourished became, for many years, 
forgotten. Finally, however, the fifteenth century was ushered in, marking 
an era of great changes in Europe. It put an end to the darkness of the 
middle ages; it witnessed the revival of learning and science and the birth of 
many useful arts, among which not the least was printing, while the invention 
of the mariner's compass in the preceding century having enabled sailors to go 
out of sight of land with impunity, a thirst for exploring unknown seas was 
awakened; long voyages were undertaken and important discoveries made. 

It was during this age of mental activity and growing knowledge that 
Christopher Columbus undertook the most memorable enterprise that human 
genius ever planned, and which renders his name undying. On the third of 
August, 1492, a little before sunrise, he set sail from Spain for the discovery 
of the western world. A little before midnight, on the thirteenth of October, 
he descried a light on the Island of San Salvador. From this moment prop- 
erly dates the complete history of America. From this time forward its pro- 
gress bears date from a definite period, and is not shrouded in darkness nor 
the mists of tradition. 

Two years after the discoveries of Columbus became known in England, 
Henry VII. engaged John Cabot, a Venetian merchant, to sail in quest of 
discoveries in the West, and this navigator, in 1497, reached the coast of 
Labrador, which he named Pttma-Vista, thusmaking, probably, the first visit 
of Europeans to the coast since the days of the Norsemen. This voyage was 
succeeded by others under Sebastian Cabot, son of John, in 1498, and by Gas- 
per Cortreal, from Portugal, to whom the discovery of the St. Lawrence some 
authorities claim is due. This adventurer returned to Lisbon in the month 
of October of that year, laden with timber and slaves^ seized from among the 
natives of the coasts he had visited. On a second voyage he perished at sea. 



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In 1504 the French first attempted a voyage to the New World; and in that 
year some Basque and Breton fishermen began to ply their calling on the 
banks of Newfoundland and along its adjacent coasts. From these the 
island of Cape Breton derived its name. In 1525 Stefano Gomez sailed from 
Spain and is supposed to have entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and to have 
traded upon its shores. A Castilian tradition relates that finding neither gold 
nor silver upon the coasts, nor anything which conveyed to these soidid ad- 
venturers an idea of mines of wealth of any kind, they frequently exclaimed 
" aca-nada^' signifying "here is nothing," and that the natives caught up the 
sound, which was repeated by them when other Europeans arrived, and thus 
gave origin to the designation of Canada. 

In 1534, Francis I., king of France, listening to the urgent advice of Philip 
Chabot, admiral of France, who portrayed to him in glowing colors the 
riches and growing power of Spain, derived from her trans-Atlantic colonies, 
despatched Jacques Cartier, an able navigator of St. Malo, who sailed April 
20, 1534, with two ships of only sixty tons each, and a hundred and twenty 
men, reaching Newfoundland in May. After coasting along for some time, 
without knowing it was an island, he at length passed the straits of Bellisle 
and traversed the gulf of St. Lawrence. Having spent part of the summer 
on these coasts, he sailed on the 25th of July, highly pleased with the hospi- 
table reception he had received from the natives, with whom he traded for 
furs and provisions. His report induced the French King to attempt a 
colony in the newly discovered regions; and in May, 1535, Cartier sailed 
with three small ships, with a numerous company of adventurers, and arrived 
on the coasts of Newfoundhind much scattered and weakened by a disas- 
trous storm of July 26th. Here they took in wood and water, and proceeded 
to explore the gulf, but were overtaken, August ist, by a storm which obliged 
them to seek a port, difficult of access, but with a safe anchorage, near the 
mouth of the " Great River." They left this harbor on the 7th, and on the 
10th came to a "gulf filled with numerous islands." Cartier gave to this 
" gulf" the name of St. Lawrence, having discovered it on that Saint's festival 
day. Proceeding on this voyage he explored both shores of the St. Law- 
rence. Pleased with the friendly disposition of the natives and the comfort- 
able prospects of a winter's sojourn, Cartier moored his vessels where a little 
river flowed into a "goodly and pleasant sound," which stream he named St. 
Croix, near the Indian village of Stacona, the cite of the present city of 
Quebec. Subsequently, October 2d, he ascended the river to a populous 
Indian village called Hochelaga, upon the site of which the city of Montreal 
now stands. Here Donnacona, an Algonquin chief, conducted Cartier to 
ths summit of a mountain about two miles from the village, and to which he 
gave the name of Mount Royal, or Montreal, and showed him, " in that 
bright October sun," the country for many miles south and east, and told him 
of great rivers and inland seas, and of smaller rivers and lakes penetrating a 
beautiful country belonging to the warhke Iroquois. This beautiful country 



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which the chief called Iroqnoisia, included the present State of Vermont. 
Thus, to Jacques Cartier, a French navigator and explorer, is due the honor of 
having been the first European to gaze upon the Green Mountains of Vermont. 

In May, Cartier returned to France, taking with him the Indian chief 
Donnacona, and two other prominent natives of the village, as prisoners ; 
and they, who had treated the Frenchmen with such uniform kindness, died 
in a strange land, exiles from their homes and friends. 

During each succeeding year for some time after, expeditions were sent 
out to the newly discovered river ; but misfortune attended them all, and no 
efficient attempt at colonizing the country was made until 1608, when De 
Monts, a (^alvinist, who had obtained from the king the freedom of religious 
faith for himself and followers in America, though under the engagement that 
the Catholic worship should be established among the natives, after several 
perilous voyages and much opposition, despatched Champlain and Pontgrave, 
two experienced adventurers, to establish the fur trade and begin a settle- 
ment. Samuel Champlain reached Quebec, where Cartier had spent the 
winter nearly three quarters of a century before, on the 3d of July. On the 
1 8th of the following April, 1609, in company with two other Frenchmen and 
a number of the natives, he started up the St. Lawrence, and, after a time, 
" turned southward up a tributary " and soon entered upon the lake which 
perpetuates his name. 

Thus came the first European upon the territory now included within the 
limits of Vermont, unless, perhaps, we accept the testimony of a curious 
document found a few years since on the banks of the Missisquoi river, in 
Swanton, as follows : In December, 1853, as Messrs. Orlando Green and 
P. R. Ripley were engaged in excavating sand on the left bank of the Missis- 
quoi, near the village of Swanton, they discovered, imbedded in the earth, a 
lead tube about five inches long and an inch and a half in diameter. Enclosed 
within this tube was found an ancient manuscript, bearing the following: — 

"Nov. 29 A D 1564. 

" This is the solme day I must now die this is the 90th day since we lef 
the Ship all have parished and on the Banks of this River I die to farewelle 
may future Posteritye know our end. JOHNE GRAVE." 

This document bore every appearance of being genuine, and nothing has 
been developed since to point in an opposite direction. It certainly does 
not seem improbable that a party of sailors should wander away from their 
ship, or for some cause be left behind, and that they should then become lost 
and finally die in the forest; and it is also very natural that a sailor should 
leave some record to tell of his fate ; but be this as it may, there is, of course, 
no positive evidence that the manuscript is genuine. 

The early explorations and discoveries we have mentioned led to much 
litigation and controversy on the part of the several European countries under 
whose auspices they had been conducted. The English, on the grounds of 
the discoveries of the Cabots, claimed all the territory from Labrador to 
Florida, to which they gave the name Virginia; but their explorations were 



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confined principally to the coast between Maine and Albermarle Sound. 
The French confined their explorations principally to the country bordering 
on the St. Lawrence and its tributaries, which they named New France, while 
the Dutch, by the discoveries of Henry Hudson, afterwards laid claim to the 
country between Cape Cod and the Delaware river, which they called New 
Netherlands. 

Attempts at colonization were made by England during the reign of Eliza- 
beth, but they proved abortive, and it was not until the Tudor dynasty had 
passed away and several years of the reign of James I., the first of the Stuarts, 
had elapsed, before the Anglo-Saxon gained any permanent foothold. Stimu- 
lated by the spirit of rivalry with France, England pushed her explorations 
and discoveries, while France, from her first colony on the St. Lawrence, 
explored the vast region from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and estab- 
lished among the savages missions and trading posts, spreading from Canada 
through the West, and finally through New York and Vermont. 

The rivalries and jealousies that had made France and England so long 
enemies in the Old World, were transplanted to the New Continent. The 
French made allies of the savages and waged war against the English, and 
years of bloodshed followed. The first of these hostilities, which are now 
known as the old French and Lidian wars, began with William's accession to 
the throne of England, in 1690, and was terminated in the peace of Ryswic, 
in 1697. Queen Anne's war, so called, came next, commencing in 1702 and 
terminating in the peace of Utrecht, in 17 13. The third controversy was 
declared by George H., in 1744, and continued until the preliminaries of peace 
were signed at Aux-la-Chapelle, in 1748. The finalgreat conflict was declared 
by Great Britain, in 1756, and terminated in the capture of Montreal, in 
September, 1760, when the whole of New France, or Canada, was sur- 
rendered to Great Britain. 

During the progress of these wars the territory of Vermont was often 
crossed and re-crossed by portions of both armies, and a few military settle- 
ments sprang up. The first of these, however, was even before the wars, in 
1665, on Isle La Motte, where a fort was erected by Captain De La Motte, 
under command of M. De Tracy, governor of New France. In 1690, Capt. 
Jacobus De Narm, with a party from Albany, N. Y., established an outpost 
in the present town of Addison, at Chimney Point, where he erected a small 
stone fort. The first permanent settlement, however, and the first of any 
kind by Anglo-Saxons, was begun within the limits of Wmdham county, in the 
town of Brattleboro, in 1724, when Fort Dummer was built. For six or 
seven years the garrison of this fort were the only white inhabitants. In 
1730 the French built a fort at Chimney Point, and a considerable popula- 
tion settled in the vicinity. In 1739 a few persons settled in Westminster, 
and about the same time a small French settlement was begun at Alburgh, on 
what is now called Windmill Point, but was soon abandoned. The colony at 
Westminster increased but slowly, and in 1754 the whole population, alarmed 



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by the Indian attack upon Charlestown, N. H., deserted their homes. Forts 
were erected and small settlements were commenced in several other places, 
but fear of the Indians prevented any large emigration till after the last 
French war, when, the Province of Canada being then ceded to Great Brit- 
ain, the fear of hostile incursions subsided and the population rapidly in- 
creased. 

During these wars, also, grants of land lying within the present limits of 
the State had been made by the Dutch, at Albany, by the French, and by 
the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, and each 
claimed jurisdiction over them. All of these claims, except that of New 
York, however, were relinquished withoui much controversy, of which more 
will be said on another page. But at the close of hostilities the lands were 
sought so eagerly by adventurers, speculators and settlers, that in a single 
year subsequent to 1760, Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, granted in 
the name of King George III., not less than sixty townships of six miles 
square, and two years later the number of such grants amounted to 138. 
The territory now began to belinown by the name of the New Hampshire 
Grants, and the number of actual settlers soon became quite large. The 
affairs of these settlers were managed by committees in the several towns, 
who met in general convention, when occasion required, to provide for their 
common defense and welfare. The decrees of these conventions were regarded 
as law, and violations of them were punished with extreme severity. While 
the Revolutionary war was in progress, the land title controversy was in a 
degree suspended ; but soon after the war broke out it became apparent that 
the settlers of the grants needed some better organization than was possible 
by means of committees and conventions. Accordingly, in 1776, a conven- 
tion was held at Dorset, and an address to congress prepared, declaring the 
unwillingness of the settlers to be regarded as subjects of New York. This 
was not favorably received by congress, whereupon the more resolute of the 
people determined to assume the powers of an independent State, "and risk 
the conseciuences." Another convention was held at Dorset, in June, and 
met again by adjournment in September, when such measures were taken 
that, at a convention held in Westminster, it was tlecided, on the i6th of 
January, 1777, that the following declaration should be adopted: — 

" This convention, whose members are duly chosen by the free voice of 
their constituents, in the several towns on the New Hampshire Grants, in 
public meeting assembled, in our names, and in behalf of our constituents, 
do hereby proclaim and publicly declare, that the district of territory compre- 
hending and usually known by the name and description of the New Hamp- 
shire Grants, of right ought to be, and is hereby declared forever hereafter 
to be considered as a free and independent jurisdiction or State, by the name 
and forever hereafter to be called, known and distinguished by the name of 
New Connecticut, a /ias Yermont; and that the inhabitants that at present 
are or may hereafter become residents, by procreation or emigration, within 
said territory, shall be entitled to the same privileges, immunities and enfran- 
chisements as are allowed; and on such condition, and in the same manner, 



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as the present inhabitants, in future, shall or may enjoy ; which are, and for- 
ever shall be, such privileges and immunities to the free citizens and denizens, 
as are, or, at any time hereafter, may be allowed, to any such inhabitants, or 
any of the free and independent States of America : and that such privileges 
and immunities shall be regulated in a bill of rights and by a form of govern- 
ment, to be established at the next adjourned session of this convention." 

On the 4th of June the committee met at Windsor, there being present sev- 
enty-two members, representing fifty towns. A committee was appointed to 
prepare a draft of a constitution for the new State, and recommended to the 
town to choose delegates on the 23d of June, to meet at Windsor, July 2d, to 
discuss and adopt said constitution. The newly elected convention met July 
2d and continued in session six days. It received from the committee ap- 
pointed for that purpose a copy of a constitution very similar to that of 
Pennsylvania, which was read and discussed. Before it was wholly adonted, 
however, alarming news of the British army in the western part of the State 
was received. It was proposed at first to adjourn and leave the work in 
hand unfinished ; but this was providentially prevented by the sudden occur- 
rence of a thunder storm. Some who were, less agitated by the news from 
the west side of the State, suggested the great importance of finishing the 
work in hand. This advice was followed, the constitution adopted, an elec- 
tion ordered, and a Council of Safety appointed to manage the aff'airs of the 
State until the government should go into operation under the constitution. 

This independence Vermont pursued, asking no favors, enjoying no ben- 
efits of the Union and sharing none of its burdens, until March 4, 1791, 
when she was admitted as one of the Federal States, with the full rights and 
immunities belonging thereto. Thus Vermont exists to-day — so may she 
always exist. 

The constitution has remained without very material alterations, the chief 
being the substitution of a senate of thirty members, appointed to the sev- 
eral counties according to population, and chosen by a plurality of the free- 
men of the several counties, in lieu of a council of twelve members chosen 
by a plurality of the voters of the State at large ; and in 1870 a change from 
annual to biennial State elections and meetings of the legislature. The 
frame of governm«it now provides for, ist. The executive, the chief offi- 
cers of which are governor, lieutenant-governor, and treasurer, all of whom 
are elected biennially, by the freemen of the State. 2d. A senate of thirty 
members, elected as before mentioned. 3d. A house of representatives, 
consisting of one member from each organized town, elected by the freemen 
thereof. 4th. A judiciary, the officers of which are elective, the judges of 
the supreme court (who are also chancellors), by the senate and the house 
of representatives, in joint assembly; the assistant judges of county courts 
(a judge of the supreme court presides in each county court), judges of the 
probate courts, sheriffs, State's attorneys and high bailiffs, by the freemen of 
the respective counties; and justices of the peace by the freemen of the 
several towns. The State election is held in September, biennially, and 



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a majority of all the votes cast is required to elect every officer, except sena- 
tors and other county officers, including in the latter justices of the peace 
elected by the several towns ; but in March the freemen of each town meet 
for the transaction of public business of the town, and the election of town 
officers. Every term of town office is limited to one year, or until others 
are elected, and all town elections are therefore annual. The governor's 
power of appointment i& very limited, embracing, ordinarily, his secretary and 
military staff only; but he has power to fill any office created by law, where 
the appointment is not fixed by the constitution or statute, a case which has 
rarely occurred ; and also to fill any vacancy occurring by death or other- 
wise, until the office can be filled in the manner required by constitution or 
laws. By recent statutes, the governor may nominate, subject to approval by 
the senate, various offices. The heads of the various State bureaus (except 
treasurer) and generals of divisions and brigades are elected by the senate 
and house in joint assembly, — the former officers biennially and generals 
when vacancies occur. The general assembly meets in the even years, on the 
first Wednesday in October. The first officers elected, in 1778, were as fol- 
lows : Thomas Chittenden, governor; Joseph Marsh, lieutenant-governor; Ira 
Allen, treasurer ; T. Chandler, secretary of State ; Nathan Clarke, speaker ; 
and Benjamin Baldwin, clerk. 

Cumberland county was the first county established in the grants, being 
erected by the legislature of the Province of New York, July 3, 1766, com- 
prising about the district of territory now included within the limits of Wind- 
ham and Windsor counties, and receiving its name, probably, from Prince 
William, Duke of Cumberland, who, in 1746, met with distinguished success 
in opposing the rebels in Scotland. Its boundaries, as declared in the act of 
establishment, were described as follows : — 

" Beginning at the west bank of Connecticut river, opposite to where the 
division line between the Province of Massachusetts Bay comes to the afore- 
said river ; thence running on a direct line, about twenty-six miles, to the 
southeast corner of the township of Stamford; from thence on a direct line, 
about sixty miles, to the northeast corner of the township of Rutland ; thence 
north, thirty-one degrees east, eighteen miles ; thence easterly, to the north- 
west corner of the township of Linfield [Royalton] ; thence easterly, along 
the north side of the townships of Linfield, Sharon and Norwich, to Connec- 
ticut river aforesaid ; thence along the west bank of the said river, to the 
place of beginning." 

The King, however, on June 26, 1767, declared the act of the New York 
legislature, by which the county of Cumberland was established, void. But 
numerous applications, stating the inconveniences to which the inhabitants of 
the disfranchised county were subjected, were made to the Crown, praying 
for a new charter. In consequence of these representations, the King, on 
the 19th of March, 1768, re-established the county, by letters patent under 
the great seal of the Province of New York, within the following limits: — 

'• Beginning at a point on the west bank of Connecticut river opposite to 
where the line run for the partition line between our said province of Mass- 



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achusetts Bay and New Hampshire touches the east side of the same 
river, and running thence west, ten degrees north on a direct hne about 
twenty-six miles to the southeast corner of a tract of land called Stamford ; 
thence north about thirteen degrees east on a direct line fifty-six miles to 
the southeast corner of the township of Socialborough, in the county of Al- 
bany, in the south bounds of a tract of land formerly called Rutland ; thence 
north, about fifty-three degrees east on a line thirty miles to the southwest 
corner of the township of TunbridgS; thence along the south bounds thereof 
and of Stratford and Thetford about eighteen miles to Connecticut river 
aforesaid, and thence along the west banks of the same river to the place of 
beginning." 

Again, by an act passed by the New York legislature, March 24, 1772, the 
boundaries were changed, the limits then being constituted as follows: — 

"Beginning on the west bank of Connecticut river opposite the point 
where the partition line between the colonies of the Massachusetts Bay and 
New Hampshire touches the east side of the river, and extending from thence 
north eighty degrees west until such line shall meet with and be intersected 
by another line proceeding on a course south ten degrees west from the north- 
west corner of a tract of land granted under the Great Seal of this colony, 
on the 4th day of September, 1770, to James Abeel and nine other persons, 
and extending from the said point of intersection, north ten degrees east 
until such line shall meet with and be intersected by another line to be drawn 
on a course north sixty degrees west from the southwest corner of a tract of 
land granted under the Great Seal of this colony, on the 13th day of Novem- 
ber, A. D., 1769, and erected into a township by the name of Royalton, and 
running from the last mentioned point of intersection south sixty degrees 
east to the west bank of Connecticut river, and so down along the west bank 
of the river, as the same river winds and turns, to the place of beginning." 

And finally, by an act passed April i, 1775, alterations were made so that 
the townships of Readsboro, and what are now Searsborough, Somerset and 
Stratton were added to the county. This, it must be remembered, was the 
old colonial Cumberland county, and not the Cumberland county as estab- 
lished by Vermont, which was as follows : — 

At the first session of the General Assembly of Vermont, in 1778, the 
State was, on the 17th of March, divided mto two counties, the dividing 
line being rather indefinitely fixed by the line of the Green Mountains; but 
an act of the legislature, passed February 11, 1779, definitely fixed the divis- 
ion line as follows : — 

" Commencing at a point in the south line of the Province of Quebec, 
fifty miles east of the center of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, ex- 
tending south to the northeast corner of the town of Worcester [m Wash- 
ington county], and along the east lines of Worcester, Middlesex and Berlin, 
to the southeast corner of the latter town ; thence on a straight line to the 
northwest corner of Tunbridge [in Orange county], and on the west line of 
Tunbridge to the southwest corner of that town; thence in a straight 
line to the northwest corner of Barnard [in Windsor county] ; thence on the 
west line of Barnard and Bridgewater, and the east line of Shrewsbury [in 
Rutland county], to the southeast corner thereof; thence west to the north- 
east corner of Wallingford ; thence south on the east lines of Wallingford, 
Mt. Tabor, Peru, Winhall and Stratton, to the southeast corner of the latter 



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town, and west on the south line of Stratton to the northwest corner of Som- 
erset ; thence south on the west hne of Somerset to the southwest corner 
thereof; thence east to the northwest corner of Wilmington ; thenc^e south on 
the west line of Wilmington and Whitingham to the north line of Massa- 
chusetts." 

At the division in 1778, the territory on the west of the mountains was 
called Bennington county, and that on the east Unity county. The name as 
applied to the western portion of the territory was peculiarly appropriate, as 
" Bennington " had become almost a synonymous term for stolid, sturdy ad- 
herence to the American cause against Great Britain, and for bitter enmity 
against the authority of New York. But Unity proved to be a most inap- 
propriate title for the eastern section. Here was anything but unity, as will 
be shown further on, most, or at least a majority, of the people adhering 
to the cause of the mother country, and acknowledging the authority of New 
York. This inappropriate name for the infant county, however, was des- 
tined for a life of only four days, for on the 21st of the same month it was 
changed to Cumberland, the same as that of the New York county previously 
described. Possibly this change of name was advanced as a diplomatic 
measure, whereby the New York loving members of Unity county might re- 
tain the name that was dear to them, though called upon to acknowledge the 
authority of Vermont, 

In the laws of Vermont, passed October, 1780, the county of Cumberland, 
as just described, is referred to as being divided into the half-shires of Cum- 
berland and Gloucester, the division Hne being identical with the northern 
boundary of what is now Windsor county. By an act of the legislature, 
passed in February, 1 781, "for the division of counties within this State," the 
county of Cumberland, as established in 1778 and '79, was subdivided into 
the counties of Windham, Windsor and Orange. Windham county was de- 
scribed as all the land of Cumberland county lying south of a line " begin- 
ing at the southeast corner of Springfield, thence running westerly on the 
south hne of said Springfield and Chester, to the east line of Bennington 
county." 

Since the establishment of Windham county, as above noted, no important 
changes in its area have been made. Thus it lies to-day, in the southeastern 
corner of the State, between 42^ 44' and 43° 16' north latitude, and between 
4° and 4" 42' east longitude, being thirty-six miles long from north to south, 
and twenty-eight miles in width from east to west, containing an area of about 
780 square miles, or 539,200 acres, bounded north by Windsor county, east by 
the Connecticut river, which separates it from Cheshire and Sullivan coun- 
ties, N. H., south by Franklin county, Mass., and west by Bennington county. 
It has a population of* 26,736 souls, according to the census reports of 1880, 
and is divided into twenty-three towns, as follows : Athens, Brattleboro, Brook- 
line, Dover, Dummerston, Grafton, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Londonderry, 
Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Rockingham, Somerset, Stratton, Townshend, 
Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, Whitingham, Wilmington and Windham.. 



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The surface of the county is varied by high mountains, gentle hill slopes 
and picturesque valleys, the western portion extending high up upon the 
Green Mountains, while in the eastern part lies the smiling valley of Con- 
necticut river. Manufactures are carried on to a considerable extent, though 
agricultural pursuits form the principal occupation of the inhabitants ; still, 
the unsurpassed facilities for water-power and railroad transportion, renders 
it a desirable home for both the manufacturer and the husbandman. Nu- 
merous streams lend their utility and beauty to the territory, the principal of 
which are Connecticut, West, Williams, Saxton's and Deertield rivers. Con- 
necticut, the largest of these, whose early navigation facilities, etc., are men- 
tioned on another page, lies between Vermont and New Hampshire, belong- 
ing entirely to the latter State, its western bank forming, as previously 
mentioned, the eastern boundary of the county. Its name is derived from 
two Indian words, Quonnec or Unnec, signifying long, and Tucque or Tuck, 
signifying river. When the Indians spoke of anything happening along the 
stream, they used the expression Quonnec iucguok or Unnecktuckok, meaning 
" at the long river," and hence comes Connecticut. It originates among the 
mountains in the northern part of New Hampshire, and for some distance, 
forms the boundary between that state and Canada. After running between 
New Hampshire and Vermont, it passes through Massachusetts and Connecti- 
cut, falling into Long Island sound. The flats bordering it are in some 
places, low and extensive ; in others the banks are high and rocky. The in- 
tervales are not surpassed in fertility and beauty by any in the country, while 
their annual submersion by overflow has led to the river being called the "Nile 
of New England." 

West River flows a southeasterly course through the county, receiving the 
waters from 440 square miles of territory. Its Indian name was Watitasti- 
cook, written also IVan tastiq ueg a.nd Wmitastiquet. It rises in Weston, Wind- 
sor county, thence flows south into Londonderry, receiving near the south 
line of that township Winhall river, from Winhall; it then takes a south- 
easterly course through Jamaica, Townshend, Newfane and Dummerston, 
uniting with the Connecticut in the northeastern part of Brattleboro. In Ja- 
maica it receives from the west Bald Mountain branch, which rises in Strat- 
ton, and another large branch from Wardsboro, and from the east Meadow 
branch, which rises in Windham. In Newfane it receives South branch and 
Baker's brook. This river has but few good mill-privileges, though there are 
many found on its branches. 

William's river derives its name from the celebrated Rev. John Williams, 
who was taken by the Indians at Deerfield, Mass., in 1704, and who, at the 
mouth of this stream, preached a sermon to his fellow captives. It is formed 
in Chester, Windsor county, by the union of three considerable branches, 
which originate in small streams in the townships of Ludlow, Andover, Wind- 
ham and Grafton. These three branches unite about a mile and a half to 
the southeast of Chester village, and their united waters, after running fifteen 



28 WINDHAM COUNTY. 



miles in a southeasterly direction, fall into Connecticut riv^er in Rockingham, 
three miles above Bellows Falls. 

Saxton's river receives its name from a Mr. Saxton, who, at an early date, 
fell into the stream while crossing it on a log for the purpose of surveying the 
line between Rockingham and Westminster. It is formed in' Grafton by the 
union of several streams from Windham, and running an easterly course about 
ten miles, through the southern part of Rockingham, falls into Connecticut 
river in the northeastern corner of Westminster, about one mile below Bel- 
lows Falls. 

Deerfield river rises in the northern part of Stratto.i and flows south through 
Somerset into Scarsburg, thence southeasterly into Wilmington, thence south- 
westerly through the corner of Whitingham, and finally leaves the State after 
flowing three or four miles on the line between Whitingham and Readsboro. 
After entering Massachusetts it takes a southeasterly course and falls into Con- 
necticut river, between Greenfield and Deerfield, about eighteen miles below 
the State line. The whole length of the stream is about fifty miles, twenty- 
eight of which are in Vermont, and it receives the waters from 320 square 
miles of territory. There are, of course, other streams of considerable im- 
portance in the county, though these we have mentioned form the principal 
water-courses. The minor streams will be described in connection with 
the several town sketches. 

GEOLOGICAL. 

The science of geology is ever an interesting study, and as related to this 
county it is exceedingly so ; for here the record of the changes, or " foot- 
prints, " that time has left in the succeeding ages since the earth was created, 
are numerous and well developed. Before mentioning the several rocks that 
enter into the formation of the territory, however, it may not be considered 
superfluous to briefly note the fundamental principles of the science. 

Among men of science, it has become the comnon, if not the prevailing, 
opinion that in the beginning all the elements with which we meet were in an 
ethereal or gaseous state— that they slo.vly condensed, existing for ages as a 
heated fluid, by degrees becoming more consistent — that thus the whole earth 
was once an immense ball of fiery matter — that, in the course of time, it was 
rendered very compact, and at last became crusted over, as the process of 
cooling gradually advanced, and that its interior is still in a molten condition. 
Thus, if the view suggested be correct, the entire planet in its earlier phases, as 
well as the larger part now beneath and within its solid crust, was a mass of 
molten fire, and is known to geologists as eletnentary or inolten. Following 
this came another age, in which the molten mass began to cool and a crust 
to form, called the igneous period. Contemporaneous with the beginning of 
the igneous period came another epoch. The crust thus formed would nat- 
urally become surrounded by an atmosphere heavily charged with minerals in 
a gaseous or vaporous condition. As the cooHng advanced this etherealized 



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matter would condense and seek a lower level, thus coating the earth with 
another rock. This is named the vaporous period. At last, however, age 
was ushered in, one altogether different from those that had preceded it. 
The moist vapor which must of necessity have pervaded the atmosphere be- 
gan to condense and settle, gathering into the hollows and crevices of the 
rocks, until nearly the whole surface of the earth was covered with water. 
This is called the aqueous period. As these waters began to recede and the 
" firmament to appear," the long winter that intervened, while the sun was 
obscured by the heavy clouds, would cover the earth with mighty ice floes 
and glaciers, forming a drift or glacial period. 

A great difference also exists in the consolidation and structure of the rocks 
thus formed. The very newest consist of unconsolidated gravel, sand and 
clay, forming alluvium. A little farther down we come to the tertiary strata^ 
where are some hardened rocks and others more or less soft. Next below 
the tertiary is found thick deposits, mostly consolidated, but showing a me- 
chanical structure along with the crystalline arrangement of the ingredients. 
These are called secondary and transition. Lowest of all are found rocks 
having a decidedly crystaline structure, looking as if the different minerals of 
which they are composed crowded hard upon one another. These rocks are 
called metaniorphic, hypozoic and azoic. 

A large portion of the rocks of this territory are azoic, and are known as 
talcose schist and calciferous mica schist, though there are several beds and 
veins of other formations. Talcose schist proper consists of quartz and talc, 
though it has associated with it, as integral parts of its formation, clay slate., 
gneiss, quartz, sand stones, and conglomerates, lime stones and dolomites. It 
underlies a considerable portion of the towns of Windham, Jamaica Tovvn- 
shend. Wardsboro, Newfane, Dover, Marlboro and Halifax. 

The calciferous mica schist rang?, which underlies a large part of the east- 
ern portion of the county, is supposed to have originally been a limestone 
formation, charged with a good deal of silex, and perhaps with sihcates and 
organic matters, and that in the process of metamorphism the carbonated or 
alkaline water with which the rock had been charged has dissolved and ab- 
stracted a good deal of the carbonate of lime and formed silicated minerals, 
such as mica and feldspar, which have more or less, and sometimes entirely, 
changed the rock into mica schist and gneiss. Thus will be found a large 
bed of gneiss rock underlying nearly the whole of the western part of the 
county, while another bed lies between the beds of talcose and calciferous 
mica schist, extending through the towns of Grafton, Athens, Townshend, 
Newfane and Marlboro, into Halifax. 

Clay slate is the predominant rock in the eastern part of the towns bor- 
dering on the Connecticut. Veins of hornblende schist are found in Guil- 
ford, Brattleboro, Halifax, Marlboro, Newfane and Wmdham. Beds of 
sacchar-oid azoic limestone are found in Marlboro, Wilmington, Stratton^ 
Townshend, Athens and Whitingham. Steatite is found in Marlboro, New- 



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fane, Townshend and Windham. Detached bowlders of ^/'(T////^ are scattered 
throughout the county. Iron ore has been discovered in Dummerston, 
Somerset, Lodonderry and other locaUties. Gold has also been discovered 
in Somerset and other places, though in very small quantities. 

Numerous evidences of the aqueous period are met with throughout the 
State, and evidences so conclusive that there can be no doubt that Vermont 
at least was once the bed of a mighty ocean. Perhaps the most positive of 
these are the many marine fossils that have been brought to light ; for instance) 
the fossil whale found in Charlotte in August, 1849, and many others that 
might be mentioned. In this county are found many remains of ancient sea 
beaches. They consist of sand and gravel, which have been acted upon, 
rounded and comminuted by the waves, and thrown up in the form of low 
ridges, with more or less appearances of stratification or lamination. The 
manner in which they were formed may be seen along the sea coast at any 
time in the course of formation, as they have the same form of modern 
beaches, except that they have been much mutilated by the action of water 
and atmospheric agencies since their deposition. Good specimens of these 
beaches are found in the valleys of Williams and Saxton's rivers, in Rock- 
ingham, and another good one in the western part of Marlboro. Very fine 
specimens of r/e'^T /d'-'-r(7(r^j- are also found throughout the county, especially 
in the valleys of Connecticut, West, Williams and Saxton's rivers. 

Evidences of the drift or glacial period are left here by large bowlders scat- 
tered over the county, by drift scratches and by moraine terraces. Drift 
scratches are grooves or scratches worn in the rocks by glaciers, or vast rivers 
of ice, which, starting from the summits of the mountains, moved slowly 
down the valleys as far as the heat of summer would permit. Though they 
rarely ever advanced more than two feet a day, their great thickness and the 
weight of the superincumbent snow caused them to grate and crush the rocks 
beneath, leaving marks that ages will not efiface. Moraine terraces diXt €[t\2L- 
tions of gravel and sand, with correspondent and scarcely describable forms. 
The theory of their formation is that icebergs became stranded at the base 
and on the sides of hills, and that deposits were made around and upon them, 
and that they would have been level-topped if the ice had remained, but in 
consequence of its melting the> became extremely irregular. Good speci- 
mens of these formations may be found in Windham, Jamaica, Londonderry 
and Strattoi.. 

For further facts relative to the geological structure of the county, we 
refer the reader to the sketches of the several towns. 

SOIL AND STAPLE PRODUCTIONS. 

The soil difters materially in difterent parts of the county, though in gen- 
eral it is inferior to none in the State. The valley of the Connecticut is pro- 
verbial for its fertility. In Windham county the rocks of the valleys are 
mostly schistose and thus disintegrate rapidly, constantly adding new richness 



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to the soil. Then, loo, the the alluvial terraces found so plentifully in the 
valleys of West, Saxton's and Williams rivers, afford large areas of land pos- 
sessing a deep, arable soil. Upon the higher lands, where the country is not 
too broken, large areas of grazing land are afforded. Some idea of the re- 
sources of the territory may be obtained from the following statistics, shown 
by the census report of 1880, according to which the county had 3,244 farms 
representing an area of 301,313 acres of improved land, valued at $7,334, - 
220.00, while its total public debt, bonded and floating, is $401,233.00. 
These farms supported 4,890 horses, two mules, 3,066 working oxen, 10,807 
milch cows, 19,831 other cattle, 33,246 sheep, and 6,069 swine. The stock 
products for the year were 171,383 pounds of wool, 121,438 gallons of milk, 
1,190,059 pounds of butter, and 76,119 pounds of cheese. The pruducts of 
these farms were 11,865 bushels of barley, 9,282 bushels of buckwheat, 199,- 
576 bushels of Indian corn, 149,668 bushels of oats, 4,500 bushels of rye, 
3,556 bushels of wheat, 79,872 tons of hay, 2,685 pounds of hops, 271,243 
bushels of potatoes, 127,219 pounds of tobacco, and orchard products to the 
vilue of $91, 586 00. Surely not a bad showing for a little tract of country 
having a population of only 26,736 souls. 

MANUFACTURES. 

Windham county is not what might be termed an extensive manufacturing 
district; and as tlie manufacturers are spoken of in detail in connection with 
the sketches of the towns wherein they are located, we will dismiss this sub- 
ject with the following statistics for the year 18S0: There were then 310 
manufacturing establishments representing an invested capital of $2,288,135.00 
giving employment to 1,539 hands, to whom was paid $603,596.00 in wages. 
The total value of materials used was $1,616,264.00, and the total product 
$3,2 19,079.00. 

COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS. 

When Cumberland county was erected by New York, July 3, 1766, the in- 
habitants were granted all the powers and privileges enjoyed by the other 
counties and towns in the province, excepting only the choice of members to 
represent the county in the Provincial Assembly. In another portion of the 
act provision was made for the erection of a court-house and jail. The 
freeholders and inhabitants of the county were authorized to elect supervis- 
ors, assessors, collectors, a treasurer and other county officers. At the meet- 
ing next after their appointment, the supervisors were directed to levy and 
collect of those residing or sojourning in the county, a sum not exceeding 
;;{^2oo, to be applied in constructing a court-house and jail. Chester being 
considered the most convenient among the townships, and nearest the cen- 
ter of the county, was selected as the location for these buildings, and the 
sheriff was ordered to compute mileage from the court-house. By another 



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act passed July 5th of the same year, the judges and justices were directed 
to hold yearly, in Chester, a court of common pleas, to hear, and according 
to the laws of New York to try and determine all suits, quarrels, controver- 
sies and differences which might arise. A court of general sessions of the 
peace was also established, and the first Tuesday in June and the first Tues- 
day in November in each year were selected as the days on which these judi- 
cators were to commence their sessions. The length of each term session 
was limited to four days, and the two courts were authorized to sit at the 
same time in order that business might be facilitated. Competent men were 
selected as judges and assistant justices of the court of common pleas. 
Justices of the peace and other county officers were appointed, and a founda- 
tion laid for administrating the law in accordance with the most approved 
methods. 

When in 1768, a new charter was granted to Cumberland county, pei mis- 
sion had been given to the inhabitants to erect at their own expense a court- 
house and jail. Chester was again decided upon as the location for these 
buildings. Although there were objections to this place as the county town, 
both on account of its distance from Connecticut river and its backwardness 
as compared with other settlements, yet these objections were for the time 
effectually silenced by Thomas Chandler, the first judge, by promising that 
he would "at his own expense build a good and sufficient court-house and 
jail at Chester. " How well his promise was observed will appear by the 
annexed extract from an old chancery document. The time to which the 
description applies is the latter part of the year 1770. That which "then 
was called a jail, " so runs the old document, "was a place made in the cor- 
ner of a dwelling or hut, the walls of which house were made of small hack- 
matac poles, locked together at the corners by cutting notches into the poles, 
and laying them notch into notch, so as to bring the poles as near together 
as conveniently might be. The cracks or vacancies between pole and pole 
were filled with tow, moss or clay. The chamber floor was laid with shingle 
boards, which were not nailed, but lay loose. Such was the house a corner 
of which then had the name of a jail, which jail corner may be justly de- 
scribed as followeth, viz. : small palisades or poles of the diameter of about 
six inches each were set up, one end of them on the lower floor and the 
other end reaching one of the joists on which rested the upper floor. These 
poles resting against the joists, hindered them from falling inwards to the jail 
part, and another pole at some inches distant was pegged up with wooden pegs, 
which pole was fixed about parallel with the joist, and prevented the pali- 
sades from falling outward from the jail apartment ; and, as many of the 
palisades were not fastened at the top or bottom, nor the chamber floor 
nailed, it was always in the power of any man who might be put into the 
jail apartment to push away the loose upper floor boards and move away 
the palisades and be at liberty." This jail stood where Coleman Saunders 
now resides. 



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During that summer, however, the inhabitants commenced the erection of 
another jail, which was never finished, and the old jail was somewhat 
strengthened. In addition to this commodious jail, Chandler also built, in 
1771, a courthouse, which, according to his description, was " thirty feet 
long, sixteen feet wide, and eleven feet posts," and was so planned as to be 
"convenient" when finished. It was provided with a " sufficient lobby or 
room fit for a jury, with a fire-place in it," and was covered with some kind 
of roofing. This building he leased to the county for a term of ten years, 
and as much longer as they might choose to use it. In it were to be held 
the terms of the inferior court of common pleas, and the court of general 
sessions, and in it was also to be transacted all the business relating to the 
general welfare of the county. But the people, who had been displeased with 
Chandler's efforts at jail building, were now doubly incensed at his failure at 
court-house construction. Before the commencement of this l^st failure,, 
they had endeavored to effect the removal of the shire town from (!^hester ;, 
this, after much agitation, some rioting, etc., was accomplished^ md at a 
meeting of the supervisors, held at Chester, May 26, 1772, Westminster was 
chosen as the shire town of Cumberland county. 

The court-house was located at the east village, upon what was afterwards 
known as "Court House Hill." In shape it was almost square, the sides 
being about forty feet in length, and was built of hewn timber, clap-boarded. 
The roof was gambrel, surmounted by a cupola or tower, open at the four 
sides. An aisle, ten or twelve feet in width, ran east and west through the 
middle of the lower story. A double door was placed at each end of the 
aisle, or, in other words, two doors opening either way from a center fastening. 
In accordance with the custom of the times, the building was intended to 
afford some of the conveniences of a tavern. In the southeastern corner was 
a kitchen, or cook-room, occupied by the jailer, and in the southeastern cor- 
ner a bar-room, in which the jailor served in the capacity of bar-tender. 
The chimney rose between these rooms, and opened into each in the shape 
of a large, old-fashioned fire-place. Another door was cut in the south side 
of the building, leading into an entry, on either side of which were doors to 
the kitchen and bar-room. In the southern part was the jail, which com- 
prised within its limits two prison rooms, divided the one from the other by a 
narrow aisle running north and south. This aisle communicated with the 
broad aisle by a door. Doors also opened from the prison-rooms into the 
narrow aisle. A flight of stairs led from the east entrance to the court-room 
in the second story, which did not difter materially from the court-rooms of 
the present day in its arrangement. Such was Windham county's first court- 
house. The old building, made historical as the scene of the Westminster 
massacre, was demolished about the year 1806. 

All of the courts were held here until 1781, when, on the 19th of February, 
the general assembly passed an act dividing Windham county into half shires, 
called respectively Westminster and Marlboro, and one term of court was held 
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alternately at each place until 1787, when the half shire towns were abolished 
and the county town established at Newfane. A courthouse and jail were 
erected upon the summit of Newfane Hill, an elevation that rises like a cone in 
the center of the town. Here they remained until 1825, when they were re- 
moved to the site they now occupy, at Fayetteville, in the eastern part of the 
township of Newfane. About the court buildings at Newfane Hill was clus- 
tered quite a thriving village, consisting at one time of several stores, two 
hotels, a church, academy, several mechanic shops, and about twenty dwell- 
ings ; but now, and even as early as i860, not a building remains to mark 
the pleasant site of the old shire of Windham county. A new court-house 
and jail were erected at Fayetteville, at a cost of $10,000.00, and, in 1853, 
by an act of the general assembly, commissioners were appointed who altered 
and improved the public buildings at a cost of $13,000.00. Here the county 
records, etc., are kept, though the county clerk's office is located at Brattle- 
boro. The supreme court, however, holds its sessions at Brattleboro, on 
Monday following the second Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in January, 
and the county court sits at Newfane on the second Tuesdays in March and 
September. The following lists give the principle officers of t'^.e county from 
its organization to the present time, with the years in which they served 
and the admissions to the county bar, with the present members of the bar : — 

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 

The division of Cumberland county, February 16, 1781, as mentioned on 
page 26, closed the official term of justices of the peace for the county of 
Cumberland, who had been chosen and authorized by virtue of an act of the 
assembly passed at Bennington June 17, 1778, and the following justices of 
the peace became residents of Windham county, by virtue of the erection of 
the new county : — 

Jonathan Knight, Dummerston. Amos Haile, Putney. 

Capt. Levi Goodnough, Guilford. Joshua Webb, Rockingham. 

Hubbel Wells, Halifax. Joseph Tyler, Townshend. 

Edward Harris, Halifax. Nathaniel Robinson, Westminster. 

While the constitution of 1777 was in force, the official term of justices of 
the peace, judges of the county court, judges of probate, and sheriffs, com- 
menced when the appointees were sworn, and continued during good behav- 
ior, they being subject to removal by the general assembly, upon proof of 
maladministration, a:nd were re-elected by ballot in town meetings. When the 
constitution, adopted by order of convention, July 4, 1786, took effect, incum- 
bents of these offices were chosen annually, by the joint assembly, at the ses- 
sion which commenced on every succeeding second Tuesday of October ; but 
by a statute ])assed March 3, 1787, the official term was made to commence 
on the first day of December following the appointment, and to continue 
one year. During the first septenary, when justices of the peace were elected, 
the freemen were required to give in their /otes for two justices of the peace 
''in each town wherein are one hundred taxable inhabitants; and in like 



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manner for one justice of the peace in each other town in the same county 

wherein are twenty taxable inhabitants." From 1781 to 1786, in which year 

the justices began to be elected annually, the justices of the peace w^ere as 

follows : — 

1 781, April 17. — Commissioned, Luke Knoulton, John Bridgman, Edward 
Aiken, Oliver Lovell, Elias Olcott, Nathan Fisk, Nathaniel Robinson, 
Noah Sabin, Jr., Lucas Wilson, Josiah Fish, Seth Oak, Jonathan 
Knight, Alexander Kathan, Samuel Warriner, Zadock Granger, Silas 
Hamilton, Josiah Locke, Edward Harris, Benjamm Henry, John 
Shepardson, and WiUiam Bullock. 

1781, Oct. 25. — Samuel Knight, appointed. 

1783, May 22. — Joshua Webb and John Lovell, of Rockingham, appointed 
in the place of Oliver Lovell and Elias Olcott, who declined serving. 

1783, May 30. — Capt. Daniel Taylor, of Newfane, appointed in the place of 
Luke Knoulton, who had left the State. 

1783, Oct. 21. — Thomas Taggert, of Halifax, apppinted in the place of Ben- 
jamin Henry, resigned. 

1784, Oct. 23. — John Bridgman, appointed. 

1785, June 6. — Jesse Cook, of Wilmington, and Benjamin Olds, of Marlboro, 
appointed. 

1785, June 18. — Benjamin Henry^ of Halifax, appointed. 

1785, Oct. 24. — William Bigelow, of Guilford, appointed. 

JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT. 

1781, April 17. — Commissioned, John Sessions, chief judge; Luke Knoul- 
ton, John Bridgman, Samuel Fletcher and Benjamin Burt, side judges. 

1783, Feb. 21. — Stephen Row Bradley, appointed in the place of General 
Fletcher, who declined serving. 

1783, Oct. 24. — Samuel Fletcher, appointed in the place of Judge Bridge- 
man, resigned. 

1783, Oct. 24. — Jonathan Hunt, appointed in the place of Stephen R. Brad- 
ley, resigned. 

1784, Oct 23. — Luke Knoulton, appointed chief judge in the place of John 
Sessions, resigned. 

1784, Oct. 23. — John Bridgman, appointed. 
1786, Hubbel Wells, appointed. 

1786, Oct. 14. — Luke Knoulton, chosen one of the four side judges of the 
supreme court. 

1787, Oct. 19. — Luke Knoulton, chosen chief judge of the county court in 
the place of Samuel Knight, resigned, to serve until the first of the 
following December. 

The statements in the latter paragraph are explained by the fact that, by 
statute passed March 3, 1787, and which took effect December ist of the 
same year, it was enacted that the county courts should consist of one chief 
judge and two side judges. Under this statute the following named persons 
have been elected judges, at the October session of the legislature held in the 
year set opposite their names : — 

CHIEF JUDGES. SIDE JUDGES. YEAR. 

Samuel Knight, John Bridgman, Samuel Fletcher, 1786 

Benjamin Burt, Hubbel Wells, 

Luke Knoulton, John Bridgman, Benjamin Burt, 1787-1793 



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CHIEF JUDGES. SIDE JUDGES. YEAR. 

Samuel Knight, John Bridgman. Benjamin Burt, 1794-1795 

John Bridgman, Benjamin Burt, William Bigelow, 1796-1800 

Samuel Knight, Benjamin Burt, Jason Duncan, 1801 

Luke Knoulton, Benjamin Burt, Jason Duncan, 1802 

Samuel Porter, James Roberts, Ebenezer Allen, 1803 

Samuel Porter, James Roberts, Elijah Knight, 1804-1805 

James Roberts, Jason Duncan, Alexander Campbell, 1806 

James Roberts, Alexander Campbell, Oliver Chapin, 1807 

James Roberts, Jason Duncan, James Aiken, 1808 

James Roberts, OUver Chapin, John Aiken, 1809 

James Roberts, John Aiken, Jairus Hall, 18 10 

James Roberts, John Aiken, Jairus Hall, 1811-1812 

James Roberts, Jairus Hall, Luke Knoulton, 1813 

Phineas White, Jairus Hall, Luke Knoulton, 1814 

Elijah Knight, John Aiken, Luke Knoulton, 18 15 

Elijah Knight, John Aiken, Luke Knoulton, 18 16 

Phmeas White, Gilbert Denison, John Roberts, 1817-1818 

Phineas White, John Roberts, Gilbert Denison, 1819 

John Roberts, Jairus Hall, Ebenezer Huntington, 1820-1822 

•John Roberts, James L. Stark, Timothy H. Whitney, 1823 

John Roberts, James L.Stark, Jonathan Robinson, 1824 

In November, 1824, it was enacted " That from and after the third Thurs- 
day of October next, each county court within this State shall consist of one 
chief justice, who shall be one of the justices of the Supreme court, to be 
designated by the justices of said supreme court annually, for each circuit * 
* * and two assistant justices, to be appointed as now by law required, 
any two of whom shall be a quorum to transact business." Under this act 
the following assistant justices of the county court were appointed by the 
Joint assembly. — 

ASSISTANT JUSTICES. 

John Roberts and James L. Stark 1825- 183 1 

John Roberts and Charles Phelps 1832 

Samuel Clark and Charles Phelps , 1833 

Charles Phelps and James L. Stark 1 834 

James L. Stark and Peter R. Taft 1835 

Peter R. Taft and Henry Wheelock 1836-183 7 

Henry Wheelock and William R. Shafter 1838-1841 

William R. Shafter and John Smith 1842 

John Smith and Emery Wheelock 1 843 

Samuel Elliot and Emery Wheelock 1 844-1 845 

Emery Wheelock and James H. Phelps 1846 

James H. Phelps and Thomas Miller 1847 

Thomas Miller and David Arnold 1848 

David Arnold and Henry Clark 1849 

Since 1850, the assistant justices of the court have been elected by vote of 
the people, as follows : — 

David Arnold and Henry Clark .... 1850 

EUery Allbe and Horace Alvord 185 t 

Ellery Allbe and Horace .^Ivord 1 852 



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William Harris and Emery Wheelock 1853-185 7 

Marshall Newton and Ira Goodhue 1858-1863 

Peter W. Dean and William H. Jones 1864-186 8 

Ezra T. Butterfield and Ormando S. Howard 1869-1875 

Ormandj S. Howard and Hosea B. Ballon 1876-187 7 

Hosea B. Ballou and Andrew A. VVyman 1878-1881 

Ranslure W. Clarke and Andrew A. Wyman 1882-1883 



COUNTY CLERKS. 



Micah Townsend May 25, 1781 

Calvin Knoulton June, 1791 

Richard Whitney Nov., 1 794 

Lemuel Whitney Nov., 1796 



Edward R. Campbell, 2d, Dec, 18 16 

James Elliot Dec . 1817 

Marshall Miller April, r835 

Royall Tyler(present clerk) April, 185 1 



SHERIFFS. 



Elected by the People of Cumberland County. 

Bryant Brown Feb. 23, 1781 



John Benjamin 1778 

Benjamin Wait Oct. 23, 1779 



Windham County. 
Jonathan Hunt June 15, 1781 | Elkanah Day. 



Oct. 16. 1782 



Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 



Elkanah Day 1786-87 

Samuel Fletcher , 17 88-1 805 

Mark Richards 1806-10 

Gilbert Denison 181 1-12 

Jonathan Barron 1813-14 

Aaron Wales 1 815-18 

Theophilus Crawford 1819 

Jonathan Barron 1820-21 



Paul Chase 1822-29 

Henry Smith 1830-35 

Gates Perry, Jr 1 836-41 

Russell Hyde 1 842-44 

Timothy H. Hall 1845-46 

Marshall Newton 1847 

Timothy H. Hall 1848 

Chandler Pratt 1849 



Chosen by the People. 



Chandler Pratt 1850 

Cyrus Carpenter 1851-52 

John J. Crandall 1853-54 

Stephen Niles 1855-56 

George Slate 1857-58 

Eleazer Gorham, Jr 1859-61 

Alonzo Starkey 1862-64 



Walter Taylor 1865-67 

Seth N. Herrick 1868-69 

Francis Phelps 1870-73 

Stephen W. Bowker 1874-75 

Wales H. Willard 1876-77 

Jonathan W. Melendy 1878-83 



state's attorneys. 
Appointed by the County Court 



Stephen R. Bradley. ...June 26, 1781 

Samuel Knight May, 1783 

Stephen R. Bradley Dec, 1783 

Samuel Knight Nov., 1 788 



Stephen R. Bradley Nov.. 1789 

John Griffin Nov., 1791 

Lot Hall .Nov., 1793 

Royall Tyler Nov., 1794 



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WINDHAM COUNTY. 



Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 



Royall Tyler 1795-1800 

Daniel Farrand 1801-03 

William C. Bradley 1804-11 

Martin Field 1812 

Phineas White 1813 

Samuel Elliot 1814 

Martin Field 1815-21 



Roswell M. Field 183 1 

Alexander S. Campbell 1832 

Roswell M. Field 1833-35 

Alexander S. Campbell 1836 

James Elliot 1837-38 

Alexander S. Campbell 1839-40 

Royall Tyler 1841-42 



James Elliot 1822 | John Kimball 1843-45 



Samuel Elliot 1823-24 

Alexander S. Campbell 1825-26 

Daniel Kellogg 1827 

Alexander S. Campbell 1828-30 

Elected by the People, and biennially after 1869 



Richard W. Smith 1846 

Edward Kirkland 1847-48 

George B. Kellogg 1849 



George B. Kellogg 1850-5 1 

Ranslure W. Clarke 1852-53 

John N. Baxter 1854-55 

Benjamin L. Knowlton .... 1856-57 

George Howe 1858-59 

Jabez D. Bridgman 1860-61 

Horatio N. Hix 1862-63 

Charles B. Eddy 1864-65 



Charles E. Arnold, 1868-69 

Kittredge Haskins 1870-71 

Eleazer L. Waterman 1872-73 

Oscar E. Butterfield 1874-75 

James L. Martin 1876-77 

Edgar W. Stoddard 1878-79 

Lavant M. Read 1880-81 

Augustine A. Butterfield. . . . 1882-83 



James M. Tyler 1866-67 

JUDGES OF PROBATE-DISTRICT OF MARLBORO. 

Elected by the People. 
Micah Townsend 1781-1785 

Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 



Samuel Elliot 1829-30 

Marshall Miller 1831-32, 1840-42 

John Roberts 1833 

Asa Knight 1834-36 

Dana Hyde 1837-38 

Henry Smith 1839-43 

Royall Tyler 1846-49 



Micah Townsend 1786-88 

John Bridgman , 1789-1802 

Ebenezer Miller 1803 

Samuel Porter 1804-05 

Gilbert Denison ...1806-10, 1815-16 

James Roberts 181 1-12 

Darius Bullock 1813-14 

Lemuel Whitney. . . 1817-28, 1844-45 

Elected by the People. 
Royall Tyler, still in office i85o-i88z 

DISTRICT OF WESTMINSTER. 

Elected by the People. 

Noah Sabin 1781-1785 

Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 



Noah Sabin 1786-1801 

Noah Sabin. Jr., 1801-08 

Elijah Knight 1809-13, 1815-18 

Phmeas White 1814 

Daniel Kellogg 1819-20 

Charles Phelps 1821-22, 1824 

Dana Miller, 1823 

Horace Baxter. .. 1825-26, 1828-29 



Asa Keys 1827 

Peter R. Taft, 1830-33 

Alexander S. Cambell, 1834-35 

David L. Putnam 1836-1837 

EUery AUbe 1838-46 

David Chandler 1847-4S 

Abishai Stoddard 1849 



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Elected by the People. 
x\bishai Stoddard, still in office 1 850-1 882 

COUNCILORS. 

Benjamin Carpenter, Guilford March 12, 1778, to Oct., 1779 

Samuel Fletcher. Townshend Oct., 1779, to Oct., 1789. 

Luke Knoulton, (resigned,) Newfane Oct., 1789, to Oct. 21, 1800 

Benjamin Burt, (appointed by joint assembly) Oct. 21, 1800 

Eliakim Spooner, Westminster Oct., 1801, to Oct., 1802 

Samuel Shepardson, Guilford Oct., 1803, to Oct., 1807 

Eliakim Spooner, Westminster . ..Oct., 1803, to Oct., 1807 

Samuel Fletcher, Townshend Oct., 1808, to Oct., 1809 

Gilbert Denison, Guilford Oct., 1809, to Oct., 181 1 

William C. Bradley, Westminster 1812-1813 

Samuel Fletcher, Townshend 1813-1814 

Mark Richards, Westminster. , . . . 1813-1814 

William Hall, Jr., Bellows Falls 1814-1815 

Mark Richards, Westminster 1815-1816 

Theophilus Crawford, Putney 1817-1819 

Charles Phelps, Townshend 1820-1822 

John Roberts, Whitingham 1823-1827 

Samuel Clark, Brattleboro 1828-1830 

John Phelps, Guilford ; 1831-1832 

Austin Birchard, Newfane 1 833-1 834 

David Crawford, Putney 1 835 



COUNTY SENATORS. 

Phineas White, Waitstill R. Ranney, William Henry 1836 

Phineas White, Waitstill R. Ranney, John Phelps 1837 

David Chandler, Laban Jones, Waitstill R. Ranney 1838 

David Chandler, Laban Jones, Calvin Townsley 1839 

Calvin Townsley, David Crawford, Emery Wheelock 1840 

John Barrett, David Crawford, Emery Wheelock 1841 

John Barrett, Calvin Townsley, Sanford Plumb 1842 

Sanford Plumb, William Harris, Samuel F. Thompson 1843 

William Harris, Samuel F. Thompson, Reuben Winn 1844 

John Campbell, Ebenezer Howe, jr., Reuben Winn 1845 

Ebenezer Howe, Jr., John Kimball, Austin Birchard 1846 

John Kimball, Peter W. Dean, Larkin G. Mead 1847 

John Kimball, Peter W. Dean, Larkin G. Mead 1848 

Peter W. Dean, Frederick Holbrook, John Tufts 1849 

Frederick Holbrook, John Tufts, Asa Wentworth, Jr 1850 

Asa Wentworth, Jr., John R. Blake, Ira Gooodhue 1851 

John R. Blake, Ira Goodhue, Ashley Stone 1852 

Ashley Stone, Russell Hyde, Pardon T. Kimball 1853 

Russell Hyde, Pardon T. Kimball, James H. Phelps 1854 

Horace Fletcher, Asa Keyes, Ebenezer Howe, Jr 1855 

Asa Keyes, James H. Phelps, William H. Jones 1856 

William H. Jones, George Perry 1857 

John E. Butler, Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr • 1858 

John E. Butler, Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr 1859 

Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr., Samuel L. Hunt, i860 



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John C. Richardson, Parley Starr, Broughton D. Harris iS^i 

John C. Richardson, Parley Starr, Broughton D. Harris 1862 

Edward Kirkland, Henry E. Stoughton 1863 

Edward Kirkland, Henry E. Stoughton 1864 

Stephen P. Flagg, Charles Barrett 1 865-1866 

Daniel Kellogg, Homer Goodhue 186 7- 1868 

David Goodell, Hoyt H. Wheeler 1869 

Charles B. Eddy, William W. Lynde 1 870-1871 

John L. Butterfield, Jacob Estey 1 872-1873 

George Howe, Andrew A. Wyman 1874-1875 

Oscar E. Butterfield, Eleazer L. Waterman 1876-1877 

Alvin B. Franklin, Dan. P. Webster 1878-1879 

Levi K. Fuller, Jabez D. Bridgnian . . .1880-1881 

Juhus J. Estey, William B. Cutting 1882- 1883 

ROAD COMMISSIONERS. 

Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 

1827. — Peter R. Taft, Henry Clark, James L. Stark, Phineas White, Benja- 
min Smith, Jr. 

1828. — Peter R. Taft, Henry Clark, James L. Stark, Timothy H. Whitney, 
William R. Shafter. 

1829-1830. — Aaron Barney, Manasseh Divoll, Samuel Knight, Amos Brown, 
Nathaniel Ward. 

ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. 

The following named persons were commissioned by the executive of New 
York to " appear in all and every His Majesty's Courts of Record to be 
holden in and for the County of Cumberland, with.in said Province, and there 
to practice as an Attorney at Law " : — 

Micah Townsend, commissioned by Lieut-Governor CoLlen, April 26, 1770. 
Charles Phelps, " " Governor Tryon, July 22, 177 1. 

Samuel Knight, " " " " June 23, 1772. 

The following were admitted to the Bar by the Court of Common Pleas 
and General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Cumberland : — 
John Groutj June, 1 772 lElijah Williams, March. 1773 

Samuel Knight, )o . Simeon Olcott, Sept., 1774 

Solomon Phelps, j- ^ept., 1772] 

The following named have been admitted to practice by the Windham 
county court : — 



Stephen R. Bradley, ] 

Samuel Knight, ! r ^ n 

F.rP .^tile. J""^ -6, 1781 



Ezra Stiles, j 



Micah Townsend, J 

Lot Hall, ) ,^ - 

T u (^ cc - J)ec. 178^ 

John dnmn, j ' -^ 

Wm. Chace Harrington, ) ^t cr 

Ambrose Hull, . ["Nov., 1786 

Reuben Atwater, June, 1789 

John W. Blake, June, 1790 



Jeremiah Mason, June, 1791 

Lucius Hubbard, ) ^t 

Richard Whitney, ) ^°'-' ^79^ 

John Hunt, Nov., 1792 

Samuel Porter, Nov., 1793 

Royall Tyler, Nov., 1794 

Asa King, ) t ^ 

Elijah Knight, j J""^' ^^96 

Samuel P. Goodhue, Nov., 1796 

Hezekiah May, June, 1797 



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Thomas Bacon, 
Luke Knoulton, Jr., 
Uriel C. Hatch, 
John H. Pahner, 
William C. Bradley, 
Samuel Prentiss, Jr., 
Quartus Smead, 
Samuel Elliot, 
Alexander Holton, 
Charles Phelps, 
John Holton, 
John Phelps, 
Horatio Knight, 
John Henry, 
Marshall Miller, 
Asa Green, 
Levi Field, 
Grindal R. Ellis, 
George E. Wales, 
Isaac Fletcher, 
Hon. James Roberts, 
John Francis, 
Munnis Kenny, 
Booz M. Atherton, 
Daniel Kellogg, 
Dana Miller, 
Alexander S. Campbell, 
Jason Chamberlain, 
Samuel W. Porter, 
Horace Baxter, 
Cyprian Slevens, 
"AlaT Keyes, 
Joel Holton, 
James L. Stark, 
Horace Roberts, 
Henry Crawford, 
Henry Kellog,g 
Timothy Phelps, 
Stephen Tyler, 
Joseph H. Babbitt, 
Thomas G. Carey, 
Joel Parker, 
Joshua Leavitt, 
Horace Fletcher, 
Larkin G. Mead, 
Philip Kingsley, 
Pliny Kingsley, 
Aldis Lovell, 
William F. Hall, 
Phineas Henderson, 
Daniel Dwight, 
Turner Stephenson, 
Henry Closson, 



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Warren Lovell, 

Jonathan Dorr Bradley, ) 

Rosvvell M. Field, I 

Charles K. Field, ) 

Henry A. Bellows, 

Elisha H. Allen, 

Cyrus Lovell, 

Onslow Peters, 

Edwin D. Elliot, 

Edmund Burke, 

John Roberts, 

Edson Allen, 

James Crawford, 

David L. Putnam, 

Marshall S. Hagar, 

Luther Beebe, 

Samuel Allen, 

Leverett Spring, 

Rufus C. Smith, 

Ebenezer Huntington, 

Jesse Howard, 

John E. Butler, 

Oscar L. Shafter, ) 

Nelson Robinson, 

Edward Kirkland, 

James H. Phelps, 

Martin Ballou, 

Nathaniel T. Sheafe, 

Royall Tyler, Sept., 

James McM. Shafter,. April, 

Lewis Smith, Sept., 

Frederick N. Palmer, April, 

Samuel H. Price, ] 

Allen P. Dudley, 

Romanzo Walker, 

Peter R. Taft, 

Nathan L. Butler, 

Charles I. Walker, 

Albert M. Alibe, 

William Mason, 

Pliny; H. White 

George B. Keyes, 

George B. Kellogg, 

Abishai Stoddard, 

William H. Follett, ] 

John Roberts, Jr., j 

John N. Baxter, 

Augustus A. Fleming, 

Albert S. Wait, | 

George W. Roberts, J 

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George Howe, 
Nathaniel B. Hall, 
WiUard Stark, 
Rufus D. Chase, 
Stephen P. Fagg, 
Jabez D. Bridgman 
Benjamin VV. Dean, 
Pliney F. Walker, 
R. Fairbrother, 
S. R. Hemenway, 
Publius D. Foster, 
Truman H. Streeter, 
Benjamin L Knowlton, 
Charles N. Davenport, 
Horatio B. Maynard, 
Horatio N. Hix, 
Albert G. Burke, 
Edmond M. Forbes, 
James W. Carpenter 
Mark Warren, 
Abiathar W. Preston, 
Francis M. Crosby, 
L. A. Grant, 
David Arnold, 
Charles B. Eddy, 
Kittredge Haskins, 
Ranney Howard, 
Hoyt H. Wheeler, 
Henry F. Severens, 
George L. Fletcher, 
James M. Tyler, 
Charles W. Dean, 
Faxon L. Brown, 
Jerome W. Pierce, 
Winslow S. Myers, 
Samuel L. Parsons, 
Gen. John W. Phelps, 
Charles E. Arnold, 
Eleazer L. Waterman 
Asaph P. Childs, 
William H. Smith, 
Gilbert H. Mann, 



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Edwin H. Stoughton, 
Charles B. Stoughton, 
John C. Tyler, 
Park W. Davis, 
Henry F. Dix, 
George W. Davenport, 
Nathan Hall, 
George Davis, 
John W. Croker. 
Oscar E. Butterfield, 
Abner A. Butterfield, 
Charles F. Boyd, 
Stephen T. Davenport, 
John W. Bennett, 
Nelson H. Bixby, 
Lewis S. Walker, 
Jonathan G. Eddy, 
Lavant M. Read, 
Edgar W. Stoddard, 
William C. Holbrook, 
Henry K. Field, 
Arthur C. Bradley, 
Edgar H. Davenport, 
C. F. Eddv, 
F. A. BoUes, 
H. W. Brigham, 
George A. Downs, 
Joseph G. Martin, 
Frank J. Barber, 
Howard F. Wolcott, 
Zina H. AUbe. 
Edward S. Miller, 
Laurin W. Holden, 
Milton A. Goodnow, 
Dexter L. Stone, 
Addison E. Cudworth 
Charles S. Chase, 
George C. Briggs, 
Hosea Mann, Jr., 
Albert J. Davenport, 
Qrrin H. Carpenter 
James S Merrill, 



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PRESENT MEMBERS OF WINDH.'VM COUNTY B.AR. 

James M. Tyler Brattleboro Charles F. Eddy, Bellows Falls 

Kittredge Haskins " ' ' -- -- ' 

R. W. Clarke, " 

James L. Martin, " 

Jonathan G. Eddy, " 

Edgar W. Stoddard, " 

Charles B. Eddy, Bellows Falls 



Jabez D. Bridgman,, 
George A. Weston, , 
Lavant M. Read, . . 
Francis A. Bolles, . , 
Zina H. Albee, .... 
George A. Brown,. 



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PRESENT MEMBERS OF WINDHAM COUNTY BAR — (CONTINUED.) 



Milon Davidson, Newfane 

Lewis S. Walker, Grafton 

Albert W. Dresser, " 

Eleazer L. Waterman Jamaica 

Addison E. Cudvvorth. S. Londonderry 

Abishai Stoddard Townshend 

James H. Phelps,... West Townshend 

Horatio N. Hix, Whitingham 

Charles S. Chase, ... " 



George C. Briggs, Whitingham 

Oscar E. Butterfield, .... Wilmington 

Milton A. Goodnow " 

Stephen T. Davenport, " 

Edgar H. Davenport, *' 

Charles F. Boyd, " 

Hosea Mann, Jr., " 

A. Augustine Butterfield, Jacksonville 



THE POOR. 

Those who from age, infirmity or otherwise, become unable to support 
themselves, and are so unfortunate as to be obliged to rely upon public 
charity for support, are cared for, in conformity with the laws of the State, 
by the inhabitants of the town wherein they reside. 

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 

From time immemorial Connecticut river was a favorite pathway of Indian 
travel, and later was used as the great highway of the eastern part of the 
State by the whites. After the establishment of a trading station at Charles- 
town, or Number Four, N, H., in 1727, the route which the Indians usually 
took in going from Canada to Fort Dummer was by Lake Champlain, Otter 
creek and Black and Connecticut rivers. The government of Massachusetts, 
in order to ascertain the e.xact course of this Indian road, obtained from a 
certain James Cass the following diary of a journey from Fort Dummer to 
Lake Champlain, performed in the year 1730. From it something may be 
learned of the manner of traveling in the wilderness in those early times, 
and of the hardships pertaining thereto. Thus the journal runs : — 

"Monday, ye 27th April, 1730, at about twelve of ye clock we left Fort 
Dummer, and travailed that day three miles, and lay down that night by 
West River, which is three miles distant from Fort Dummer. Notabene, — I 
travailed with twelve Canady Mohawks that drank to great excess at ye fort 
and killed a Skatacook Indian in their drunken conditicn, that came to 
smoke with them. 

"Tuesday. — We travailed upon the great river [Connecticut] about ten 
miles. 

" Wednesday. — We kept ye same course upon ye great River, travailed 
about ten miles, and eat a drowned Buck that night. 

Thursday. — We travailed upon ye great River within two miles of ye Great 
Falls [Bellows Falls] in said River, then went upon Land to ye Black River 
above ye Great Falls, went up in that River and lodged about a mile and a 
half from the mouth of the Black River, which days' travail we judged about 
ten miles. 

" Fryday. — We cross Black River at ye Falls [Springfield village] after- 
wards travail through ye woods N. N. W. then cross Black River again about 
seventeen miles above our first crossing, afterwards travailed ye same course, 
and pitched our tent on ye homeward side of Black River. 



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"Saturday. — We crossed Black River, left a great mountain on ye right 
hand and another on ye left [in Ludlow]. Keep a N. W. course till we 
pitch our tent after eleven miles travail by a Brook which we called a 
branch of Black River. 

"Sabbath Day. — Soon after we began our days' work, an 61d pregnant 
squaw that travailed with us, stopt alone and was delivered of a child, and by 
Monday noon overtook us with a living child upon her back. We travail to 
Black River. At ye three islands, between which and a large pound we past 
ye River, enter a mountain [in Plymouth], that afforded us a prospect of ye 
place of Fort Dummer. Soon after we enter a descending country, and 
travail till we arrive at Arthur Creek [Otter creek] in a descending land. 
In this days' travail which is twenty-one miles, we came upon seven Brooks 
which run in a S. W. course at ye north end of said Mountain. From Black 
River to Arthur Creek we judge is twenty-five miles. 

" Monday. — Made Canoes. 

"Tuesday. — Hindered travaiHng by rain. 

" W^ednesday — We go in our Canoes upon .Arthur Creek, till we meet 
two great falls in said river [in Rutland]. Said River is very Black and deep 
and surrounded with good land to ye extremity of our prospect. This days' 
travail thirty-five miles. 

" Thursaay. — We sail forty miles in Arthur Creek. \'. e meet wiln great 
Falls [Middleburv falls], and a little above them we meet with two other 
great Falls [at Weybridge], and about ten miles below ye said Falls we 
meet two other pretty large Falls [at Vergennes]. We carryd our Canoes 
by these Falls and came to ye Lake." 

As the county was settled, it became apparent that some more conven- 
ient mode of transportation must be devised than the flat boats afforded on 
the Connecticut, or than was afforded by the several stage lines. Accordingly, 
October 29, 1829, the legislatures of Vermont and New Hampshire passed 
an act incorporating the Connecticut River Steamboat Company, the charter 
being given to "Jonathan H. Hubbard, Frederick Pettes, George D. Dutton, 
Isaac W. Hubbard. Edward R. Campbell, Albert G. Hatch, David H. Sum- 
ner, William Hall, James I. Cutler, Alexander Flemming, and their associates." 
This charter was altered, however, November 5, 1830, to the Connecticut 
River Valley Steamboat Company, allowing the corporation to "purchase, 
hold and convey real estate to the value of $20,000 00." Canals and locks 
were built where rapids or falls occurred, so that the Connecticut navigation 
became very convenient from Hartford, Conn., to the " Fifteen Mile" fall at 
Dalton. Three of these canals were located in Vermont, one at Bellows' 
Falls, one at Sumner's Falls, and another at Olcott's Falls. Between these 
falls, except between Sumner's and Olcott's were located steamers that were 
plied until the canal was reached, then the passengers and freight had to be 
transported to the steamer awaiting at the other end of the canal, though the 
flatboats, rafts, etc., made through trips, using the locks. One steamer, run by 
Capt. Nutt, of White River, was built in 1830, so as to be locked through the 
entire length, but it did not prove a success. 

The first attempt at steamboat navigation on the Connecticut was in 1827, 
when the " Barnet," a strong boat, seventy-five by fourteen aid one half feet, 



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was built and succeeded, with some help, in ascending the river as far as Bel- 
lows Falls. This was her first and last trip, however, for she was taken back 
to Hartford, laid up, and finally broken to pieces. In 1829 a Mr. Blanchard 
built a boat called the " Blanchard," of the size of the preceding, and another 
eighty feet long and fourteen feet wide, drawing only twelve or fifteen inches 
of water, called the "Vermont." The stroke of the piston was horizontal, and 
the engine a 120 horse-power. A few experimental trips were made between 
Bellows Falls and Barnet, but the obstacles were such that the undertaking 
was relinquished, and the method of plying boats between the locks substi- 
tuted instead. Bat the advent of the railroad into the county, in 1849, took, 
away the business of the river, and the old canals and locks have long since 
come to ruin. 

There is also a curious tradition e.xtant relative to the connection of Ver- 
mont and New Hampshire with the history of steam navigation. The tradi- 
tion is, and it is well authenticated, that about the beginning of this century 
there were two brothers Morey, Samuel and Ithamer, the former at Orford, 
N. H., and the latter at Fairlee, Vt., — Samuel with a remarkable genius for 
invention, and Ithamer a skillful mechanic. The universal applicability of 
steam had already been demonstrated, and among those who undertook its 
application to navigation was Samuel Morey. Under his direction Ithamer 
built a steamboat, which actually navigated the waters of the Connecticut, 
between Orford and Fairlee. Of this steamboat, which had its machinery in 
the bow, Samuel took the model to New York and showed it to Fulton, who 
was experimenting towards the same end. Fulton was pleased with the work, 
and suggested to Morey to change the machinery to the middle of the boat. 
This he returned to Fairlee to do, and this he actually did do, and then took 
his model again to New York, to find that Fulton had made use of his ideas 
and was ahead of him in getting out a patent. He returned home disap- 
pointed and with a sense of injury. Mr. J. H. Simonds, of Windsor, Vt., 
informs us that he himself has seen in Fairlee pond the remains of Morey's 
boat. 

Boston has always been the natural market for Vermont, and in the early 
days it could only be reached by the tedious, lumbering coach, goods being 
hauled by horse express. Rough and hilly were the roads, while the people 
of the western part of the State must climb the Green and Surrey Moun- 
tains and many other intervening high mountains and hills. Finally, how- 
ever, wh -n the railroads were building, or completed, from Boston to Concord 
and Fitchburg, some enterprising spirits in Vermont conceived the idea of 
constructing a railroad from the western part of the State to intersect with 
the roads that already led to the sea board at Boston, and Burlington was 
decided upon as the starting point. The Green Mountains had ever been a 
dividing line in the State, and, of course, there was much contention and 
strife as to whether the road should pass south from Burlington, through the 
valley of Otter creek, cross the mountains through Mount Holly gorge to 



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Bellows Falls, to connect with a contemplated road from Fitchburg to Bel- 
lows Falls, or whether it should pass from Burlington to Montpelier, cross 
the mountains, proceed southeast to the Connecticut, to connect with a pro- 
jected road from Concord, N. H. 

The friends of each route were sanguine that their's was the most feasible^ 
and as there were some active, earnest men interested on each side, the con- 
troversy ran quite high and charters were very liberal, the result of it all 
being, however, that both projected routes were utilized. The advocates of 
the northern route were a little ahead in the construction of their road, 
though the charters for both projected routes were issued on the same day. 
November i, 1843. The northern faction received a charter for the Vermont 
Central Railroad Company, which was subsequently changed to the Central 
Vermont Railroad Company, with the '■ right to build a railroad from some 
point on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, up the valley of Onion river, 
and extending to a point on the Connecticut river most convenient to meet 
a railroad either from Concord, N. H., or Fitchburg, Mass." The route 
decided upon was up the Connecticut from Wmdsor to the mouth of White 
river, thence up that stream to the source of its third branch, thence, reaching 
the summit in Roxbury, and passing down the valley of Dog river, entering 
the VVinooski valley near Montpelier, and thence, continuing in the Winooski 
valley, its terminus being reached at Burlington, a distance of 117 miles. 
Charles Paiae, of Windsor, was chosen president of the company, and 
ground was broken at Windsor, December 15, 1845, upon the farm formerly 
occupied by Judge Elijah Paine, father of Charles Paine, and where the lat- 
ter was born, the first ground broken for a railroad in Vermont. The road 
was opened through for business, June 20, 1849. 

Those interested in the southern route received a charter for the Cham- 
plain & Connecticut River Railroad Company, for the purpose of " con- 
structing a railroad from some point at Burlington, thence southwardly 
through the counties of Addison, Rutland, Windsor and Windham, to some 
point on the western bank of the Connecticut river." The route decided 
upon was from Bellows Falls to Burlington, a distance of 119^ miles, passing 
through portions of the valleys of Williams and Black rivers, and along Otter 
creek. The first meeting of the stockholders was held at Rutland, May 6, 
1845, with Timothy Follett, of Burlington, chairman, and L. Brown, clerk. 
It was voted to open subscriptions to stock, June 10th of that year, which 
was accordingly done. On November 6, 1847, the legislature changed the 
name of the corporation to the Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company, 
and subsequently it was changed to the Rutland Railroad Company. It is 
now known as the Rutland Division of the Central Vermont Railroad, hav- 
ing been leased to the Vermont Central Company in January, i87i,for a 
period of twenty years. The first blow towards its construction was struck 
during the month of February, 1847, in the town of Rockiiigham, near Bel- 
lows Falls, and in two years and nine months it was completed, being opened 
through December 18, 1849. 



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The Vermont Valley railroad, extending from Brattleboro to Bellows 
Falls, w:-s built soon after, a project of Huj^h Henry and others, and in Feb- 
ruary, 1849, the Vermont & Massachusetts railroad was completed, extend- 
ing from Brattleboro to South Vernon, thus opening the route through from 
Massachusetts to Burlington, as originally intended by the projectors of the 
Southern Vermont route. 

Several charters were also issued before the Brattleboro & Whitehall Rail- 
road Company was organized. The legislature of 1851 granted a charter for 
the Wantastiquet Railroad Company, with the privilege of building a road 
from Brattleboro up through the West river valley to Londonderry, and thence 
'• through Landgrove, Peru and Mt. Tabor, to connect with the Western 
Vermont railroad in the towns of Danby and Wallingford, or from London- 
derry through Weston, to connect with the Rutland & Burlington railroad at 
Mt. Holly, or from Weston through Andover, to connect with said Rutland 
& Burlington railroad in Ludlow." The bill for this charter was drawn and 
introduced by the late Charles K. Field, then a member of the House from 
Newfane. Under this charter, however, no corporate action was taken. 

In 1867 the legislature granted a charter for the west River Railroad Com- 
pany, the bill for the charter being drawn and introduced by Hon. H. H, 
Wheeler, who then represented the town of Jamaica in the legislature. This 
charter contemplated the construction of a standard-gauge road from Brat- 
tleboro to Jamaica. The legislature of 1867 refused to pass an act enabling 
towns to bond in aid of this road; but in 1868 an enabling act was passed, 
and under this act the towns of Jamaica, Townshend and Newfane very soon 
bonded in aid of the road to the amount of eight times their respective grand 
lists, and a survey was made by Julius Fenn. February 5, 1870, a formal or- 
ganization of the West River railroad corporation was effected at Jamaica, 
but, owing to the estimated high cost of the road and the lack of sufficient 
funds, the enterprise still remained in embryo, although various attem[)ts were 
made to put it on its feet. In connection with one of these efforts, in 1873, 
Robert L. Harris made another survey of the Hne. In 1869 and again in 
1873 enabling acts were passed. But in spite of the efforts here referred to 
to give it life, the project lay in a practically dormant condition in the years 
from 1870 to 1876, apparently insurmountable obstacles standing in the way 
because of the estimated high cost of the road. During these years, how- 
ever, the narrow-gauge system of railroads had begun to come into promi- 
nence. An amendment of the charter was secured from the legislature of 
1876, changing the name of the West River Railroad Company to the Brattle- 
boro & Whitehall Railroad Company, extending all acts and provisions relat- 
ing to the company for a term of six years, and authorizing the company to ex- 
tend its railroad through the towns of Londonderry, Winhall, Landgrove, Peru, 
etc., to Whitehall, N. Y. February i, 1877, at a meeting held in Brattleboro 
under the auspices of the board of commissioners named in the charter of 1867, 
a board of directors of the Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad Company was 



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elected, and at a subsequent meeting, held at Fayetteville, this board organ- 
ized by the choice of C. F. Thompson as president, and J. A. Butler as clerk. 
C. F. Thompson, F. Goodhue and J. L. Martin were made an executive com- 
mittee, and the general management of the enterprise was vested in their 
hands. Whitehall capitalists professed great anxiety to have the road built, 
and there were abundant promises of help from Vermont towns on the other 
side of the mountain. East of the mountain, in the West river valley, the 
towns took energetically hold of the work, and by the early spring of 1877, 
Brattleboro and Londonderry had voted liberal aid to the enterprise, and 
Jamaica, Townshend and Newfane had transferred to it a generous portion 
of the aid originally voted to the West River railroad. Here, however, the 
project again came to a standstill, for none of the towns on the other side of 
the mountain, either in Vermont or New York, fulfilled their promises of aid, 
and during the summer and fall of 1877 the hopes of the friends of the en- 
terprise seemed as far as ever from fulfillment. 

In 1878, however, the matter of building a two-foot guage road to South 
Londonderry was brought up, and by dint of earnest work this enterpiise 
was started, the provision and understanding being that no vote or subscrip- 
tion should be binding until the sum of $200,000 of capital stock in cash 
subscriptions had been obtained. The town aid, as finally voted, was in the 
following amounts: Brattleboro, $50,000; Newfane, $25,000; Townshend, 
$37,000; Jamaica, $32,800; Londonderry, $23,000 — making a total of 
$167,800. The balance of the required sum of $200,000 was secured by 
private subscription, the closing subscription having been made at Town- 
shend in May, 1878. The survey and permanent location of the road was 
at once begun, and on the 26th day of October, 1878, a contract was closed 
with Harris Bros. & Co. for the completion and equipment of the road. It 
was decided to build the road on a three-foot guage instead of a two-foot. 

Ground for the road was formally broken «it Fayetteville on Monday, No- 
vember II, 1878, and on the same day, at a slightly earlier hour, ground was 
also broken at Jamaica. From this time on the construction work was 
pushed rapidly forward. Everything went well until July, 1879, when, 
through the failure of the firm that was to furnish the iron to live up to their 
contract, and other complications, another halt was made. 

It became evident that some new arrangement must be made for the com- 
pletion and operation of the road. During the winter an arrangement was 
made between the railroad company and Harris Bros. & Co., by which the 
former took the further construction and completion of the road into its own 
hands for the purpose of putting itself in a position to perfect an arrange- 
ment, the preliminaries of which had already been entered into, for a lease 
of the road to the New London Northern corporation. At the annual stock- 
holders' meeting, held in February, the officers of the road were given full 
authority to negotiate this lease. The New London Northern road being 
under lease to the Central Vermont, the management of the Brattleboro and 



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Whitehall road passed by this arrangement into the hands of that corpora- 
tion. As soon as the spring of 1880 opened the Central Vermont began the 
work of fully completing the substructure, laying ties, etc. Early in Septem- 
ber the iron, which had been bought in England, arrived, and the work of 
laying it down was rapidly pushed until its final completion. The length of 
the road, from Brattleboro to South Londonderry, is a fraction over 36 miles. 
A railroad from Hoosac Tunnel, Mass., to Readsboro, Vt., is now in pro- 
cess of construction, its route passing through the southwestern corner of 
Whitingham. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

The first printing-office in Vermont was established at Westminster, in the 
summer of 1778, by Judah Paddock Spooner and Timothy Green. At the 
session of the legislature in October following, Judah P. Spooner and Alden 
Spooner were appointed State printers. The laws which were passed at the 
two preceding sessions of the legislature had been promulgated only in man- 
uscript. In February, 1781, was commenced at Westminster, by J. P. 
Spooner and Timothy Green, the publication of the first newspaper ever 
printed in Vermont. It was called The Vermont Gazette or Green Mountain 
Post Boy, and it had for its motto the following couplet, which is truly char- 
acteristic of the inhabitants of the Green Mountain State : — 

" Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom glide, 
Firm as the hills to stem oppression's tide.'' 

This paper was issued weekly, and continued until the beginning of the 
year 1783. 

Just a few words here of the Spooners and of the Green family may be of 
interest. Judah Paddock Spooner and Alden Spooner were two of the nine 
children of Thomas Spooner and his wife Rebecca, who was the daughter of 
Judah Paddock. The last named Judah had for his wife Alice Alden. Five 
of the nine children of Thomas were sons, and all five served in the Revolu- 
tion. Judah Paddock Spooner was born in New London, Conn., 1747, and 
died at Rutland, in February, 1807. He published The Farmer's Library, 
at Fairhaven, Vt., from July, 1795, to its suspension, in 1798. His sons, Wy- 
man, who, in 1864, was lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin, and Jeduthan, 
were both printers; Wyman of the Vermont Journal, at Windsor, and after- 
wards of the Advocate, at Royalton and Chelsea, and Jeduthan of the Reper- 
tory, at Burlington, and at St. Albans, from 1821 to 1836. Jeduthan "went 
west," as did Wyman, and there became very successful. He died in 1867, 
and VV)man is also dead. Alden was born in New London in 1757, and both 
he and his older brother, Judah Paddock, "learned their trade" of Timothy 
Green, of New London, who married their sister Rebecca. This Timothy 
Green, who was that one of the proprietors for whom Greensboro, Orleans 
county, was named, was of the famous Green -family of printers. Stephen 
Daye, beginning at Cambridge in 1639, was the man who conducted the first 

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press in New England. Samuel. Green succeeded him and died in 1702. He 
had a family of nineteen children, one of whom was named Samuel, a printer, 
who had a son Timothy, also a printer. This Timothy, in 1709, sent on one 
Short to be the first printer in Connecticut, and as Short filled to meet the 
Connecticut requirements, in 17 14, Timothy went himself to New London- 
He was born in 1679 and died May 5, 1757. He had a son Samuel, a prin- 
ter, who had a son Timothy, being the Timothy who married Rebecca Spooner 
and with J. P. Spooner pubhshed The Vermont Gazette. 

The press on which the paper was published is now, for the most part, in 
the State House at Montpelier, and is thought to be the first press brought 
to New England. It is supposed that Rev. Jesse Glover was bringing it over 
from England, in 1638, when he died on the voyage, and that Stephen Daye, 
previously mentioned, whom Glover had engaged to come and work it, set it 
up, in 1639, at Cambridge. 

The Federal Galaxy was the next paper established in the county, by Ben- 
jamin Smead, of Brattleboro, January, 1797. The Galaxy was printed on a 
four-page sheet, measuring about seventeen by twenty- one inches, four col- 
umns to a page, being sold to subscribers for $1.34 per year, payable on the last 
day of every quarter. An idea of what was considered news in those early days 
may be gained from the following description of the contents of No. 71, Vol. 2 
dated May 8, 1798 : The entire first and second pages, and nearly one column 
of the third page, are taken up with the " Instructions to Charles Cotesworth 
Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, Envoys Extraordinary and 
Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic," signed by Timothy Pick- 
ering, Secretary of State, and bearing date July 15, 1797 — nearly ten months 
previous. Following this article, under the general head of '' Domestic 
Events," is given about a column and a half of news from South Carolina, 
Virginia, Maryland, New York and Massachusetts. Then follows a half 
column of editorial matter, the leading article treating upon the then all- 
absorbing topic of our relations with France. Something more than a column 
of this page is occupied by advertisements. Two and a half columns of the 
fourth page are devoted to a report of the proceedings of the American Con- 
gress and House of Representatives, extending from Wednesday, March 28, 
to Tuesday, April 3d. The remainder of the page is taken up with adver- 
tisements, among which are three applications for divorce. There is not a 
local or State paragraph in the entire paper. The Galaxy was continued 
until 1802, when Mr. Smead removed to Dansville, N. Y. 

The Reporter was established at Brattleboro, in February, 1803, by Wil- 
liam Fessenden. Mr. Fessenden was a son of Rev. Thomas Fessenden, 
of Walpole, N. H., and learned his trade at that place. In 1803 Mr. 
Fessenden arrived in Brattleboro while on his way to New York to pro- 
cure employment as a journeyman printer. The fact becoming known 
to the landlord of the hotel where he stopped, and to Samuel Dickinson, 
John W. Blake, Esq., and to other leading men of the place, who greatly 



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desired a Federable newspaper to be published in Brattleboro, Mr. Fessen- 
den was induced by them to embark in the undertaking. He obtained a press 
and other necessary materials in Boston, at second hand, established the 
Reporter, and remained proprietor of it until his death, in 1815. Becoming 
largely interested in the pubUcation of books, the editorial charge of the paper, 
after the first few years, was largely left to other hands, being for some time 
in care of his brother, Thomas Green Fessenden, who was a lawyer by pro- 
fession, a writer of note, and who afterwards went to Boston and established 
the New England Fartner. The Reporter, soon after the death of Mr. Fes- 
senden, passed into the hands of his father-in-law, Dea. John Holbrook, who 
continued it until it was merged into the Messenger, about r826. 

The Independent Freeholder and Republican Journal was the next paper 
established after the Reporter. It was started at Brattleboro by a printer 
named Peter Houghton, in (808, he being backed by Judge Chapin, father 
the late Dr. Charles Chapin. The paper was continued only a short time. 

The Bellows Falls IntelligeJicer appears next, its first number being issued 
in January, 181 7. It was owned and published by Blake, Cutler &' Co., and 
edited by Thomas G. Fessenden. This company occupied a building upon 
the corner of Westminster and Mill streets, at Bellows Falls, where they car. 
ried on an extensive printing and publishing business. They had also a 
paper mill, where they manufactured writing and printing paper; also a book 
bindery and wholesale book store. Bill Blake was the founder of the busi- 
ness, and at one time the company had from thirty to forty hands in their 
employ. In 1822 Mr. Fessenden was succeeded by William Masters as 
editor, who came from Concord, N. H. The next editor was Cyrus Barton, 
who had studied law in the ofiice of Hon. William C. Bradley, and who after- 
wards became associated with Isaac Hill, as one of the editors of the Neiv 
Hampshire Patriot. The Intelligencer was afterwards edited by Edmund 
Burke, also a student from the office of Mr. Bradley. Dr. John Wells suc- 
ceeded Mr. Burke as editor. After Dr. Wells, Samuel Taylor purchased the 
paper and continued it until it fell into the hands of Benjamin B. Cook, in 
1835, who changed its name to the Vermont Intelligencer. It was discon- 
tinued not long after. 

The American Yeoman was commenced at Brattleboro in 18 17. The pub- 
lisher, Simeon Ide, had worked as pressman on Webster's spelling book the 
greater .part of the year 1813, for William Fessenden. In 1816 he had printed 
"the first New Ipswich, N. H., edition" of the New Testament, in his father's 
blacksmith shop in that town ; but the work proved unremunerative, and hav- 
ing disposed of most of the edition to pay his debts, he found himself pos- 
sessed of a good Ramage press, a font or two of types, and a few other nec- 
essary utensils of the trade, and so resolved upon publishing a newspaper. 
Failing in his efforts to find necessary encouragement at Keene, N. H., Mr. 
Ide turned to Brattleboro, where he issued the first number of the Yeoman, 
February 5, 1817. Hon. John Phelps, of Guilford, Hon. James Elliot, Hon. 



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Royall Tyler, Dr. Allen, Dr." J. P. Warren, and other men of considerable note^ 
were occasional contributors to its columns. A circulation of 300 copies^ 
however, seems to have been insufficient to satisfy Mr. Ide's ambition, and 
at the end of one year he removed to Windsor, Vt., and united his paper 
with the Vei'mont Republican, in the office of which paper he had commenced 
his apprenticeship in the autumn of 1809. Mr. Ide is still living, at a serene 
old age, in Claremont, N. H. 

The Brattleboro Messenger, a Whig paper, was established by Alexander 
C. Putnam, who learned the printer's trade at Windsor, Vt., and married a. 
sister of the late Dea. Anson Barber, of Brattleboro. After continuing the 
paper about four years, Mr. Putnam, in 1826, sold out to George W. 
Nichols, whose first wife was a sister of the Fessenden printers, and who had 
for some time been employed as foreman in the Reporter press room. Mr. 
Nichols was born at Stowe, Vt., in 1782, and learned hi^ trade at Walpole, 
N. H. In politics he was a Democrat. He continued the Messenger until 
it was merged into the Pkcenix, in 1834. 

The Vermont Chronicle, was established at Bellows Falls, by Rev. E, C. 
Tenny, in April, 1826, The paper was only continued here about two 
years, however, when it was removed to Windsor, Vt., in October, 1828. 

The Vermont Phcenix was first published September 12, 1834, by George 
W. Nichols and William E. Ryther, Mr. Nichols being also publisher of the 
Brattleboro Messenger, and Mr. Ryther, publisher of the Independent Inquirer, 
a liberal paper in religious matters, owned by an association of gentlemen. 
It was first published for the proprietors, by Hiram Tupper. for a short time. 
The Inquirer having been published one year, the association sold it to 
E. H. Thomas. The proprietors of the two papers then agreed to let both 
die, and from their ashes resurrect another paper, to be called the Vermont 
Phcenix. The Phcenix was published by Nichols & Ryther until September 
30, 1836, when they transferred their interest to G. C. Hall and J. C. Hol- 
brook, the poHtics of the paper not being satisfactory to some of its patrons. 
The paper was then put in charge of Mr. Calvin Walton, from Boston, whom 
the proprietors engaged for the purpose. Mr. Ryther being retained in the 
office, and the paper advocating the election of William Henry Harrison for 
President. Mr. Walton's name, however, appears in only four numbers of 
the paper. Five weeks afterward, Mr. Ryther, having purchased the paper 
of the proprietors, assumed its publication, and continued the same until 
July 8, 1847, when a .partnership was formed with Mr. O. H. Piatt, which 
lasted until April 18, 185 1, when Mr. Piatt, having purchased Mr. Ryther's 
interest, became sole proprietor. The Phcenix was enlarged in 1845, eleven 
years after its first publication. June 5, 1851, Mr. Piatt, having purchased 
the Bellows Falls Gazette, united the same with the Phcenix, announcing 
that the paper would be published simultaneously at Brattleboro, Bellows 
Falls and Ludlow. How long this arrangement lasted we do not know. The 
Phcenix was again enlarged in January, 1852. About this time the name of 



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the paper was changed to The Statesman. January i, 1855, it was merged 
with the Eagle, pubhshed by B. D. Harris, and the combined paper was 
called The Republican. George VV. Nichols, publisher of the Windham 
County Democrat., having given up his paper and gone West, the type and 
fixtures were purchased by Dr. Charles Cummings, who had had some con- 
nection with the Eagle, and February 3, 1855, he revived the Vermont 
Phcenix, with which The Republican was merged in 1857. Mr. Cummings 
remained editor and proprietor of the Phcenix until he went to the war, in 
1862, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the i6th Regiment Vermont Vols. At this 
time the publishing of the paper was in charge of Charles S. Prouty, and the 
editorial charge was assumed by Rev. Addison Brown, formerly pastor of 
the Unitarian church of Brattleboro. Cummings was killed before Rich- 
mond, September 30, 1864, while in command of the 17th Vermont Vols., 
which he had recruited on the expiration of the time of the T6th Regiment, 
and in December, 1864, Messrs. Brown and Prouty purchased | the Phcenix 
of the Cummings estate. January i, 1868, Daniel B. Stedman purchased a 
third interest in the establishment, and the paper was enlarged. Mr. Brown 
died May 11, 1872, and September i, 1873, Mr. Prouty sold his interest to 
Olin L. French, who had formerly been editor of the Keene, N. H. Sentinel 
the present firm being French & Stedman. 

The Vermont Eree Press was established at Fayetteville^ June 7, 1834, by 
James A. Tenny and Z. Eastman. They sold the paper to E. C. Church, 
who changed the name to the Green Mountain Democrat, February 6, 1835. 
During the following year he again changed the name to the Mountain Dem- 
ocrat ; but the paper finally died, for want of support, during the autumn of 
1837 or spring of 1838. 

The Windham Coimty Democrat was started at Brattleboro in November, 
1836, by an association of Democrats. It was run about one year under the 
editorial management of Joseph Steen, when it was purchased by George VV. 
Nichols. Mr. Nichols' second wife, Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols, who was a sister 
of Judge Howard, of Townshend, was for some years the real and accredited 
editor of the paper. Under her administration \}c\q Democrat became one of 
the earliest champions of Woman's Rights in the country, and took a pi emi- 
nent position among the newspapers of the State. The paper was discon- 
tinued in the autumn of 1853, and in the spring of 1855 Mr. Nichols removed 
with his family to Kansas, where he died the same year, at the age of seventy- 
three years. Mrs. Nichols is now living in California. 

The Bellows Ealls Gazette, a Whig paper, was established by John W. 
Moore, in November, 1838. Mr. Moore was a practical printer, a brother 
of Jacob B. Moore, who was postmaster-general of California when the pos- 
tal service was first established there. Mr. Moore was an ardent antiquarian, 
especially in the line of music, and about 1840 he added to the Gazette a 
musical department called the "World of Music," which, in 1842, became a 
separate publication, and which he soon after sold to a Mr. Silsby, of Chester, 



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Vt. In June, 1S43, S. M. Blake and G. F. Bailey purchased the Gazette 
and continued its publication until June 5, 1844, at which time S. M. Blake 
became sole proprietor^ Mr. Bailey having removed to Fitchburg, Mass., 
where he entered upon the study of law, and was subsequently sent to con- 
gress from that district. Mr. Blake edited the Gazette until 1846, when he 
sold out to Green & Fleming, who re-purchased the concern for J. W. Moore, 
who in turn sold to a Mr. Colby. June 5, 185 1, the Gazette was sold to O. 
H. Piatt, when it was united with the Brattleboro Statesman, and published 
at Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and Ludlow, simultaneously. This arrangement 
being discontinued, Mr. Piatt started a separate paper at Bellows Falls, 
which, shortly after, was purchased by A. N. Swain, and is now edited by 
him, known as the Bellows Falls Times. 

The Whig, a campaign paper, was published during the campaign of 1840, 
at Brattleboro, by Joseph Steen. 

The Perfectionist was established in Putney, February 15, 1843, by J. H. 
Noyes and J. L. Skinner. The paper issued on this day was styled No. i. 
Vol. 3, an editorial explaining as follows: "We style this volume 3 because 
it is a continuation of the Witness, the name only being changed. However,^ 
if anyone chooses, he may consider it also a continuation of the original Per- 
fectionist, of which the first volume and part of the second were published in 
New Haven, Conn., in 1834 and '35." We cannot find, however, that the 

Witness was ever published in Putney. Noyes was a leader of the religious 
sect who styled themselves " Perfectionists," being identical with the present 
Oneida Community, at Oneida, N. Y. The paper was published on the ist, 
and 15th of the month, at $r.oo per year. It was temporarily discontinued 
at the end of the first year, but was later re-established, at Oneida, N. Y. 

The Water Cure Journal, a thirty-two page journal, was published several 

years, from about 1845, in the interest of the hydropathic institution that 

flourished at Brattleboro at that time. It was edited by William Wesselhoeft. 

The Republican Standard was commenced at Bellows Falls, after the 

Gazette was established, by William J. Mack ; and the Bellows Falls Argus, 
owned and edited by Hiram Atkins. The Argus, since changed to the 
Argus and Patriot, was removed to Montpelier, where it is now published. 
The Standard was discontinued. 

The Semi- Weekly Eagle was started in Brattleboro, by B. D. Harris and 
William B. Hale, in 1847, ^ Whig paper with strong partisan proclivities? 
and decidedly belligerent. The first number was issued August 10, 1847, and 
its publication was continued about three years before passing into other 
hands, the establishment being, in the spring of 185 1, sold to a party of gentle- 
men in the county who were interested in maintaining the paper, and its 
management was committed to the hands of Pliny H. White, then a young 
lawyer, residing at West Wardsboro, whose letters and occasional essays had 
already attracted attention, and who, in after years, as Rev. Pliny H. White, 
became well-known throughout the State. Mr. White, not finding editorial 



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pursuits, as developed in a country newspaper office, entirely congenial to his 
tastes or his talents, remained in charge of the Eagle only a little more than 
a year, when Mr. Harris having returned from Utah, whither he had been as 
secretary of the territory, was persuaded to resume control of it. He en- 
larged and changed it to a weekly sheet, and continued to conduct it until 
1855, at which time, an adjustment of local political differences having taken 
place, the paper was united with the Vermont Statesman, conducted by O. 
H. Piatt. 

The Brattleboro Hydropathic Messenger was commenced by J. Davison, in 
1858, with Dr. C. W. Grau, editor, and J. H. Capen, printer. It was a 
monthly journal, published in the interest of the Water Cure, and was dis- 
continued in i860. 

Capen' s Independent Advertiser, z. monthly journal edited and published 
by J. H. Capen, was issued during the years 1859, '60 and' 61. 

The Vermont Record and Farmer. — In July, 1863, Daniel L Milliken, ed- 
itor of the i5ri?«^/^;/ ^(?;///(sv, at Brandon, Vt., changed the name and char- 
acter of his paper, with the view of better adapting it to the wants of the 
whole State, and styled it The Vermont Record, making it a weekly and 
semi-weekly. January i, 1865, he removed the establishment to Brattleboro. 
Here he had with him for a time H. M. Burt, publisher of a paper printed on 
Mt. Washington, and who was also connected with the New England Home- 
stead, at Springfield, Mass. Soon after the removal to Brattleboro, another 
department was added, with a separate heading, entitled The Vermont Far- 
mer. In April, 1867, Mr. MilHken sold out to Ed P. Ackerman, of Newark. 
N. J., who conducted the paper for nearly two years. In January, 1868, the 
two departments were united under the title of The Vermont Record and Far- 
mer. In March, 1869, Mr. Ackerman sold out to F. D. Cobleigh, a Brattle- 
boro printer. In May, 1874, Mr. Cobleigh died, and for the following year 
the paper was under the editorial charge of J. M. Tyler, Esq., administrator 
of Mr. Cobleigh's estate. In April, 1875, Rev. A. Chandler purchased the 
paper of Mr. Tyler, and in January, 1879, H. L. Inman, of Ballston, N. Y., 
formerly one of the proprietors of the Ballston Democrat, purchased a half 
interest, the name of the firm being Chandler & Inman. On March 27, 1880, 
Mr. Chandler died, and May ist of the same year the concern was pur- 
chased by the propritors of the Vermont Phcenix, into which paper it was 
merged. 

The School /ourfial, a monthly publication, was also published by D. L. 
MiUiken during his stay in Brattleboro. 

The Household. — In 1866 George E. Crowell came to Brattleboro, from 
Hopkinton, N. H., to edit the agricultural department of The Vermont Rec- 
ord and Farmer, and two years later, in January, 1868, he commenced the 
pubUcation of The Household, with a subscription list of thirteen. This 
is a monthly periodical, and was a pioneer in its class, being for several years 
the only journal published in this country entirely devoted to domestic affairs. 



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It was founded in the belief that the literature furnished by the various 
" ladies' magazines, " and kindred publications, though well adapted to the 
needs of a large portion of its readers, was not such as to meet the require- 
ments of those earnest working women who constitute so large a portion of 
the wives and daughters of our land; and The Household, reared and 
schooled in hardships and privations, with no capital to sustain it, and but 
little experience in newspaper life to direct its course, amid doubts and fears, 
gaining a little firmer foothold every year, has solved the problem of success, 
and has to-day the largest circulation of any monthly published in New Eng- 
land, standing at present at 70,000. Four pages were added to its original 
sixteen, in the early part of 1869, the publisher having offered to make such 
an enlargement when the circulation of the journal should reach 12,000, and 
at the same time promised to make another and equal enlargement when the 
subscription list should number 20,000. The latter promise he was able to 
redeem with the commencement of the third volume, two years from the 
time the first number of the paper was issued; and since that time it has 
contained twenty-four large and well-filled pages, making it considerably the 
largest dollar monthly issued from an American press. 

The Windham County Reformer was established at Bratlleboro, in Au- 
gust, 1876, as a weekly, by Charles H. Davenport, its present editor and pro- 
prietor. In April, 1880, he added an issue under the name of the Benning- 
ton CouNTV^ Reformer; in August, 1883, he began to issue the Franklin 
County (Mass.) Reformer, and in February, 1884, he commenced to issue 
the Brattleboro Reformer, all of which he is now publishing, at Brattle- 
boro, aggregating a circulation of 10,500 weekly. 

Woman at Work, a literary monthly, was established by its present editor, 
Mrs. E. T. Housh, in the city of Louisville, Ky., in 1877. Being national 
in character, it was thought best to change its location to New England, and 
finding a welcome from the good people of Brattleboro, removed here in 
July, 1882, whence it has been regularly issued, reaching a wide circulation, 
and rapidly growing in favor wherever known. Since its removal, Frank E. 
Housh, son of the editor, has been its publisher. It contains thirty-two 
large pages, with finely engraved cover, and is filled with choice biographies, 
storiep, sketches, poems, etc., and special departments of '"Our Girls," "The 
Home" and "The World," comprising the whole range of woman's work. 

The Association News, a small four-page monthly, published by the 
Young Men's Christian Association, was established at Brattleboro in De- 
cember, 1883, and has been issued monthly since. 

The Londonderry Sifter was established at South Londonderry by 
George E. Shanks, in November, 1883, and has been issued each Friday 
since. The Sifter is an "independent Republican" paper, fearless in its 
tone, and its youth promises a vigorous growth. 

The West River Republican Spy, under the motto of " Be just and fear 
not," was established at Jamaica, by H. E. Mundell, in April 1884. The 
Spy is a monthly, sold at fifty cents per year. 



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This completes our list of the newspapers that have been published in 
Windham county, and, we believe, it covers them all, unless, perhaps, it be 
some small amateur publication or a campaign paper gotten out for partisan 
purposes during the heat of an approaching election. 

ABORIGINAL OCCUPANCY. 

Of the aborigmal inhabitants of that part of Vermont which borders the 
banks of the Connecticut, very Httle is known. The Iroquois Indians whose 
hunting-ground comprehended the whole of what is now the western portion 
of the State, seldom extended their wanderings across the mountains, and 
have left few vestiges of their presence, even in the places which were most 
frequented by them. The country in the neighborhood of Lunenburg and 
Newbury, and on the side of the river opposite the latter place, was called by 
the Indians "Coos," which word, in the Abenaqui language, is said to signify 
"The Pines." At these localities, and at other points on the upper Connec- 
ticut, there formerly resided a branch of the Abenaqui tribe of Indians. 

In Windham county are left picture writings by the Indians that prove that 
this section was at one time frequented by them, even though they may not 
have been permanent residents. At the foot of Bellows Falls, on the west side 
of the channel of the Connecticut, are situated two rocks, on which are in- 
scribed figures, the meaning of which it is difficult to determine. The larger rock 
presents a group of variously ornamented heads. The surface which these 
heads occupy is about six feet in height and fifteen feet in breadth. Promi- 
nent among the rest is a figure occupying nearly a central position in the 
group. ^ From its head, which is supported by a neck and shoulders, six rays 
or feathers extend, which may be regarded as emblems of excellence or 
power. Four of the other heads are adorned each with a pair of similar pro- 
jections. 

On a separate rock, situated a short distance from the main group, a single 
head is sculptured, which is finished with rays or feathers, and was probably 
intended to designate an Indian chief The length of the head, exclusive of 
the rays, is fouiteen inches, and its breadth across the forehead in its widest 
part is ten inches. These sculpturings seem to have been intended to com- 
memorate some event in which a chief and a number of his tribe performed 
some noted exploit, or met with some sad disaster. The former supposition, 
is, however, undoubtedly correct, as it is well known that the Indians were 
usually careful to conceal the traces of their misfortunes, and eager to pub- 
lish the evidence of their successes. 

On the south bank of West river, in Brattleboro, about one hundred rods 
west of its confluence with the Connecticut, is situated another " Indian 
rock." Nearly the whole surface of the rock, measuring ten feet in width 
and eight feet in height, is covered with hieroglyphics, representing birds, 
dogs, reptiles, etc. The chiseling of these sculptures is deeper and more 
easily traced than that of the inscriptions at Bellows Falls. There are also 



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some other sculptures in this vicinity. But no positive evidence exists that 
Windham county was ever the permanent home of the red men. Still, for 
many years the settlers here were annoyed and harrassed by Indian attacks 
and depredations, and not a few tragedies were enacted by the rapacious 
savages. The principal of these sanguinary events occurred in the towns of 
Brattleboro, Vernon, Jamaica, and other towns, and will be found noted in 
connection with the sketches of the se/eral townships, to which we refer the 
reader. 

WHEN FIRST SETTLED BY THE WHITES. 

Nearly sixty-three years after Samuel Champlain entered upon the blue 
waters of Lake Champlain, a township was granted on the banks of the Con- 
necticut river, in 1672, to John Pyncheon, Mr. Pearson and others, at 
Squakheag, afterwards Northfield, Mass., just south of ^the present limits of 
Windham county. The township was laid out on both sides of the river, and 
inclosed an area of six miles by twelve, extending several miles into the pres- 
ent States of Vermont and New Hampshire, and including a valuable tract 
of intervale land, all of which, the northern boundary of Massachusetts being 
undetermined at that time, was supposed to be within that province. A few 
months later, in 1673, a few people removed there from Northampton, Had- 
ley and Hatfield, and commenced the settlement of Northfield, the first 
settlement in the vicinity of Windham county. 

Previous to this settlement, and later, up to the yekr 1713, the Province of 
the Massachusetts Bay granted other tracts of land which were supposed to be 
within the provincial limits, many of which had become the centers of per- 
manent and flourishing settlements. But on determining the boundaries be- 
tween this Province and the colony of Connecticut, in 17 13, 107,793 acres of 
the land so granted were found to be without the true provincial limits, 
Massachusetts then, wishing to retain all the territory which she had hitherto 
supposed her own, entered into an agreement with her sister colony, in ac- 
cordance with which it was determined, "that the said colony of Connecticut 
should have 107,793 acres of land as an equivalent to the said colony for 
lands allowed and granted to belong to the said Province, that fall to the 
southward of the line lately run between the said Province and colony." 
Still, though the southern boundary of Massachusetts was fixed by this deter- 
mination, it was yet uncertain how far her territory extended north. The 
"equivalent lands " were located in four different places, one of the portions, 
containing 43,943 acres, being situated above Northfield, on the west bank 
of the Connecticut, within the bounds of the present towns of Putney, Dum- 
merston and Brattleboro, and bounded as follows : — 

" The northeast corner boundary is the mouth of the brook, at the north- 
ward end of the Great Meadow [in Putney], where said brook emptieth itself 
into Connecticut river at the foot of Taylor's island, from whence it bounds 
upon Connecticut river (as the river runs), eastwardly down the mouth of the 
brook that emptieth itself into Connecticut river at the lower end of the 



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Meadow, about three miles southward of the West river. And from the 
mouth of said brook it extends west-northwest by the needle of the surveying 
instrument six miles and a half, and from thence it extends nearest north and 
east by the needle of the surveying instrument twelve miles, which is the 
westerly boundary of said lands, and from thence it extends east-southeast by 
the needle of the surveying instrument six miles and a half to the mouth of 
the brook at the upper end of the Great Meadow." 

Within the bounds of the tract thus described was commenced the first 
permanent settlement in Vermont. 

The colony of Connecticut having received all the land to which she was 
entitled, caused it all to be sold in Hartford at public auction, on the 24th 
and 25th of April, 17 16. It was divided into sixteen shares, and was bought 
by gentlemen from Connecticut, Massachusetts and London, who paid for it 
six hundred and eighty-three pounds, New England currency, which amounted 
to "a httle more than a farthing per acre," the money thus obtained being 
apphed to the use of Yale College. The purchasers of the land, being ten- 
ants in common, made partition of the whole amount, and the tract above 
described fell to William Dummer, afterwards lieutenant-governor of Mass- 
achusetts, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle and John White. 

Northfield and Deerfield, Mass., were still the frontiers of Massachusetts 
on 'the Connecticut, and these, with other exposed towns, were rendered 
defensible against Indian attacks ; but in order to more effectually secure the 
safety of the inhabitants, the General Court of the Province of the Massa- 
chusetts Bay voted, on the 27th of December, 1723, " that it will be of great 
service to all the western frontiers, both in this and the neighboring govern- 
ment of Connecticut, to build a block-house above Northfield, in the most 
convenient place on the lands called the Equivalent Lands, and to post in it 
forty able men, English, and Western Indians, to be employed in scouting at 
a good distance up Connecticut river. West river. Otter creek, and sometimes 
eastwardly, above Great Monadnuck, for the discovery of the enemy coming 
towards any of the frontier towns, and that so much of the said Equivalent 
Lands as shall be necessary for a block-house be taken up with the consent 
of the owners of the said land, together with five or six acres of their interval 
land, to be broken up or plowed for the present use of the Western Indians, 
in case any of them shall think fit to bring their families hither." 

To fulfill the conditions of this vote a site \^as chosen in the southeastern 
part of the present town of Brattleboro, just south of the village, upon what 
is now known as the Brooks farm. Col. John Stoddard, of Northampton, 
was ordered by Gov. Dummer to superintend the building of the block- 
house, the immediate oversight of the work being committed to Lieut. 
Timothy Dwight, who, with a competent force, consisting of " four carpen- 
ters, twelve soldiers with narrow axes, and two teams," commenced opera- 
tions on the 3d of February, 1724. Before summer had begun the fort was 
so far completed as to be habitable, and was named Fort Dummer, in honor 
of Sir William Dummer, then lieut. -governor of Massachusetts. This was 



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the embryo of the first permanent civilized settlement in the territory now 
included with the limits of Vermont. 

The fort was built of yellow pine timber, which grew in great abundance 
on the meadow lands. In form it was nearly square, the sides measuring 
each about i8o feet in length. It was laid up in the manner of a log-house, 
the timbers being locked together at the angles. The houses within were so 
constructed that the walls of the fort formed the back wall of each building. 
The roof was a single one, slanting upward to the top of the fort walls. 
All the houses fronted on a hollow square, and were .arranged in such a man- 
ner, that in case the enemy should burst the large gate which closed the 
entrance to the fort, and gain access to the parade, they could be instantly 
rendered defensible by barricading the doors and windows. Besides the 
small arms with which the soldiers were furnished, the garrison was also 
defended by four patereroes. Timothy Dwight remained in command of 
the fort until the close of the year 1726. From the time it was commenced 
until the first of June following, Captain Dwight's force numbered in all 
fifty-five effective men, of whom forty-three were English soldiers, and the 
remainder Indians. The latter belonged to the " Maquas " tribe, and were 
under the command of their sachems, Hendrick Maqua, of Connauchiwhory, 
and Umpaumet, who dwelt on the banks of Hudson river. 

Among the first settlers, other than the garrison, were John and Thomas 
Sargent, John Alexander, John Arms and Fairbank Moore and son, all with 
the exception of John and Thomas Sargent, who were born at Fort Dummer, 
being from Massachusetts. The father and brother of John Sargent, Jr., 
were ambushed by the Indians ; the father was killed and scalped and the 
brother, Daniel, carried into captivity, where he adopted the Indian habits and 
manners, but afterwards returned to his friends. Fairbank Moore and son were 
killed by Indians at the West river meadows, now the property of the Ver- 
mont Insane Asylum, two miles north of Fort Dummer, and the wife and 
daughter of the younger Moore were captured. 

In 1739 quite a little settlement was begun at Westminster, and other small 
settlements had sprung up. As these extended it became necessary for the 
inhabitants to increase and strengthen their defences. Accordingly, in 1840, 
Josiah Sartwell built a block-house in Vernon, which was called by his name, 
"Sartwell's Fort." It stood about one hundred rods from the Connecticut 
river, about four miles south of Brattleboro, upon the farm now owned by 
descendants of the same name. In 1838 it was taken down, after having 
stood ninety-eight years, and upon its site was erected the dwelling of Hon. 
Ebenezer Howe, Jr., a great-great-grandson of Josiah Sartwel), and a great- 
grandson of Caleb Howe, who was killed by the Indians. 

Bridgman's Fort, of similar construction, built with large square 
timbers laid horizontally one above the other, in the shape of an oblong or 
square, and locked together at the angles, the structure being roofed, and 
furnished with loop-holes on every side, through which to observe and attack 



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the enemy, the upper story projecting over the lower, and underneath this 
projection other loop-holes cut, to enable those within to fire down on the as- 
sailants, in case of a close approach, was built the same year by Orlando 
Bridgman. It was situated half a mile south of Sartwell's, on the east side 
of the road, and with the exception of Fort Dummer was the only place 
picketed and secure in that vicinity. About the same time a settlement was 
made on the " Great Meadow," in what is now the town of Putney, and a 
garrison called Fort Hill was built in the center of the "Meadow" but by 
whom it was erected or occupied is not known. 

Notwithstanding all these preparations for defense, however, constant in- 
vasion precluded all possibility of any attempt at an extensive settlement, or 
even a moderate immigration to the new territory. And it was not until after 
the close of the last French war, in 1760, that immigration became rapid. 
Fears of hostilities having then subsided, settlers came in so rapidly that at 
the taking of the census of Cumberland county, in 1771, the population of 
what is now Windham county was as follows : Brattleboro, 403 ; Dummers- 
ton, i8g; Guilford, 436; Halifax, 329; Londonderry, 28; Vernon, 107; 
Marlboro, 50; Newfane, 52; Putney, 301; Rockingham, 225; Townshend, 
136; Westminster, 478; Whitingham, 14; and Wilmington, 71; making a 
total population of 2,819 souls. But as the record of the date of these set- 
tlements and the incidents connected therewith belong to the sketches of the 
towns wherein they were made, we refer the reader to such sketches, further 
on in this volume, for detailed notices of the same. 

LAND TITLE CONTROVERSY. 

For a period of sixteen years there was a controversy between the authori- 
ties of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, relative to the boundary line 
between the Provinces, and a contest kept up in regard to the control of the 
territory in the vicinity of Fort Dummer and that on the opposite side of 
the river in Hinsdale. Finally, on the 5th of March, 1740, George II. 
decreed that the line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts should be 
surveyed in accordance with certain special instructions, and in 1741 the 
line was run by Richard Hazen, and found to leave Hinsdale and Fort Dum- 
mer to the north ; whereupon the King recommended the assembly of New 
Hampshire to care for and protect the settlers about Fort Dummer. From 
this royal recommend. Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, naturally sup- 
posed that the King recognized the jurisdiction of New Hampshire as ex- 
tending to the same point west as Massachusetts ; namely, a point twenty 
miles east of the Hudson river; and accordingly, on the application of 
William Williams and sixty-one others, January 3, 1749, he chartered a 
township six miles square, in what he conceived to be the southwestern 
corner of New Hampshire. This town was named Bennington, after Gov. 
Benning Wentworth, the first town in Vermont to receive a royal charter. 



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As early as 1763, Gov. Wentworth had granted, as mentioned on page 22, 
as many as 138 townships of six miles square, lying west of the Connecticut, 
and the population in the territory, which had now come to be known as the 
New Hampshire Grants, had become quite large. This prosperity and 
growing power New York could not quietly brook. So, during that year, 
Lieut. -Gov. Tryon, of that Province, laid claim to the territory, by virtue of 
a grant made by Charles II. to the Duke of York, in 1664, which included 
" all the land from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of 
Delaware Bay." Finally, on application of the government of New York, it 
was decided by George III. in council of July 10, 1764, that the "western 
bank of the Connecticut river should thereafter be regarded as the boundary 
line between the Province of New York and Province of New Hampshire." 

The colonists were surprised and displeased at this decision, but peaceably 
submitted to it, supposing that it merely effected a change of the jurisdiction 
to which they were subject ; and the government of New Hampshire, which 
at first remonstrated, soon acquiesced in the decision. But on the loth of 
April, 1765, Gov. Colden issued a proclamation, giving a copy of the order 
of the king, changing the boundary of the territory, and notifying " His Maj- 
esty's subjects to govern themselves accordingly." He also at once pro- 
ceeded to grant the lands to others than the New Hampshire claimants, and 
when the latter applied to the New York government for a confirmation of 
the grants they already held, such enormous patent fees were demanded as 
to make it impossible for them to comply. 

It was well known in New York that these lands had long been granted by 
New Hampshire, that they were actually occupied under such grants, and 
that the new patents were procured in utter disregard of the rights and 
claims of the settlers. It was also well known by them that the king, in 
commissioning Benning Wentworth governor of New Hampshire, had de- 
scribe d his province as reaching westward " until it 7net his othe?- governments,^' 
thus bounding it westerly by New York; and that the eastern boundary of 
New York was a line twenty miles easterly from the Hudson river, extending 
from Lake Champlain south to the western line of Massachusetts, was proven 
by statements in the charter of the Duke of York, upon his accession to the 
throne of England, in 1685. But notwithstanding all this, New York insisted 
that not only was the jurisdiction changed thenceforward, but also that the 
grants made were vacated, and that the titles acquired under them were made 
void. The settlers were required to re-purchase their lands, which some of 
them did. though the majority of them peremptorily refused. The lands of 
such were granted to others, who brought actions of ejectment in the New 
York courts, where they invariably obtained judgments against the original 
proprietors. 

Gov. Tryon set all the machinery of law and courts to work and backed 
the whole by the militia of New York, to carry out his demands and make 
the settlers pay for their lands under his charters. Against such proceedings. 



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in most towns, they openly rebelled, and many were the scenes of personal 
violence, and the kidnapping and carrying to Albany jail of many a farmer 
there to He in durance vile a year or more, and have their property confis- 
cated — all for defending the farms they had bought and paid for. 

Such was Tryon's determination to force the settlers to acknowledge his 
authority and pay for their lands a second time, that the only course left for 
them was open defiance or base servility — and the latter was not in the blood 
of the Green Mountain Boys. The strife brought out peculiar talents on the 
part of these Nature's noblemen, bringing to the surface such champions as 
Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker and others, whose names are 
now as familiar as household words. Brattleboro, Guilford and Westminster 
were the theatres of warfare in what is now Windham county, the records of 
the proceedings of which will be found in connection with the sketches of 
these towns. For a time, however, a great many of the later settlers here 
sided with New York in the controversy, believing her to be in the right • 
such, particularly, was the case in Brattleboro and Guilford. But Ethan 
Allen, the man who said, "Rather than submit to the authority of Great 
Britain, or even the State of New York, I will retire with the Green Moun- 
tain Boys into the mountains and caves of the earth, and wage war with 
human nature at large," also said, "Unless the inhabitants of Brattleboro 
and Guilford peaceably submit to the authority of Vermont, their territory 
shall be made as desolate as Sodom and Gomorrah." This proclamation 
backed by the presence of Allen and his followers, cured the New York pro- 
clivities in Windham county. 

In 1769, the King prohibited the governor of New York from issuing any 
more grants " until His Majesty's further pleasure should be made known." 
Meanwhile civil disturbances and open defiance to the New York authorities 
continued to such an extent that, in 1774, a law was passed by that Province 
ordering the surrender of all oftenders, under the penalty of death. In reply^ 
the people of the grants returned a public letter, threatening death to any 
who should aid in arresting any of her citizens. About this time a plan was 
made for the formation of a royal province, but the Revolutionary war soon 
joined the two provinces in a common cause, so that their personal quarrel 
gradually raged less furiously. In 1789 New York acknowledged the inde- 
pendence of Vermont and endeavored to adjust all matters of dispute, hav- 
ing previously made grants- to those who had sufl^ered by adhering to her al- 
legiance, while Vermont, in turn, paid into the treasury of New York thirty 
thousand dollars. 

One complication arising from the land title question, which particularly 
affected Cumberland county, was the annexation of several New Hampshire 
towns to Vermont, as follows : On the 12th of March, 1778, a petition was 
presented to the Vermont legislature by a number of the towns in New 
Hampshire, praying that they might he allowed to become a part of the former 
State, and subject to its jurisdiction. The appHcation having been enter- 



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tained in the assembly for several day.s, was finally submitted to the people. 
When the discussion of the subject was renewed, on the nth of June, at the 
summer session of the legislature, thirty-five of the representatives, express- 
incr the views of the towns to which they belonged, declared in favor of the 
union and twelve against it. Sixteen towns were accordingly added to the 
territory of Vermont, viz.: Cornish, Lebanon, Dresden (a name given to the 
district belonging to Dartmouth College, but used only a short time), Lyme, 
Orford, Piermont, Haverhill, Bath, Lyman, Athrop (now divided into Little- 
ton and Dalton), Enfield, Canaan, Cardigan (now Orange), Landoff, Gunth- 
waite (now Lisbon), and Morristown (now Franconia). Although no act was 
passed to that effect, they were regarded as a part of Cumberland county, 
and were so referred to whenever it became necessary to legislate concerning 
them. Great dissatisfaction, however, prevailed on both sides of the Con- 
necticut relative to this annexation. Li vain were all the efforts of the legis- 
lature to restore peace. The experiment of annexation, hazardous in the 
beginning, soon began to assume an aspect threatening the very foundation 
of the new State, In this crisis, the general assembly, on the 23d of October, 
1778, resolved to lay the subject before their constituents and request them 
to instruct their representatives how to proceed in relation to this unfortunate 
connection at the next session of the legislature. The impolicy, as well as 
the injustice "of aiding in the dismemberment of New Hampshire," was too 
appa'-ent to the friends and supporters of Vermont, to admit of a doubt in the 
course proper to be pursued. On the 12th of February, 1779, the instruc- 
tions of the representatives on this point were canvassed, at the winter 
session of the legislature, and, in conformity with these instructions, the union 
was declared "totally void, null and extinct." 

REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

With Vermont the Revolutionary contest possessed a double interest, for 
while she lent her aid to redress national grievances, she also maintained a 
contest on her own account, resolving to secure her independence from New 
York. The part taken by the famous Green Mountain Boys is almost too 
well known to need special mention. Yet, while it is always conceded that 
they were brave and resolute, it is added that they were untrained, and sur- 
prise is often manifested that they showed such remarkable fighting qualities ; 
a little reflection, however, will show that they were not without training in 
arms and particularly in the art of Indian fighting. The fertility of the Ver, 
mont soil, of which the most extravagant stories used to be told, was first 
made known in the older States by the soldiers who crossed the territory in 
the French and Indian wars. Upjn the conquest of Canada, these men, 
largely young and unmarried, would naturally be the first to go to the new 
country, as it was called, and such in fact was the case, to a degree, so that 
the settlements had at the outset a considerable sprinkling of trained soldiers. 



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And further, it should be remembered that nearly all the settlers were inured 
to hardship and danger, and expert in woodcraft and in the use of firearms, 
so that a militia company, such as was formed in Cumberland and Gloucester 
counties in 1775, was a fighting force which could hardly be excelled for a rough 
country, and was even able to appear to advantage in an open field of battle. 

The strong current of emigration which after the conquest of Canada, in 
1760, ran to the north from the oldei New England States, had at the open- 
ing of the Revolution effected the settlement of a great part of southern Ver- 
mont, progress of course being made most rapidly along the natural highways 
of the country, the rivers and lakes, so that in 1776 there is estimated to have 
been 900 men capable of bearing arms m the eastern part of the Scate. In 
1775 the Green Mountain Boys captured the military posts on Lake Cham- 
plain, and the advance of the American army into Canada which followed, 
afforded a protection to Vermont settlements which many persons, particu- 
larly in the western part of the State, were not slow in taking advantage of; 
but as the emeny in turn regained possession of the lake the year following, the 
settlers were left entirely without protection, and in that condition mainly, 
they remained until the close of the war. The more exposed points in the 
region of the lake were abandoned in 1776, until there were very few settle- 
ments north of the present line of Bennington county ; but there were no 
demonstrations then made upon Vermont soil, and this vicinity, as did also most 
other parts of the State, remained undisturbed. In 1777 came the stirring 
and important events of the war about Bennington, but still the settlers at 
this distant location continued their work about their new forest homes with- 
out interference. 

In 1779 Gen. Hazen, with a part of a regiment of men. was employed in 
cutting a road from Peacham northerly, professedly to facilitate the moving 
ot an army into Canada, but really, it is supposed, as a feint to prevent the 
enemy from proceeding in force up Lake Champlain ; but there was no im- 
portant move made on either side, and the year 1780 found the little State 
entirely unprotected from the common enemy at the north, and engaged in a 
bitter contest with New York. It was during this year that occurred the 
memorable- raid upon and burning of Royalton, in Windsor county, and the 
year was full of apprehensions and alarms throughout the settlements. In 
October previous, the general assembly had elected a Board of War of nine 
persons, which, April 8, 1780, issued an order looking to the better protection 
of Cumberland county, wherein, it was recited that, " Whereas, the present 
war with Great Britain is likely to be continued, at least this campaign, and 
that the Continental troops will be continued to the south of this, by means 
which there will be no movement to divert the enemy in Canada, it there- 
fore becomes the indispensible duty of this State to make the best prepara- 
tions in their power for the defense of the frontiers." And we find the 
board busy throughout the year in its legitimate work, chiefly that of prepar- 
ing defenses along the frontier line above indicated. 



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No important events, however, transpired in Windham county from this 
time until the close of the war. The names of the Revolutionary soldiers, 
and the part each town took in the common cause, we have mentioned so 
far as known to us, in their respective town sketches. Suffice it to say at 
this point, then, that the people of the Grants entertained a feeling of deadly 
hatred against King George and the British parliament, rendering the Green 
Mountain Boys excellent foes. The surrender of CornwaUis, at Yorktown, 
October 17, 1781, virtually put an end to all these troubles, and the Green 
Mountain Boys were soon again, except for iheir family trouble with New 
York, enjoying the privileges of peace. 

WAR OF 1812. 

For nearly thirty years this intervale of peace was enjoyed, during which 
time the troubles between New York and Vermont were amicably adjusted, 
and one more star added to the proud flag of the Union. But still England, 
notwithstanding the lesson she had received and all the years that had inter, 
vened, seemed not to appreciate the fact that her American colony had grown 
to an independent nation ; and though in March, 1782, Burke and Fox had 
raised their voices in the British parliament and the House of Commons had 
formally declared that it "• would consider as public enemies all those who 
should advise a further prosecution of the war with America," England still 
persisted in acts of tyranny until they became unindurable. Accordingly on 
the 1 8th of June, 18 12, an act was passed in our House of Representatives 
by a vote of seventy-nine to forty-nine, and in the Senate by a majority of 
nineteen to thirteen, declaring war against Great Britain. The message of 
the president contained these as the principal reasons : " The impressment of 
American seaman by the British, the blockade of her enemies' ports, in con- 
sequence of which American commerce had been plundered in every 
sea, etc." 

Vermont, thinking that the difficulties of the times required its sentiments 
to be known among the other States, adopted the following resolutions : 
"We therefore pledge ourselves to each other and to our government, that 
with our individual exertions, our examples and influence, we will support 
our government and country in the present contest and rely on the Great 
Arbiter of events for a favorable result." This resolution Windham county 
sustained to the letter ; many of her old Revolutionary hero:s again went to 
the front in support of the common cause. The preparation for the battle of 
Plattsburgh, N. Y., etc., and, indeed, all the events of the war are to well 
known to require repeating here. The record of some of the heroes who 
participated in the battles will be found recorded in connection with the his- 
tory of the towns wherein they resided. So, suffice it to say, two years the 
storm raged, being quelled in 1815, when the victorious soldiers again re- 
turned to their quiet avocations. 



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THE WAR OF THE UNION. 

For nearly half a century after the war of 1812, peace brooded over the 
green hills and fertile valleys of Vermont. Youths had grown to manhood 
and old age ; the gray-haired grandsire, as he trotted the children up"on his 
knee, rehearsed to them the tales they loved best to hear — tales of the deeds 
of the brave McDonough and 'Old Ethan." Prosperity asserted itself in 
the hum of busy machinery, telling of the increase of manufacturing interests 
in the silver threads that were branching in all directions, proclaiming the 
route of the "iron horse" as it conveyed to prosperous marts the harvest 
surplus. The sun rose each morn on a prosperous, happy, contented people ; 
but alas ! as its rays gilded the Green Mountain summits on the morning of 
April 21. 1861, it awakened no answering smile in the hearts of the people. 
The first shot upon Sumpter had frightened away the angel Peace, and grim 
War asserted his rights. The hearts of the Green Mountain boys were again 
touched with the old fire of martial ardor ; the dreams of peace were forgotten; 
naught was remembered but their insulted flag — the flag purchased by the 
blood of their fathers — to which they owed their homes and the plenty that 
surrounded them. 

Side by side with her sister States, Vermont endured the weary marches 
and bore the brunt of battles, and side by side their sons sleep the long sleep 
— some 'neath the sun-kissed plains of the willful South, and some rocked in 
the bosom of the broad Atlantic, " held in the hollow of His hand." Others 
have been borne to rest among their kindred by sympathizing friends, who, 
year by year, to muffled drum-beat, wend their way to their consecrated 
tom.bs to deck their graves with beautifui spring flowers — a national tribute 
to the memory of the gallant dead, 5.128 of whom Vermont sacrificed as 
her share towards the preservation of the Nation's unity, freed from the curse 
of slavery, so long a foul blot upon her fair fame. Vermont promptly filled 
every quota, and every dollar needed was furnished with alacrity. Of her 
treasure, $9,087,352.40 was expended in furnishing the 34,238 loyal sons and 
representatives who went out to fight the battles of their country, 5,022 of 
whom were discharged from the service with shattered constitutions, or 
maimed in body, to renew the peaceful avocations of hfe as circumstances 
would permit. The following complete roster of men who went from Wind- 
ham county as commissioned ofiicers, and of those, who, enlisting in the 
ranks, were subsequently promoted to a commission, is compiled from the 
State Adjutant and Inspector-General's report of 1866, and from other 
sources. For convenience sake the names are arranged in alphabetical order, 
the dates referring to commissions, the date of muster being omitted : — 

TERMS OF ENLISTMENTS. 

First Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service May 2, 186 r, and mus- 
;tered out August 15, 1866. 



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Second Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service June 20, 186 1. Original 
members, not veterans,' mustered out June 29, 1864. Recruits for one year 
and recruits wiiose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, 
mustered out June 19, 1865. Remaining officers and men mustered out of 
service July 15, 1865. 

Third Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service July 16, 1861. Orig- 
inal members, not veterans, mustered out July27, J 864. Veterans and re- 
cruits consolidated into six companies, July 25, 1864. Recruits for one year 
and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, 
mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out July 
II, 1865. 

Fourth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service September 21, 1861. 
Original members, not veterans, mustered out September 30, 1864. First, 
Second and Third Companies of Sharp Shooters transferred to Fourth Regi- 
ment, February 25, 1865. Veterans, recruits and men transferred from Sharp 
Shooters, consolidated into eight companies, February 25, 1865. Recruits for 
one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October 
I, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of regiment mustered out 
July 13, 1865. 

Fifth Fegiment, Infantry, mustered into service September 16, 1861. 
Original members, not veterans, mustered out September 15, 1864. Recruits 
for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to 
October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment 
mustered out June 29, 1865. 

Sixth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 15, 186 1. Orig- 
inal members, not veterans, mustered out of service October 28, 1864. Vet- 
erans and recruits consolidated into six companies, October 16, 1864. Re- 
cruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous 
to October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment 
mustered out June 26, 1865. 

Seventh Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service February 12, 1862. 
Original members, not veterans, mustered out August 30, 1S64. Regiment 
mustered out March 14, 1866. 

Eighth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service February 18, 1862. 
Original members, not veterans, mustered, out June 22, 1864. Recruits for 
one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to Octo- 
ber I, 1865, mustered out June 2 r, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered 
out of service June 28, 1865. 

Ninth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service July 9, 1862. Original 
members and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October 
I, 1865. Remaining officers and men consolidated into battalion of four 
companies. Battalion mustered out December i, 1865. 

Tenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service September i, 1862. 
Original members and recruits whose term of service woiild expire previous 



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to October i, 1865, mustered out June 22, 1865. Remainder of Regiment 
mustered out June 29, 1865. 

Eleventh Regiment, Infantry, { First Regiment Heavy Artillery, from De- 
cember 10, 1863,) mustered into service September i, 1862. Original mem- 
bers, recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire 
previous to October i, 1865, mustered out of service June 24, 1865. Re- 
maining of^cers and men consolidated into battalion of four companies, June 
24, 1865, Battalion mustered out August 25, 1865. 

Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 4, 1862, 
Mustered out July 14, 1863. 

Sxiteenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 23, 1862. 
Mustered out August 10, 1863. 

Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service by companies in 

1864. Mustered out July 14, 1865. 

First Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, Company F, (First Vermont Com- 
pany,) mustered into service September 13, 1861. Original members not vet- 
erans, mustered out September 13, 1864. Regiment disbanded and veterans 
and recruits transferred to Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters December 
23, 1864. 

Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, Company E., (Second Vermont 
Company,) mustered into service November 9, 1861. Original members, not 
veterans, mustered out of service November 9, 1864. Regiment disbanded, 
and veterans and recruits transferred to Co. G, 4th Vt. Vols , February 25, 

1865. Co. H, (Third Vermont Company,) mustered into service December 
31, 1861. Original members, not veterans, mustered out of service Decem- 
ber 31, 1864. Regiment disbanded and veterans and recruits transferred to 
Company H, 4th Vermont Vols., February 25, 1865. 

First Regiment Cavalry, mustered into service November 10. r86i. 
Original members, not veterans, mustered out of service November 18, 1864. 
Recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire pre- 
vious to October i, 1865, mustered out June 21, 1865. Remaining officers 
and men consoUdated into battalion of six companies. Battalion mustered 
out August 9', 1865. 

Roster of Field, Staff and Company Officers. 

Allard Albert A., of Wilmington, age 32, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept. 
13, '61; resigned, Jan. 8, '62. 

Allbee Silas, of Londonderry, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co. G, nth Regt., Aug. 12, 
'62; discharged March 14, '63, for incompetency. 

Amidon George H., of Jamaica, age 23, private Co. I, 4th Regt., Aug. 21, 
'61; Corp. Sept. 21, '61; 2d Lieut. Jan, 19, '62; ist Lieut. Co. G, 
July 19, '62 j Capt. Co. E, Sept. 23, '62; wounded May 5, '64, and 
Oct. 19, '64; Brevet Major June 9, '65 ; mustered out of service July 
13, '65- 



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Anson Frank, of Halifax, age 19, private Co. E, nth Regt., Jan. 5, '64;. 

Regt.-Com.-Sergt. Jan. 17, '64; Regt. Qr.-M.-Sergt. Sept. i, '64; 2d. 

Lieut. Co. A, May i;^, '65 ; transferred to Co. C ; ist Lieut. Co A, 

June 26, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug. 25, '65. 
Arms Robert B., of Brattleboro, age 38, Capt. Co. B, i6th Regt., Aug. 28, 

'62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. 
Bacon Harrison K., of Dummerston, age 21, private Co. K, 9th Regt., Jan. 

2, '64 ; wounded, Sept. 21, '64 ; transferred to Co. C, by reason of con- 
solidation of regiment, June 13, '65; Corp., June 15, '65; 2d Lieut. 

July 3, '65; ist Lieut. Nov. 17, '65; mustered out of service as 2d 

Lieut. Dec. i, '65. 
Ball David of Jamaica, aged 39, Capt. Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 29. '62;. 

nmstered out of service, Aug. 10, '63. 
Bemis William W., of Windham, age 20, private, Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 

29, '62; ist Sergt., Oct. 23, '62; 2d Lieut, April 2, '63; mustered out 

of service, Aug. 10, '63. 
Bixby Armentus B., of Londonderry, age 28, Asst. Surgeon, 4th Regt., Oct. 

6, '62 : mustered out of service Sept. 30, '64. 
Blake Henry S., of Rockingham, age 22, private, Co. A, 7th Regt. Jan. 14, 

'62; Sergt., Feb. 12, '62; re -enlisted, Feb. 16, '64; ist Sergt. July 12, 

'65; ist Lieut., Sept. 1, '65; mustered out of service as ist Sergt., 

March 14, '66. 
Boutin Charles W., of Windham, age — , ist Lieut. Co. K., 4th Regt, Sept. 

14, '61; Capt. Co. D, Dec. 14, '62; Maj. June 4, '65; mustered out 

of service as Captain Co. D, July 13, '65. 
Bid^jman Jabez D., of Rockingham, age 34, Adjt. i6th Regt., Sept. 29, '62;. 

resigned Jan. 12, '63. 
Brooks J. Byron, of Westminster, age 22, 2d Lieut. Co. H., 4th Regt, Sept. 

12, '61; ist Lieut. Co. I, Jan. 19, '62 ; Capt. Co. H, April 19, '64;. 

wounded May 5, '64; honorably discharged as ist Lieut., Co. L Aug. 

5, '64, four wounds. 
Brooks Joseph C, of Westminster, age 29, ist Lieut., Co. K. 9th Regt, July 

3, '62 ; Capt. Co. F, Nov. 17, '62; wounded Sept. 29. '64; Maj., March 

20, '64; mustered out of service, June i^, '65. 
Brown Addison Jr., of Brattleboro. age 23, Capt. Co. F, 4th Regt.. Sept. 7, 

'61, Lieut.-Col. 5th Regt., Sept. 18, '64, honorably discharged Dec. 9, 

'64, for disability. 
Burlingame Sylvester C. of Dummerston, age 19, private Co. K, 9th Regt., 

May 27, '62; Sergt. July 9, '62; wounded severely, Sept. 29, '64; 2d. 

Lieut., Dec. 30, '64; mustered out of service June 13, '65. 
Burns George H., of Halifax, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co. F., i6th Regt. Sept. 3, 

'62; resigned, Feb. 19, '63. 
Burrows Hunt W.. of Vernon, age 26, Adjt. nth Regt, Aug. 22, '62; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, as ist Lieut., Dec. 10. '62; Capt. Co. M. Jan. 21, '64; 

resigned Sept. i, '64. 
Butterfield Frank G., of Rockingham, age 20, 2d Lieut., Co. A., 6th Regt.,. 

Oct. 4, '61; ist Lieut., Co. C, Aug. 21, '62; Capt. Co. L April 21^ 

'64; wounded Aug. 21, '64^ mustered out of service, Oct. 28, '64. 
Buxton Albert, of Lond(Miderry. age 25, 2d Lieut., 2d Regt., U. S. S. S.,. 

Dec. 24, '61 ; wounded July 3, '63 ; Capt. Co. H, Dec. i, '62 ; killed m 

action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64. 



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Buxton Charles of Rockingham, age 28, Capt. Co. G, nth Regt.. Aug. 12, 
'62 ; Maj. Sept. 2, '62; killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, '64. 

Campbell Henry C, of Putney, age 24, 2d Lieut., Co. C, 2d Regt., June 20, 
'61 ; 1st Lieut. Jan. 23, '62; resigned, Oct. 19, '62. 

Carter Edward W., of Brattleboro, age 21, private Co F, 4th Regt., Aug. 24, 
'61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut. June 16, '62; ist Lieut. Co. K, 
Dec. 14, '62; wounded May 5, '64 ; Capt. Co. G, June 25, '64; resigned 
Sept. 13, '64. 

Chase Henry R., of Guilford, age 24, private Co. E, nth Regt. Aug. 14, '62; 
ist Sergt. Sept. i, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Sept 6, '62 ; 1st Lieut. Aug. n, '63 ; 
Capt. Co. M, Dec. 2, '64- transferred to Co. A, by reason of consolida- 
tion of Regt., June 24, '65; Maj. July 10, '65 ; mustered out of service 
as Capt. Co. A, Aug. 25, '65. 

Churchill William H., of Londonderry, age 23, private 2d Regt., U. S. S. S- 
Oct. !8, '61; Sergt. Dec. 31, '61 ; 1st Sergt. Dec. i, '62; re-enlisted 
Feb. 2, '64; wounded May, '64; Capt. Co. H, Oct n, '64; killed in 
action Oct. 27, '64, before Petersburg, Va. 

Chapin Charles C, of Westminster, age 18, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept., 
5, '61 ; Corp ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded July 10, '63, and May 

5, '64; Sergt. Sept. 28, '64; transferred to Co. A, by reason of con- 
solidation of regiment, Feb. 25, '65; Sergt. -Maj. May 12, '65; ist 
Lieut. Co. C, June 18, '65; mustered out of service as Sergt. -Maj. 
July 13, '65. 

Cochran Walter W., of Rockingham, aged 40, Major 3d Regt.. July 10, '61 ; 
resigned Aug. 10, '61. 

Cummings Charles, of Brattleboro, age 40, ist Lieut. Co. E., nth Regt., 
Aug. 14, '62 ; Lieut. -Col. i6th Regt., Sept. 29, '62 ; mustered out of ser- 
vice, Aug. 10, '63; re-enlisted Lieut -Col. 17th Regt., Feb. 7, '64 ; 
wounded. May 6, '64 ; killed in action before Petersburg, Va., Sept. 30, 
'64. 

Daggett Samuel L., of Rockingham, age 23, private Co. G., nth Regt., Aug. 
9, '62; Corp., Nov. 27, '62 ; Sergt., Dec. 4, '64 ; 2d Lieut., May 13, '65; 
transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65 ; ist Lieut. Co. B., July 10, '65 ; 
mustered out of service as 2d Lieut. Co. D, Aug. 25, '65. 

Dale John J., of Jamaica, age 19, private Co. F, 17th Regt., Nov. 26,-'63 ; 
Corp., April 12, '64; wounded. May 6, '64 ; Sergt., May 13, '64 ; 2d 
Lieut., March ii,'65; ist Lieut., x\pril 18, '65 ; mustered out of ser- 
vice, July 14, '65. 

Danforth Alonzo H., of Rockingham, age 23, Sergt-Maj., ist Cav., Nov. 19, 
'61 ;■ wounded, May 2z|, 1862; 2d Lieut. Co. G., April 10, '62; resigned, 
Aug. 2, '62. 

Dickinson William O., of Vernon, age 25, private Co, E, nth Regt., Aug- 

6, '62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62 ; Sergt. Sept. 6, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Dec. 28. '63 ; 
1st Lieut. Dec. '64; wounded, March 25, '65; transferred to Co. H.; 
mustered out of service June 24, '65. 

Diggins Patrick, of Rockingham, age 25, private Co. G. nth Regt. Aug. 4, 
'62 ; ist Sergt. Sept. i, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Nov. 2, 63 ; ist Lieut. Dec. 28, 
'63; Capt. May 13; '65 ; mustered out of service June 24, '65. 

Dix Henry F.. of Wilmington, age 25, Capt. Co. F., i6th Regt., Sept. 3, '62 ; 
mustered out of service, Aug. 10, '63. 



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Downs Henry W., of Newfane, age i8, private Co. I, 8th Regt.. Nov. 28, '61 ; 

Corp.; Sergt., Dec. 13, '63; re-enlisted, Jan. 5, 64; ist Sergt., March 

21, '65 ; 2d Lieut., April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. 

Dunton Joseph N., of Townshend, age 23, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 

'61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt.; ist. Sergt. Nov. 26, '63 ; re-enhsted 

Jan. 5, '64; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20, '64; ist Lieut. Nov. 24, '64; Capt. Co. 

C, March 3, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. 

Eaton Watson S., of Grafton, age 26, private Co. G, i ith Regt., Aug. 9, 62 ; 

Sergt. Sept. t, '62; Regt. -Com. -Sergt. Nov. 11, '63; 2d Lieut. Dec. 28, 

'63 ; dishonorably discharged Oct. i, '64. 
Emerson Rufus, of Brattleboro, age 27, private Co. C, 2d Regt. Miy i, '6r ; 

Corp.; re enlis*^ed Dec. 2r, '63; wounded May 6, '64, and May 12, '64; 

Sergt. July 1, '64; .1st Sergt. Feb. 6, '65; 2d Lieut. June 7. '65; mus- 
tered out of service as ist Sergt. July 15, '65. 
Farr Dennie W., of Brattleboro, age 21, 2d Lieut. Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept. 7, 

'61 ; ist Lieut. Jan. 19, '62 ; Capt. Co. C, Aug. 13, '62 ; killed in action 

at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64. 
Faxon John, cf Rockingham, age — , Sergt. -Maj., 4th Regt., Sept. 21, '6i; 

2d Lieut., Co. B, Dec. 18, '61; Adjt. Jan. 19, '62; resigned July 16, '62. 

Fleming Charles K., of Rockingham, age 32, ist Lieut., Co. G, nth Regt., 

Aug. 1 2, '62; Capt. Co. M. Oct. 8, '63; prisoner, paroled June 23, '64; 

Maj., Jan. 21, '64; mustered out of service May 15, '65. 
Franklin Alvin B., of Newfane. age 23, ist Lieut. Co. H, 8th Regt., Jan. 

17, '62; wounded June 22, '62; Capt. June 12, '63; Maj. Nov. 24, '64; 

Lieut. -Col. March 4, '65; mustered out of service Jan, 28, '65. 

Franklin Henry L., of Brattleboro, age 23, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May 11, 
'61; Corp. June 30, '61 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63; ist Sergt. July i, 
'64 ; ist Lieut., Dec. 24, '64 ; cashiered and dismissed the service, for 
drunkenness on picket, May 18, '65, by sentence of general court martial. 

Gale George F., of Brattleboro, age 34, Surg. 8th Regt., Dec. 10, '6r; re- 
signed June 24, '62. 

Gale Lyman C, of Rockingham, age 25, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Aug. 20, 
'61 ; ist Sergt., Sept. 21, '61 ; ist. Lieut., Aug. 12, '62; honorably dis- 
charged July 30, '64, for disability. 

Gillett Henry O , of Whitingham, age 26, ist Lieut , Co. F, i6th Regt., Sept. 
3, '62; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. 

Glazier N. Newton, of Stratton, age 23, private Co. G, nth Regt., Aug. 11, 
'62 ; Corp. Nov. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Co. A, Nov. 2, '63; wounded, May 
18, '64; ist Lieut., Jan. 21, '64; honorably discharged Sept. 3, '64, for 
wounds. 

Gleason Francis A., of Brattleboro, age 27, private Co. C, 2d Regt. May i, 
'61 ; Sergt., June 20, '61 ; ist Sergt., Jan. 23, '62; 2d Lieut., Oct. 20, 
'62; ist Lieut., March i, '63 ; died at Washington, D. C, May 30, '63, 
of wounds received in action at Salem Hights, Va., May 4, '63. 

Goodhue Charles E., of Townshend, age 26, ist Lieut. Co. D, 16th Regt., 
Aug. 29, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. 

Gould Charles G., of Windham, age 18, private Co. G, nth Regt, Aug. 13, 
'62; Corp., Dec. 27, '63; Sergt.-Maj., Feb. 12, '64; 2d Lieut., Co. E, 
June 30, '64; Capt. Co. H, 5th Regt., Nov. 10, '64; wounded April 2, 
'65 ; Brevet-Maj., April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburg, 
Va., April 2, '65; mustered out of service June 19, '65. 



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Gould George W., of Brattleboro, age i8, private Co. K, 9th Regt., June 
16, '62 ; Musician, July 9, '62 ; transferred to Co. F, and promoted 
Sergt., June i, '64; Sergt.-Maj.. April 10, '65 ; Adjt., May 2, '65 ; mus- 
tered out of service, June 13, '65. 

Grant Lewis A., of Rockingham, age 32, Maj. 5th Regt., Aug. 15, '61; 
Lieut.-Col, Sept. 25, '61; Col. Sept. 16, '62; wounded Dec. 14, '62; 
promoted Brig. -Gen., U. S. Vols., April 27, '64. 

Hall Josiah, of Westminster, age 27, Capt. Co. F, ist Regt. Cav., Oct. 17, 
'61; Maj., Oct. 4, '62; wounded Oct. 12, '63; prisoner of war from 
Oct. 12, '63, to Aug. 26, '64; Lieut-Col., Nov. 19, '64; Col. May 23, 
'65 ; mustered out of service June 21, '65. 

Haskins Kittredge, of Newfane, age 26, ist Lieut., Co. I, i6th Regt., Sept. 
20^ '62; resigned March 19, '63. 

Haywood Nathaniel E., of Brattleboro, age 29, 2d Lieut. Co. F, ist Cav., 

Oct. 17, '61 ; resigned July 14, '62. 
Hodgkins Merrill L., of Wardsboro, age 20, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Dec. 

6, '61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64: Regt.-Com. -Sergt., 

June 9, '64; ist Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 24, '64; mustered out of service 

June 28, '65. 
Holbrook William C, of Brattleboro, age 19, ist Lieut. Co. F, 4th Regt., 

Sept. 7, '6t ; Maj. 7th Regt. Jan. 17, '62 ; Col. 7th Regt., Aug. 27, '62 ; 

resigned June 26, '65. 
Holland George N., of Newfane, age 27, ist Lieut. Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, 

'62 ; resigned Oct. 25, '62. 
Holton William H. H., of Jamaica, age 20, 2d Lieut. Co. H, 8th Regt., Jan. 

17. '62 ; wounded June 22, '62 ; resigned Jan. 13, '6;^. 
Hooker George W., of Londonderry, age 23, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept. 

6, '61 ; Serg.-Maj., Dec. 18, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Co. E, April 21, '62 ; Capt. 

Aug. I, '62 ; promoted Capt. and A. A. G, U. S. Vols., July 31, '64. 
Howard James G, of Brattleboro, age 25, private Co. A, 2d Regt., Oct. 26, 

'61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; wounded May 5, '64; Sergt. Oct. 17, '64; 

ist Sergt. Nov. i, '64; ist Lieut. Dec. 24, '64; mustered out of service 

J"iy 15, '65- 

Howard Squire E., of Jamaica, age 21, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 19, 
'61 ; ist Sergt. Feb. 18, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 13, '6;^; ist Lieut. June 12, 
'63; Capt. Co. C, July 26, '64; honorable discharged Dec 9, '64, for 
wounds received in action at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64. 

Hunt John, of Vernon, age 32, Capt. Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 14, '62, 
resigned Aug. 10, '63. 

Jones Samuel B., of Halifax, age 18, private Co. G, nth Regt., Feb. 26, '64 ; 
Regt. -Com. -Sergt., Sept. 25, '64 ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, June 26, '65 ; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, July, '65 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 25, '65. 

Kellogg George B., of Brattleboro, age 36, Lieut.-Col. ist Cav., Oct. 17, '61; 
dismissed the service Oct. 11, '62. 

Knapp Lyman E., of Stratton, age 24, Capt. Co. I, i6th Regt., Sept. 20, 
'62; wounded July 3, '63; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63; re- 
enlisted Capt. Co. F, 17th Regt., April 9, '64; wounded May 12, '64, 
and April 2, '65 ; Maj. Nov. i, '64; Brevet Lieut.-Col., April 2, '65, for 
gallantry in assault on Petersburg, April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service 
as Maj. July 14, '65. 



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Laughton Paschal S., of Dummerston, age 26, private Co. I, i6th Regt., 

Sept. 20, '62 ; ist Sergt. Oct. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. B, March 17, '63; 

died Aug. 6. '63, at Dummerston, of fever. 
Lawton Cyren B., of Wilmington, age 23, private Co. F, i6th Regt., Sept. 3, 

'62; Sergt.-Major., Jan. 12, '63; 2d Lieut, Feb. 24, '63; died July ii, 

'63, of wounds received in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63. 
Leavenworth Abel E., of Brattleboro, aged ;^^, private Co. K, gth Regt.> 

May '24, '62 ; ist Sergt. July 9, '62 ^ ist Lieut., Nov. 17, '62; Capt.; 

Dec. I. '64; mustered out of service June 13, '65. 
Leonard Charles F., of Brattleboro, age 22, Adjt., 5th Regt., Oct. 20, '64;, 

mustered out of service June 29, '65. 
Lewis Davd W., of Brattleboro, age 28, Capt. Co. K, 9th Regt., July 3, '62 ;, 

discharged Sept. 2, '64, for disability. 
Lynde William W., of MarlDoro, age 34, Capt. Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, 

'62; resigned Oct. iS, '63. 
Merriman Charles D., of Brattleboro, age 28, private ist Regt., U. S. S. S., 

Sept. II, 61; Corp., Sept. 13, '61 ; Sergt. Dec. i, '62; 2d Lieut., Feb. 

21, '63 ; ist Lieut., May 15, '63 ; Capt. Co. F, Nov. 5, '63; mustered 
out of service Sept. 13, '64. 
Morse Amherst, of Newfane, age 23, private Co. E, nth Regt., July 29, '62; 

Sergt. Sept. I, '62; ist Sergt. Sept. 2, '62 ; ist Lieut. Co. K, May 3, '63; 

prisoner of war from June 23, '64, to March 2, '65 ; honorablv discharged 

May 8, '65. 
Morse Horace F., of Wardsboro, age 34, private Co. E, 5th Regt., Aug. 20, 

'61 ; Corp., Sept. 16, '61; Sergt.; 1st Sergt.; 2d Lieut., Co. H., Sept. 

20, '62; ist Lieut., Co. A, March i, '63; resigned July 18, '63. 
Morse Joshua C, of Newfane, age 30, 2d Lieut., Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, 

'62 ; ist Lieut., Oct. 25, '62 ; resigned July 10, '63. 
Norcross Charles A., of Brattleboro, age 27. 2d Lieut., Co. B, i6th Regt., 

Aug. 28, '62 ; ist Lieut, Co. K, March 16, '63; mustered out of ser- 
vice Aug. 10, '63. 
Osgood Charles E., of Rockingham, age 23, private Co. A., 3d Regt., June 

I, '61; Sergt., July 16, '61 ; ist Sergt. ; 2d Lieut., July 21, '63 ; wounded 

May 5, '64; mustered out of service July 27, '64. 
Patch Albert, of Newfane, age 19, private Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 9, '62 ; 

Corp., Jan. 11, '62; Sergt. Jan. 21, '64; ist Sergt., March i,'65; 2d 

Lieut. June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as 1st Sergt. June 24, '65. 
Pettie Waitstell R., of Wardsboro, age 18, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Dec. 

10, '61 ; Corp. ; reenHsted Jan, 5, '64 ; Sergt. April 12, '64 ; Regt. Qr.-M.- 

Sergt., July i,' 64; 2d Lieut., Nov. 24, '64; ist Lieut. March 3, '65 ; 

mustered out of service June 28, '65. 
Phelps J. Wolcott, of Brattleboro, age — , Col. ist Regt., April 26, '61; 

promoted Brig.-Gen., U. S. Vols., May 27, '61. 
Pierce William W., of Londonderry, age 25, private Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept, 

3, '61 ; Corp. Feb. 25, '62 ; Sergt., June 28, '62 ; wounded Dec. 13, '62; 

re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; ist Lieut. Co. D, Mays, '^4'> Capt. Co. D, 

June 4, '65; transferred to Co. B, by reason of consoHdation of Regt., 

Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Lieut. Co. B, July 13, '65. 
Post Custanus B., Jr., of Grafton, age 28, Surgeon i6th Regt., Oct. 18, '62 ; 

mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63 ; Surgeon nth Regt., Oct. 3, '63 ; 

mustered out of service June 24, '65. 



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Prouty Henry H., of Brattleboro, age 19, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May i, 

'61; Sergt. June 20, '6r ; Sergt.-Maj., April 14, '63 ; wounded May 4, 

'63; 2d Lieut., Co. H, Nov. 2, '63 ; ist Lieut., Co. H, April 24, '64; 

mustered out of service July 15, '65. 
Rice Henry H., of Brattleboro, age 21, 2d Lieut., Co. K, 9th Regt., July 3, 

'62 ; resigned June i, '63. 
Robbins Augustus J., of Grafton, age 21, private Co. A, 2d Regt., May 7,- 

'6: ; Corp., June 20, '6 [ ; Regt. Com. -Sergt., Jan. 16, '62; 2d Lieut., 

Dec. 20, '62 ; wounded May 12, '64; mustered out of service June 29, '64. 
Roundy Carlton H., of Rockingham, age 48, Capt. Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 

26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63. 
Russell Albert W., of Rockingham, age 45, ist Lieut. Co. I, 12th Regt., 

Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63. 
Russell William R., of Brattleboro, age 24, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Aug. 

3?, '61; Corp. Sept. 21, '61; Sergt., Feb. 25, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. G, 

Feb. 25, '63 ; mustered out of service Sept. 30, '64. 
Sabin Albert R., of Rockingham, age 24, Capt. Co. C. 9th Regt., June 24,^ 

'62 ; resigned Dec. 24, '62. 
Sayles Jas. A., of Rockingham, age 18, private Co. E, 5th Regt., Sept. 10, '61; 

2d Lieut. Co. E, July 24, '62; 1st Lieut. Co. E, Oct. 6, '62; transferred 

to Co. C, April I, '63 ; promoted Capt. 8th New York Cav., May r, '64. 
Scofield Robert, Jr., of Brattleboro, age 25, ist Lieut. Co. F, ist Cav, Oct- 

17, '61 ; Capt. Oct. 4, '62 ; prisoner of war from July 12, '63, to March 5 » 

'65; Maj. Nov. 18, '64; mustered out of service June 21, '65. 
Sears John C, of Wilmington, age 31, 2d Lieut, Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 14, 

'62; ist. Lieut. Sept. 2, '62 ; Capt. Aug. 11, '63; mustered out of 

service June 24, '65. 
Selleck George E., of Brattleboro, age 28, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Dec. 7,. 

'61 ; ist Sergt., Feb. 18, '62; 2d Lieut. Oct. 25, '62 ; ist Lieut. Nov. 

7, '63 ; mustered out of service Feb. 26, '65. 
Sherwin Oscar W., of Grafton, age 36, 2d Lieut. Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 

29, '62 ; resigned Dec. 26, '62. 
Simonds Charles F., of Brattleboro, age 26, Regt. Com. -Sergt. i6th Regt., 

Oct. 23, '62; 2d Lieut. Jan. 16, '63; resigned May 4, '63. 
Smith Walter W., of Wilmington, age 24, private Co. H, 2d U. S. S. S., Oct. 

7, '61 ; Sergt. Dec. 31, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; Capt. Nov. 11, 

'64 ; transferred to Co. H, 4th Vermont Vols., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered 

out of service July 13, '65. 
Smith William H., of Townshend, age 26, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 19, 

'61; Sergt. Feb. 18, '62; ist Sergt.; ist Lieut. Co. F, Oct. i, '63; 

wounded June 22, '62; Capt. July 26, '64; wounded Oct. 19, '64; 

mustered out of service June 28, '65. 
Snow Alroy A., of Townshend, age 28, private Co G., nth Regt., July 30, 

'62; Sergt. Sept. i, '62; ist Sergt. Feb. 11, '65 ; 2d Lieut. May 25, 

'65; wounded April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Sergt. at 

Brattleboro, May 25, '65. 
Spafford George, of Windham, age 27, Ass't Surgeon, i6th Regt., Oct. 23,. 

'62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. 
Spaulding Frederick, of Brattleboro, age 23, ist Lieut. Co. E, 2d Regt. U. 

S. S. S., Oct. 7, '61 ; honorably discharged Sept. 29, '62, for disability. 



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Spohn Henry, of Brattleboro, age 30, Ass't Surg. 17th Regt., April 18, '64; 

resigned Nov. 2, '64. 
Stearns Leonard A., of Jamaica, age 25, Capt. Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept. 13, 

'61 ; resigned July 31, '62. 
Stebbins Edwin A., of Londonderry, age 25, private Co. G, nth Regt. Aug. 

6, '62; Corp. Sept. i, '62; Co. Qr.-M.-Sergt. Dec. 27, '63; ist Sergt. 

Jan. 28, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 2, '64; ist Lieut. Co. E, May 13, 

'65 ; transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug, 

25> '65- 
Stebbins J. Webster, of Brookline, age 21, private Co. K, 9th Regt., May 31, 
'62; Corp. July 9, '62; Sergt., April i, '63; ist Sergt. Dec. 15, '64; 
2d Lieut. May 2, '65; mustered out of service as ist Sergt., June 13, 

'65- 

Stone Clark P., of Brattleboro, age 34, private Co. F, ist Cav., Sept. 14, '61; 
2d Lieut. July 16, '62 ; ist Lieut. Oct. 4, '62; Capt., April 14, '65 ; 
transferred to Co. D, June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- 
ment ; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65. 

Stone Mason A., of Wihnington, age 25, private Co, F, ist Cav., Oct. 4, '61 ; 
ist Lieut. Co. M, Aug. 23. '63 ; Capt. Co. C, July 7, '64; Brevet Maj., 
March 13, '65; transferred to Co. A, June 21, '65, by reason of con- 
solidation of regiment; nmstered out of service, Aug. 9, '65. 

Stoughton Charles B., of Rockingham, age 19, Adjt., 4th Regt., Aug. i, '61 j 
Maj., Feb. 25, '62; Lieut.-Col., July 17, '62; Col, Nov. 5, '62; 
wounded July 10, '63 ; resigned Feb. 2, '64, by reason of wounds. 

Stoughton Edwin H., of Rockingham, age 23, Col. 4th Regt., Aug. 1, '61 ; 
promoted to Brig. -Gen., U. S. Vols., Nov. 5, '62. 

Streeter Henry C, of Rockingham, age 21, private Co. F, ist Cav., Oct. 2, 
'61 ; Corp. July i, '62; re enhsted Dec. 30, '63 ; Sergt., July i, '64; 
wounded Aug, 25, '64; ist Sergt, Feb. i, '65; 2d Lieut. Co. F, April 
14, '65 ; ist Lieut. June 4, '65 ; not mustered as ist Lieut. ; transferred 
to Co. D, as 2d Lieut. June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- 
ment; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65. 

Tarbell Erastus B., of Rockingham, age 31, 2d Lieut., Co. I, 12th Regt., 
Sept. 26, '62; resigned, Jan. 21, '63. 

Taylor Horatio F.. of Jamaica, age 22, private Co. F, 2d Regt., May 15, 
'61 ; Corp., Nov. i, '61 ; Sergt., Jan. 20, '63 ; ist Sergt. Feb. 26, '63 ; 
re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63; ist Lieut., June 20. '64; Capt., Dec. 24, '64; 
mustered out of service July 15, '65. 

Todd Edward A., of Brattleboro, age 21, Capt. Co. C, 2d Regt., May 17, 
'61 ; wounded July 21, '61 ; resigned, Jan. 8, '62 ; re-enlisted 2d Lieut. 
Co. K, nth Regt., March 29, '63 ; ist Lieut., Dec. 28, '63 ; Capt. Co. 
G, Sept. 2, '64; wounded Sept. (9, '64; resigned, April iS, '65. 

Tubbs Roger A., of Guilford, age 33, private Co. E, i ith Regt., Aug. 8, 
'62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62; Sergt, Jan. ii,'63; ist Sergt., June 8, '64 ; 2d 
Lieut. Dec. 2, '64; ist Lieut. Co, G, June 4, '65; mustered out of ser- 
vice as 2d Lieut. Co. E, June 24, '65. 

Tucker Levi M., of Halifax, age 24, ist Lieut. Co. I, 4th Regt. Sept. 13, 
'61; resigned, Jan. 8, '62. 

Turner Ezra A., of Rockingham, age 32, private Co. G, nth Regt , Aug. 5, 
'62 ; Sergt., Sept. i, '62 : ist Sergt., Nov. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 28, 
'63; wounded, Sept. 19, '64; resigned, Nov. 18, '64. 



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77 



Tyler John C , of Brattleboro, age 19, Major 4th Regt. Sept. 14, '61; re- 
signed, Jan. 27, '62. 

Tyler John S., of Brattleboro, age 19, ist Lieut. Co. C, 2d Regt , May i7,'6i; 
Capt. Jan. 23, '6? ; Major Feb. 9, '63; Lieut-Col. April 2, '64 ; Col. 
May 6, '64; died May 23, '64, of wounds received in action at Wilder- 
ness, Va., May 5, '64. 

VanFleet Abraham S., of Jamaica, age 23, private Co. A, ist Cav., Sept. 10, 
'64; Sergt. Dec. 24, '64 ; 2d Lieut. May 17, '65; transferred to Co. B, 
June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regiment; mustered out of 
service Aug. 9, '65. 

Vinton John F , of Erattleboro, age 28, 1st Lieut. Co. B, 16th Regt., Aug. 
28, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63, 

Wakefield Harrington C.,of Rockingham, age 24, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 3d Regt., 
Feb. 25, '65 ; 1st Lieut, Co. C, May 10, '65. 

Wales Elijah, of Brattleboro, aged 32, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May i, '61 ; 
ist Sergt, June 20, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 23, '62; ist Lieut. Oct. 20, '62; 
Capt. March i, '63 ; wounded May 5, '64, and Aug. 14, '64; Brevet 
Maj. Aug. I, '64, for gallantry in the Wilderness, and subsequent en- 
gagements ; mustered out of service July 15, '65. 

Warner Frank R., of Newfane, age 22, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 13, '62; 
Corp.; Sergt.; re-enlisted Feb. iS, '64; ist Sergt.; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20,'64 ; 
ist Lieut. April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. 

Warren Francis E., of Newfane, age 23, private Co. I, 8th Regt,, Dec, 23*61; 
Corp. Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt.; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64; ist. Sergt. June 8, 
'64; wounded Sept. 19, '64; ist Lieut, Feb. 23, '65 ; Capt. Aoril 18, 
'65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65 

Weston John N., of Rockingham, age 27, private Co. G, nth Regt., July 21, 
'62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62 ; Sergt. Dec. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut. June 4, '65 ; 
mustered out of service as Sergt. Co. G, June 24, '65. 

Williams Francis C, of Brattleboro, age 37, Chap. 8th Regt., Dec. 20, '61 ; 
mustered out of service June 22, '64. 

Wooster Mark H., of Brattleboro, age 40, private Co. F, ist Cav., Sept. 9, 
'61 ; Regimental Commissary, Oct. 30, '62; promoted Capt. and Com. 
of Sub. U. S. Vols., May 7, '64. 

Wright Ranceler, of Vernon, age 32, private Co. E, July 21, '62 ; Sergt-Maj. 
Sept. I, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 22, '62 ; ist Lieut. Aug. ir,'63; hon- 
orably discharged Dec. 15, '64, for disability. 

Of thc^5,022 men discharged, 317 commissioned officers resigned; sixty- 
one commissioned officers and 3,865 enlisted men were discharged 
for disability ; forty-four commissioned officers and 596 enlisted men for 
wounds received in action ; eleven enlisted men were paroled prisoners • 
and twenty-eight commissioned officers and one hundred enlisted men, were 
dishonorably discharged. Among the whole number of troops it is to be 
expected that some were not true ; and the records show that 2,219 i^^n 
(mostly if not all of whom were substitutes) deserted. 

The number or engagements in which the several regiments, batteries and 
detached troops, officered in part by Windham county men, bore honorable 
part during the war, are as follows : — 



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First Regiment, Infantry i 

Second Regiment, Infantry 28 

Third- Regiment, Infantry 28 

Fourth Regiment, Infantry 26 

Fifth Regiment, Infantry 25 

Sixth Regiment, Infantry 25 

Seventh Regiment, Infantry 5 

Eighth Regiment, Infantry 7 

Ninth Regiment, Infantry 4 

Tenth Regiment, Infantry 13 

Eleventh Regiment, (First Regiment Heavy Artillery) 12 

Sixteenth Regiment, Infantry i 

Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry 13 

Second Regiment, U. S. Sharpshooters 24 

Second Battery, Light Artillery 2 

First Regiment, Cavalry 73 

Total 287 

IN CONCLUSION. 

It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to ^this State 
35,242 men; being otie ikons and a fid four more than are shown by the State 
records, and gives the State credit over the aggregate quota under all calls, 
of fifteen hundred and thirteen men. " This discrepancy may be, and prob- 
ably is to be accounted for," says Adjutant-General P. T. Washburn, " by 
enlistments in organizations of other States, to the credit of this State, which 
appear upon muster-rolls of these organizations and were not reported to 
the State. 



GAZETTEER Qf TOWNS. 



ATHENS is a small irregularly outlined town lying in the northeastern- 
central part of the county, in 43" 47' north latitude and long. 4° 
25' east from Washington,* bounded north by Grafton, east by Rock- 
ingham and Westminster, south by Brookline and west by Townshend. It 
was granted by Vermont March 11, 1780, with an area of 9,328 acres, and 
chartered May 3, 1780, to Solomon Harvey, John Moore, Jonathan Perhani 
and sixty-three others. On October 27, 1794, a portion of the town was set 
off towards forming the town of Brookline, and October 30, 18 16, a portion 
was set off to Grafton, and November 2, 1846, a part of Rockingham and a 
part of Grafton were annexed to Athens, so that it now contains an area of 
about 8,336 acres. 

The surface of the town is uneven, though the elevations are not generally 
abrupt, and afford a good, well-producing soil, though much better adapted 
to grazing than tillage. The natural growth of timber is beech, birch, maple, 
ash, basswood, hemlock and spruce. The only stream of importance is 
Bull brook, which, with its tributaries, flows a northerly course through the 
eastern part of the township. One of its tributaries originates in Athens 
pond, a body of water about thirty acres in extent lying in the western part 
of the town. Lily pond is another small body of water lying in the south- 
western part of the town, deriving its name from the large quantities of 
white lilies growing in it. The principal rock entering into the geological 
structure of the territory is of gneiss formation, though there are small beds 
of steatite and azoic limestone found, and in the southwestern part consider- 
.able quantities of calciferous mica schist. Traces of gold have been discov- 
ered in the western part. 

In 1880 Athens had a population of 284, and in 1882 it had three school 
districts and three common schools, employing one male and five female 
teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $322.80. There were sixty- 
five pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools 
for the 3'ear, ending October 31st, was $395.57, with Mrs. Ellen C. Davis, 
superintendent. 

* As the whole county is in north latitude, and longitude is reckoned east from Wash- 
ington, the words north and east will hereafter be omitted. 



8o TOWN OF ATHENS. 



Athens (p. o. ) is a hamlet in the northeastern part of the town. 

The first attempt towards a settlement of the town was made in 1779, when 
Jonathan Perham, Seth Oakes, Joseph Rasier, James Shafter and Jonathan 
Foster came on, cleared a few acres of land, erected a log hut and then left 
the town. On the 25th of February, the following year, Jonathan Perham 
and Ephraim Holden, from Rindge, N. H., brought their families, took pos- 
session of the log house, and were soon after joined by Seth Oakes and family, 
from Winchendon. Thus was begun the first settlement, the settlers endur- 
ing extreme privations and hardships, as the snow was four feet deep, through 
which, for eight miles, they had to beat their path through the forest. A 
yoke of small oxen were the only domestic animals they brought with them. 
During the following May, Mrs. Oakes was delivered of a daughter, the first 
child born in the town. The same month Samuel Rayley, from Sterling, 
Mass., and Micah Reed, from Westmoreland, N. H., came into town, and 
during the following summer they, in company, erected a saw-mill, and the 
next year a grist-mill, receiving therefor 168 acres of land situated near the 
center of the town. The same year Simon Evans, Ezra Chaffee and Jere- 
miah Tinkham began improvements, and on the i8th of September of that 
year, Isaac, son of [onathan Perhim, died, the first death in the township. 

The town was organized and the first meeting held March 4, i78[, when 
William Beal was chosen town clerk, Calvin Oakes, constable, and Daniel 
Fuller, Jabez Hurd and Calvin Oakes, selectmen. Calvin Oakes was also 
the first justice of the peace. Abel Mattoon was the first representative, 
chosen in 1780. Joseph BuUin was the first settled minister of the gospel, 
and also the first schoolmaster, and received the right of land allowed by 
charter to the first settled minister. 

In the latter part of October, 1780, soon after the burning of Royalton by 
the Indians, two men at work in a remote part of the town were alarmed by 
the whoops and yells of Indians. They quit work and spread the alarm as 
fast as possible. The people, aff'righted almost out of their senses, hurried 
away with their women and children with all possible dispatch, expecting 
from each tree that they passed to be saluted by an Indian tomahawk or 
scalping knife. Jonathan Perham and family decamped in such haste that 
they left their oven heating and their oxen chained to a tree. The report 
was spread with the greatest rapidity through the neighboring towns, that 
Athens was destroyed by the Indians. The whole country round about was 
soon in arms to defend themselves and property from the merciless foe. Some 
spent the whole night in preparing their guns and ammunition, and the fear- 
ful apprehension of impending destruction chased sleep from every eye. 
Their fear, however, was soon changed to chagrin, for it was found that the 
hallooing of a hunter, aided by imaginations rendered susceptible by fear, 
amounted in the course of a few hours to the destruction of a fine settlement 
and the massacre of its inhabitants. The scare rapidly passed away and 
tranquility was restored. 



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TOWN OF ATHENS. 



Jonathan Perham reared eight children — four sons and four daughters — 
all of whom settled in the town. Ezekiel Perham, brother of Jonathan, 
came here a few years later^ in 1795, ^.nd also reared four sons and four 
daughters. One of these children, John, settled in the southern part of 
the town and reared a family of twelve children, three of whom, one son, 
Daniel, and two daughters, now reside here, and also other descendants of 
the family. 

Seth Oakes came from Bolton, Mass., and located upon the farm now 
occupied by Mrs. Ellen Davis. Two of his great-grandsons and one grand- 
daughter, Mrs. James Brown, now reside in the town. 

Capt. Ezra Chaffee, a Revolutionary soldier, brought his family to Athens 
in 1782, locating upon the farm now owned by David S. Farr. He reared twelve 
children. One of his granddaughters was the wife of Nathan T. Sherwin, 
who now resides with his son, Joseph H. Sherwin, on the farm ne.xt west of 
the old Chaffee place. 

Abraham Ball came to Athens in 1793, married Deliverence, daughter of 
Jonathan Perham, and reared eight children. One of his sons, Abraham, 
married Hannah Edwards and reared fourteen children. His grandson, Amos 
T. Ball, now resides about a mile south of the center of the town. 

Maj. Timothy H. Whitney, a native of Wilton, N. H., took command of 
a fegiment during the war of 1812, and was present at the battle of Platts- 
burgh, though he arrived too late to take an active part in the engagement. 
He afterwards settled in Brookline and subsequently in this town. Three 
of his ten children are living, Ralph and Abial in Athens, and Hiram in 
Brookline. 

Andrew A. VVyman, of Athens, was born in Rockingham, March 12, 1830, 
the son of Thomas and Huldah Gilbert Wyman, who came to Vermont from 
New Hampshire. Thomas was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died a 
pensioner in 1879. His widow still survives him. Andrew A. was educated 
in the common schools and academies of Vermont, spending the time be- 
tween terms in farming and teaching. Very soon after becoming a voter he 
was elected a justice of the peace, and in most of the years since has been 
re-appointed. During the civil war he served as selectman. In 1864, '65, 
'67, '72, and '73, he was a representative in the legislature, and in 1874 
and '75 he was State senator from Windham county. In 1878 he was 
elected assistant judge of the Windham county court, which office he 
now holds. 

T/ie Methodist churchy located at Athens, was organized at an early date, 
its first house of worship being erected in 1818, of brick. The present build- 
ing, a wooden structure, was erected in 1859. It will accommodate 250 per- 
sons and is valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00. The society now has 
eighty- one members, with Rev. Albert Riggs, pastor. 



82 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



BRATTLEBORO* liesinthe southeastern part of the county, in lat. 42° 
52' and long. 4'' 25', bounded north by Dummerston, east by the left 
bank of Connecticut river, south by Guilford and a small part of Vernon, 
west by Halifax, containing an area of about 21^760 acres. The fact of Brat- 
tleboro being the site of the first permanent civilized settlement in the State, 
the causes that led to its territory, with other lands, being bought of the col- 
ony of Connecticut, as part of the "Equivalent Lands," etc., have all been 
stated on pages 58 and 59, to which we refer the reader. From the points therein 
laid down, we will now proceed to briefly state how the present township sprung 
into existence, and how the land comprised within its limits came to be a 
royal grant, through Benning Wentworth, the "Royal Governor of the Prov- 
ince of New Hampshire." 

After these lands had passed from the hands of the government of Connec- 
ticut, in 17 16, they were held by "gentlemen from Connecticut, Massa- 
chusetts, and London." Two years later, upon application of five of the pro- 
prietors to Samuel Partridge, of Hatfield, Mass., one of His Majesty's jus- 
tices of the peace, desiring him, in his ofiicial capacity, and in accordance 
with the laws of the Province, to appoint a meeting of all the proprietors, 
Maj. John Stoddard, of Northampton, Mass., was, on the 26th of March of 
that year, directed to make the appointment. In obedience to this order 
Maj. Stoddard issued the following notification on the 28th, which was posted 
"at some public place in the county of Hampshire": — 

"These may certify all persons concerned, but more especially the several 
and respective proprietors of the Equivalent Lands, so-called, lying in the 
county of Hampshire: That pursuant to a law of the Province, and at the 
desire of five of the proprietors of the said lands, the Hon. Samuel Par- 
tridge, Esq., hath appointed the first Wednesday of June next, at two o'clock 
in the afternoon, at the Green Dragon tavern, in Boston, to be the time and 
place for a meeting of the said proprietors, in order to the choosing of a pro- 
prietor's clerk, the appointing a committee to be selected out of their num- 
ber for such purposes as shall be agreed on, the dividing or disposing of their 
said property or any part thereof, the choosing an agent or general attorney 
to represent^ manage, and act for them, to regulate meetings for the future, 
etc. I do, therefore, hereby, in obedience to a warrant directed to me for 
that end from the said justice, inform and give notice to all the proprietors 
of said lands, there will be a meeting at the time and place, and for the ends 
aforementioned, and they are hereby desired to give their attendance accord- 
ingly. " 

It was at this meeting, probably, that the Equivalent Latids were allotted, 
by mutual agreement, the portion thereof which we have under consideration 
falling in the partition to William Dummer, afterwards lieutenant-governor 
of Massachusetts, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle and John White, and 
to whom a "deed thereof " was made by Gurdon Saltonstail and others. 

* For much of the matter in the sketch of this town we are indebted to " The History of 
Brattleboro,"' by Mr. Henry Burnham. We would also add that the publisher of said 
work, Mr. D. Leonard, has a number of copies of the same on hand, which he is willing 
to dispose of at a moderate price, at his office in Brattleboro. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 83 



Between the years 1744 and 1750, when attention was first aroused to the 
subject of settling the lands on this section of the Connecticut river, the idea 
was prevalent that Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire, had received 
advices from Great Britain, instructing him to give the inhabitants of Massachu- 
setts who were proprietors under that Province within the specified limits, the 
privilege of the first choice of lands; and i.i case they should refuse to take 
out charters under New Hampshire, then to extend the privilege to whoever 
should next apply. In 1750 Joseph Blanchard, of Amherst, N. H., was sent 
to survev the territory. His survey having been completed, the old propri- 
etors of the Equivalent Lands, petitioned the governor for a grant of that 
tract, and a portion of the adjacent territory. Accordingly, on the 26th of 
December, 1753, the Equivalent Lands, together with "a considerable quan- 
tity of other lands, was formed into three townships, beginning at the North 
bounds of Hinsdale, [now Vernon] on the west side of the river, and extend- 
ing back about six miles, and so far up the river, " as to enclose the required 
amount. Previous to this the Equivalent Lands had been known by the 
name of Dummerston, and, accordingly, the proprietary of Dummerston, with 
the territory added by New Hampshire, was now divided into the townships 
of Fulham, Putney, and Brattleboro, the name Fulham being subse- 
quently changed to Dummerston. Receiving its name in honor of the first 
mentioned, Brattleboro was granted to the following proprietors: William 
Brattle, Jacob Wendell, James Read, Isaac Bradish, Owen Warland, William 
Lee, Ebenezer Smith, William Gammage, John Hicks, Ebenezer Bradish, 
James Whitemore, WilHam Manning, Thomas Sherren, Thomas Hastings, 
Jonathan Sprague, John Warland, Benjamin Lynde, Andrew Oliver, Jr., Wil- 
liam Bowls, Cornelius Woodbury, William Willard, Oliver Willard, Samuel 
Allen, Moses Wright, Sampson French, Joseph French, WiUiam Fessenden, 
Stephen Palmer, Stephen Palmer, Jr., William Barrett, Daniel Printice, Caleb 
Prentice, Ebenezer Stedman, Edward Marrett, Jr., Abner Hasey, Benjamin 
French, Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Blanchard, Jr., Jacob Fletcher, Samuel 
-Searle, Samuel French, Sampson Willard, Oliver Coleburne, Jeremiah Cole- 
burne, Peter Powers, Daniel Emerton, William Laurence, Abel Laurence, 
and Mather Livermore, the lands being deeded to them by the following, an 
exact copy of the original charter : — 

"Charter of Brattleboro:* by King George the Second, 1753. 

Province of New Hampshire. 

" [L. S.] George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, 
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. 

"To all persons to whom these presents shall come, greeting: 
" Know ye that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere mo- 
tion, for the due Encouragement of settling a new plantation within our said 
Province, By and with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved Benning 

*As the Wentworth charters^ were all tilled out after the same form, a copy of the char- 
ters of the other towns will be omitted. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Wentworth, Esq., our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Prov- 
ince of New Hampshire in America, and of our Council of the said Prov- 
ince, have, upon the conditions and reservations hereinafter made, Given & 
Granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs & successors, Do Give and 
Grant in equal Shares unto our Loving subjects, Inhabitants of our said 
Province of New Hampshire and his Majesty's other Governments and to 
their heirs and assigns forever, whose Names are Entered on this Grant, to 
be divided to and amongst them into fifty-six shares, Two of which shares to 
be laid out in one Tract of the contents of Eight Hundred acres for his 
excellency Penning Wentvvorth, Esq., and is in full for his two shares, which 
Tract is bounded as follows, viz. : — 

"Peginning at the rocks at the upper end of the Fort meadow so-called. 
Thence up Connecticut River Two hundred and forty rods, & to carry that 
breadth back West ten degrees North so far as to contain Eight Hundred 
acres. All that Tract or parcel of Land situate, lying & being within our 
Province of New Hampshire containing by admeasurement Nineteen Thou- 
sand Three Hundred and sixty acres, which tract is to contain five miles and 
one-half mile square & no more, out of which an allowance is to be made for 
highways & unimprovable lands by rocks, mountains, Ponds & Rivers, one 
thousand and forty acres free according to a plan thereof made and pre- 
sented by our said Governor's orders &: hereunto annexed, Putted & bounded 
as follows, viz : Beginning at the mouth of Venter's Brook, so called, where 
it empties itself in to Connecticut River, & runs from thence six miles or 
thereabouts to the Southeast corner of Marlborough, thence five miles. North 
ten degrees East by Marlborough aforesaid to a stake & stones in said Line; 
Thence East ten degrees south to Connecticut River aforesaid, then down 
said River to the bounds first mentioned at Venter's Brook, Except a Tract 
of land lying in the said East corner of said Township containing about Two 
Hundred acres as the same is now fenced in and improved, which is hereby 
granted & assigned to Oliver Willard and to his heirs and assigns, one of the 
within Grantees, He having heretofore cleared and improved the said Tract 
and is to be in full for his share & proportion of the said Township ; said 
Two hundred acres are bounded as follows, viz : Beginning at Venter's Brook 
and runs West io~^ North sixty rods to a Hill, & then runs under the Hill 
round as tne Hill runs to the rocks at the upper end of the Meadow 
called fort meadow, thence down the river to Venter's Brook, and that the 
same be and is incorported into a Township by the name of Brattleborough, 
and that the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter Inhabit said Town- 
ship are hereby Declared to be Enfranchised with and entitled to all & every 
the privileges & Immunities that other Towns within our said Province by 
law exercise and enjoy, and further that the said town as soon as there shall 
be fifty Familys resident and settled therein shall have the liberty of holding 
Two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the first Tiuirsday in October annu- 
ally, and the other on the first Thursday in February annually, which Fairs 
are not to continue &• be held longer than the respective Saturday following 
the said respective Thursday, and as soon as said town shall consist of fifty 
familys a market shall be opened and kept one or more days in each week as 
maybe tho't most advantageous to the inhabitants. Also that the first meet- 
ing for the choice of Town Officers agreeable to the laws of our said Prov- 
ince shall be held on the fifteen day of Jan'ry next, which meeting shall be 
notifyed by Josiah Willard, Esq., who is hereby also appointed Moderator of 
the said first meeting which he is to notify and govern, agreeable to the laws and 
customs of our said Province, and that the annual meeting forever hereafter 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 85 



for the choice of such officers of said Town shall be on the first Wednesday 
in March, annually. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above 
expressed, together witli all the Privileges and appurtenances to them and 
their respective heirs & assigns forever upjn the following conditions, viz.: 
That every Grantee his heirs or assigns shall Plant or cultivate five acres of 
land, within the term of five years, for every fifty acres contained in his 
or their share or proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to im- 
prove and settle the same by additional cultivations, on Penalty of the for- 
feiture of his Grant or share in said Township, & its reverting to his Majesty 
his heirs and successors, to be by him or them regranted to such of his sub- 
jects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. That all White or 
other Pine Trees within the said Township, fit for Masting our Royal Navy, 
be carefully Preserved for that use, and none to be cut or felled without his 
Majesty's Especial Lycence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the 
penalty of forfeiture of the right of such Grantee his heirs or assigns to us our 
heirs & successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any act or acts 
of Parliament that now are or hereafter shall be enacted. Also his Fort Dum- 
mer & a Tract of land of fifty rods square round it, viz : fifty rods West, twenty- 
five rods South & and twenty-five rods North of said Fort. That before any 
Division of the land be made to and amongst the Grantees a Tract of Land as 
near the center of the Township as the land will admit of shall be reserved and 
marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of 
the contents of one acre yielding and paying therefor to us our heirs & suc- 
cessors for the space of ten years, to be computed from the date hereof, the 
rent of one Ear of Indian corn, only, on the first day of January, annually, 
if Lawfully Demanded, the first payment to be made on the first day of Jan- 
uary after the first of January next ensuing the date hereof, and every Pro- 
prietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay to us our heirs and suc- 
<:essors yearly & every year forever from and after the expiration of the ten 
years from the date hereof. Namely on the first day of January, which will 
be in the year of Our Lord Christ one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty- 
four, one shilling Proclamation money for every hundred acres he so owns, 
settles or possesses, and so in proportion for a Greater or Lesser Tract of the 
said Land, which money shall be paid by the respective persons above said 
their heirs or assigns, in our- Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such 
officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and this to be 
in Ueu of all other rents and services whatsoever, in Testimony whereof we 
have caused the seal of our said Providence to be hereunto affixed. Witness, 
Benning Wentworth, Esq., our Governor &: Commander-in-Chief of our said 
Province, the Twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord Christ 
1753, and in the Twenty-seventh year of our Reign. B. Wentworth. 

" By his Excellencys command with advice of Council. 

Theodore Atkinson, Secty. 

" Entered and Recorded according to the original under the Province Seal, 
this 27th day of December, 1753. Per. Theodore Atkinson, Secty. 

[In addition were also the following reservations.] — " His Excellency Ben- 
ning Wentworth a Tract of Land to contain Eight Hundred acres, which is 
to be accounted Two of the within mentioned shares and Laid out and 
bounded as within mentioned, one whole share for the Incorporated Society 
for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, one whole share for the 
first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Town, one whole share for a Glebe 
for the Ministry nf the Church of England, as by law EstabUshed. Also his 



86 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Majesty's Fort Dummer, and a Tract or Land fifty rods round it, viz.: fifty 
rods West, twenty-five rods South & twenty-fi.ve North £)f said Fort. 

" Recorded from the Back of the Charter for Brattleborough the 27th day 
of December, 1753. Per. Theodore Atkinson, Secty." 

The surface of the town is broken and hilly, though not so much so but 
that there are left many acres of fine, arable land, and in the river valleys 
large areas of terrace formations that well repay the labors of the husband- 
man. This brokenness, however, lends a charming variety to the natural 
scenery of the town, which, perhaps, is surpassed by that of no other in 
the county. The smiling valley and placid, dignified course of the Connec- 
ticut, could not fail to attract notice in any clime, while at this point its 
charms seem, if possible, to have been heightened. Overlooking the town, 
and ascending steeply from the opposite side of the river, rises Chesterfield 
or Wantastiquet mountain to a height of 1,600 feet, covered with a forest 
of beech, maple and dark pines, amidst which are many frowning precipices of 
rock, over whose faces the silver thread of many a foaming cascade may often 
be seen falling, in the season of melting snows. The rays of the morning 
sun just rising over the mountain and cool valley, with the smoke curling 
silently up from the chimneys of the villages, present a very picture to the 
early riser, who will linger long on the beautiful scene. The rosy light of the 
setting sun, too, tinges the top of Chesterfield long after the valley is wrapped 
in gathering gloom, while the moon, rising among the pine trees, that crown 
the mountain's summit, will detain the lover of the beautiful till her full orb 
at length lights the placid bosom of the river, as it glides below. 

A fine view of the town may be had from the cemetery, south of the 
village, whence the smooth stream of the Connecticut may be seen for sev- 
eral miles pursuing its course through the rich meadows, or between the 
remarkable terraces which in many places form a striking feature of the 
scene. These terraces, which are generally about seventy to one hundred 
feet above the level of the river, occurring at different distances from its 
banks, are so regular as almost to appear like the work of art, and doubtless 
in ages long gone adown the pathway of the centuries, when the huge birds 
existed which have left their footprints in the enduring stone of other por- 
tions of the valley, were banks of the mighty river which then rolled its 
waters to the sea. 

Another beautiful valley is that of West river. Turning to the left from 
the northern part of the village, and passing the beautiful meadows below it, 
on the edge of which stands the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, one will 
come to the mouth of the narrow valley, through which West river makes its 
way to the Connecticut. It is lined on both sides with steep and well-wooded 
hills, and is sometimes so narrow that it fairly hems in the stream, and some 
times broadens into meadow lands. About four miles up this valley is Black 
mountain, a mass of black slate rock, scantily covered with pines, and rising 
to the height of nearly a thousand feet, immediately from the bed of the 
stream, and forming one side of a natural amphitheater, which, in other lands 



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and in ancient times, might have witnessed the strife of gladiators or the 
bloody combat of wild beast. Other scenes and views, in many parts of 
the town, equally attractive, might be mentioned, did space permit. 

The Connecticut and West rivers and Whetstone brook, with their tribu- 
taries, form the water-courses of the township, alTording some good mill-privi- 
leges. West river flows a southeasterly course through the northeastern part 
of the town, faUing into the Connecticut about a mile above the village. 
Whetstone brook rises in Marlboro, and flowing an easterly course through 
this town, through the villages of West Brattleboro, Centerville and Brattle- 
boro, falls over a precipice at the latter village and drops into the Connec- 
ticut. It is a small stream, but affords some excellent mill-sites. 

The soil is similar to that generally found along the Connecticut, consist- 
ing of intervale, sand, loam and gravel, with such timber as is naturally 
adapted to them. The rocks are mostly of schistose formation. In the east- 
ern part, extending west, perhaps as far as Centerville, the rocks are made 
up of clay-slate. All west of this, except a bed of hornblende schist extend- 
ing north and south through the center of the town, they are what are classed 
2iS calciferous tnica schist. These general formations, however, are subject to 
the usual modifications and changes into formations of other classes, such as 
argillaceous slate steatite and small quantities of granite, the latter probably 
being deposits of the rt^z/Z/dfr/^^ (see page 30). No deposits of mineral or 
metals of importance have been discovered, though a small amount of lead 
and gold is said to have been found in the valley of Whetstone brook. Ac- 
tinolite is found in the steatite, in very perfect capilliary crystals grouped to- 
gether in different forms. Sometimes radicated mica is found, of rose-red 
color with schrol in quartz, and abundance of schrol in beautiful crystals. 

In 1880 Brattleboro had a population of 5,880, and in 1882 its eleven 
school disiricts contained eleven common schools, employing two male and 
twenty-four female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $7,900. 
There were 750 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of 
the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $9,150.00, with G. E. Mar- 
tin, superintendent. 

Brattleboro is a beautiful village, located in the eastern part of the 
town, at the junction of Whetstone brook with the Connecticut river, being 
the eastern terminus of the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad, the northern 
terminus of the Vermont «& Massachusetts, and the southern terminus of the 
Vermont Valley railroads. It is irregularly laid out, on uneven ground, the 
Main street running parallel with the river, about seventy feet above its sur- 
face, till it descends to the bridge across the Whetstone. At right angles 
with it, and running up the valley of this little stream are Elliot, Green and 
High streets, making the principal avenues of the village. Aside from its 
public buildings, its fine rows of business blocks, its several manufacturing 
establishments, and many beautiful private residences, the village^hastwo hotels 
four banks, the extensive buildings of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, two 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



enterprising weekly papers — the Vermont Phoenix, and the Reformer, — two 
literaryjoarnals, six churches (Congregational, Episcopal, Baptist, Universalist, 
Methodist, and Roman Catholic), and about 5,000 inhabitants. The village 
is well supplied with illuminating gas and with water of an excellent quaUty. 
The abundance of the latter article, supplied from numerous springs upon 
the surrounding hills, together with the beautiful and healthful surroundings, 
early led to Brattleboro being selected as a health and summer resort, and 
finally to the establishment of that once famous institution. 

THE WATER CURE. 

This Water Cure, or Brattleboro Hydropathic Establishment, it is claimed, 
had much to do with building up the village, drawing thither many visitors 
from all parts of the Union. The facts relative to its establishment are 
mainly as follows : During the latter part of the first half of the present 
century Mr. John Gray, a wealthy invalid of Boston, Mass., went to the 
water cures of Europe to recover his health, which he succeeded in doing. 
Becoming much impressed with the value of this hydropathic mode of treat- 
ment, he returned to Boston, in 1844, determined to establish in New Eng- 
land an institution similar to those he had visited in Europe. After due de- 
liberation, he decided upon Brattleboro as its site, and, in 1845, purchased 
two adjoining dwellings of Ashbel Dickinson, located on Elliot street, to be 
converted into an institute, which, in company with Dr. Robert Wesselhoeft, 
he immediately did, being ready to receive patients May 29, 1845. Soon 
after, these gentlemen were joined by Dr. Charles Grau, a very learned man 
and celebrated surgeon, from Germany. The success of the enterprise seems 
to have been assured from the first, and, in 1846, the "Brattleboro Hydro- 
pathic Estabhshment " was incorporated by an act of the legislature. The 
influx of visitors was so great that increased accommodations immedi- 
ately became necessary, and the two houses were united and much enlarged. 
The accommodations being still insufficient, an additional building was 
erected in 1846, containing a dining-hall 26x86 feet, and a large number of 
chambers. Other additions and new buildings were from time to time 
erected, until there were accommodations for three hundred patients, the 
establishment being at times filled to its utmost capacity. In 1853, however, 
Dr. Wesselhoeft, the main spirit of the concern, died. Various changes were 
then undergone, until 1859, when the original property was purchased by 
Mr. P. B. Francis, and the remainder by the same gentleman in 1870. He 
conducted the enterprise until the latter year, when it was abandoned and 
the buildings converted into tenements, for which purpose they are still used 
by Mr. Francis. 

MANUFACTURES. 

The Orgati Business. — The extensive organ business in Brattleboro has 
made for the village a world-wide fame, and the music of its organs probably 





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TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



is heard to-day in every civilized country on the earth. The infancy and 
growth of the great business, as far as we have been able to learn, are briefly 
as follows : — 

On December i, 1842, Samuel H. Jones, now of Needham, Mass., being 
just out of an apprenticeship to the cabinet trade and not of age until the 
following spring, went to Winchester, N. H., to run the business of manu- 
facturing melodeons. Mr. Jones had never seen but one melodeon, and 
when he arrived at the works in Winchester the only indications of the 
business he could see were a few patterns, the manufacture of pipe organs for 
church and parlor being the real business then carried on by the firm, Foster 
& Thayer, the melodeon business remaining yet to be developed. The first 
melodeon was made to be held in the player's lap, or upon a table, the bellows 
being worked with the elbow. It could be folded and carried under the 
arm with as much ease as could an ordinary bass viol, and was often so taken 
to church and other meetings. The compass of the key-board was usually 
three octaves, with ivory keys similar to those now in use. The reeds were 
made of common sheet brass, the sockets being stamped into form so 
as to fit slots made with a savv. The tongues, or vibrators, were made of the 
same soft metal, cut into suitable strips, and with hammer and anvil brought 
to the required form and temper. 1 hese were fitted and riveted to the 
sockets and brought to the proper pitch by hand tools. 

Mr. Jones remained with this firm until the summer of 1844, when, by 
mutual consent, the firm of Foster & Thayer dissolved partnership, Mr. Fos- 
ter removing to Keene, N. H., where he established the organ and melodeon 
business. Mr. Tones remained in Winchester, manufacturing instruments in 
a small way on his own account. In 1846 Mr. Jones, having formed 
an aquaintance with Riley Burdelt, a singing master, early in June came to 
Brattleboro, beginning business in a small apartment of the upper story of 
Smith & Woodcock's flouring mill, at what is now called Centerville, under 
the firm name of S. H. Jones &: Co., John Woodbury and Riley Burdett 
being half owners and managing the sales department at their music store 
which was in Steen's building, corner of Main and High streets. 

The first specimens of the manufacture were completed in November, and 
were taken to Boston, where arrangements forselling were effected with E. H. 
Wade, then a prominent dealer in musical merchandise at No. 176 Wash- 
ington street. During that winter Mr. Burdett gave his attention to learning 
the art of voicing and tuning. During the following year he concluded to 
exchange his interest in the firm of Woodbury & Burdett for Mr. Woodbury's 
interest in the firm of S. H. Jones & Co., Mr. Woodbury continuing the man- 
ufacture of his celebrated violins, in Steen's building. 

The new firm of Jones & Burdett soon removed to the unoccupied office 
of J. B. Blake, Esq., at the corner of Main and Elliot streets, upon the site 
afterwards occupied by the Revere House. In the autumn of 1848, the man- 
ufactory itself was removed from the flour mill to the " Typhographic Build- 



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ings," occupying a part made vacant by the removal of HoUister's silk factory 
to Connecticut. These buildings afforded the room that increasing business 
made necessary, including the office, salesroom, etc. September, 1850, Mr, 




E. B. Carpenter, a farmer m the town of Guilford, who had been devoting 
some of his leisure time to selling the instruments, became desirous of 
securing an interest in the business, eventually purchasing Mr. Jones's share. 
The new firm of Burdett & Carpenter soon after moved into a building 
owned by Mr. Jacob Estey, who afterwards bought out Mr. Burdett's inter- 



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est in the concern. The next change was of Mr. Carpenter's interest sold to 
I. Hines, the firm name being changed to I. Hines & Co., remaining thus 
until 1855, when Mr. Estey became sole owner. 

In the meantime, September 13, 1853, Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Jones began 
to manufacture melodians, over " Clark's planing-mill," near the depot, and 
were soon after joined by George Woods, under the firm name of Jones^ 
Carpenter & Woods. The firm was dissolved and the business abandoned 
in January, (856, Mr. Woods accepting a position in Boston, whither Mr. 
Jones followed him in July following. 

It is, however, to the great energy, tact, and perseverence of Mr. Jacob 
Estey that Brattleboro owes the credit of the great organ trade for which she 
is so justly celebrated. 

Mr. Estey was born at Hinsdale, N. H., September 30, 181 4, and was, 
when four years of age, adopted by a wealthy family in the neighborhood. 
After remaining with them until 14 years of age he ran away and walked to 
Worcester, Mass., where a brother lived, and went to work on a farm, and 
attended the Worcester High school. At the age of seventeen he engaged 
with T. J. Sutton, of Worcester, as an apprentice, to learn the plumber's trade, 
including the manufacture of lead pipe, and remained with them four years. 
In February, 1835, ^^ came to Brattleboro, having saved sufficient means to 
purchase the business, tools and real estate of a plumbing and lead pipe 
concern, and hired a shop on premises opposite the Brattleboro House. In 
this business he continued until he purchased the organ, or melodeon busi- 
ness, as previously stated. When he took the concern it only employed a 
half dozen men or so, but under his management the business rapidly in- 
creased. 

His factory was burned in 1857, but he erected another on the site of the 
Brattleboro House. This factory also burned in 1864. Rebuilding, he con- 
tinued in successful operation until 1866, when he received into partnership 
his son-in-law, Levi K. Fuller, and his son, Julius J. Estey. In October, 
1869, a flood swept away a part of their buildings, involving slight embarrass- 
ment, but not entire cessation of work. The firm now bought a tract of 
sixty acres, and erected new buildings. The number of these has since been 
increased^ until they now number, of factory buildings proper, eight, fronting 
on Birge street, each one hundred feet long by from thirty to thirty-eight feet 
wide, with several more in the rear, and three stories in height. There is 
also a large dry-house one hundred and forty feet long by fifty feet wide, 
together with other buildings in which all the wood that make up the cases 
and the inner parts of the organ is thoroughly dried, after a long seasoning 
in the open air, by a process patented by Col. Fuller. Of black walnut alone 
four car-loads a week are required for the cases. There are also a store- 
house, one hundred feet square; an engine-house, containing seven large 
boilers and a CorHss engine of one hundred and fifty horse-power ; and other 
out-houses for various purposes, including a building in which is kept, for 



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ready use, two steam fire-engines, the property of the firm, and are manned 
by a company of the employees who are regularly exercised in their use twice 
a month. Each building is also suppled with fire-buckets and extinguishers. 

Mr. Estey was married to Desdemonia Wood, of Brattleboro, May 2, 1837. 
Their surviving children are Abby E., born September 21, 1842, and married 
to Levi K. Fuller ; and Julius J., born January 8, 1845, and married to Flor- 
ence Gray, of Cambridge, N. Y. Mr. Estey represented the town of Brattle- 
boro in the Vermont legislature in 1868 and 1869, and the county in the 
senate of 1872 and 1873. The firm is now the Estey Organ Company, being 
incorporated by an act of the legislature approved November 26, 1872, — 
Jacob Estey, president, Levi K. Fuller^ vice-president, and Julius J. Estey, 
secretary and treasurer. 

On the nth of March, 1853, was begun the first large Reed organ made 
in Brattleboro, which was finished the 18th of the following month. It had 
two sets of reeds in the usual position below the key-board, and two sets 
above the keyes, in an inverted reed board, about three feet above the key- 
board and, operated by rods reaching up from the rear end of the keys. 
Some idea of the increase in the business may be estimated from the fact that 
up to the present time, March, 1884, Mr. Estey has manufactured nearly 
150,000 instruments. 

The E. P. Carpenter Organ Co. — Mr. E. B. Carpenter, after being con- 
nected with various organ companies throughout the country, at last located 
in Mendota, 111., where he ^now is. His son, E. P. Carpenter, inherited a 
capacity and liking for the business, and has been largely known in the trade 
for many years, being located at Worcester, Mass. During the winter of 
1883-84 he was induced to come Brattleboro, where he organized the E. 
P. Carpenter Organ Co., of Brattleboro, in the spring of 1884, for the manu- 
facture of organs and organ actions, and has now gotten fairly started in a 
flourishing business in the place where his father was a pioneer in the organ 
manufacture. 

J. D. IVhitfiey &= Son, organ reed manufacturers. — Josiah Davis Whitney 
was born in Ashby, Mass., November 7, 18 18. When old enough to use tools 
(perhaps fifteen or sixteen) he began to work in the shop of his father, Jonas 
P. Whitney, who was a manufacturer of church organs. When twenty-one 
years of age he was taken into partnership and continued to make church 
organs until 1844, when he removed to Springfield, Mass., and engaged in 
the manufacture of melodeons, pianos, and church organs. In 185 1 he re- 
moved to Fitchburg, Mass., where he was employed by his father in making 
melodeons or reed organs. He removed to Worcester, Mass., in 1853, where 
he formed a partnership with Messrs. Rice & Robinson, for the manufacture 
of organ reeds. He remained in Worcester only one year and then went 
back to Fitchburg, and soon after got up a set of reed machinery and com- 
menced making reeds. In 1865 Messrs J. Estey & Co., of Brattleboro, put- 
chased the machinery, and Mr. Whitney was hired by them to run it. He 



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remained with Estey & Co., until 1874, the last eight years working by con- 
tract, when he sold them the machinery he had invented during his stay with 
them, and for a year or two went out of business. About 1876 he com- 
menced a new set of machinery, with which he began to make reeds in 1878, 
in Harmony block. July i, 1879, he took his son, Edwin D. Whitney, into 
partnership, under the firm name of J. D. Whitney & Son. They are now 
located in Harmony block and manufacture over half a million organ reeds 
a year, which are almost entirely used by the Wilcox & White Organ Co. of 
Meriden, Conn. They employ two men, the machinery being so nearly 
automatic as to require very much less help than formerly to do the same 
amount of work. 

Vinton's paper-mill. — The first paper-mill in Brattleboro was built in x8ii, 
by Joseph Clark, Samuel Dickinson, Francis Goodhue, Joseph Fessenden, 
Joseph Fessenden, Jr., William Fessenden, and Caleb Leiand, Jr. In 1813 
Joseph Clark, Samuel Dickinson and Francis Goodhue sold their interest to 
William Fessenden. In December, 18 16, the mill was destroyed by fire, but 
was soon rebuilt. About this time John Holbrook became interested in the 
mill, the business being carried on under the firm name of Holbrook & Fes- 
senden for a number of years, passing from father to son, or until 1836, when 
a company was formed under the name of The Typographic Co., who bought 
out Frederick Holbrook and Franklin H. Fessenden. In connection with 
the paper-mill, printing was started about 1832, and when the latter company 
took the property they increased the business, until they became embarassed, 
when they sold the property to E. H. Thomas and William G. Cutting, who 
carried on the business of paper making until 1847. Nathan Woodcock and 
Timothy Vinton then took the mill on a lease for five years and then bought 
of N. B. Williston, into whose hands the property had come on a mortgage. 
In September, [857, the mill was again burned, but immediately rebuilt and 
operated by Woodcock & Vinton, continuing thus until the death of Mr. 
Woodcock, when Mr. Vinton bought out the heirs, and is now running the 
mill. When the paper-mill was built all paper was made by hand, continuing 
thus until about 1829, when there was put into the mill a small cylinder ma- 
chine for making paper, but no dryers. Some years after there was put in 
a larger machine, with dryers heated by steam. After Woodcock and Vinton 
bought it they put in a larger machine and dryers and when they rebuilt the 
mill they put in a Fourdrinier machine, with dryers, and cullenders, which are 
still used. When the mill was first built the capacity was from 150 to 200 
pounds of paper per day, and now it is from 2,000 to 2,500 pounds per 
day. There is employed in the mill eight men and eight women. 

The Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co. — As early as 1859 Charles Raymond 
came from Bristol, Conn., and established here the business of manufactur- 
ing sewing machines j but, in 1863, he gave up the enterprise and removed 
to Canada. Col. Levi K. Fuller established the second sewing machine 
factory, immediately after Mr. Raymond's removal, but his shop was burned 



94 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



at the time of the Estey fire, June 4, 1864. He then started a new factory, 
but sold out the business and the works were removed to Lowell, Mass., in 
1866. In 1864, Messrs. Sargent & Dennison started another sewing machine 
factory, and, in 1865, John and David Abbott established a third manufac- 
tory, while, soon after, Mr. Davis started another ; but, failing to make satis- 
factory arrangements with the sewing machine monopoly which had at this ' 
time secured the control of the leading sewing machine patents, all of these 
parties retired from the business. In 1876 the present company was organ- 
ized for the manufacture of knitting machines and other small wares, and, 
about 1878, they commenced the manufacture of sewing machines, at Center- 
ville, in the building erected by the New England Furniture Company, on the 
site of the old Wheeler axe works, and later on they purchased the property. 
In 1883 Col. Levi K. Fuller came to the head of the concern and im- 
mediately set about designing a new model machine, which should 
take the lead of all the machines before the public, and experts pronounced 
the result of his labors all that the most sanguine could have anticipated. 
The company now employs about forty hands. 

Smith &= Hunfs childreti s carriage manufactory. — This business was es- 
tablished by Alvah Smith & Son, in 1863-64, being located in that part of 
Guilford locally known as Weatherhead. In the winter of 1870 the works 
were destroyed by fire. A new company was then formed, Edwards & Smith, 
and the business removed to East Guilford ; but during the following sum- 
mer the old works were rebuilt, being operated in connection with those at 
East Guilford, about twenty-five hands being employed, where, at the begin- 
ning, only one was necessary. In August, 1873, the old firm was dissolved, 
in favor of S. A. Smith, son of Alvah, who, in June, 1874, associated with 
him in the business S. S. Hunt, forming the present firm of Smith & Hunt. 
In the summer of 1880 the larger part of the business was moved to Brat- 
tleboro, though it was still maintained at both places, giving employment to 
from fifty to eighty hands. 

C. E. Allen's green- house and seed atid floiver gardens^ located at 64 
Canal street, were established by Mr. Allen in 1868. Commencing in 
a small way, his business has gradually increased until Mr. Allen is now the 
largest seed grower and dealer in the State. His hot houses cover aa area of 
nearly half an acre, while he has several acres of strawberries, and has twenty 
acres of land under cultivation. He employs twelve hands, which force, dur- 
ing the berry season, is increased to fifty. 

C. L. Brown 6^ So7i, fiirfiiture and casket manufacturers. — Chester L. 
Brown was born in Wilmington, Vt., December 4, 1825, and worked at 
home with his father until he was eleven years of age. He then left his 
home and went to work upon a Connecticut river farm at Westminster. 
There he spent several years, working upon the farm summers and attending 
school winters ; but getting a taste for learning, he aspired to an attendance 
upon a select school, at Walpole, and afterwards at Keene, N. H., where, 



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through the kindness and assistance of the late Commodore Dorr, he was 
enabled to take a higher course of study in the schools of Keene. Not long 
was he permitted to enjoy this good fortune. His father, not sympathizing 
with him in his desire for an education, and he being the oldest son, was 
called home to assist in caring for the family. This duty done, he again 
attended school, at Putney^ and again went home to assist his father on the 




(C. L. BROWN.) 

farm. But at the age of nineteen he persuaded his father to let him go to 
Brattleboro, to learn the cabinet making trade, and on one November morning 
he started on foot from his home in Westminster, to walk to Brattleboro, where 
he arrived a little before sundown, on the nineteenth day of November, 1844, 
with a cash capital of less than one dollar. His energy and perseverance 
secured for him a situation with the late Anthony Van Doom, in the making 
and finishing of cabinet furniture. There he staid some five years, and at 
the end of that time he was able to take a responsible position in the manu- 
facturing of melodeons and organs, an industry which had just started in town, 
he being the sixth man employed in it. He worked in this organ shop for 
twelve years, and by prudence and economy saved enough to start himself in 
business. In the mean time he had married an estimable lady of Brattle- 



96 TOWN OF BRAITLEBORO. 



boro, Fanny Sophia Sargent, who greatly aided and assisted him, not only in 
his efforts to do business for himself, but all through those first struggling 
years, in which she proved a helpmate, indeed. He began in the furniture 
and undertaking business on a small scale, in September, 1859, and when 
the next year the civil war broke out, although he was bodily disabled from 
going himself, he encouraged his half dozen men to enlist, to put down the 
rebeUion. This crippled his trade for the time being, but he gradually came 
out of it, and in the next few years had built up a good paying business, 
which continued to increase so that in 1875 ^^ ^^^^ obhged to build a block 
to accommodate it, and the spot upon which stood the shop, into which he, a 
poor boy, went to learn his trade, coming into market at that time, had 
charms for him that no other spot had. He bought it and erected thereon the 
block with a French-plate glass front in the first and second stories, 
standing so conspicuously at the head of Main street in full view of all passers 
by railroad. Mr. Brown's unique arrangement of goods in his spacious glass 
front has proved so succcessful as an advertising medium that the ,plan has 
been copied in other sections of the country. He moved into this block in 
1869, and associated with him his youngest son, Cyril F. Brown, who was 
brought up in the business, and whose efforts in so ably seconding his father, 
have been largely instrumental in increasing their growing trade, and the 
firm of C. L. Brown & Son. in retrospection since entering their new block, 
have the proud satisfaction of seeing their sales nearly doubled, and 
with considerable pride, they expect to win even greater success in the future 
than in the past. In the undertaking branch of his business Mr. Brown has 
furnished nearly three thousand burial outfits, his work and services being in 
demand for many miles around. He is called upon to embalm, preserve, and 
carry hundreds of miles to their homes, to be buried in their own cemeteries, 
the bodies of those who happen to die in his neighborhood. For this kind of 
work he has received from surviving friends and relatives many fiattering 
letters in grateful recognition of the value of his services at such a time, 
which he prizes highly, as testimonials to his faithfulness as a friend, and to 
his skill as a funeral director. Mr. Brown was one of the most active mem- 
bers in organizing the New England Undertakers' Association at Boston, in 
September, 1880, he being appointed on the committee to prepare the con- 
stitution and by-laws, elected as one of the vice-presidents, and also on the 
executive committee. So well did he perform the parts allotted to him that 
he was again re-elected, and at one of its sessions he acted as president. He 
was also called upon to deliver an essay before the same society, at its an- 
nual meeting at Boston, in 1884. The essay elicited a vote of thanks from 
the society and a request that it be published in the society's journal. Mr. 
Brown is a self-made and progressive man, who is esteemed by the profession 
as one who has done much to elevate it. 

Williaf/i A. Dutton's marble and gratiiie 7vorks^ located on Depot street, 
were established at an early date. In 1848 the firm name was Estey & Mc- 



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Donald. About 1850 it was changed to Button & Estey, which partnership 
lasted about four years, when the firm name became Estey & Kalhan, re- 
maining thus until 1869, when the present owner, William A. Button, became 
sole owner. Mr. Button employs six men in the manufacture of all kinds 
of marble and granite work. 

The Higbee Sezviiig Machine Coinpaiiy\ located on Elliot street, was incor- 
porated March 30, 1882, and commenced business the first of the following 
April. The machine seems to be constructed on principles that are thor- 
oughly practical, and although the business is in its infancy, it is one of great 
importance. 

The Btattleboro Iron Foundry^ located on Flat street, was established by 
A. R. Gregg, its present proprietor, in 1878. Mr. Gregg does a general 
business in this line, employing twelve men. 

The Brattleboro Tool Company, located on Frost street, was organized as 
a stock company in April, 1883, Hon. J. L. Martin, president, and C. F. 
Thompson, secretary and treasurer, with William Steer, superintendent. The 
firm bids fair to do a large business in the future, and is now extensively 
engaged in manufacturing iron carpenter's planes and extension bits. 

E. E. Flagg's manufactory of " Flagg's shaving soap " and "Japanese pain 
relievo," located at 14 Prospect street, was established in 1873, the latter arti- 
cle not being added, however, until 1881. Mr. Flagg began business in a 
small way, but it has been steadily increasing since. 

John H. Orion's works for the manufacture of furniture, picture frames, 
book cases, cabinets, and all kinds of cabinet work, located in the Harmony 
block, were established in 1880. The works are operated by steam-power, 
and give employment to from two to five men. 

A. F. Wilder'' s job shop, located on Main street, near Tyler's block, was 
established in 1873, where he now manufactures book cases, desks, picture 
frames, and swifts, and does a general business in light wood work. 

Heriry Fletcher's saw- mill, located on Birge street, cuts about 1,000,000 
feet of lumber and 400,000 shingles per annum. 

William Gould, located on Clark street, is a practical plumber and gas 
fitter, and is also engaged in the manufacture of pumps. His business was 
established in 1830. 

Leonard Steain Job Printing House. — In 1875 Bewitt Leonard purchased 
the old Recorder ]oh ofiice, in Harmony block, taking possession March ist. 
Soon after, he purchased O. A. Libby's job office and consoHdated the two, 
since which time his business has steadily increased, so that he now employs 
twelve hands, having one of the largest job offices in Vermont. He does a 
large business in show printing, a line done by no other country office in New 
England. 

J. A. Church' s sash, blind, and house Jnishing manufactory, located on 
Frost street, has been carried on by him since 1874. He employs fifteen 
hands, and has attached a feed-mill, with one run of stones. 
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Leonard &^ Roesis cigar inanufactory located on Main street, was estab- 
lished by the present firm in 1868, who now employ fiTty hands, manufactur- 
ing about 50,000 cigars per week. 

Chaiuicey B. Dickinson began the bakery and cracker business, at 57 Main 
street, in April, 1880, where he has since conducted the business, building up 
a large trade, so that he has lately employed seven hands, and two teams on 
road. He sold the business to A. E. Tburber, April i, 1884, by whom it is 
now conducted. 

John H. Martin'' s carriage factory is located on Flat street. He employs 
five men in the manufacture of carriages, wagons and sleighs. 

Rockivell 6^ S/ieriain's carriage shop, located on Elm street, was estab- 
lished by J. T. Hildreth, in 1874. The present firm gives employment to ten 
men, in the manufacture of all kinds of wagons, carriages and sleighs. 

C. H. Eddy &^ Co , located on Flat street, are largely engaged in the man- 
ufacture of birch and tonic beer, giving employment, during the summer sea- 
son, to ten men. The business was commenced by Mr. Eddy, in 1877. 

Charles E. Barretf s special and paper machine shop, located on Main street, 
was established by Woodcock & Thomas, in 1S31, and came into Mr. Barrett's 
hands, as successor to Newman & Tyler, in 1880. He employs fifteen hands 
in the manufacture of paper-mill and special machinery and screen plates. 

J. B. Randall's knitting machine 7ieedle factory, located in the Harmony 
block, was was established by Mr. Randall, at Centerville, in 1876. In 1880 
he removed to his present location, where he employs twenty hands, manu- 
facturing 1,500,000 needles per year. 

The Weld Machine Shop, located on Asylum street, was established by 
Luther Weld in 1830, who carried on the business until 1863, when the pres- 
ent proprietor, Calvin J. Weld, purchased the property and has since carried 
on the business. He manufactures planing machine^;, lathes, and band saws, 
and is also the patentee and manufacturer of the Weld shingle machine, and 
the Weld self-regulating water-wheel, employing five men. 

The Valley Mill Company, whose mill is located near the depot, is a stock 
company, organized December 8, 1881, vvith John W. Frost, president ; 
James F. Estey, vice-president and superintendent: W. H. Minor, mana- 
ger; and E. G. Frost, secretary and treasurer. The mill is a merchant grist- 
mill and grinds 10,000 bushels of grain per month. 

Charles H. Pratt, cigar manufacturer, located at 61 Spring street, has 
manufactured cigars in Brattleboro since 1853. He employs three men, and 
was the first manufacturer of cigars in the State. 

G. H. Niles, patentee of Nile's telephone, for short distances, manu- 
factures the same on Elliot street. 

D. H. Marsh's brickyard, located on road 41, turns out from 300,000 to 
403,000 brick per year. 

Eugene E/osfs fish ponds are located at Brattleboro village. These ponds, 
two in number, are fed by springs and cover about an acre of ground. They 



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are stocked, one with trout and the other with German carp. He is pre- 
pared to stock fish ponds for others. The ice supply of the village is also 
taken from these ponds. 

J. E. Jacobs' s folding funiiturc manufactory. — This establishment, located 
on Elliot street, was begun by Nash & Jacobs, in June, 1882, for the manu- 
facture of folding furniture for use of camps, on lawns, etc., and also for the 
drawing-room. March 12, 1884, Mr. Jacobs bought Mr. Nash's interest and 
is now conducting the business alone. The furniture he manufactures is 
quite new and novel in its construction, being invented and patented by Mr. 
Nash. 

Frank A. Sargenf s cigar manufactory, located on road 11, was established 
by F. A. Sargent and Joseph Boyce. in 18S0, and has been conducted by Mr. 
Sargent since 1883. He employs three men and manufactures about 10,000 
cigars per month. 

Banks. 

The first bank established in Brattleboro was called the Brattleboro Bank, 
incorporated in 1821, with Hon. Jonathan Hunt, president, and Epaphro 
Seymour, cashier. The institution enjoyed a high charactei*, the president 
and cashier retaining their positions until their death. Mr. Hunt dying in 
1832, and Mr. Seymour in 1854. Deacon John Holbrook succeeded Mr. 
Hunt in 1832, and upon the death of Mr. Holbrook, Epaphro Seymour was 
chosen president. It was during the administration of the next president, 
Capt. Samuel Root, that .the institution was changed into what has since 
been known as the Vermont National Bank, chartered July 13, 1865. The 
Cishiers from its first organization, in 1821, to the last charter, in 1865, were 
as follows: Epaphro Seymour, Henry Smith, S. M. Clark, Horatio Noyes, 
Phillip Wells and Frank Wells, George S. Dowley being the present cashier. 
The present capital of the institution is $150,000.00, and the present officers 
as follows : William P. Cune, president ; George S. Dowley, cashier ; and 
Edward F. Brown, teller. 

The Windham Provident Institution for Savings was chartered in 1846^ 
and went into operation in January, 1847. Application was made for a 
charter in 1844 and in 1845, but without success, as but little was then 
known about savings banks in this State, and it was thought no more banks 
were needed in Vermont. In 1869, with liberty granted by the legislature in 
1867, the directors erected a substantial brick building, three stories in 
height, a fine, well arranged structure. On October 2, 1872, the name of the 
institution was changed to the Vermont Savings Bank, the present officers, 
of which are Hon. Frederick Holbrook, president; Francis W. Brooks, 
vice-president ; N. F. _Cabot, treasurer ; and Malcolm Moody, assistant 
treasurer. 

The First National Bank of Brattleboro. — The history of this institu- 
tion, which was ruined through the rascality of its president who is now suffer- 
ing the penalty of his wickedness, is mainly as follows : — 



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The legislature of 1856, incorporated by special charter, the Windham 
County Bank. Its capital stock was to be $150,000.00 to be divided into three 
thousand shares of $50 each, Asa Keyes, Edward Kirkland, Ferdinand 
Tyler, Oramel R. Post, of Brattleboro, William Harris Jr., of Windham, 
Marshall Newton, of Newfane ; George W. Grandy, of Vergennes; Jarvis 
F. Burrows of Vernon ; William H. Jones, of Dover, and Thomas White, 
of Putney, were appointed commissioners for receiving subscriptions, and 
for calling the first meeting for the election of directors. Its capital stock 
was fully subscribed for, and on January 13, 1857, the bank was duly organ- 
ized, by the election of N. B^ Williston, Ferdinand Tyler, O. R. Post, Ed- 
ward Kirkland and Alfred Simonds, of Brattleboro : J. P. Burrows of Ver- 
non ; George Perry, of Rockingham ; John Campbell, of Putney ; and Dan 
Mather, of Marlboro, as directors. On the same day N. B. Williston was 
chosen president, and Silas M. Waite, cashier. Mr. Simonds dechned to 
serve as a director, and on March 5, 1857, Franklin Sawyer, of Newfane, was 
elected in his place. At the annual meeting in 1859, the same board of 
directors were chosen, with the exception of S. M. Waite, in place of Mr. 
Perry, and Simeon Adams, of Marlboro, in place of Dan Mather. The 
next change in the board was in 1863, when W. P. Richardson, of Putney^ 
was elected in place of John Campbell. In March, 1864, the stockholders 
agreed to convert their stock in the Windham County Bank into shares of 
capital stock in a banking association to be organized under the national 
bank act. Articles of association were signed, and filed with the comptroller 
of the currency, forming a banking association under the laws of congress, to be 
called the First National Bank of Brattleboro, with a capital of $300,000.00. 
The assets of the Windham County Bank were to comprise $150,000.00 
of the aforesaid capital, and the balance was to be subscribed in money. 
Books of subscription were opened, and the requisite amount of stock sub- 
scribed for. May 17, 1864, the stockholders met and organized by the elec- 
tion of the following board of directors, viz. : N. B. Williston, Ferdinand Ty- 
ler, Edward Kirkland, O. R. Post, and S. M. Waite of Brattleboro ; J. F. 
Burrows, of Vernon ; W. P. Richardson, of Putney; Simeon Adams, of Marl- 
boro, and Franklin Sawyer, of Newfane. N. B. Williston, was chosen presi- 
dent, and S. M. Waite, cashier. Edward Kirkland declined the election for 
the reason that he was ineligible, not owning ten shares as required by law, 
and May 26th Jacob Estey was elected (o fill the vacancy. 

The directors all qualified by taking the oath of oftice, prescribed by the 
laws of congress, making their certificate to the eft'ect that the association 
was fully organized, and that $100,000.00 of its capital stock had been paidin^ 
and on June 30, 1864, the comptroller of the currency authorized them to 
commence business. Their capital stock was increased to $200,000.00, 
September 14, 1864, and to $300,000.00, December 19, 1864. Bonds to the 
amount of $300,000.00 were therefore deposited from time to time, with the 
treasurer of the United States, and in return national bank currency to the 



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amount of $270,000.00 was furnished them for issue. The same board of 
directors was continued in 1865 and 1866, but in 1867 Jacob Estey, J. F. 
Barrows and Simeon Adams were retired, and Charles F. Thompson, Francis 
Goodhue, and D. S. Pratt were elected in their places. 

In June, 187 1, at mid-day, when no one was in the bank except Col. Saw- 
yer, the assistant cashier, the bank was robbed of some $30,000 00 in cur- 
rency and United States bonds, by sneak thieves, supposed to belong to a 
gang of New York desperados. No part of this fund was ever recovered. 
At the annual election, in 1872, F. A. Nash and H. C. WiUard were 
elected directors, in place of Messrs. Sawyer and Pratt. The next change in 
the board was made in 1873, when J. M. Tyler and Addison Whithed were 
elected directors in place of Chas. F. Thompson and Francis Goodhue, who 
declined further service. In 1874 Mr. Post declined a further election, and 
Warren Parker, of Putney, was put in his place. 

It is fair to state, as evidence of the unsoundness of this bank, that most 
of the above named directors, as they severally declined further service as 
directors, that they almost invariably disposed of their shares of stock in the 
association and served all their connections with the institution. 

In 1877, C. J. Amidon, of Hinsdale, N. H.^ was elected director in place 
of Ferdinand Tyler, deceased. In 1879, Mr. Williston, having disposed of 
all of his stock, with the exception of five shares, W. F. Richardson was 
chosen one of the directors, so that in 1880, when the bank was closed, its 
directors were W. P. Richardson, F. A. Nash, J. M. Tyler, Warren Parker, Addi- 
son Whithed, C. J. Amidon, W. F. Richardson, H. C. WiUard, and S. M. 
Waite. From its original organization to 1879, Mr. Williston was president 
of the institution, aad S. M. Wait, cashier. From 1879 to the date of its 
suspension, S. M. Waite was president and N. C. Sawyer assistant cashier. May 
19, 1880, Hon. George W. Hendee, national bank examiner of Vermont, 
made his first examination into the affairs of this bank, and Mr. Waite 
made an exhibit of its resources and liabilities at that time. During the ex- 
amination certain paper was shown, as comprising a portion of the assets, 
which excited the suspicion of the examiner, and after he left town he set 
about verifying the genuineness of an exhibit of $70,000.00 represented to be 
on depostt with Messrs. Vermylia & Co.^ private bankers in New York. 
Having ascertained that that firm owed the First National Bank of Brattle- 
boro nothing, Mr. Hendee returned to Brattleboro, June 8th, and laid the 
matter before Mr. Waite, who protested that it was all right, except that prob- 
ably Vermylia &: Co., had entered the deposit to his individual credit when 
it should have been made to the credit of the . bank. The assertions of Mr. 
Waite were so earnestly and positively made, and with such apparent honesty, 
that he gave him a few days in which to verify his statements. Mr. Waite, 
however, instead of attending to the business in hand, took what available 
funds there were in the bank, and on the early morning train, of June 10, 
I j88o, absconded to parts unknown. The bank was closed by the directors 



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on the 15th inst., and on the i6th of June Mr. Hendee came and took 
possession of the institution. June 19, 1880, Linas M. Price was ap- 
pointed receiver, and on the 21st of the same month he took possession 
of the bank. 

Upon an examination of the institution's affairs it was found that of the 
$310,813.67 resources represented by Mr. Waite as being the property of the- 
bank at the examination of Mr. Hendee, May 19th, $283,442.00 was made 
up of forged paper, and that the institution never had been in a sound finan- 
cial condition ; that instead of having a paid up capital of $300,000.00 its 
actual available capital never was but a little over $125,000.00, that its di- 
rectors had long ceased to have any control over the affairs of the bank, and 
that the same was conducted entirely by Mr. Waite and according to his own 
will; and that during its latter years some of its directors never were stock- 
holders of the r.ssociation, but had accepted their election upon the assurance 
of Mr. Waite that he had made over to them the necessary number of shares 
of its stock to make them eligible to an election as directors. In fact, further 
examination showed that Mr. Waite, at the time of the organization of the 
national system and his own election as a director, did not own but four 
shares, instead of the ten which the law required as a qualification for an elec- 
tion to a directorship. 

It would appear, therefore, and such was the fact, that with the circulation 
issued to the institution upon the deposit of the first $100,000.00 of United. 
States bonds, other bonds were purchased, to obtain the additional circula- 
tion, and so on until the full $300,000.00 of bonds had been deposited. It 
further appears, upon examinatiot;, that without the knowledge of the direc- 
tors, Mr. Waite engaged in several enterprises and speculations, using the funds- 
of the bank, with a real purpose on his part, no doubt, to retrieve the fast 
failing fortunes of the institution he was endeavoring to manage, and thereby 
save the stockholders from loss and himself from ruin and disgrace. xA.n 
assessment of twenty-five per cent, was laid upon the stockholders, to pay 
the directors of the bank, nearly all of whom promptly responded, so that the 
bank's creditors have all been paid in full. 

The Brattleboro Savings £a?ik was incorporated by an act of the legisla- 
ture approved November i, 1870, and commenced business January i, 1871, 
with John Hunt, of Vernon, president; R. W. Clarke, vice-president; and 
S. N. Herrick, secretary and treasurer. The present officers are B. D. 
Harris, president ; O. D. Esterbrook, vice-president ; C. W. Wyman, treas- 
urer ; and C. A. Harris, assistant treasurer. 

The People' s National Bank of Brattleboro was organized September 18^ 
1875, with a capital of $100,000.00, and with Parley Starr, president; Julius 
J. Estey, vice-president ; and William A. Faulkner, cashier ; all of whom 
retain their respective offices. The bank now has a surplus fund of $20,000.00. 
The average deposits for 1882 were $144,500.00, an average increase over 
1881 of $26,100.00. 



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HOTELS. 

The Brooks House, which was opened on the first of June, 1872, is situated 
at the corner of Main and High streets, and is within three minutes' walk of the 
depot, and but five hours by rail from Boston, and seven from New York. 
It is provided with all the modern improvements, and no expense has been 
spared in furnishing and fitting it out so as to make it, in every respect, a 
pattern home for our city families. The proprietor, Mr. F. Goodhue, is 
determined in every way to sustain the enterprise of the gentleman, Mr. 
George F. Brooks, to whom the traveling public are indebted for the erection 
of the noble edifice. The building, which cost $150,000.00, is of modern 
style of architecture, three stories high, surmounted by a French roof and 





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(BROOKS HOUSE, BRATTLEBORO.) 

towers. The length on Main street is one hundred and seventy-five feet, and 
on High street one hundred and twenty feet, while the depth is seventy feet. 
The building thus forms nearly a right angle, whose total length is almost 
three hundred feet. A spacious veranda, ninety feet in length, fronts the 
center on Main street, beneath which is the main entrance of twenty feet 
front and seventy feet depth. The parlors, dining-rooms and sleeping apart- 
ments are all spacious, handsomely furnished, and arranged for the complete 
accommodation of guests. All the rooms are in electric communication 
with the office, are heated by steam, and are mostly arranged in suits, parlor 
and bed-room adjoining. 

EDUCATIONAL. 

The first school meeting of which we have any record was held by the 
" voters of the eastern part of Center school district," December 11, 1797. 
At that time money to defray the expenses of a term of school was "raised on 
the poles" and ratable estates of the district, the fuel and teicher's board 
being furnished by the pupils. Sometimes, however, half the expense was 
raised on the poles and ratable estates and the remainder by the pupils, each 



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pupil paying a certain share. The teachers received nine dollars per month 
and "boarded round," or were allowed ys. 6d. per week to pay their own 
board. 

The first school-house built in the village is supposed to have stood where 
Dr. Wm. H. Rockwell's dwelling is now located, and to have subsequently been 
removed to "the common," and still later to Chase street. In 1827 
Charles Frost accepted the position as its teacher, and under his management 
it made considerable progress, he introducing many improvements. 

In 1827 or '28, Eastman Sanborn, at the request of some of the citizens, 
established a classical and scientific school, his school-room being located in 
the second story of a building thit occupied the site of the present bakery. 

In 1831 a high-school was established by private individuals; but it was 
never /ery prosperous, and, in 1843, the building was sold to the district. 

In 1 841, as Brattleboro had increased in wealth and population, the long 
agitated question of establishing a new school system was brought to a final 
issue, by the appointment of Joseph Steen, L. G. Mead and C. Davis as a 
prudential committee, with power to reorganize the school system on a new 
plan. They adopted the Massachusetts system, and purchased, for the use 
of advanced scholars, the high-school buildmg, to which, in i8';8, a north and 
south wing were added. The expenses for the first year, under the new sys- 
tem, were $2,000.00. 

In April, 1883, the new high-school building was commenced, and is to be 
completed, according to contract, July i, 1884. It is a two story building, 
124x96 feet, built of brick, with marble trimmings, its entire cost being about 
$50,000.00. It contains a high, grammer and intermediate department, hav- 
ing accommodations for 650 pupils. Benjamin F. Bingham is the principal. 
There is now, also, six primary schools scattered through the village limits, 
employing seventeen teachers. There have been several private schools estab- 
lished here at diff"erent periods, though there are none at present. 

VERMONT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE. 

This well managed institution is beautifully located in the northern part 
of the village, the main buildings having a frontage to the south of about 500 
feet, with several rear wings, all three stories in height, and all substantially 
built of brick. A detached building, likewise of brick, and three stories in 
height, is located upon the opposite side of the highway, having a frontage to 
the east of 100 feet, in the rear of which is a picturesque pleasure park of 
thirty acres, of comparatively recent development. The main buildings, as 
seen by the annexed engraving, are surrounded by twenty acres of pleasure 
grounds, ornamented, and interspersed with walks, fountains, etc. About a 
mile up the West River valley is an estate of twenty acres, having upon it 
extensive buildings which have been fitted up for a summer retreat, with the 
object of aftording to some of the patients a change from the accustomed and 
often wearisome routine of every day life. This is the latest addition made 



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to the property and resources of the institution for the treatment of its in- 
mates, and is believed to be one of the most important. The farm embraces 
about 600 acres of land, well cultivated, and affords to some of the inmates 
healthful occupation and recreation in developing its resources. 

The asylum was founded upon a bequest of $10,000 from Mrs. Anna 
Marsh, of Hinsdale, N. H., who died in the year 1834. In accordance with 
the provisions of her will it was incorporated by the legislature, November 
3, 1834. The trustees named in the will of the founder, and also in the act 
of incorporation, were Samuel Clark, John Holbrook, Epaphro Seymour and 
John C. Holbrook, all of Brattleboro. They held their first meeting at Col- 
onel Chase's stage tavern, pursuant to a notice signed by Samuel Clark and 
published in the Vermont Phoenix of September 11, 1835, and organized by 
choosing Samuel Clark, chairman ; Epaphro Seymour, treasurer ; and John 
C. Holbrook secretary. On the 3d of October, following, at an adjourned 
meeting, the' legacy of Mrs. Marsh was paid into the hands of the trustees, 
by Asa Keyes, one of the executors of the will of the said Mrs. Marsh. The 
legislature of Vermont passed an act November, g, 1835, appropriating $2,000 
annually for five years, "To enable the trustees the more effectually to pro- 
mote the benevolent designs of the institution; provided that said trustees 
should take no benefit from the provisions of the act, until they had so far 
erected the building and organized said asylum as to receive patients therein; 
and provided also, that any future legislature might alter, amend or repeal 
this act." 

A purchase was concluded with Nathan Woodcock, May 25, 1836, embrac- 
ing the location of the present buildings, (about six acres of land^ v. ith dwelling 
house thereon,) and with Ebenezer Wells for forty-five acres of rr.eadow land, 
adjacent and additional to the site above mentioned. The v, orkof remodel- 
ing the dwelling was then commenced, and at a meeting of the trustees, held 
June 28, 1836. Dr. William H. Rockwell, of Hartford, Conn., for several 
years previously assistant physician at the Connecticut Retreat, was chosen 
to the superintendency, to enter upon his duties as soon as the premises 
were ready for the reception of patients, which was December 12, 1836. 
Besides the remodeling of the dwelling house, an extension of a wing con- 
taining eight rooms was made to it, the whole being designed for the accom- 
modation of twenty patients, and the necessary officers and employees, the 
cost of the whole, the purchase, refitting and furnishing, absorbing nearly the 
whole of the Marsh legacy. 

Nov. 15, 1836, the legislature granted an additional appropriation of 
$2,000. Three subsequent appropriations \^ere made by the legislature for 
extending accommodations, during the seven following years, two of $4,000 
each and one of $3,000, aggregating a total of $23,000. These last grants 
were made with certain provisos in the interest of the State, securing to citi- 
zens of Vermont a preference in the matter of admissions over those of other 
States, and stipulating that in case the institution should cease to exist, the 



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real estate should be held as security to the State for the total amount granted. 
The aid thus rendered to this institution represents the total amount yet 
appropriated by the legislature of Vermont, toward providing accommodations 
for the care and treatment of the insane of the State. 

The growth of the asylum from its unostentatious beginning to its present 
state of development, has been slow but constant. The average number at 
present is 450 patients. With the exception of the State aid referred to, it 
has been self-sustaining and self-creating, through the sagacious foresight and 
sound practical management of its board of trustees and superintendent. Its 
success has been in no small degree due to the pursuance of a steady and 
uniform policy, which has been rendered practicable under its charter which 
preserved it from those frequent changes of management that are incident to 
political revolutions in institutions under ordinary State control. The asylum 
is a chartered institution, but not a stock corporation. It is simply a prop- 
erty in trust for a specific object, and its management is wholly vested in its 
board of trustees. The following are the changes that have occurred, by 
death or resignation: In 1838, John Holbrook, deceased; Asa Keyes was 
elected his successor. In 1839, John C. Holbrook removed from the State; 
Nathan B. Williston was elected to succeed him. In 1847, Epapro Seymour 
resigned; J. Dorr Bradley was elected in his place. In 1853, Samuel Clark 
resigned; Frederick Holbrook was his successor. In 1862, J. Dorr Bradley, 
deceased; Daniel Kellogg was chosen to fill the vacancy. In 1874, Daniel 
Kellogg and .\sa Keyes resigned ; William H. Rockwell and James M. Ty- 
ler were elected in their stead. In 1875, Nathan B. Williston resigned; 
Richard Bradley was chosen in his place. There have been two changes in 
the superintendency of the asylum. In 1872, Dr. W. H. Rockwell resigned, 
and was succeeded by his son. In 1873, Dr. W. H. Rockwell, Jr., resigned, 
and was succeeded by Dr. Joseph Draper, who entered upon his duties Feb- 
ruary 16, 1873. The present entire list of officers is as follows: Board of 
Visitors. — Hon. Homer Royce, Hon. Timothy P. Redfield, Hon Jonathan 
Ross, Hon. H. Henry Powers, Hon. Russell S. Taft, and Hon. John W. 
Rowell. Board of Trustees. — Hon. Frederick Holbrook, William H. Rock- 
well, M. D., Hon. James M. Tyler, and Richards Bradley, Esq. Resident 
Officers. — Joseph Draper, M. D., superintendent and physician; S. E. Law- 
ton, M. D., first assistant physician; L. F. Wentworth M. D., second assist- 
ant physician ; Miss H. E. B. Gibson, matron; Porter C. Spencer, steward; 
and Asa Gilkey, farmer. 

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 

The Brattleboro Telephone Exchange, F. W. Childs & Co., managers, was 
established in June, 1881, and now has 180 subscribers. There is probably 
not another exchange in this country that can boast of a set of telephone 
instruments to every thirty-two per cent of its inhabitants. They also have 
forty " private line" instruments, not connected with the exchange. All 



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their lines are constructed in the most thorough manner, and their offices 
equipped with most approved apparatus. They have about i6o miles 
of " pole lines." connecting subscribers in nearly every town and ham- 
let of two hundred inhabitants in Windham county, and in Cheshire county? 
N. H. With one exception it is the only exchange in New England not owned 
and operated by the N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co. They furnish 
employment to four persons. The central office is located in Crosby 
block, Main street, open night and day, with branch pay offices in Esteyville, 
West Brattleboro and Hinsdale. 

West Brattleboro is a handsome little post village located in the central 
part of the town, on Whetstone brook. It was formerly, owing to its geo- 
graphical center, the larger, and at one time the only village in the town, 




(GLENWOOD CL.4.SSICAL SEMINARY.) 

where the church privileges, town-meetings, June trainings, etc., were held. 
But owing to the navigation of the Connecticut, which forms the eastern 
boundary of the eastern village, and the enterprising character and efforts of 
William Fessenden, John Holbrook, Francis Goodhue and others, the East 
village received an impulse, early in the present century, which caused it 
to far surpass the West village in business and population. It now contains 
two churches (Baptist and Congregational), Glen wood Classical Seminary, 
two stores, a meat-market, blacksmith shop, etc. 

Gleim'ood Classical Seminary. — In i So i, under an act of the legislature, 
was organized and established, at West Brattleboro, a school known as Brat- 
tleboro Academy, with a board of trustees of whom, at a meeting held De- 
cember 17, 1 801, Rev. Gersham Lyman was elected president. The school 
was opened in 1802, in the old academy building, and was continued with a 
good degree pf success for many years. At a meeting of the board of trustees, 
held January 6, 185 i, a committee was appointed to secure funds for the 
erection of a new academy building. The means were found and the pres- 
ent building erected and ope.ied in 1853. In 1863 was erected the building 



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since known as East Hall. In 1876, by an act of the legislature, Brattle- 
boro Academy became Glenwood Classical Seminary. It has three courses 
of study, a classical, an English and a business course. The classical course, 
of three years, prepares young men for college. The English course, of 
four years, gives a thorough education in the English department, while the 
business course, of three years, is designed for those who desire a briefer, yet 
systematic drill in the more practical of EngJisli studies. In September^ 
1881, Prof. H. H. Shaw became the principal, since which time the courses 
of study have been adopted and diplomas graated those completing the 
course in any department 

Centerville is a hamlet located between B-attleboro and West Brattleboro, 
on Whetstone brook. It has a blacksmith shop, giist-mill, Brattleboro Sew- 
ing Machine Co.'s works, tannery, school-house, etc., and a small cluster of 
dwellings. 

Alofizo E. Doolittle, located on Western avenue, has been engaged in the 
manufacture of lumber smce i860, manufacturing about i,coo,coc feet per 
year, and also cuts 3,000 cords of wood per annum, giving emplojment to 
from twenty-five to thirty men. 

J. Esteys saiu-mill, located on Whetstone brook, was built in 187 1. It 
has the capacity for turning out 1,000,000 feet of lumber per year. 

lVo?-den &^ Moore, located near Centerville, manufacture from ten to- 
twelve barrels of soft soap per week. 

The cider-mills of IV. M. Chamberlain, on road 2, Edjvard C. Dunklee, en 
road 4, O. H. Carpenter, on road 3, and Z. D. Thayer, on road 48, each 
manufactures about 200 barrels of cider per year. 

F. S. Whitaker's saw and grist-mi Ux^ located on road 22, on Whetstone 
brook. The grist-mill has one run of stones, and the saw-mill cuts about 
2oo,oco feet of lumber per annum. 

L. J. Johnsori s cider-mill and jelly manufactory, located on road 21, was 
built in 1880. The first year Mr. Johnson made r,ooo barrels of cider and 
nine tons of jelly. He has since made from eight to ten tons of jelly per 
year. 

/. Nesbif s cider-mill, located on road 45, has the capacity for manufactur- 
ing ten barrels of cider per day. 

J. S. Wood's cider- mill, located on road 45, was built by Aaron Wood, in 
1843. It has the capacity for making eight barrels of cider per day. 

Henry F. Goodenongh's cider-mill, located on road 39, was built about 
seventy-five years ago, by Jacob Stoddard. It has the capacity for making 
ten to twelve barrels of cider per day. 

John P. Liscom' s soap manufactory , located on road 42, was established in 
1870. He manufactures both hard and soft soap. Mr. Liscom has also a 
fruit farm, having 1,400 peach trees, besides apple and other small fruit trees. 

Centerville tannery, S. H. Warren, proprietor, is lortited at Centerville, the 
only tannery in the town. He manufactures card leather, giving employ- 
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The Goodenough Mills, located on road 32, on Great brook, occupy the 
oldest mill-site in the town, mills being erected here previous to 1760, where 
the early settlers of the county came to have their grain ground. The prop- 
erty came into the possession of the present proprietor, J. P. Goodenough, in 
185 1, who has made many improvements. The grist-mill has one run of 
stones, the shingle-mill cuts 100,000 shingles, and the saw-mill about 200,- 
000 feet of lumber per annum. 

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 

The early settlement of Brattleboro has already been spoken of on page 
59 in connection with the early settlement of the county. In the lives of 
those whose biographical sketches follow, also, may be traced the history of 
the town ; not that we have given sketches of all who are now, or have been, 
prominent actors in " making their town's history" — this, in our limited space 
would be impossible. We hive simply given such facts as we have been able 
to procure, and even have rejected many that will possibly, by some, be con- 
sidered unpardonable omissions, until they pause to consider that the history 
of some of the lives whose memories are dear to the people of Brattleboro. 
are so familiar as to make it almost seem superfluous to recount their good 
deeds. Many of these, who have been distinguished in the annals of the 
State and have been men ot influence here, and also some of the pioneers of 
the town, are mentioned in the following: John Arms, Samuel Wells, Samuel 
Knight, Samuel Gale, Henry Wells, Samuel Stearns, Micah Townsend, 
Stephen Greenleaf, William Wells, John Stewart, Royall Tyler, John Noyes, 
Lemuel Whitney, John W. Blake, Francis Goodhue, Oliver Chapin, William 
Fessenden, Joseph Clark, John Holbrook, Samuel Clark, Samuel Elliot, 
James Elliot, Jonathan Hunt, Jr., Thomas G. Fessenden, Joseph Fessenden, 
Jonathan D. Bradley, Edward A. Kirkland, C. Townsley, L. G. Mead, Paul 
Chase, Jacob Spaldin, Abner Scovell, Oliver Harris, Josiah Wheeler, Thomas 
Cumpton, William M'Cune, William Brail, Richard Prouty, Dr. Dickerman, 
John Houghton, Elisha Pierce, Ebenezer Howze, Wm. Ellas, Benjamin Gor- 
ten, Joseph Whipple, David Church, Lemuel Kendrick, Seth Smith, Joshua 
Wilder, Ebenezer Hadley, Jonathan Herrick, Silas Houghton, Joseph Burt, 
Ebenezer Fisher, O. Cook, John Griffin, Samuel Warriner, Daniel Johnson. 

After the establishment of a garrison at Fort Dummer, as mentioned on 
the above cited page, nothing was done towards the settlement of the locality 
for a number of years, or, indeed, not until after the charter was granted, in 
1753, by reason, probably, of the disturbances consequent upon Indian wars 
and depredations. Leave was once or twice asked and granted to have the 
time of filling the conditions of the charter extended ; but of any deed issued, 
or other town business transacted, if there was any such deed or business 
in those early days, we have no account. Nor does there seem to have been 
any town clerk until Dr. Henry Wells was chosen such, some fifteen years 
after the town was chartered. Among the original records of the town the 



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€arliest bears date the first Tuesday of March, 1768, and speaks of the meet- 
ing as being called in accordance with an act passed in 1750, by which the 
" freeholders of any town in the colony of New York are empowered to 
assemble for town business at such time and place as shall be appointed by 
any two of his Majesty's justices of the peace." Under date of December 
27, 1768, is also found a record of an intention of marriage, signed by Henry 
Wells, town clerk. The first representative to the legislature was Samuel 
Wells, in 1780. 

The settlement of the to.vn, however, after the fear of Indian depredations 
had subsided, was rapid, as is shown by the reports of the first census of 
Cumberland county, taken by New York, in 177 1, which gives Brattleboro a 
total population of 403 souls, seventy-five of whom were heads of famihes ; 
103 were males under sixteen years of age ; 102 were males between the ages 
of sixteen and sixty ; eight were over sixty years of age; iio were females 
under sixteen ; seventy-nine were females above sixteen, and one was a col- 
ored female. 

John Sargent, erroneously called "David" in Thofnpsois Gazetteer, was 
one of the earliest settlers in Vermont. His home for a time w?s at Fort 
Dummer. where he arrived about 1730 or 1731. His family at this time 
consisted of a wife and two children, Daniel and Abigail. In after time, say 
up to 1742, there were born to them John, Thomas, Abigail, (her name-sake 
having died) Rufus and Mary. In March, (here the record is not legible, 
but probably 1742 or 1743,) while he and his son Daniel were a short dis- 
tance from the fort, looking for timber to make paddles, they were ambushed 
by Indians, the father killed and scalped and the son carried into captivity. 
This son, Daniel, remained for quite a time with the Indians, adopting their 
habits and manners ; but finally he returned, and, in company with the 
youngest son, Rufus, bought a section of land on the Connecticut river, lying 
in the southeastern corner of Dummerston, where each made a home and 
reared a family. 

John Sargent, Jr., generally known as Col. John Sargent, was born Decem- 
ber 4, 1732, at Fort Dummer, and, so far as is known, was the first white 
child born within the present limits of this State. He, with his brother 
Thomas, bought a tract of land comprising 460 acres, lying in the northeast 
corner of Brattleboro. The deed of this land, now in possession of G. P. 
Sargent, residing on road 11, is legible in every respect, being dated as fol- 
lows : " Brattleboro, April twentieth, Seventeen hundred and seventy, County 
of Cumberland, Province of New York." The consideration, " Two Hun- 
dred & Eighty Six Pounds Lawful Money of New York." On the site now 
owned and occupied by J. H. Sargent, a lineal descendant, Col. John erected 
a commodious dwelling, wherein he, for many years, dispensed a generous 
hospitality to the weary traveler, and elevated the spirits and patriotism of 
his friends with liberal potations of the fluids of the time. Here, also, he 
reared two sons and two daughters. Col. John was noted as a thorough 



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farmer, a genial landlord, and a spirited and efficient colonel of the State 
militia. He died July 30, 1798, in his sixty-eighth year. 

Thomas Sargent, or "Lieutenant Tom," as he was usually designated, was also 
born at Fort Dummer, Feb. 23, 1734. As previously stated, he bought land 
with Col. John, and selected for a home a situation about seventy-five rods north 
of the Colonel, where he built a substantial farm dwelling and other necessary 
structures. Here the forest gradually melted before his sturdy axe, and he soon 
had sufficient arable land to meet the necessities of an increasing household, 
but in the midst of usefulness and near the meridian of the allotted time, 
when all seemed fair, bright and hopeful before and around him, death 
knocked at his door, April ig, 1783. At his death his family consisted of his 
wife (formerly Miss Anna Lee), eight sons, Elisha, Thomas, Calvin, Luther, 
Erastus, Roswell and Harry W., and four daughters, Anna, Lecta, Susannah 
and Roxanna. Elisha, his son, who married Molly Kathan, and ultimately 
possessed the homestead, clearing from it the remaining surplus of wood and 
timber, besides adding to its acres and otherwise improvmg it. He died 
December i, 1833. To him was born Elisha, Molly, Caressa, Thomas, Alex- 
ander, Chester and George. Of these none attained any special note, except- 
ing Thomas, who was a famous pedagogue of the times, and George, who 
stood at the head as a bass drummer. Such was the latter's skill with the 
"padded stick," that he and his favorite tenor, W. M. Knapp of Dummers- 
ton, were often employed in the adjoining States of New Hampshire and 
Massachusetts. He married Roxanna Pratt, succeeded to the estate of his 
father, and died January 25, 1859. His widow still survives him, aged eighty- 
five years, and resides on the old place. To him were born George B., Ches- 
ter H., Herbert C. (deceased), Lucy R. (deceased), and Charles W. George 
B. Sargent married Miss M. A. French, and now owns and occupies a por- 
tion of the original farm. He has two children now living, Mrs. Lodema A. 
Sargent, Prescott, and George H. 

Dr. Willard Arms, the third in line cf descent from Maj. John Arms, was 
born in Brattleboro, December 2, 1880, and studied medicine with Dr. Wij. 
jiam S. Williams, of Detrfield, Mass. February 8, 1803, he married Susan 
Arms, of Deerfield, and went immediately to Stukely, Canada. After about 
a year he was called back to settle the estate of his father, Josiah Arms, who 
died in possession of the meadow farm, now the property of the Vermont asylum, 
which had belonged to the Major, his father. Dr. Arms remained in practice 
in his profession in this place about fourteen years, and he built the house at the 
East village which was owned and occupied by the late N. B. Williston, Esq. 
In 1818 he sold his house and practice to Dr. Artemas Robbins, conditioned 
that he should not practice in this town for ten years, and followed his profes- 
sion the most of this time in Northampton, Mass. In 1833 he returned and 
settled in the West village, where he remained thirty years, and died Septem- 
ber 25, 1863, aged almost eighty-three years. He practiced sixty years, forty- 
four in this town, where in many branches of his profession his counsel was 





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often sought. He was considered the leadhig authority in obstetrics, small- 
pox, etc. "When I am sick," said he, "I don't want medicine; but I live 
on corn-meal hasty-pudding until the disease gets disgusted and leaves me." 
His long life and good health was owing, in no small degree, undoubtedly, to 
excellent care, good habits, and a large share of good common sense. 

Dr. Jonathan A. Allen and his family lived on Main street as early as 1816, 
but how long before we are not able to state. Dr. Allen is spoken of in high 
terms of commendation by the few aged citizens in the village who remember 
him as an honor to the profession, gentlemanly, prudent and considerate in 
his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men. He left this place at some 
period from 1822 to '24, for a wider field, and satisfactorily did he prove his 
capability for the same in the way he long and faithfully fulfilled the duties 
he accepted, as professor of chemistry in Middlebury college. 

Hon. Jonathan Dorr Bradley, son of Hon. William C. Bradley, of West- 
minster, Vt., was born in Westminster in 1803 ; was a graduate of Yale col- 
lege and was fitted for the legal professon ; married Susan Grossman in 1829, 
and first practised law at Bellows Falls, though about thirty years of his pro- 
fessional life was spent in Brattleboro, where he died, in September, 1862, 
leaving his widow and four children — William C, a graduate of Harvard col- 
lege in 1851, Richards, Stephen Rowe, and Arthur C, agraduate of Amherst 
in 1876. Mr. Bradley was a profound legal scholar; he represented Brattle- 
boro in the legislature in 1856-57, and was one of the board of directors of 
the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad, and exerted a powerful influence 
in forwarding the construction of the road to Brattleboro. 

Hon. Oliver Chapin was a member of General Washington's body-guard 
during the Revolution, and early in the present centuiy came to Brattleboro, 
from Orange, Mass. He became one of the county judges and held other 
offices with credit to himself and honor to his constituents, being an emin- 
ently capable, enterprising and persevering man. Not only did he build 
several houses on Main street, destroyed by fire in 1869, but he was chiefly 
instrumental in building the first bridge connectin-g Brattleboro with New 
Hampshire. Application for the charter was made in 1801, and the bridge 
and Hinsdale turnpike were completed in 1806. He died in 181 1, aged 
fifty-one years. His widow died in 1849, aged eighty-four years. Dr. Gharles, 
son of Oliver, was born at Orange, Mass., July 10, 1803, was fitted for col- 
lege by Rev. Dr. Goleman, and graduated from Harvard University in 1823, 
when twenty years old. He went through the usual course of studies for the 
medical profession, under the direction of the celebrated Dr. Bigelow, of 
Boston, and commenced the practice of medicine in Sprinfigeld, Mass., in 
1826. In 1827 he married Elizabeth B. Bridge, of Gharlestown, Mass, by 
whom he had one child, Elizabeth Alice, who married Joseph Glark, in 1846 
■or '47. In 1830, his first wife having died, he married Sophia Dwight Orne, of 
Springfield, by whom he had five children — Lucinda Orne, Oliver Howard, 
Mary Wells, William Orne and Gharles Jones. In 1831 Dr. Ghapin re- 

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moved to Brattleboro, and soon after gave up the practice of medicine, and 
thereafter devoted himself to business and public affairs, filling many public 
offices with credit and fidelity. He was a member of the legislature in 1833, 
and was for a long time deputy sheriff and the most active officer of that 
kind in the county. He was United States marshal during the administration 
of President Pierce, and for many years was one of the efficient directors of 
the Vermont Mutual Insurance Company. He was one of the first mem- 
bers and organizers of the Unitarian Society of this place, and for twenty-five 
years was a favorite moderator and presiding officer at town meetings and 
other pubhc gatherings, and his services were in frequent request to conduct 
funerals. For many years, and until infirmities forbade, he was the very ac- 
ceptable and efficient chief engineer of the fire department ; also a director 
of the Vermont Valley Railroad Company when their road was being con- 
structed, in 1850, and at the same period a clerk of the company. He died 
January 6, 1878. 

Hon. Samuel Clark, of Brattleboro, who was, through his mother, Sarah 
Cushman, a Hneal descendant, in the seventh generation, from Robert Cush- 
man, the puritan, was born at Lebanon, Ct., February 28, 1777. He remained 
at home until the age of eighteen, when his health proving insufficient for the 
labors of the farm, he left, and most of the time until 1815, when he removed 
to West Brattleboro, was engaged in merchantile pursuits in the towns of 
Guilford and Dover, Vt. He continued in business at West Brattleboro 
about fifteen years, when, having gained a competence, he retired from busi- 
ness but continued to take an active and prominent part in the public affairs 
of the town. For four years, 1820, 1821, 1825, and 1S26, he represented 
Brattleboro in the legislature. In 1827 he was chosen a member of the 
senate, which office he held three years. In 1833 he was the first assistant, 
or side judge of the county court. In 1836 he was a delegate from Brattle- 
boro to the State convention to revise the constitution of Vermont. For 
several years he held the office of selectman and lister, was a trustee of the 
Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and of the Brattleboro Academy, which 
school owes much to the interest he always took in its welfare, and to his 
timely and liberal gifts. He was for twenty years a director of the Bank 
of Brattleboro, and justice of the peace fourteen years. In all these 
various positions he proved himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him. 
He was for many years an active member of the Congregational church, 
of West Brattleboro, and did much to sustain the institutions of the Gospel 
both at home and abroad, and at his death left large legacies for benevolent 
objects. 

His wife was Susan, daughter of Captain Daniel Johnson, of Dover, by 
whom he had four sons, Lafayette, Amandrin, Samuel Cushman, and Stam- 
ford Russell, two only of whom, Lafayette and Samuel C, survive him. 
He died April 19, 186 1, at the age of eighty-four years, greatly beloved 
by those immediately about him and highly esteemed by all. 




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Lafayette, the oldest son of Samuel Clark, was born at Dover, Windham 
county, Vt., June 7, 1801, and came to West Brattleboro with his father in 
18 1 5. After he became of age he entered his father's store, where he remained 
as clerk and later as partner until 183 1. Though of a modest and retiring 
disposition his townsmen learned to appreciate his sterling qualities and 
sound judgment, and for many years he was made prominent as an officer of the 
town, and as a member of the community in which he lived. He represented 
the town of Brattleboro in the legislature in 1843-44, was town clerk from 
1844 to 1862, and was selectman and lister several years. For seventeen 
years he was to-vn treasurer, for a time trustee of the public money, and for 
forty-five years justice of the peace. He was one of the trustees of the 
Windham Provident Institution for Savings, now Vermont Savings Bank, 
from Its commencement until 1869, and for some time previous to leaving 
the board, its president. From 1869 to 1878 he was a director of the Ver- 
mont National Bank of Brattleboro, and the last four years of which time 
its president. 

For many years he served as clerk of the Congregational church at West 
Brattleboro, of which he was a member and an earnest supporter. He took 
an active interest in the welfare of Brattleboro Academy, and was a member 
of the board of trustees about fifty years, and about forty years clerk of the 
board. In every position to which he was called, he proved himself worthy 
of trust and honor, an efficient and faithful public servant, and was regarded 
by all as a sincere friend. He died August 22, 1881, aged eighty years. 
In private his life was remarkably noble and unselfish, and none regarded 
him with more honor than those nearest to him and who turnc:d to him for 
counsel or help. 

Ranslure W. Clarke, of Brattleboro, son of Elam and Cynthia Clarke, was 
born at Williamstown, Vt., in 18 16. His studies preparatory to entering 
college were persued at Black River Academy, at Ludlow, Vt., and at Ran- 
dolph Academy, Vermont. He entered Dartmouth college in 1838 and 
graduated in 1842, when he became principal of Black River Academy for 
three years ; and in the meantime he read law with the late Gov. P. T. 
Washburn, completing his law studies in the office of the late Hon. J. Dorr 
Bradley, of Brattleboro, and was admitted to the bar at the September term 
of Windham county court, 1846. Since then he has practiced his jjrofession 
in Brattleboro. He held the office of State's attorney in 1851-52 and 1854; 
was a member of the constitutional convention in 1858 ; was State senator in. 
1858 and 1859; was one of the presidential electors of Vermont in 1868- 
He held the office of postmaster at Brattleboro from January, 187 i, .to Jan, 
uary, 1879 ; was register of probate for the district of Marlboro in 1861-62, 
when he resigned that office, and in June, 1862, was appointed assistant 
quartermaster of United States volunteers, and reuiained in the United States 
mihtary service till October, 1865. His official ranks in military service have 
been those of captain, major and colonel. He has been and now is promi- 



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nently connected with the Brattleboro Savings Bank, of which he was for 
several years the president. For more than twenty-five years past he has held 
the offices of United States commissioner and master in chancery. In 1882 
he was elected assistant judge of Windham county court, which office he still 
holds. In May, 1849, Mr. Clarke married Lucy C, daughter of the late 
Judge John Wilder, of Weston, Vt. She died in 1864, and in 1868 he mar- 
ried Susan O. Wilder, a sister of his first wife. 

Joseph Clark, of Brattleboro, son of Joseph Clark, who came from England 
to Auburn, Mass., at an early date, and died in 1800, married Freedom Alex- 
ander, of Northfield, Mass., by whom he had seven children, and died Sep- 
tember 6, 1834. Henry, the eldest, mirried Electa, daughter of Jonathan 
Goodenough, in 1808. She died in i8ic, and he afterwards married Eunice, her 
sister. Eunice died in 1823, and for his third wife Henry married Sophia 
Dennison, daughter of Judge Dennison, of Brattleboro. Henry died March 
ig, 1855. The fruits of the second marriage were three children. Electa, 
the eldest, born February 20, 1814, married Dr. Reube.i Spaulding, of Mont- 
pelier, Vt., reared three children, Henry G., Frederick and Edward, only 
one of whom, Henry G., a Unitarian clergyman of Boston, Mass., is living. 
She died in February, 1856. Joseph, the second child, was born in Febru- 
ary, 1816, married Elisabeth, daughter of Dr. Charles Chapin, of Brattleboro, 
and had three children, Oliver C, William O., and a daughter who died in 
infancy. Only one, Oliver C, now of San Francisco, Cal, is living. Joseph 
was for many years engaged in the hardware and drug business, on Main 
street, and died in October, 1870. George H., the youngest son, was born 
January 12, 1818. He was educated in the cominon schools of Brattleboro, 
studied surveying with Addison Brown, and with his father, who was also a 
surveyor, and has been engaged most of his life in that occupation and in 
farming. He married Sarah, daughter of Col. Erastus Hubbard, of Vernon, 
Vt., November 7. 1842, and has resided in Brattleboro all his life. Their 
eldest son, Henry G., born October 14, 1843, is now engaged in the dairy 
business at Brattleboro. Henry G. married Josephine Wooster, of Brattle- 
boro, December 16, 1865, and has four children, Mary J., born January 6, 
1866; Sarah L., born December 22, 1867; Alice C, born February 23, 
1870; and Charles H., born January 17, 1872. Their eldest son, born May 
14, 1847, died November 15, 1852. 

Watson Crosby was one of the early settlers of Brattleboro. His gene- 
alogy is traced in a direct line to John Crosby, once Lord Mayor of London. 
His first ancestry in this country was another John Crosby, who settled in 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1635. Watson was one of the seven children of Miller 
and Rebecca Crosby, and was born at Cape Cod, November 7, 1776. In 
1787, in company with his widowed mother and the rest of the family, he 
came to West Brattleboro, locating on a farm adjoining that of an old Cape 
Cod neighbor, Manassah Bixby. November 28, 1804, he married Desiah 
Bangs, daughter of Hon. Joseph Bangs, of Havvley, Mass., by whom he had 



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ten children, viz. : Olive, Ruth, Miranda, Abigail Cobb, Joseph Bangs, Henry 
Barrett, Jeremiah Mayo, Charles Howard, Frances Hayes, and a daughter 
who died in infancy. Five of the children are now living, viz. : Mrs. Olive 
Robinson, at Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Ruth Miller, at Toledo, O. ; Abigail 
C. Putnam, at Brattleboro; Henry Barrett-, at Patterson, N. J.; and Charles 
Howard, at Boston, Mass. Watson died November lo, 1857, aged seventy- 
two years. Mrs. Crosby died September 24, 1859, aged eighty-three years. 

Hon. James Elliot was a representative in Congress from Vermont, from 
1803 to 1809. His name, with that of Judge Chapin and others, is recorded 
as one of the corporators of the first joint stock company that oiiginated in 
Brattleboro. His company built the first bridge connecting the east village 
with New Hampshire, in 1804, when Mr. Elliot was but twenty-six years of 
age. He remained in Brattleboro about twenty-five years, then removed to 
Newfane, where he died, November 10, 1839, aged sixty-four years. He was 
a native of Gloucester, Mass. In early life he came to reside in Guilford, 
where he enlisted under General Wayne at eighteen years of age, and served 
in the Indian wars three years, quartered most of the time in the western 
part of Ohio, then a wilderness. He studied law and was admitted to the 
bar of Windham county. In the war of 181 2 he held a captain's commis- 
sion. His later hfe was variegated with dift'erent scenes and services. Be- 
sides his attention to the practice of law, he served several years as register 
of probate and clerk of the courts, and the two years previous to his death 
was State's attorney for Windham county. 

Hon. Samuel Elliot was born in Gloucester, Mass., August 16, 1777, and 
died at West Brattleboro, December 10, 1845. With the exception of Hon- 
John W. Blake, he and his brother were the first to establish a law practice 
in Brattleboro, and he spent the largest share of the last forty years of his 
life in the East village. Elliot street is so named because he formerly owned 
the land and erected the first house thereon, a brick building of two stories. 
His one-story wood law office stood, as late as 1S30, on the site afterwards 
occupied by the Revere house. In or near 1835 he sold the site to Ashbell 
Dickenson. A large share of, if not all, the land on the south side of 
Green street was once in his possession. He was the successor of Hon, 
John W. Blake as postmaster, but, becoming a Federalist, and prominently 
advocating the principles of that party during the presidency of Jefferson, 
he was succeeded in 1810, by Asa Green, Esq., who uninterruptedly held the 
office until after the inauguration of Harrison, in 1841. He was judge of 
probate for this district, and repeatedly represented the town in the legisla- 
ture, was candidate for congress, and also associate judge of this county, 
where he was widely known as a man of marked abiUty, unquestioned integ- 
rity, and not surpassed in his devotion to charity and mercy. 

William Fessenden, the pioneer business man of Brattleboro village, was 
a son of Rev. Thomas K. Fessenden, of Walpole, N. H. He was born at 
Walpole, in 1779, and came here about 1803, soon after learning the trade 



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of printer, in his native town, where he served his time with Messrs. Thomas 
& Carlyle. He married Miss Patty, daughter of Dea. John Holbrook, Oc- 
tober 9, 1807, who was left a widow in 1815, with four children, Mr. Fessen- 
den dying of apoplexy. The village had scarce a dozen dwellings when 
Mr. Fessenden commenced publishing here a newspaper, called The Re- 
porter, in 1804. Fresh from his apprenticeship, with no capital, but a mind 
fertile in resources, and active hands to execute his designs, he bravely 
labored under great disadvantages. Often did he make a journey on horse- 
back, to some distant paper-mill, and return with just sufficient paper bound 
upon the back of the horse to issue the Reporter one week. While he was 
engaged in this enterprise, Anthony Haswell was trying to establish at Ben- 
nington the publication of Webster's spelling book. Mr. Haswell did not 
succeed, and his effects were sold. Mr. Fessenden, in some way, came into 
possession of the plates and fixtures for the spelling-book. Under his eco- 
nomical, sagacious management the publication of this work caused the land, 
once called " Governor's Farm, " to assume a very different appearance. 
Houses sprang up rapidly, and the population very soon doubled. 

Jesse Frost xas born at Billerica, in 1736, married Johanna Spaulding, of 
Chelmsford, May 6, 1760, and had six sons and two daughters. Just at 
what time he came to Brattleboro is not known, but an old deed shows that 
he was here previous to 1770. He purchased a farm of Lemuel Hendrick 
which has been in the possession of the family ever since. His son William, 
who came into possession of the property in 1801, married Susannah Mann, 
and had one son, Zenas, and three daughters. James B. Frost, son of Zenas, 
was born February 8, 1835, married Lucy C. Burnap, ofNewfane, March 29, 
1857. In 187 I, he took legal possessioa of the old homestead, though he 
had always resided thereon. 

Charles, son of James Frost who came to Brattleboro, from Paxton, in 
1799, was born in Brattleboro village, November 11, 1805. He was by trade 
a shoemaker, which business he followed all his life, except during the winter 
months of a few years in his early manhood, when he taught school. He 
married Roxanna Sargent and reared three sons,Charles S., Wells S., and Henry 
B. S. Mr. Frost early manifested an aptitude for mathematics and the sci- 
ences, though he attended only the common schools. But through his own 
exertions he finally became a man who probably knew more about plants 
than any one else in New England, — perhaps than anyone in the United 
States. He read scientific books equally well in four different languages, 
and had, besides, a very great deal of scientific knowledge beyond botany, — 
in one department of which he was an authority for scientific men on two 
continents — perhaps the highest authority since the death of Rev. Dr. Curtis, 
of North Carolina. His knowledge was wide and accurate. He had habits 
of the closest observation and description, and was honored by being elected 
a member of different societies in America and Europe, though he never 
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Francis Goodhue, one of Brattleboro's most enterprising business men, 
was born October 26, 1768, married Polly Brown, daughter of Rev. Joseph 
Brown, in 1778. He moved from Swanzey, N. H., to Wethersfield, Vt., 
where he came into possession of the famous "Bow Farm" of about 1,000 
acres, being of the most fertile and desirable meadow lands of the Connec- 
ticut river valley. In i8iohe sold this valuable farm to Hon. William Jarvis, 
soon after that gentleman resigned his office as United States Consul to 
Spain, and who was ever afterwards known as "Consul Jarvis. " Soon after 
selling this farm, Mr. Goodhue settled in Brattleboro, in 181 r, and this place 
was his home the remainder of his life, which closed in 1837. At the time 
of his death but two of his five children were living, viz. : Col. Joseph Good- 
hue and Wells Goodhue. Joseph Goodhue was born in 1794, married Sarah 
Edwards, of Northampton, Mass., a descendant of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 
in 18 1 5. The then small settlement of east village, having extensive meadows 
north and south of it, attracted the attention of Mr. Goodhue, and he 
made purchases of said lands north and south, and also a large portion of the 
land on Main and other streets of the village, containing, in some localities, 
buildings thereon. Hon. John W. Blake, who was living here before 1790, was 
a large owner of real estate in this village at that time, and he conveyed his 
title to the same to Mr Goodhue in 181 1. About the same time, Deacon 
John Holbrook sold to Mr. Goodhue the water-power and buildings east of 
the south bridge on Main street, containing a saw and grist-mill and some 
machinery for other purposes. He carried on wool-carding and cloth-dress- 
ing, saw and grist-m.ill, cotton spinning, distilling, and a large store of such 
goods as were sold from country stores at that time. He was also erecting a 
building of some kind every year, and largely at the same time engaged in 
farming, yet his note was never worth less than 100 cents on the dollar. No 
man of property who has settled here manifested more real confidence in the 
future of the village than did Mr. Goodhue. He completely identified him- 
self with its private and public interests, and was ever ready to listen to and 
assist in any project presenting a reasonable prospect of tending to the pub- 
lic welfare. His hopefulness and cheerfulness were a constant inspiration to 
those with whom he came in contact, and the encouraging grasp he gave the 
hand of honest industry can be seen, in its effects at the present day. He 
was generally successful, and he was always gratified to learn that others 
were so ; and was a young man unfortunate in business, instead of accelerat- 
ing his misfortunes or downward course, he had a hopeful word to say, and 
could generally find some employment for him until he could do better. His 
pubhc liberality was apparent in several instances. He gave valuable loca- 
tions upon his lands on Main street for the old Brattleboro Bank, chartered 
in 1 82 1, and for the Unitarian and Congregational church buildings. 

Col. Joseph Goodhue, soon after his marriage, came into possession of the 
large meadow farm, occupied in early times, before the war of the Revolu- 
tion, by John Arms, one of the earliest settlers. Col. Goodhue was a model 



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of industry, and during a large portion of his life occupied various town offi- 
ces, and was the chief in command of the regiment in this vicinity. Being 
one of the most economical, successful, cautious men in this town, yet he was 
one of the largest investors here in the first railroad enterprise — the Ver- 
mont & Massachusetts railroad — and was one of the board of directors during 
the remainder of his life. At the time of his death, in i86r, his children 
were all married, settled mostly in this place, and constitute, with their fam- 
ilies, a very important and influential part of this community. His wife 
Sarah died November ii, 1883. Mary Ann was married to William P. 
Cune, president of the old bank, chartered here in 1821 and renewed in 1863. 
Harriet was married in 1835 to ex-Governor Holbrook. Lucy married Dr. 
Hall, of Northampton, Mass., in 1836. Sarah married first, Albert H. Bull, 
Esq., of Hartford, Ct., who before i860 gave $3,000 to the Brattleboro 
Library Association. Her second husband, Dr. E. R. Chapin,was, for fifteen 
years, superintendent physician of the Asylum for the Insane, at Flatbush, 
near the city of New York. Francis, the only son, married Mary Brooks, 
daughter of Captain William Brooks. 

Wells Goodhue, the only brother of Joseph, was ten years of age when he 
came here with his father in 1811. He fitted for college and continued his 
studies about a year after he entered college, and came back to Brattleboro to 
engage in trade with his father. He was married to Laura Barnard about 
1S28. They had three children — Lucy, Charles and Julia. Lucy married 
Rev. George Draper; JuHa, Thomas Walter, of New York; Charles B., a 
kdy from Pomfret,. Ct. Mr. Goodhue passed the most of his life in Brattle- 
boro. He was a careful, prudent man, and never manifested any desire for 
office, though he was a man of excellent admmistrative ability and sterling 
honesty. His quiet, sagacious comments and remarks to those with whom 
he was familiar, respecting public movements and passing events, gave evi- 
dence of much reflection and discrimination. Above all things he dreaded 
contention, and rarely would discuss exciting questions. His wealth con- 
stantly accumulated by real estate transactions and judicious management of 
his capital. Late in life he was elected president of the first bank here. 
Much to the regret of those most interested in the institution, however, he 
could be retained in said office but a short time. A few months after his 
resignation he died, in 1S74, at the home of his only daughter, Mrs. Draper, 
near the city of New York. 

Epaphro Seymour, the youngest son of Maj. Moses Seymour, of Litchfield, 
Conn., was born July 8, 1783. He received a good academical education at 
the Morris Academy, South Earns, Conn., and afterwards was thoroughly 
trained in the business and duties of a merchant's cleik in a mercantile 
establishment at Brooklyn, Conn. Horatio Seymour, the eldest brother, was 
educated for the legal profession, and settled m Middlebury, Vt. He became 
a distinguished lawyer in western Vermont, and for twelve years represented 
the State in the United States senate. Near the close of the last century,. 



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Henry Seymour, an older brother ofEpaphro Seymour, came to Guilford and 
was extensively engaged in mercantile business. Subsequently Henry Sey- 
mour, about 1802, induced his brother Epaphro to come to Guilford and 
engage in trade, although he was less than twenty years of age when he com- 
menced business. At this lime Guilford was the most populous and prosper- 
ous town in Vermont. Zadock Thomps n, in his Gazetteer of Vermont 
published in 1820, speaks as follows of Henry Seymour and others, formerly 
residents of Guilford: "Among the early settlers of Guilford, since 1796, was 
Hon. Royall Tyler, Hon. James Elliot, Hon. Micah Townsend, Hon. John 
Noyes, Hon. Henry Seymour, and others of lesser note, who were identified 
with the history of the State, but who have since removed from the town." iVfter 
Epaphro Seymour was established in business in 1802, Henry Seymour 
removed to Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and engaged largely in trade ac- 
cumulating a handsome property. Subsequently, in 1819, he removed to 
Utica, N. Y., and was appointed one of the canal commissioners of that 
State, and while supervising the construction of the canal, he acquired a large 
fortune by successful investments in real estate. Epaphro continued in mer- 
cantile business in Guilford until 1814, when he removed to Brattleboro, and 
was associated with Geo. F. Atherton in mercantile business. He continued 
in trade in Brattleboro some three or four years, after which he resided 
alternately at Guilford and Brattleboro. He spent the winter of 1820 at Mid- 
dlebury, Vt. He was regarded as a discreet business man of most excellent 
judgment, and could readily and correctly estimate the value of all kinds of 
property that passed under his observation, and while sojourning in Brattle- 
boro, Guilford, or elsewhere, he was constantly investing his money in a great 
variety of enterprises, which uniformly proved productive. In the fall of 182 i 
the legislature of Vermont chartered a bank at Brattleboro, which was or- 
ganized the following year, and Mr. Seymour was chosen cashier thereof by 
the directors, in March, 1822, and continued to hold the office until January 
I, 1837, when he was elected president of the bank to fill the vacancy made 
by the resignation of John Holbrook. Mr. Seymour continued to hold the 
office and faithfully discharge the duties thereof until his death, June 10, 
1854. 

Rutherford Hayes came to Brattleboro, from New Haven, Conn., in Feb- 
ruary, 1778, a young man, just of age, a blacksmith by trade. The few set- 
tlers, wishing such a workman to locate among them, made a bee, shovelled, 
away the deep snow, helped to build a shop, and in less than a month he was 
at work with his tools. Rutherford was born in Bradford, Conn., July 29, 
1756, and removed to New Haven with his father, Ezekiel Hayes, in 1773 
In his new home, now the West village, he for many years worked at his 
trade, which he called a " dirty, black business, but it brought white money." 
For some time he kept a tavern, joining farming with it, and during his pass- 
ing old age he was a farmer in easy circumstances. The old Hayes homes 
stead, built nearly one hundred years ago, and which was opened as 



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a hotel by Rutherford in 1795, is now owned and occupied by his grand- 
daughter, Mary A. Bigelow, daughter of Dea. Russell Hayes, and widow of 
W. H. Bigelow. As to his characteristic?, he is described as a "round, 
corpulent old gentleman, with an elastic, square step, medium height, with 
florid complexion, sandy hair, a cheerful temper, and friendly, courteous man- 
ners." He died September 25, 1836. His wife, Chloe Smith, born November 
10,1762, in Hadley, Mass., moved with her parents to Brattleboro when 
young, and was married, in 1789^ in her seventeenth year. She died Febru- 
ary 17, 1847. They had three sons and six daughters, whom they lived to 
see in positions of honor and usefulness. 




(THE HAYES HOMESTEAD, WEST BRATTLEBORO. VT.) 

Dea. Russell Hayes, the eldest of the sons, born May 31, 1784, passed a 
life of valuable usefulness on the old homestead in West Brattleboro, devot- 
ing his energies and his love to the academy and the church, and smoothing 
tenderly the declining years of his aged parents. He was a Christian of equa- 
ble temper, a man of excellent judgment, and a neighbor highly esteemed. 
He died July 28, 1856. 

Rutherford Hayes, Jr.. born January 4, 1787, entered the mercantile busi- 
ness and accumulated, for those times, a competent fortune. He was a man 
of honor and commanded universal respect. He was a Presbyterian. In 
1817 he removed with his family to Delaware, O., a journey of forty days, 
but only lived about five years thereafter, dying in 1822. After his death 
was born his son, ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes, whose well-earned poht- 
ical honors are well-known to all. 

William R. Hayes, third son of Rutherford Hayes, Sr., was born Decem- 
ber 6, 1804, prepared for college under the instruction of Rev. Mr. Hallock, 



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and graduated at Yale in the year 1825. He took a high stand in his class. 
Closing the three years of his legal preparatory studies at the law school^ in 
New Haven, under the care of Judge Dagget, he was admitted to the bar 
and opened an office in East Brattleboro. Vt., in 1828 ; was married to Miss 
Trowbridge, of New Haven, in October, 1830. He is said to have had a 
fine voice, and to have been a successful pleader. In his will he left $1,000 
for the academy at West Brattleboro. He, with two other professional men, 
his daily associates, Mr. Elliot, of his own profession, and Dr. Dickerman, 
were among the subjects of the revival of 1832. He became thereafter an 
earnest, active Christian, and was restrained from preparing himself for the gos- 
pel ministry by failing health. Skillful physicians advised him to seek a milder 
climate. In 1836 he relinquished the practice of law, and moved to Barba- 
does in the West Indies. His health was gradually restored, and he then 
spent the rest of his life engaged in prosperous mercantile pursuits, and in 
■discharging the duties of United States consul for the island of Barbadoes. 
He engaged himself heartily in the support of temperance and in the aboli- 
tion of slavery. He organized societies in his new home, and wrote and 
labored successfully for the promotion of these reforms. His life was sud- 
denly terminated by a malignant erysipelas, July 13, 1852. Of the daughters 
of Rutherford Hayes, Sr., the oldest one, Polly, married Mr. John Noyes, 
who became a man of note. He graduated at Yale college in the class of 
1779, taught in Chesterfield academy. New Hampshire, preached the gospel, 
became a merchant^ and represented the southern district of Vermont in 
congress. They were the grandparents of Larkin G. Mead, the sculptor. 
Belinda married the Hon. Samuel Elliot, of Brattleboro. Clarissa married 
Ayer Moody, a graduate ot Dartmouth college, a man of influence. Sarah 
was married to Dyer Bancroft, a graduate of Williams college. 

Larkin G. Mead was born at Lexington, Mass., October 2, 1795; educated 
at Dartmouth college ; first practiced law at Chesterfield, N. H. ; married 
Mary Jane Noyes, daughter of Hon. John Noyes, of Putney, Vt., June 8, 1829, 
and removed to Brattleboro in 1839, where he was employed in closing up 
the affairs of the Brattleboro Typographic Company. He practiced law in 
the courts of Cheshire county, N. H., and Windham county, Vt., during a 
large portion of the thirty years in which he lived in Brattleboro ; was a 
prominent Whig in the Harrison campaign of 1840, and chosen senator from 
this county in 1846. He procured the charter for the first savings bank in 
Brattleboro, now known as the Vermont Savings Bank of Brattleboro, and was 
the first treasurer of that institution about twenty-five years ; was chairman 
of the first prudential committee, chosen to carry into eft'ect the present sys- 
tem of graded schools, in iS-ir. Shortly after resigning the office of treas- 
urer of the bank he died July 6, 1869. His son, Larkin G., Jr., became the 
celebrated sculptor. 

Col. Arnold J. Hines was born in Guilford, Vt., January 28, 1805, married 
Sarah, daughter of Ezekiel Gore, of Bernardston, Mass., in 1827. Three 



124 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



children blessed this union, Mrs. Mary J. Cutler and Mrs. Sarah A. Morrill 
— a son having died in infancy. His wife died March 14, 1835. In 1837, 
he married Maria L. Brown, granddaughter of Gamaliel Arnold, of Dummers- 
ton Hill. The result of this union was a daughter, Mrs. Julia M. Wilder, 
and a son, George A. Hines. His father, Thomas Hines, was by trade a 
millwright and the favorite right hand man of Dea. John Holbrook in estab- 
lishing his first mechanical operations in this village, and in 1829 Arnold and 
his father removed to this place, where the remainder of their lives was passed. 
Arnold J. Hines, as captain of the old artillery and colonel in the old Ver- 
mont State militia, in the declining days of our military organization, proved 
worthy to lead a "forlorn hope." He was prominent in the fire department, 
in securing the first village charter, was one of the original members of the 
Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, and for twenty-five years was the senior 
partner of the widly known firm of Hines, Newman & Compiany. As a prin- 
cipal or important actor in establishing and sustaining the only religious 
organization in this village south of Whetstone brook, he will be long and 
gratefully remembered. In religion he was a firm believer in the final restora- 
tion of all mankind in holiness. In politics he was a strong anti-slavery Dem- 
ocrat until the christening of the Republican party, of which, it may be said, 
he was one of its original members. His last days, which were days of suffer- 
ing, were characterized by the heroic resignation and tender patience which 
might be expected from a man of his large and generous nature, and his last 
effort, just as he was entering the valley of shadows, was. a pleasant word and 
smile to a ministering friend. He died of an internal tumor, April 6, 1862. 

Ex-Governor Frederick Holbrook, who is now a resident of Brattleboro,. 
was born February 15, 1814, the youngest of ten children, who constituted 
the family of Dea. John Holbrook, and which formerly occupied a large 
sphere of usefulness and effectually exercised a creative power in the forming 
period of the East village. Gov. Holbrook was a practical farmer, and in 
1847, while busy with his farm, he was chosen register of probate for the dis- 
trict of Marlboro; in 1850 be was elected president of the State agricultural 
society, and held that office eight years ; was State senator from Windham 
county in 1849-50, and in 1861 he was elected governor of the State, serving 
faithfully and well during the trying scenes of those times. Since then he 
has been interested, in the improvement of agricultural implements, especially 
the plow. He has also been president of the Vermont Savings Bank about 
fifteen years, and' trustee of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane thirty-four 
years. He is also actively interested in the public affairs of the town. 

Rev, Horace Burchard, whose death occurred in Brattleboro, October 25, 
1879, was born in Remsen, Oneida county, N. Y., Aprils, ^^33- I^ his boy- 
hood his parents removed to Hamilton, N. Y., and he graduated from Madi- 
son university, of that town, in 1853, bearing the highest honors of his class. 
Immediately after graduation, he took charge of an academy at Warners- 
ville, N. Y., and afterwards went to Yonkers, N. Y., where he was principal 




TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 25 

of a ladies' seminary. He was also a professor in two colleges in the South, 
being connected with the Mary Sharpe college, in Winchester, Tenn., when 
the war broke out, but loyalty to his country compelled him to leave. In 
1862 he took charge of Leland and Gray 
Seminary, at Townshend, Vt., and during the 
two years he remained there the school in- 
creased more than two hundred per cent, in 
membership. He first entered the ministry, 
as a pastor, in 1866, at North Bennington, 
Vt., where he was ordained, in October of that 
year. While in Bennington he married, Sep- 
tember 5, 1866. Kate M. Fletcher, youngest ;^;;^^ 
daughter of Rev. Horace Fletcher, D. D., of 
Townshend. After a successful pastorate of 
nearly four years there, he removed to Wood- 
stock, III, and from there to Chicago. In 
1 87 5, while on a visit to Vermont, he received (Rev. Horace bur.chard.) 
and accepted a hearty and unanimous call to become pastor of the Baptist 
church of Brattleboro. During the four years of his pastorate here he received 
200 members into the church. He seemed in the midst of his usefulness 
and popularity when he was called higher. Here he was buried, to await 
the resurrection. He was a born leader and a trusted friend — a. man of 
large heart and large brain. Original in thought, unconventional in manner, 
and always intensely earnest in speaking, he made an impress whenever and 
wherever heard. He carried great influence whenever he spoke on public 
occasions, and always seemed to forget himself in his eftbrts to reach and 
help others. His widow still resides in Brattleboro. 

WiUiam Morris Hunt, the eminent artist, was the eldest son of Hon. Jona- 
than Hunt, of Vernon, Vt., and Jane Maria Leavitt, of Sufifield, Conn., from 
whose maternal side he inherited his genius for art. He was born in Brattle- 
boro, March 31, 1824. Upon the death of his father, in 1832, his mother 
removed with the family to New Haven, Conn., where William was placed 
at Mr. Skinner's school. He early showed skill in drawing, and several finely 
drawn sketches and even small cameo heads are preserved in the family, 
done by him previous to his tenth year. He graduated from Harvard in 
1840. Owmg to a pulmonary difficulty during his senior year, a change of 
climate was recommended by his physicians, and October 9, 1843, he accom- 
panied his mother and family to Europe. From this time forward his life 
was devoted to art, with what success is well known to all art lovers. 
Returning to America in 1855, he married a Miss Perkins, of Boston, and 
passed a year in Brattleboro, and thence went to reside in Newport, R. I. 
His death occurred September 9, 1879, at the Isle of Shoals, off Portsmouth, 
N. H. In compliance with an often expressed desire, he was buried in Brat- 
tleboro. 



126 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Hon. Daniel Kellogg was born at Amherst, Mass, Feb. lo, 1 791, graduated 
at Williams college in 1810, studied law with Gen. Martin Field, and com- 
menced practice at Rockingham, Vt., in 1814, where he continued to reside 
until 1854, when he removed to Brattleboro, where he died May 10. 1875, 
aged eighty- four years. He married, first, Jane McAffee, of Rockingham; 
second, Merab Ann Bradley, daughter of Hon. Wm. C. Bradley, of West- 
minster; third, Miranda M. Aldis, daughter of Hon. Asa Aldis, of St. Albans, 
who survives him. He was for a few years State's attorney for Windham 
ccunty, and judge of probate for the district of Westminster; secretary to the 
old governor and council of Vermont, during the administration of Gov. 
Butler and Gov. Van Ness; United States district attorney for the State of 
Vermont twelve years, during the administration of Gen. Jackson and Mr. 
Van Buren ; adjutant and inspector-general of the State ; represented the 
town of Rockingham in the geneial assembly, and for two years was State 
senator for Windham county. In 1 843 he was chosen president of the State con- 
stitutional convention, and was judge of the supreme court of the State from 
1845 to 1852. Hischildren were as follows. Henry, born August 23, 1823, grad- 
uated at Williams coU.ge in 1843, engaged in the study of law with Hon. Wm. 
C. Bradley, of Westminster, Vt., and was drowned while bathing in the Con- 
necticut river at that place, June 18, 1844. ■ George B., born in November, 
1825, studied law with Hon. Asa Iveyes, of Brattleboro, married Mary L. 
Sikes, daughter of Urial Sikes, of Brattleboro, March 15, 1847, commenced 
the practice of his profession at Rockingham, in 1846, soon after his father 
was elected judge of the supreme couit, removed to Brattleboro in 1855, ap- 
pointed postmaster at B'rattleboro, in 1861, State's attorney for Windham 
county three years, adjutant and inspector-general for the State from 1854 
to '59, represented the town of Brattleboro in the general assembly for two 
years, was active m raising and enlisting the Vermont cavalry regiment, and 
was lieut. -colonel thereof during the rebellion, at the conclusion of which he 
was discharged, and re."-umed the practice of his profession at St. Louis, where 
he died, in November, 1875. Sarah B., born in August, 1831, married Henry 
A. VVillard, of Washington, D. C., in November, 1855. Daniel, born April 
9, 1834, married Margaret W. May, of Brattleboro, May 2, 1861, was post- 
master at Brattleboro, from 1862 to July, 1868. 

George Newman was born at Seekonk, Mass., and removed with his par- 
ents to Marlboro, Vt., at an early age, whence he came to this place, a mere 
lad. He was, in his younger days, one of the early mechanics of Brattle- 
boro. When a boy he learned the trade of carriage maknig of Captain 
Adolphus Stebbins, at the West village. In 1830 he was employed by 
Messrs. Thomas & Woodcock, near, or at the time, they commenced the 
manufacture of pulp dressers and other machinery used for paper making. 
He was one of their principal workmen, and in a few years thereafter suc- 
ceeded them in this business, connected with which was an iron foundry, 
blacksmithing, clothier's shop, saw-miU and grist-mill. He was in co paitner- 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 12/ 

ship with Col. A. J. Hines and Roswell Hunt, Esq. At one periot), Lewis 
Newman, Governeur Morris. Esq., and Brinsmade, of Troy, N. Y., were 
interested in the business. Until a comparatively recent date Mr. Newman 
continued at the head of the business, which finally all came into the pos- 
session of himself and family, under the name of George Newman & Son. 
He died Sept. 1 1, 1872. 

Hon. Royall Tyler was born in Boston, Mass., July 18, 1857, and died at 
Brattleboro, August 16, 1826. He entered Harvard college July 15, 1772, 
and graduated in July i 776, he studied law and was admitted to the barin 1779. 
He located in Guilford in January 1790, where he resided until i8oi, when he 
came to Brattleboro. Aside from his extensive law practice Mr. Tyler pre- 
sided as side judge of the supreme court of Vermont, from i8or to 1806, 
when he was chosen chief judge. This position he retained ui.td 1S12. From 
1815 to 1821 he was register of probate of Windham county. He married 
Miss Mary Palmer^ of Framingham, Mass., by whom he reared twelve chil- 
dren, as follows: Royall Tyler, born in Framingham, Mass., 1794, died in col- 
lege, young ; Gen. John S., born in Guilford, Vt., September 29, 1796, from 
the age of fourteen lived in Boston, Mass., and was in mercantile life ; Mary 
Whitwell, born in Guilford, Vt., June 23, 1798; Rev. Edward R., born in 
Guilford, Vt., August 3, 1800, of the Congregational church and editor of 
New Eitglaiider, also author of works on future punishment; William Clark, 
born in Brattleboro, August 28, 1802, passed a mercantile life in Boston; 
Rev. Joseph Dennie, born in Brattleboro, September 4, 1804, of the Episco- 
pal church, and principal of an asylum for deaf mutes, in Va.; Amelia Sophia, 
born in Brattleboro, June 29, 1807, principal of female seminary in 1826; 
Rev. George Palmer, D. D., born in Brattleboro, December 10, 1809, of the 
Congregational church; Judge Royally 2nd, born in Brattleboro, April 19, 
1812 ; graduated from Harvard college in 1834, studied law with Charles G. 
Loring, Esq., of Boston, was admitted to the bar in 1838, commenced prac- 
tice in Brattleboro, in 1839, was appointed register of probate. Marlboro dis- 
trict, in December 1844, chostn judge of probate, same district, in 1846, and 
was also appointed county clerk, in April, 1851, the latter t^vo offices of which 
he still retains ; Rev. Thomas Pickman, D. D., born in Brattleboro, Novem.- 
ber 20, 1815, of the Episcopal church ; Abiel Winship, born in Brattleboro, 
November 9, 1818, died in 1832. 

James M. Tyler was born at Wilmington, A[:ril 27, 1835; was educated at 
Brattleboro Academy ; graduated at the law univtrsity of Albany. New York; 
was admitted to the bar of Vermont in September, i860, and has been in 
practice ever since; was a member of the State legislature in 1863, and '64, 
and was State's attorney in 1866 and '67 ; since 1875 li^sbcen one of the trus- 
tees of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane; was elected to the forty-sixth 
congress, and was re-elected to the fort)-seventh congress, as a Republi- 
can, receiving 15,960 votes against 6,698 votes for Campbell, Democrat, and 
forty-one for Mead, Republican. 



128 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



The Newton family, which is so numerous in America, had their origin in 
America, according to the family tradition, as follows : " Four brothers, 
whosesur-name was Newton, from a family in England, emigrated to America, 
probably about 1630 or 1635, from whom, about the commencement of the 
present century, the Nevvtons of the United States claimed their family 
origin here. Two brothers settled in the easterly part of Massachusetts, in 
Middlesex county, one settled on the banks of the Connecticut river, and the 
other went south. Some of the descendants of those wiio settled in the 
neighborhood of Boston were among the early settlers of the eastern portion 
of Worcester county, Mass. Some were farmers, and some were mechanics 
and depended on their industry and economy for a means of living. Some 
of the favorite family names were John, Timothy, Jonah, Solomon, Israel, 
Obadiah, and Marshall. Rev. Ephraim Holland Newton, D.'D., who was for 
many years a pastor of the Congregetional church in Marlboro, Vt., was a 
son of Marshall Newton, and was born in Nevvfane, Vt. Roswell H. Newton, 
who now resides in West Brattleboro, was born in Marlboro, September 13, 
1819, and married Eleanor H. Samson, December 18, 1843. William S. 
Newton, born in Marlboro, June 26, 1822, resides in Brattleboro. He mar- 
ried Mrs. Lucinda Wells, in Brattleboro, March 30, 1858. He commenced 
the grocery business here March 21, 1859. has been town clerk since 
March 3, 1863, and a justice of the peace since December i, 1863. 

Jonathan Dunklee came to this town at an early date and located upon 
the farm now owned by Edward Danklee, his great-grandson. He was 
known as a man of ability and of a good Christian character He died, 
highly respected, on the old farm. His son Jonathan, born here, married 
Anna Brown, and settled in Marlboro, reared a family of seven children, and 
finally removed to Chesterfield, N. H.. where he died, in December. 1862. 

Joseph Steen was born in Brattleboro village, March 2, 1797, and died here 
August ir, 1881, being at that time the oldest native resident of Brattleboro. 
Mr. Steen worked with his father, James Steen, who came to Brattleboro in 
1795, until 1814, when he commenced work at the printer's trade, under 
AVilliam Fessenden. After nine years' employment at this trade as a journey- 
man, he worked on contract for Messrs. Holbrook & Fessenden, until 1828. 
This year he bought of Messrs. Thomas & Woodcock the right to their ■ 
pulp dresser for the State of New York, and engaged two years in the sale 
of them and in putting them in operation in paper-mills in that State. From 
1830 until about the time of his death, he carried on the book and stationery 
business at the village, publishing many thousand volumes. He was also the 
last agent appointed here for paying pensions to the soldiers of the war of 
the Revolution, continuing that duty until the last one died. He was ap- 
pointed assignee in bankruptcy for Windham county, in 1844 ; justice of the 
peace in 1848, and held the office until the latter years of his life; was 
selectman in 1854-55 ; school committee, first chosen to put in operation the 
graded school system in 1841. He was prominent in advocating the school 
reform by effective remarks to the assembled voters of the district. 



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George C. Haskins, son of George, born in Londonderry, August 28, 1828, 
married Louisa J. Stoddard, of Montpelier, in 1851, and died here September 
5, 1882. Mr. Haskins was a molder by trade, and was foreman of the iron 
foundry here for thirty years. 

John J. Retting, a native of Germany, came to Brattleboro, August 2, 
1850. Having learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Germany, he began 
work here for Anthony Van Doom, where C. L, Brown's building is now 
located, where he continued until 1856. In the autumn of 1858 he began 
business under the firm name of Retting & Brown, continuing thus about 
eleven months. In 1859 he established himself in business, where the Brooks 
House stands ; but in 1869, the block having burned, he removed to the 
location now occupied by his sons, L. J. and John, Jr. 

J. H. Capen, a direct descendant of Bernard Capen, of Dorchester, Mass., 
who died November 8, 1638, came to Brattleboro in 1808, locating with his 
family in a one-story wooden house on Main street. His son, J. H. Capen, 
now occupies "Brookside farm," in school district No. 6, and is employed in the 
bellows department of the Estey organ works. This son was also a printer 
here for many years, manager of the telegraph office twenty-five years, and 
sent the first message from Brattleboro to Boston, in 1850. ^ .^ 

T^Colonel Samuel Wells, the first representative from this town, then \n f ^ 
Cumberland county, was born at Deerfield, Mass., September 9, 1730. He^», * 
married Hannah Sheldon, and in July, 1762, settled in Brattleboro, or> lands ^^^vk' 
now owned by the Vermont Asylum for the Insane. Here were born hisg^^f-U 4/^^, 
thirteen children, two of whom died in infancy. His daughters were married J^^jV-eu 
to Samuel Gale, Ephr^im Nash,7Micah Townsendi^ Jonathan Gorton, Na-^!»<^ ^ 
thaniel Church and Ephraim Stimpson. Like many of the prominent men o(Q ^^* > i^^ 
that time, in this part of the State, Col. Wells sustained the claims of New 1 g<»«%«A» l 
York. Between the years 1798 and 1802, all the family of Col. Wells removed v^/w> 
to Canada, where each of his children received from the crown 1,200 irrr- nf^^tM i^ 
land as a compensation for the losses Col. Wells had suff^ered during the Revo- JL "•j^^^, 
lution on account of his adherence to the King. He died in this town and a 1 *J i, 
marble head-stone in the old burying-ground gives the following information : »*^* . 

In Memory of ^^f ^'^ 

COL. SAMUEL WELLS, 

OF THIS TOWN, A JUDGE OF CUMBER- 
LAND County Court, and a Member 
OF THE Assembly of the Province of 
New York, who departed this life 
Aug. 6, 1786, in his 55TH year. 

" His friends, the stranger and the poor have lost 
A kind companion and a generous host : 
When he fell, the Statesman fell 
And left the world his worth to tell." 

Dr. William Haydon Rockwell, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, 
February 15, 1800, graduated from Yale college in 1824, and from the Yale 
medical school in 1831. On June 25, 1835, he married Mrs. Maria F. 
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130 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Chapin, a native of Salisbury, Connecticut, and during the following year^ 
June 28, 1836, was appointed superintendent of the Vermont Asylum for the 
Insane, which position he retained until August, 1872, when he resigned in 
favor of his son. He died November 30, 1873. death resulting from injuries 
sustained by being thrown from his carriage, May 10, 1872. 

Dr. Henry Wells was the first town clerk of Brattleboro, elected to office 
in 1768. He was born in Essex county, N. J., June 14, 1742, but from 
1746, for about twenty years, his home was in New York, when the popula- 
tion of that city was less than ten thousand. When eleven years old he began 
his college course at "Nassau Hall" in Princeton. Here he took his first 
degree at the age of fifteen. Immediately after his graduation he began the 
study of medicine at New Haven, with the celebrated Dr. Hull, under whose 
instruction he remained four years. In 1760 Yale college conferred on him 
the degree of A. M., and in the following year he returned to New York, 
where he continued his studies until 1764. He studied divinity for a short 
time after this and added the business of an apothecary to his early medical 
practice in New York. He was married in the old Dutch church on Nassau 
street, to Hannah Stout, May 28, 1764. They lived together within a few 
months of half a century. Dr. Wells was hardly more than twenty-five and 
his wife twenty and the mother of two young children, when they started for 
their new home in the wilds of what is now Vermont. The town of Brattle- 
boro, of which he and his wife were two of the patentees, had been partly 
settled from New Hampshire as early as 1752. They came by a small sloop 
to Hartford Ct., and from thence followed the Connecticut river to Brattle- 
boro. Their new home was a farm of not far from 1,000 acres, some two 
miles west of the present East village. Here, on the brow of a lofty hill, Dr. 
Wells erected a substantial frame house of considerable size, which stood 
almost unaltered for a century, and was finally taken down by Gilbert Smith,, 
in 1875. I"^ 1801 it was purchased from Micah Townsend, its second 
owner, by Chief Justice Tyler, who occupied it about fourteen or fifteen 
years. From 1768 to the time of his removal, in 1 781, he constantly held 
some pubhc office. His name, for the last time, appears upon the records as 
moderator of the meeting of March, 1781. His name is attached to two 
memorials to the King in behalf of the legal government, the only civil gov- 
ernment, in fact, under the Province of New York. Seven more children 
were born to Dr. Wells during his thirteen years residence in Brattleboro. In 
1781 he relinquished the magnificent estate, (in acres,) which cost him so 
much toil and suffering, and removed to Montague, Mass. Resettled in the 
house which for eighty years continued to be the home of his children. In 
the associations of his new home and the better opportunities for the practice 
of his profession. Dr. Wells no doubt .found compensation for the visionary 
fortune, as landed proprietor, for which he and his father had left New York. 
He soon acquired a reputation as a physician, especially in consultations, 
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for him extended from Boston to Albany, New Hampshire and Connecticut, 
as well as to and beyond his old home in Vermont. He died August 24, 
1814, aged seventy-two years. 

Col. Daniel Stewart was born at Paxton, Mass., in 1756, and died at 
Brattleboro, in 1834. In early life he went to live in Westboro, Mass., and 
there learned^the tanner's trade. At twenty years of age he enlisted as a 
private in the American army of the Revolution and was afterwards an ofti- 
cer. He was in the battle of White Plains, and was with the army during the 
campaigns in New Jersey. When his term of enlistment had expired he re- 
turned to Westboro, and there worked at his trade until 1783, when he re- 
moved to Brattleboro and purchased a farm in the southwest part of the town 
on road 38. He served several years as one of the board of selectmen of 
the town, and held other town offices. Col. Stewart was married in 1779, to 
Miss Dorothy Maynard, of Westboro, Mass., by whom he had six daughters. 

Gen. John Stewart came to Brattleboro, from Royalton, Mass., about 1772, 
locating on land east of where John S. Cutting now resides, then an unbroken 
forest. A few years after, he removed to a farm one mile west of the West 
village, now known as the Gould farm, where he hved until his death, in 
181 2. He married Ruth Newton, of Royalston, Mass., who survived him eight 
months. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Gen. John 
Stewart was a man of more than ordinary quahties — in manners, genial 
and courteous to all, honest and honorable in his dealings, he was strictly 
an honest man and a firm friend to the poor and unfortunate. Physically 
he was one of the grandest types of humanity, being very tall and of due 
proportions. That he was beloved by all was proved ^by the hundreds of 
friends who followed his remains, as they were borne to the tomb. Truly a 
good man w&s removed from their midst. 

John Cutting, son of Jonah Cutting, was born in Guilford, Vt., April 16, 
1800, and died in Brattleboro, January 15, 1844. He received an academic 
education at Leicester Academy, Mass., taught school several terms, then he 
purchased a farm in the southwest part of Guilford, where he lived about two 
years, then sold this farm, and bought another in Brattleboro, of Col. Daniel 
Stewart, on which he settled in 1824. Mr. Cutting was twice married, 
first to Miss Emily Stewart, who died February 5, 1825; second to Miss 
Charlotte Stewart, both daughters of Col. Daniel Stewait, of Brattleboro. 
By these marriages he had six children, two by the first and four by the sec- 
ond wife, and of whom five lived to marry. 

John S. Cutting, son of John Cutting, was born in Guilford, Vt., September 
12, 1823. He removed to Brattleboro with his parents, in 1824, and received 
a common school and academic education. He is now a farmer and school- 
teacher. He lives on the farm where his grandfather. Col. Stewart, resided 
a hundred years ago. He has taught school forty or more terms, twenty-five 
in the school district where he resides ; was superintendent of schools from 
1866 to 187 1 ; was representative to the State legislature in 1874; was cen- 



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sus enumerator for 1880; has been lister nine years; was a member of the 
State board of equaHzation in 1882, and is a justice of the peace. He mar- 
ried Miss Susan S. Burnette, daughter of John Buinette,of Guilford April 29, 
1849, by whom he has had two daughters, the eldest of whom, Emily S., was 
married to Abbott S. Edwards, of Brattleboro, and Minnie S., the youngest, 
was married to John L. Barney, of Brattleboro. 

David Bemis married Mary Dunster, a great granddaughter of Henry Dun- 
ster, who was the first president of Harvard college. They settled in West- 
minster, Mass., and reared nine children, John, Joseph, Benjamin, Elias, Ab- 
n"r, Levi, Asa, Samuel and Sarah. The family moved from Westminster to 
Brattleboro and lived on the " Bliss farm." Four of the children, John, 
Joseph, Abner and Elias, settled in Windham county. Abner was a Baptist min- 
ister and lived in Halifax where he died. Elias lived in Brattleboro, on the 
farm now owned and occupied by M. M. Miller. Lemuel Bemis, son of 
Elias, was for many years a blacksmith in Brattleboro. Willis Bemis, the 
present express agent at Brattleboro, is a son of Lemuel. John and Joseph, 
who served in the Revolution, settled in Dummerston. John married for his 
second wife, Jemima, daughter of Elder Daniel Whipple, who was the first 
Baptist minister in the State. Elder Whipple died in 1789 aged ninety-seven 
years. Hisgrave is in the West river cemetery, at Brattleboro. Johnhad twelve 
children and lived where Mr. Murphy now lives. David, son of John Bemis 
and Jemima Whipple, lived on the farm his father had occupied before him. 
His eldest son, Erastus, settled in Washington county. Pa., and became one 
of the leading physicians of that county. He died in 1866, leaving two sons, 
David H. and James N., both physicians. Another son, Samuel N., is also a 
physician, living in Brattleboro. The youngest son, Horace, is a lawyer of 
Hornellsville, N. Y, Joseph Bemis died in Dummerston, and the family 
went to Cattaraugus county, N. Y., where Joseph, Jr., died in January, 1884, 
aged 98 years. 

The Esterbrooks were one of Windham county's notable pioneer families, 
and many of its descendants are at the present time upright and substantial 
citizens of Brattleboro. Warren Esterbrook was one of the town's early set- 
tlers. Born at Warren, R. L, June 29, 1748, he came to Brattleboro in 1779, 
when 31 years of age, with his wife, whose maiden name was Rosannah Hale, 
and four-year-old son. For a short time he worked at the carpenter's trade 
in the then sparsely settled " East village," but soon moved to a farm in the 
southwest part of the town. He had a family of nine children — six boys and 
three girls — and followed farming until aftlicted with total bHndness, which 
great misfortune he patiently bore during the remaining twenty years of his 
life. He died June 29, 1838, aged ninety years ; his wife died April 26, 
18 13, aged sixty-two years. Maj. James Esterbrook, eldest son of Warren 
Esterbrook, came to Brattleboro with his father and mother in 1779, at the 
age of four years, and lived with his parents until of age. He married Polly 
Stewart, daughter of Colonel Daniel Stewart, in 1799, and settled on the " Had- 



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ley farm," so-called, near the family homestead. He engaged quite largely in the 
dairy business for a number of years and became a conspicuous and popular 
figure in the local militia with the rank of major. He was the father of 
twelve children — four sons and eight daughters, — all of whom grew to man- 
hood and womanhood, and four of whom, — two sons and two daughters, — still 
survive at advanced ages. The children of Major James and Polly Stewart 
Esterbrook were as follows: Maria, born Sept. 7, 1800, married Rufus Pratt, 
and died October 19, 1858; Charlotte, born June 13, 1802, married William 
Bullock, and is still living; Daniel S., born April 17, 1804, married Betsey 
Gladden, and died ^September 19, 1869; Dorothy, born January 27, 1806, 
married Salmon Fessenden, and died May 27, 1878 ; Nancy, born October 8, 
1808, married Wesley Jacobs, and died April 28, 1849; Mary A., born No- 
vember 6, 1 8 10, married Harvey Houghton, and died March 18, 1861 ; 
James H., born August 10, 18 12, married Nancy A. French, and died April 
9,1862; WiUiam H., born July 31, 1814, married Adaline A. Thayer, is 
still living, and has two children, Ada, wife of George S. Dowley, and Mary, 
wife of L. H. Richardson, and now resides in Brattleboro ; Emily, born Septem- 
ber 16, married Henry A. Gane, and is still living ; Cyrinthia I., born April 25, 
1819, married Benjamin F. Tilden, and died January 10,1849; George W., 
born December 2, 1821, married Nancy A. Goddard, and is still living; Har- 
riet C., born August 16, 1824, married Albert A. Cortis, and died November 

6, 1875. 

Anthony VanDoorn was born in Bristol. R. I., October 14, 1792, where 
he passed most of the early part of his Hfe. In the spring of 18 15 he re- 
mo /ed to West Brattleboro and established himself as a cabinet maker. No- 
vember 7th, of the same year, he married Betsey Hubbard, of Groton, Mass. 
About this time his father, Moses Van Doom, tailor by trade, who had pre- 
viously for a time resided in FitzwiUiam, N. H., removed to Brattleboro where 
he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1825. Here Mr. Van Doom 
carried on successfully the cabinet business till his removal to East Brattleboro 
in 1829. Here with increased faciUties, together with larger experience and 
rising ambition that forced him to stand abreast with the growing demand of the 
times, he continued the manufacture of furniture and conducted the business 
with such extraordinary energy and thrift, that he soon ranked among the first 
manufacturers of the kind in the State. At difterent times he had associate 
partners for a brief period, viz. : William Conant one year, at another time 
his brother Frederick, and later his sons M. T. and C. A., who continued till the 
business was disposed of, in 1851. Being blessed with a strong constitution 
and possessing more than ordinary mental endowments, he was able, during all 
his business career, to contribute his share of assistance in carrying forward 
the enterprises of his time. His strong self-reliance and progressive spirit, 
with independence of action, not unfrequently created a ripple in the arena of 
reform ; but being actuated by genuine philanthropy and Christian principle 
his efforts resulted largely in the elevation of society. His religious faith was 



134 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



of the Puritan type as held by the Congregational schools of the century. If 
he had faults^ he also had uplifting, redeeming aspirations. He cherished an 
unwavering trust in an overruling Providence, was not slack in his devotions, 
upright, generous, persistant and unflinching in resolution in all his under- 
takings. He was among the first to engage in Sabbath-school work in the 
town, in which he took a deep interest. He performed so prominent a part, 
with such energy and zeal, that he has been aptly styled " the father of the 
Sabbath-schools." He was accustomed, during his last years, to visit Sunday- 
schools in various places in the State, before which he spoke with consider- 
able acceptance. He regularly contributed substantial aid to all the various 
branches of missionary work ; was a firm supporter of the Colonization 
society, to which he was a regular contributor as long as he lived ; and at the 
same time, believing in the " inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit 
of happiness ; " he was true to his convictions, by practically aiding the unfor- 
unate "chattel" in his onward flight to the " Beulah land." He made a 
tour of nine months in Europe, which aff"orded him a great deal of satisfac- J 
tion. While on a visit to friends in Providence, R. I., he died suddenly, " 
August 22, 187 1. He had five children — three sons and two daughters. One 
died in infancy, three are living in Brattleboro, and Charles A. is living in 
Greenfield, Mass. 

Dea. John Grout was born at Westminster, Vt., August 17, 1788, went to 
reside in Newfane about 1810, and moved to West Brattleboro in 1836, where 
he died, October 16, 1851. Dea. Grout married Azubiah, daughter of Jona- 
than Dunklee, of Brattleboro, May 28, 181 1, and had nine children, eight of 
whom were sons. Mrs. Grout died at West Brattleboro, July 24, 1866, aged 
seventy-three years, Mr. Grout's age at the time of his death being sixty-three 
years. Lewis the eldest of the children, born in Newfane, January 28, 1815, 
attended the Brattleboro academy in 1834, '35, '36, and '37, taught a district 
school in Marlboro in the winter of 1835-36, in Putney 1836-37, and in East 
Guilford 1837-38; attended Burr Seminary in 1838, entered Yale college the 
same year, and graduated thence in 1842. During a portion of the latter part 
of his collegiate course he was engaged in teaching in a military, classical and 
mathematical school at West Point, N. Y., where he also taught a year after 
graduating. He studied theology for two [years at Yale Divinity College, 
1844 and 1845, and one year at Andover Theological Seminary, where he 
graduated in 1846. Iii 1844 he paid his way by teaching a few hours a day 
in Miss Comstock's Ladies' Seminary, and in 1845 by serving as chaplain in 
the family of Gerard Halleck, Esq., editor of the New York Journal of Com- 
merce. October 8, 1846, he was ordained as a missionary, and was married 
the same day to Miss Lydia Bates, in Springfield, Vt. He set sail from Bos- 
ton, October 10, for South Africa, stopped a few weeks in Cape Town, and 
reached Natal, Africa, February 15, 1847. Here, among the Zulus, in the Dis- 
trict of Natal, he labored as a missionary in the service of the American Board, 
for fifteen years, and at the end of that time, March 12, 1862, with impaired 




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health, he set sail for his native land, and landed in Boston on the 7th of June. 
His health having in a measure been restored, Mr. Grout preached a year for 
the Congregational church in Saxton's River, and then accepted a call to the 
church in Feeding Hills, Mass., where he was installed as pastor, and con- 
tinued to labor till the first of October, 1865. He then received an appoint- 
ment from the American Missionary Association as secretary and agent of 
that society for New Hampshire and Vermont, and in this employ has con- 
tinued till the present time, some nineteen years, having his home in West 
Brattleboro. 

Elisha Simonds, born at Lunenburg, Mass., July 8, 1780, died at Brattle- 
boro, April 6, :864, aged eighty-two years and nine months. Mr. Simonds 
was the father of seventeen children, the third,of whom, Penni, was born at 
Alstead, N. H., March 21, 1807, and removed with his father's family to 
Swanzey, N. H., about the year 1819, at the age of twelve years. From 
about the the year 1823 until 1833, he worked at shoe-making, as it was car- 
ried on in those early days. In the spring of 1833, he came to Brattleboro 
and opened a custom boot and shoe store, in what was then known as Hall's 
Long building, and from that date until his death occupied the same room. 
Henry W. Simonds commenced business in the same room, August ro, 1881, 
but November 16, 1883, the building was destroyed by fire, when he removed 
to Elliot street. 

Alfred Simonds was born in Alstead, N. H., m 1810, and came to Brattle- 
boro in 1832. He married Maria Stockwell, daughter of Arad Stockwell, 
and located on High street. He carried on the tanning business at Center- 
ville, was selectman several years, and reared a family of three children, two 
of whom are now living in Lexington, Ky. 

William Harris was one of the early settlers of Brattleboro. Just at what 
time he came here, however, is not known; but Capt. Banajah Dudley, resid- 
ing here at the age of ninety-three years, married a daughter of William's son 
Ezra, and says that William came here with his family of nine children, 
from Holden, Mass. He died August 15, 1797, aged seventy-one years. 
Patience Gleason, his wife, died November 21, 1808, aged seventy-six years. 
Their children were Valentine, William, Salthiel, Calvin, Ezra, Mrs. Howe, 
who was killed by hghtning in a house standing where Dr. Steadman now re- 
sides, in West Brattleboro, and Mrs. Chandler. WiUiam Harris, Jr., was 
born October 2, 1757, and died in Brattleboro March 12, 1845; Abiah 
Brooks, his wife, born April 16, 1765, died in Brattleboro, March 6, 1847 ; 
Polly, born October 5, 1784, married Dr. Samuel Bullock, of Brookline, De" 
cember 25, 1803, settled and died in Canada; William was born May 24, 
1787; Flavia, born July 10, 1789, married Elkanah Crosby, January 10 
1808, and settled and died in Catskill, N. Y. ; William, born September 8, 1791,' 
married Jemima Wood, December 19, 18 16, and settled and died on the home 
farm, dying September 25, 1849 ; Ira, born March 6, 1796, settled and married 
in Canada, and died in Minnesota; Roswell was born March 6, 1798. He 



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taught his first school in Wardsboro, in the winter of 1814-15. He 
fitted for college with Rev. Caleb Burge, pastor of the Congregational 
Society at West Brattleboro, entered Middlebury college in 1817 and 
graduated in 182 1. He had charge of the Brattleboro Academy two 
years, as principal, after which he entered Andover Theological Seminary, 
in 1723, and graduated in 1826. He was licensed to preach by the Wind- 
ham County Association of Congregational ministers, at HaUfax, June 
21, 1826, and preached at Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., and Antrim, 
and Derring, N. H., for two years, when, on account of serious bronchial 
difficulty, he was obliged to relinquish active duties as a minister. He then 
gave himself up almost entirely to the duties of teaching, preaching occa- 
sionally. He took charge of the Hampton academy, Hampton, N. H., in 
the autumn of 1828, and remained there until the summer of 1833, when he 
was married to Miss Matilda Leavitt, of Hampton, on the 29th of August, 
coming immediately to Brattleboro, and for the second time took charge of 
the Brattleboro academy; but in the autumn of 1837 was forced to resign 
on account of ill health. In 1845 he once more resumed his labors as prin- 
cipal of the academy and remained in charge a little more than eight years. 
After a vacation of five years, he was again induced, in 1858, to take charge 
of the academy, but was again compelled to reHnquish it in less than a year. 
He was the first superintendent of schools in this town, and held the office 
and also that of postmaster at West Brattleboro a number of years. His last 
sickness was very brief, he being taken suddenly ill on Saturday, March 4, 
187 1, at about 11 o'clock, p. m., and passed to his rest at i p. m., on Mon- 
day, March 6, 187 1, his 73d birthday. His wife died December 13, 1841. 
He left three sons. Rev. W. J. Harris, D. D., Roswell Harris, Jr., and Rev. 
Charles Clarke Harris. 

Broughton D. Harris, son of Wilder Harris, was born at Chesterfield, N. 
H., August 16, 1822, and married Sarah B. HoUister, of New York city. 
He was fitted for college at Chesterfield academy and at the Kimball Union 
academy, in Meriden, and entered Dartmouth in 1841, graduating in 1845. 
He studied law for a while, with Hon. Asa Keyes, of Brattleboro, then 
engaged in the newspaper business, being editor of the Vermont Phcenix for 
a while, and for several years was editor of the Semi- Weekly Eagle. In the 
spring of 1851, he went to Utah, as the first secretary of that Territory, 
Brigham Young being at that time governor of the same. He soon, how- 
ever, came in coUision with Brigham and his saints respecting the discharge 
of his official duties, the result of which being that Mr. Harris finally refused 
to disburse the money placed in his hands by the government for the benefit 
of the Territory, as he regarded the proceedings of the Mormon authorities 
as being contrary to the laws of the United States. He then left Utah and 
returned the money to the United States treasury, his action being approved 
by the government, and he was soon after appointed secretary and acting- 
governor of New Mexico, but his appointment was decUned. In 1847, '48 



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and '49 he was register of probate here, and a member of the Vermont sen- 
ate in i860 and '6t, being also chairman of the committee on military affairs. 
By appointment of the governor he was a member of the Peace Congress 
which assembled at Washington during the memorable winter of 1860-61. 
For several years he has been engaged in the construction of railroads, and 
was mainly instrumental in pushing through the enterprise of building the 
Brattleboro and Whitehall railroad. He is president of the Brattleboro Sav- 
ings Bank, and has been one of its trustees since its organization. 

Nathan Birdseye Williston, son of Rev. Payson Williston, of East Hampton, 
Mass., was born August 11, 1797. He left his father's home at the age of 
twelve years, and from that time onward was dependent on his own resources. 
He came to Brattleboro in 1 810, as clerk in the store of Ezra Clark, a dealer 
in hardware and drugs. Winning the confidence of Mr. Clark, he became a 
partner, and ultimately succeeded to the business. Later on he took into 
partnership his brother-in-law, Ferdinand Tyler, and still later Mr. Charles 
F. Thompson. At the estabhshment of the Windham County Bank, in 1856, 
he became its president ; and when that institution was merged into the First 
National Bank, in 1864, he continued in the same relationship to that organi- 
zation, till his retirement in 1879. During the war he was engaged in the 
manufacture of carriages. Mr. Williston was twice married, to Margaret, 
who died comparatively young, after bearing him five children, and to Caro- 
line Brewster, whom he also survived. None of his children are living. Mr. 
Williston died December 5, 1883, aged eighty-six years. 

Henry Dwight Holton, M. D., A. M., a resident of Brattleboro for the past 
fifteen years, was born at Saxton's River, Vt., July 24, 1838, married there 
Ellen Jane Hoit, November 19, 1862, who was born November 28, 1839, at 
Saxton's River, daughter of Theophilus and Mary Damon (Chandler) Hoit. 
The early training of Dr. Holton was of the strictest New England kind, 
and much of his success in life is undoubtedly due to the principles thus 
early instilled into his mind by his parents. His boyhood was like that of 
the majority of boys brought up on a farm. The following account of his 
hfe is from a book entitled, " Physicians and Surgeons of America," and a 
sketch of him, in a work published by the Rocky Mountain Medical Asso- 
ciation. He was fitted for college at the Saxton's River Seminary, and studied 
two years with Dr. J. H. Warren, of Boston, and two years with Professors 
Valentine and A. B. Mott, of New York, attending lectures at the same time 
in the medical department of the University of New York, from which he 
graduated in March, i860, settling successfully in Brooklyn, N. Y., Putney, 
Vt., and Brattleboro, Vt., his present residence. He has traveled extensively 
in Europe and this country. He is a member of the Connecticut River Val- 
ley Medical Society, of which he was secretary from 1862 to 1867, and 
president in 1868 ; the Vermont Medical Society, of which he was censor for 
several years, and the president in 1868; the American Medical Association 
and the British Medical Association, a corresponding member of the Boston 



138 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Gynecological Society, and member of the American Public Health Associa- 
tion, and a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Brussels in 
1875. He is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Medical Association- 
The Doctor has contributed some valuable papers to medical journals and to 
transactions of medical societies, and reported at one time " Mott's Cliniques" 
for the press. An article describing his apparatus for keeping in place ster- 
nal dislocations of the clavical, and an article on diphtheria, are contributions 
which show research and ability. He was appointed by the court, in 1873, 
medical examiner to the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and in the same 
year was elected by the legislature one of the trustees of the University of 
Vermont. He has been surgeon of the 12th regiment of Vermont militia. 
He is now professor of Materia Medica and General Pathology in the medi- 
cal department of the University of Vermont. The honorary degree of A. M. 
was conferred upon him in 1879, by the University of Vermont. In June, 
1880, he was elected one of the vice-presidents of the American Medical As- 
sociation. The Doctor is a vigorous orator and a clear thinker, and well up 
in a knowledge of the most approved and latest methods of relieving human 
suffering. 

Charles Newton Davenport, the eldest son of Calvin N. and Lucy W. 
Davenport, was born at Leyden, Mass., Oct. 20, 1830, and died at Brattleboro. 
April 12, 1882. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, 
at the Shelburne Falls (Mass.) academy, and at the Melrose seminary, in 
West Brattleboro. He entered the office of the Hon. Oscar L. Shafter, of 
Wilmington, Vt., as a student of law, March 10, 1851, and was admitted as 
an attorney at the April term, 1854, of the Windham county court. Im- 
mediately upon his admission to the bar, he formed a co-partnership with Mr, 
Shafter, which continued until November 10, 1855, when it was dissolved, in 
consequence of the decision of Mr. Shafter to permanently remain in CaHfornia, 
where he had been since October, 1854, in the employment of the law firm 
of Halleck, Park, Peachey & Billings. Mr. Davenport remained at Wilming- 
ton in the active practice of his profession until his removal to Brattleboro, 
in March, 1868, where he resided until his death. Here he found a wider 
field, and more important causes were intrusted to his care, entailing upon 
him a correspondingly larger amount of labor. In June, 1875, desiring to 
be relieved of a portion of his largely increased and increasing business and 
responsibilities, which even then were overtasking his powers, both mental 
and physical, he took into partnership with him Jonathan G. Eddy, which 
co-partnership existed until January i, 1882 ,when he disposed of his business 
to James L. Martin, and with a view of regaining his health, which had 
become seriously impaired by his constant application and unremitting toil 
in the cause of his clients, he retired from the practice of the profession he 
loved so well. 

Mr. Davenport married, December. 12, 1854, Miss Louisa C. Haynes, of 
Lowell, Mass., who bore him six children, four of whom died young. The 



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Other two, Charles H. Davenport, the editor and pubhsher of the Windham 
county Reformer, and Herbert J. Davenport, a graduate of Harvard law 
school, are living. Mrs. Davenport died September 30, 1870, and Mr. 
Davenport was married a second time, November 6, 1871, to Mrs. Roxana 
J. Dunklee, of Brattleboro. She died May 22, 1881. 

Paul Chase was born in Guilford, Vt., where he resided until after his mar- 
riage with Miss Gracie Hyde, daughter of Dr. Dana Hyde, when he came 
to Brattleboro. He was high sheriff of the county about twenty years, 
colonel of militia, proprietor of the old Brattleboro Stage House, which was 
located where the Brooks House now stands, for twenty years. He died in 
1854, aged seventy six years. His children were Lucy, Harriet and Edwin 
H. The latter was born in Brattleboro in 1819, married Eveline Dickinson, 
by whom he had two children, and for his second wife he married Sue A. 
Cowan, of Kentucky. For the past twenty years he has carried on an ex- 
tensive distillery in Bryantsville, Ky., spending his summers in Brattleboro. 

Bela N. Chamberlain, son of John, was born at Newport, N. H., June 14, 
1823, and in 1840 commenced to learn the hatter's trade in his native town, 
where he remained until 1853. In 1847 he married H.Jane Cran, the union 
being blessed with four children, only one of whom, Herbert B., is living. In 
1854 the latter came to Brattleboro with his father, and formed a partner- 
ship with Henry Pond, of Keene, N. H., under the firm name of Pond & 
Chamberlain, dealers in hats, caps and furs. From 1862 to 1868 the firm was 
Chamberlain & Frank, since which time Mr. Chamberlain has carried on the 
business alone, being now one of the oldest business men in Brattleboro, 
there being but two other merchants in business who were here when he 
came. 

Timothy Vinton was born in Reading, Mass., January 5, 1803. When he 
was only a year old he was left fatherless, and his mother soon after removed 
to Leonminster, Mass., where he received a common school education. At 
the age of twenty-one he went to work in a paper-mill, and in 1830 com- 
menced business on his own account, remaining in Leonminster until 1836, 
During that year he went to Fitchburg, Mass., where, in company with Alvah 
Brooks, he was in the paper business until 1843, ^^er which, until 1847, he 
was engaged in the same business at Pepperell, Mass. Since 1847 he has 
been engaged in paper manufacture in Brattleboro. Mr. Vinton married 
CaroHne Woodcock, in November, 1828, who bore him five children, and died 
in 1878. Two of the children, John F. and WiUiam H., are hving. 

Dr. Dan P. Webster, born at Northfield, Vt, in 1845, graduated from the 
Burlington medical college in 1867, and immediately commenced practice in 
Putney, remaining there until 1882, when he came to Brattleboro. Dr. 
Webster represented Putney in the legislature from 1872 to '74, was State 
senator in 1878, was State railroad commissioner from 1878 to '80, and from 
1874 to '76 sergeant-general of the State militia, being on the staff of Gov. 
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Dr. David P. Dearborn came to Brattleboro immediately after the late war^ 
and has been in practice here since. At the age of twenty-five years he 
enlisted as a private in Co. F, 4th N. H. Vols., at Keene, N. H., July 3, 
i86r. Here he was rapidly promoted, as follows: 2d Lieut., Co. G, August 
18, 1862; 2d asst. surgeon, December 16, 1862 ; ist asst. surgeon, May 2, 
1864; surgeon, November 9, 1864, being mustered out of service August 
33, 1865. 

Leavitt R. Sargent was born in Dammerston, Vt., October 7, 1822, re- 
ceived a common school education, and remained on the farm with his father 
until twenty-one years of age, when, in 1843, he commenced the manufac- 
ture of sleighs, remaining in that business two years, in company with Oscar 
Dix, a brother-in-law. In 1845 '""^ came to Brattleboro and worked at the 
carpenter trade two years, then formed a partnership with H. P. Green, which 
lasted six years, during which time he lost one of his hands in a planing 
machine. In 1861 he formed a partnership with Frank Harris for the man- 
ufacture of hand sewing machines, which business he continued six years, 
employing about forty men. In 1852 Mr. Sargent married Maria Lawton 
and has one child, Jennie, the wife of Prescott White. 

George Persons was born in' Jamaica, Vt., March 3, 1804, where he learned 
the mason's trade. He married Polly Chase, and came to Brattleboro in 
1848, where he has since resided, having reared a family of one son and four 
daughters. He had charge of the mason work at Vermont Asylum for the 
Insane twenty-five years. Mr. Persons celebrated his golden wedding Octo- 
ber 24, 1883. 

Asa Putnam came to Brattleboro from Warren, Mass., about 1780, locat- 
ing upon the farm now owned by George Clark, where he reared a family of 
nine children, the last of whom, Sylvia, wife of Z. Hamilton, died October 2, 
1883. Josiah, his fourth son, was born here in 1781, married Susan W., 
daughter of Dr. Dickerman, and died here March 24, 1864, on the old Dick- 
erman homestead. His children are Beda G., wife of Elisha W. Prouty ; 
Henry, of Watertown, N. Y. ; John L., residing in Cheshire county, N. H. ; 
and A. D. Putnam, who has been in the dental business here since 1846. 

Abel Joy, from Rehoboth, Mass., settled in Guilford with his father, David 
2d, about 1760. He resided there a few years, then came to Brattleboro and 
built the house now owned by W. F. Richardson, just south of the East vil- 
lage, where he died in 1813. He married Elizabeth M. Chase, October 28, 
1779, by whom he reared a family of nine children. Mrs. Joy died June 28, 
1843. John M., son of Abel, still resides in Brattleboro. 

Thomas, son of Sylvanus Sherwin, was born in Nevvfane, subsequently set-j 
tied in Whitingham, built a tannery there and carried on the business several j 
years, and died about 1837. He married Marion Parks and reared six chil- 
dren, four of whom are living, as follows : Nathan, in Athens, Vt. ; Orrin, inj 
Plainfield, N. J. ; and Eleanor, the wife of Horace Hinkson. Asa, secondj 
son of Thomas, was born in Whitingham, March 7, 1820, and when thirteen 



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years of age came to Brattleboro, learned the pattern maker's trade and still 
resides here. He married Sophia E. Larabee, and for his second wife, Lemira 
Eddy. He has two children living. 

Francis A. Wells was born in Leyden, Mass., in 1829, and came to Brat- 
tleboro in 1857, where he still resides. Mr. Wells resided in California about 
five years, and on his return, in 1857, the vessel, the "Central America," was 
wrecked off the coast of South Carolina, and Mr. Wells, in company with two 
others, after iloating on the wheel-house of the wrecked vessel for sixteen 
hours, were picked up by a Norwegian barque. 

Alexander G. Allen, a native of Boston, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 
1830, and carried on the cabinet making business here. In 1837 he went to 
Pensacola, Fla., where he died of yellow fever, in November, 1839. He mar- 
ried CordeUa Brooks, daughter of Samuel M. Brooks, and reared two children, 
Henry J. and Alexander G., both of whom reside here. Mrs. Allen died in 
May, 1880. 

Samuel M. Brooks, from West Springfield, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 
1815, locating upon the Fort Dummer farm. He reared seven children and 
died in March, 1854, aged sixty-four years. Simon, son of Samuel M., was 
born on the old farm, November 22, 1815, married Mary Spring and has 
reared five children. 

William Gould was born here in 1814, learned the gas fitters and plumber's 
trade, and when seventeen years of age began the manufacture of copper 
pumps, which business he has followed since, at one time also manufacturing 
lead pipe. He has done the plumbing work of the Vermont Asylum for the 
Insane ever since that institution was established. 

William A. Con ant, born at Concord, Mass., in 1804, came to Brattleboro 
in 1829, and has resided here since, being, for the past forty years, engaged in 
the manufacture of violins. He married Harriet E. Salisbury and has reared 
eight children. 

Benjamin F. Bingham, who has been principal of the Brattleboro High 
school since 1863, was born in Cornwall, Vt., April 7, 1824. He began his 
career as a teacher by instructing a common school in his native town. 
He then taught a select school two or three years, at West Cornwall, when, 
having received an invitation to teach in West Rutland, he was at the head 
of a flourishing school there for eight years. 

Adolphus Stebbins, son of Levi, was born at West Brattleboro, November 
II, 1779. Mr. Stebbins was a wagon maker, and, it is said, made the first 
wagon ever built in this town. He carried on that business at West Brat- 
tleboro until 1832, when he came to the East village and built the shop now 
occupied by son, J. H. Stebbins. 

Hon. Parley Starr was born at Colchester, Vt, August 20, 1813, Hved sev- 
eral years at Milton, and finally, at the age of twenty-one years, started out 
into the world to make his own way. Coming to Jacksonville, in Windham 
county, he began work at the tanner's trade, and in the course of a few years 



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was at the head of a large leather manufactory. He represented the town of 
Whitingham in the legislature of 1852 '56 and '72, was a member of the State 
senate in 1859-60, was a justice of the peace eleven years, trustee of the 
Provident Institution for Savings five years, and a director of the Brattleboro 
Bank seventeen years. In 1862 he opened a recruiting office for enlisting 
volunteers and was appointed a State agent to look after and provide for 
the families of absent soldiers. In 1873 he began a permanent residence 
[n Brattleboro and has been president of the People's National Bank since 
its organization. Mr. Starr married Clarissa Blanchard, of Whitingham, and 
has four children living. 

Elihu H. Thomas was born in Worcester, Mass., October 30, 1802, and 
when quite young came to Brattleboro to reside with his uncle, EHhu Hotch- 
kiss. He married Abigail Bangs, in 1824, and reared nine children, five of 
whom are now living. Elihu H. Jr., in Brattleboro. Mr. Thomas was a very 
enterprising man. He learned paper manufacturing and at one time had a 
mill in Brattleboro, one at Hinsdale, N. H., and one in Ohio, where he also 
manufactured pins and combs, and also a fanning-mill factory in Brattleboro. 
At one time he had a tannery here, near the present site of the depot, and 
was also the first to take daguerreotypes in this locality. In 1832 he was sent 
to England and France, in the interest of paper manufacturers, to study their 
process of manufacture, where he remained two years. In 1848 he went to 
Boston, where he was engaged in perfecting a sewing machine. In i860 he 
went to CaUfornia, where he engaged in hotel keeping, the manufacture of 
mining machinery andin other enterprises. About 1874 he returned to Ver- 
mont, locating at North Bennington, where he died February 8, 1876. Mrs. 
Thomas died August 4, 1867, in California. 

Jesse Hadley was one of the early settlers of Brattleboro, locating in the* 
northeastern part of the town. Jesse, Jr., was born here in 1782, married 
Abigail Fletcher, reared a family of eight children, and died in 1840. Only 
one of his three surviving sons, Hannibal, is residing in Brattleboro. He 
was born here in 181 2, and carried on a butchering business from 1832 to 

1875- 

Edward A. Stearns was born at Warwick, Mass., in 1806, and came to 

Brattleboro in 1831. In 1841 he purchased a rule factory of S. M. Clark, 

and was engaged in the manufacture of rules until his death, July 29, 1856. 

Mr. Stearns married Elizabeth C. Salisbury, in 1834, who still resides here, 

with her only son, Edward A., born in 1839. 

Jonathan Herrick was born at Beverly, Mass., September 26, 1743, came 

to Brattleboro among its early settlers, married Mehitable French, and reared 

a family of twelve children — six sons and six daughters. The sixth son, Seth, 

was born in Brattleboro, April 16, 1786; he married Melinda Coughlan, in 

18 1 5, by whom he reared two sons and two daughters. She died in 1842, 

andin 1844 he married Sarah A. Potter, by whom he reared five children. 

Mr. Herrick died June 16, 1848. Mrs. Herrick is still Hving. Of the chil- 



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dren residing in Brattleboro are John N., a farmer, Ellen C, wife of A. W. 
Stowe, and Seth N. The latter was born September 20, 1819, was educated 
at the West Brattleboro academy, and has been engaged most of his life in 
mercantile pursuits, a portion of the time in New York city. He has held 
the office of collector of taxes from 1862 to 1875, deputy sheriff and col- 
lector from i86r to 1868 and from 1870 to the present time, high sheriff in 
1869 and '70, selectman continuously from 1868 to the present time, and rep- 
resented the town in the legislature of 1866-67. 

George E. Crowell was born at Manchester, N. H., September 29, 1834. 
When two years of age his parents moved to Concord, N. H., and soon after 
to Hopkinton, N. H., where George received the educational advantages of 
only the common schools. In 1854 his father died, after which he assisted 
his mother in carrying on their little farm, until 1866, when he came to Brat- 
tleboro to edit the agricultural department of the Record atid Farmer. Two 
years later he established the Household Magazifie, which he has since 
conducted with such unusual ability and success (see page 55), and has 
also engaged in various manufacturing and village improvement enterprises. 
Remarried Miss Mary L. Spencer, daughter of Elijah Spencer, of Brattleboro, 
March 14, 1872, and has four children, — Christie, born January 24, 1873; 
Herbert S., born February 24, 1874; Esther L., born October 8, 1876; and 
Percy V., born January 21, 1884. 

Benajah Dudley, Sen., came to Brattleboro, from Killingworth, Conn., 
about 1787, locating upon the farm now owned by John P. Liscom, on road 
42. After two or three changes of location he finally settled in West Brat- 
tleboro, where he remained until his death, in 1850. His wife, Elizabeth Red- 
field, died in 1846. Their family consisted of seven children, as follows: 
Linus, born in 1786; Benajah, born in 1791; Roswell, born in 1794; 
Elizabeth, born in 1799 ; Freedom, born in 1801 ; Thankful, born in 1805 ; 
and Sybil, born in 1809. The only one now living is Capt. Benajah, who 
received his title from being captain of a militia company. He married 
Patience Harris, of this town, February 10, 181 9, who bore him six children, 
all girls. Capt. Dudley has been quite noted as a school teacher in this part 
of the State, seeming to have possessed just the amount of government and 
executive ability for the old-time school. He is now, at the age of ninety- 
three years, bright in intellect and unusually robust for one of that great age. 

Timothy Adkins was born in Connecticut, July 5, 1793. In 1808 he came 
to Guilford, Vt., and learned the hatter's trade of James Fosdick, and sub- 
sequently carried on the business in Chester, Vt., several years. In 1818 he 
married Lucinda Graves, of Guilford, and located in West Brattleboro, where 
he carried on the hatter's trade and kept a general store for a number of 
years. Two of his family of four children, John F., and Diantha L. Arms, 
are living. 

John Thomas came from London, Eng., in 1792, and after a year's resi- 
dence in Boston, located in Brattleboro. upon the farm now owned by his 



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grandson, George H., on road 13. Here he carried on a brewery for a time, 
but died in 1805. His son George now resides on the old homestead. Another 
son, Joshua, resides in Ohio. 

Calvin Sargent, son of Thomas, was born in this town, on road 11, Nov. 9, 
1763. He married Abigail Miller, of Dummerston, and settled upon the 
farm now owned by J. N. Balistier, on road 10, where he died in 1834. Mrs. 
Sarcrent died in 1849. Three of their nine children, Alfred, Olive and Electa, 
now reside in the town, one. Nelson, resides in Denver, Col., and one, 
Mrs. Fanny Miller, in Bangor, N. Y. 

Ransom Covey, was born at Acton, Vt., and came to Brattleboro about 
18 1 9, locating upon the farm now owned by his daughter, Almira L., wife of 
M. R. Robbins, where he died, in 1867. Of his children now living, are 
Almira L., above mentioned, Edson A., and Calista L., wife of Josiah Put- 
nam, of Annawan, 111. 

Jonathan Dunklee, with two brothers, Robert and Joseph, from Brimfield, 
Conn, came to Brattleboro among its earliest settlers. Jonathan settled on 
road 4, upon the farm now owned by his great-grandson, Edward C, the 
old homestead never having been owned out of the family. Jonathan started 
for the battle of Bennington, but it was over before he got there. He married 
Sarah Scott, and reared ten children. At one time, it is related, Mrs. Dunk- 
lee while on a horse-back journey to the western part of the town, was 
chased by wolves, and only escaped by climbing into the branches of a trees, 
when the horse made his way home and the family came to her rescue. Solo- 
mon, son of Jonathan, was born on the old farm, in 1783. He married Anna 
Gould, reared four children, Clarissa, Edward C, Ruth and Martha, and died 
January 7, 1865. Edward L. was born January 27, 1814, married Abigail 
Newton, widow of Calvin Gould, and reared two children. 

Benjamin Chamberlain, from Winchester, Mass., made the first settlement 
on the farm novv owned by Charles Whitaker, on road i. He reared a family 
of fourteen children. His son Cyrus was born here, reared nine children 
and died in 1867, aged seventy-one years. Luke, another son, died here in 
1883, aged ninety years. 

Abel Carpenter was one of the earliest settlers in the western part of the 
town. He came from Rhode Island in 1785 and located upon a farm on 
road 19. He was twice married, reared twelve children, and died August 8, 
1862. His son Humphrey carried on the old farm until his death, May 17, 
1883, the house now standing thereon having been built by Abel in 1800. 
Humphrey married Almira Joy and reared four children, two of whom, 
Andrew D. and Ida, are now living on the old homestead with their mother. 
James Carpenter, a cousin of Abel, located on foad 33 at an early date, upon 
the farm now owned by Clark Stark. He reared a large family of children, 
but the family removed to Ohio many years ago. 

Joseph Haywood, from Winchester, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1793, 
and located on road 44, upon the farm now owned by G. W. Ward. He 



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reared eight children, and died in 1857, aged ninety years. Two of the chil- 
dren are living, Sally, widow of B. F. Harris, born August 15, 1792, and 
Nancy, wife of T. J. Holland, of Townshend. 

Samuel Warriner, for many years a justice of the peace here, came from 
Wilbraham, Mass., in 1774, and located on the old Warriner homestead, on 
road 46. He reared a family of ten children. Daniel, son of Samuel, born 
on the old homestead in 1785, married Mary Richardson, reared eight chil- 
dren, and died in 1866. Since the latter's death his son Henry has occupied 
the old farm. The house thereon was built by Samuel in 1800, it having 
took seventy men to raise the frame, which is all made of hard wood. 

Jabez Wood, from Rehoboth, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1776, locating 
on road 45, though he was offered the land where the East village now is 
for twenty cents an acre. Only one of his ten children are hving, Israel, 
born August 24, 1801. He has reported the weather record for the Brattle- 
boro papers since 1838. Aaron, son of Jabez, was born on the old farm, 
now owned by his son, John S., May 18, 1791, married Relief Stoddard, and 
died May 22, 1875. His wife died September 24, 1851. 

Thomas Akley, a Revolutionary soldier, came to this town from Boston, 
Mass., just after the close of 'the war, and made the first settlement on the 
farm now owned by his grandson, Henry, on road 39, where he reared four- 
teen children. Almon, son of Thomas, born on the old farm in 1790, mar- 
ried Harriet Fessenden, for his first wife, by whom he had eight children, 
and for his second wife, Mrs. Florinda Church, who survives him, he having 
died in 1879. His son Henry, born in 1830, and who now occupies the 
old homestead, married Florinda E. Church and has two children, Eugene 
H. and Ida F. He is the present third selectman of the town. 

John Field, a descendant of Zachariah Field who came to Dorchester, 
Mass., in 1629 or '30, from England, was born in Amherst, Mass., May 18, 
1740, and came to Brattleboro about 1785, locating upon the farm now 
owned by O. L. Miner, the house he occupied being still in existence, on 
road 47. He married Rachel Wells, reared six children, and died in 1819, 
His son David, born in 1789, was a shoemaker and settled at West Brattle- 
boro. He married Pattie Wood. Only one of his three children, Mary L., 
wife of Hannibal Hadley, of Brattleboro, is living. David died June 19, 
1819. 

Col. George W. Hooker was born at Salem, N. Y., February 6, 1838, and 
when three years of age came with his widowed mother to Londonderry, Vt., 
where he remained until fifteen years of age, when he went to Bellows Falls 
and entered the employ of Mr. Flint as a traveling salesman, remaining there 
until the opening of the war, in 186 1. In August of that year he entered the 
4th Vt. Vols, as a private, and soon after was made a sargeant-major; was 
2d and ist lieutenant in 1862, and then placed by order of Gen. Franklin on 
the staff of Gen. Stoughton, as A. D. S. ; thence on the staff of Gen. George 
J. Stannard; was dangerously wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; pro- 
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raoted by order of the secretary of war for gallant conduct, to assistant adju- 
tant of volunteers, and was co:nmissioned captain by the president, served 
thence as chief of staff of Gen. Charles Devens, and was breveted major and 
lieutenant-colonel, for meritorious conduct in front of Richmond; and was 
engaged in nearly all the battles iit which the army of the Potomac took part, 
being mustered out of service in January, 1866. Since the war he has been 
actively engaged in manufacturing and banking interests at Brattleboro, and 
also served on the staff of Governor Proctor in 187S-80 ; was delegate at 
large in the Republican national convention at Chicago; member of Repub- 
lican national committee, also member of executive committee and assistant 
secretary; member of Vermont legislature. 1880-82; department commander 
of G. A. R., 1880-81, and of Boys in Blue, department of Vermont; and 
was also unanimously elected judge advocate general of tlie State, by the legis- 
lature in joint session. In 1883 he was elected sergeant-at-arms, of the house 
of representatives, at Washington, for the 47th congress. 

James Fisk, son of Samuel, was born at 
Smithfield, R. I., and when three years of age 
removed with his parents to Adams, Mass. 
Subsequently he 'was engaged in a manufac- 
turing business there until 1837, when he re- 
moved to Bennington, remained one year, 
then came to Brattleboro and resided here 
until his death, June 4, 1883. Mr. Fisk also 
sold goods on the road with his son James, 
twenty-four years, and was somewhat noted as 
an inventor. He built the old Revere House 
in 1849, opened it as a temperence hotel in 
1850, but was obliged to give up the enterprise 
for want of patronage. He married Leone, 
daughter of Stephen Greenlief, of Brattleboro, their only living child being 
the wife of George W. Hooker. Their son James was noted as an extensive 
railroad and steamboat operator. 

Stephen Greenlief was one of the early settlers of the town, coming here 
from Boston, Mass., in 1868, or '69. He purchased a tract of about 800 acres 
of land, built a log hoyse where the American House now stands, which he 
used as a hotel and store, and resided here until his death, rearing a large 
family of children. Stephen Jr., was born in Boston, in 1758, came to Brat- 
tleboro with his father, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen years he 
enlisted in the Revolutionary army and was at the Battle of Bennington. He 
settled in West Brattleboro, and resided there until his death. Mrs. Love 
Fisk, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. George W, Hooker, was his second 
wife. Stephen, Jr., built the first saw and grist-mill in the place. 

Nathan Miller, son of William, was born in Dummerston in 1795, married 
Philinda Buck, and resided on the old homestead, carrying on the business of 




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farming, and harness making until 1832, when he came to Brattleboro and 
carried on the harness business here until his death, December 19, 1871. By 
his first wife he had nine children, two of whom, Nathan W. and Emma, are 
living, in this town. He married for his second wife Anna Works, of Put- 
ney, by whom he had one child, Fred W., who now carries on the harness busi- 
ness here. 

William McCune (now spelled Cune) came from Massachusetts at an early 
date and located near the center of the town. He raised a company and 
served in the Revolutionary war, and resided here until his eath, rearing a 
large family of children. His sons, Isaac, William and John, settled in the 
town. John married Sally Harris and resided on the homestead until his 
death. His son, William P., born July 16, 1807, married Mary Ann 
Goodhue and reared three children, William, Mary and Julia, none of 
whom are now living. He has been a merchant here about forty years, and 
is now president of the Vermont National Bank. 

William Howard Bigelow was born in Easton, Washington county, N. Y. 
December 21, 1829. His father was a native of Hudson, N. Y., of which 
town he was supervisor for many years, and was also a member of the New 
York Legislature. William H. remained with his father until seventeen years 
of age, attended school in the meantime, and graduated from Williams college, 
Mass., in 1852. After his graduation he taught during the fall term in the 
Erattleboro academy, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Wil- 
lard Arms. The following winter, 1852-53, he assisted the Rev. James 
Tuft'ts in Munroe academy, Mass., and after commencing the spring term 
was interrupted in his work by an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. Fol- 
lowing the advice of his medical attendants, he abandoned all literary and 
professional hopes and sought an active out-door life in the West. For a 
time he was with a corps of engineers, but finally located in Sioux City, Iowa, 
where he organized the firm of Bigelow & White, commencing the real estate 
and banking business, in 1856. In 1864 he went to Chicago, 111., and 
became a member of the firm of Bigelow Bros., manufacturers and dealers 
in lumber. In 1874 he came to West Brattleboro and located on the Hayes 
place, the ancestral home of his wife, and where he died, August 12, 1882. 
Mr. Bigelow married Mary Ann Hayes, daughter of Dea. Russell Hayes, 
November 18, 1856, a fruit of the union being two sons, Russell Anson, born 
June 2, 1859, and WiUiam H., Jr., born July 22, 1861. Mrs. Bigelow still 
occupied the old homestead, a cut of which appears on page 122. 

Levi Goodenough came to Brattleboro from South Hadley, Mass., in 1774, 
and located upon the farm now owned by his grandson, a son of Dwight, on 
road 41. He married Margaret Frazier, reared eleven children, only one of 
whom, Alonzo, is living, and died in September, 1848, aged eighty-three years. 
Winsor Goodenough, son of Levi, born on the old homestead in Decem- 
ber, 1800, married Elizabeth, daughter of Orrin Pratt, and reared three sons, 
Dwight, J. P., and Simon. Winsor died in 1862. His widow, born De- 



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cember 4, 1803, resides on the old homestead. Alonzo, son of Levi, born 
July 31, 1808, married Relief Plummer and reared three children, all living, 
one, Alonzo, having manufactured brick here for many years, making the first 
brick used in the construction of the Vermont Insane Asylum buildings. 

Samuel Earl, one of the early settlers in the western part of the town, was 
born in Lancaster, Mass., July 30, 1765. His parents moved to Guilford, 
Vt., soon after, while he came to Brattleboro in 1787, and bought the farm now 
owned by Mellen C. Goodenough. He married Sarah Wilder, in 1789, who 
was born in Guilford, Vt., March 23, 1768. They lived in a log house until 
1793, when he built a frame house, which is now standing, occupied by the 
present owner. He lived and died on the old place where he first settled, 
dying May 20, 1854. His wife died November 10, 1843. Of their children 
Rachel died in infancy ; Alpheus married and left town ; Newhall died in 
youth; Samuel, born April 19, 1796, remained on the home farm, was an 
energetic man and knew how to make a success of farming. For several 
years he owned the largest dairy in town. He was a man of sound judgment, 
and often held ofiices of public trust. He married Lydia Marsh, who 
was born in Plymouth, Vt., June 8, 1803, and died March 17, 187 1. Samuel 
died March 20, 1870. Rnfus married and left town. Sarah was born De- 
cember 27, 1800, and was married September 24, 1822, to Asa Marsh, who 
was born in Plymouth, Vt., December 27, 1798. She lived, with the excep- 
tion of a few years, in town, and died here. Phoebe was born December 31, 
1803. married Otis Lynde, and lived and died in town. Angelina married 
and left town. 

Arad Stockwell, son of Perez, was born in Marlboro, Vt., May 18, i7"3. 
He married Sally Harris^ of Brattleboro, June i, 1797, and a few years after 
came to Brattleboro, locating upon what is now the town poor farm, re- 
sided there until 1836. then moved to road 32, upon the farm now owned by 
his daughter, Mrs. S. P. Miller, where he died, February i, 1856. His 
widow, or "Aunt Sally," as she was familiarly called, died September 21, 1883, 
aged over 104 years, retaining her mental faculties until the last. They reared 
seven children, five of whom are living, as follows : Maria, widow of Alfred 
Simonds, Cynthia A., widow of W. H. Gould, Sabrina, widow of John B. Mil- 
ler, and Arad H., in Brattleboro; and Calista R., wife of Lucius Fox, in 
Wilmington. Asaph, son of Perez Stockwell, was born in Marlboro, married 
Lucy Harris, a sister of Sally, and settled in the western part of this town. 
He reared a family of nine children, and died about thirty years ago. 

Royal Gladden, born in England in 1769, came to Brattleboro in 1799, and 
settled in the western part of the town. He married Martha Roberts (his 
second wife), reared seven children, and died in 1847. His wife died in 1832. 
Two of the children, Martha G., widow of Jacob Dunklee, Jr., and Elizabeth, 
wife of Daniel Esterbrook, now reside here. 

John, son of John Weatherhead, was born in Guilford, July 16, 1808, mar- 
ried Olive Rockwell, and a few years after his marriage came to Brattleboro, 



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where he has resided since, being an extensive dealer in Hve stock. He has 
two children, Luke H., and Hiram F. 

Asa Wheeler came to Brattleboro, from Warwick, Mass., in the spring of 
1849, and the following year commenced the manufacture of edged tools, and 
the subsequently, in company with his son, G. B., added the manufacture of 
skates. In i860 his factory was carried away by a freshet, after which he 
commenced the manufacture of counter sinks, which continued several years. 
He died November 12, 1880, aged seventy-seven years. His son, G. B., is 
now a Baptist clergyman of East Hardwick, Vt. 

Ebenezer Fisher came to Brattleboro, from Massachusetts, when there were 
but fourteen families in the town. He first located on road 28, then removed 
to the farm just south of the same, the deed of which, now in the possession 
of his grandson, Wilder E., bears the date April 9, 1770. Upon this farm he 
resided until his death, in 1831, aged ninety years. He reared a family of 
fourteen children. Ebenezer, Jr., born here in 1777, resided ontheoldfarm 
and manufactured brick many years. He married Lucy Fisher and reared 
ten children, and died September i, 1836. Three of his children are living — 
Hussell F., in Chester, Vt. ; Sybil, widow of Ezra Shepard, in Jamaica; and 
Ehas W., residing at Centerville. He married Lectana Weatherhead, of 
Guilford, and reared two children, Adaline and Chester L. 

Willard, son of Isaiah Richardson, came here with his father, in 1797. when 
an infant. He subsequently settled upon the farm now owned by Joseph H. 
Plummer, reared five children^ and died in 1883. 

Leonard Bemis came to Brattleboro, from Weston, Mass., about 1825. 
He reared a family of five children. Joseph, his brother, came two years 
later and still resides here. He was born in 1803, married Debora Gleason, 
and has three children. 

Isaiah Richardson, a native of Petersham, Mass., came to this town in 
1800, locating on what is now the town farm. He had a family of two sons, 
Isaiah and Willard, and five girls, Matilda, Margaret, Esther, Mary, and 
Alvira. He died March 15, 1830. Isaiah, Jr., was eight years old when he 
came to Brattleboro with his father, and has been a resident of the town most 
of the time since, though he now resides in Massachusetts. He married 
Betsey Stearns, of Brattleboro, and reared seven sons and three daughters. 
Only one of the children, William F., now resides in town. 

Dea. Joshua Wilder came to Brattleboro, from Westminster, at an early day, 
when there was but one house where the village now is. He located upon the 
farm now occupied by his grandchildren, George A., James R., and Marshall. 
He reared twelve children, and died March 21, 1828, aged ninety-four years. 
Solomon, son of Joshua, married Lovina Miller, of Dummerston, settled on 
the old farm, and reared nine children. He died March 16, 1832. Four of 
the children are now living, George A., Marshall and James R., on the old 
homestead, and Deacon Joseph in Brattleboro. 

Of the soldiers of 1776 who have lived in Brattleboro, were the following : — 
Oliver Chapin, Reuben Church, Obadiah Gill, WilUam Harris, James Den- 



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nis, Daniel Harris, Isaac Pratt, Oliver Jones, Ichabod King, Daniel Stearns, 
David Wells, Thomas Akely, Samuel Bennet, Joe] Bolster, William Butter- 
field, John Bemis, Jabez Clark, Benjamin Chamberlain,. Benajah Dudley, 
Warren Esterbrooks, Salathiel Harris, Elihue Hotchkiss, Income^! Jones, --firo=- 
•flaer Jenks, Joseph Joy, Elias Jones, Israel Jones, Thaddeus Miller, John Kel- 
sey, Hezekiah Salisbury, Levi Shumway, Sylvanus Sartwell, Reuben Stearns, 
Thomas Simpson, Nathaniel Sampson, Samuel Willington, Lemuel Thomp- 
son, William King, Cushing King, Royal Tyler, and John Alexander, 

During the late civil war the town furnished men as follows : Of officers, 
forty; of privates, second Vermont regiment, fifty-five; third, twenty ; fourth, 
thirtv-seven ; fifth, two ; sixth, three; seventh, three ; eighth, twenty-three; 
ninth, eighteen; tenth, one; eleventh, eleven; twelfth, two; sixteenth, forty- 
three; seventeenth, two; sharp-shooter^?, eight; first cavalry, twenty-five; U. 
S. Colored Vols., three ; twelfth U. S. infantry, two ; navy, ten ; other State 
organizations, seven ; and of substitutes, fifty-five, making a total of 370 men. 

CHURCHES. 

The First Congregational church, located at West Brattleboro. — The first 
religious worship ever held in the town was probably at FortDummer; where 
Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdale was chaplain from 1728 to 1742 ; and again in 
1748, Andrew Gardner is mentioned as chaplain of a company at the same 
place. The first religious service ever held in the county, however, was 
probably the service held by Rev. John Williams, one of the Indian captives 
from Deerfield, at the mouth of William's river, in Rockingham, in 1704 (see 
page 27). In 1770, Rev. Abner Reeve, from Hadley, was appointed the 
first settled minister of the town, and during that year the Congregational 
church of West Brattleboro was organized. Mr. Reeve was of the order 
called the N. E. Calvinistic Congregational, a graduate of Yale college, and 
father of Judge Tapping Reeve, who founded the celebrated law school at 
Litchfield, Conn., and who was principal of that institution as late as i8r6. 
Mr. Reeve continued his labors with the society until 1794, and died in 
1798, as the headstone at his grave, near where stood the old meeting-house 
in which he officiated, testifies, in the following inscription : — 

Rev. Abner Reeve, 

Died May the i6th, 1798, 

in the 91 year of his age. 

" Farewell, dear friends, 
We part in pain ; 
But hope to live 
And meet again." 

About the time Mr. Reeve was sinking under the infirmities of age, Rev» 
William Wells settled in town. He was a native of Biggleswade, in England, 
and had been for twenty-three years a dissenting minister at Brownsgrove, 
in Worcestershire, Eng. He was at once invited to take the spiritual charge 
of the church and society, and entered upon his work in March, 1794. In 



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March, 1814, Mr. Wells gave up his charge, the care of the whole town being 
too much for his advanced years and infirm health. He was succeeded by 
Rev. Caleb Burge, who officiated from 1814 to 181 9. Rev. Jedediah L. 
Stark officiated from 1821 to 1839; Rev. Corbin Kidder from 1839 to 1845 l 
Rev. Joseph Chandler from 1845 to 1870, the present pastor being Rev. C. H. 
Merrill. Of the early church, the Rev. Lewis Grout, of West Brattleboro, in 
an historical discourse delivered December 31, 1876, speaks as follows: — 

" Among these points of interest maybe reckoned a few facts and traditions 
respecting the first meeting-house. The house stood about eight rods west of the 
old cemetery, half a mile northward of the Harris hill, three or four rods north- 
ward from the present Smith Miller line, or about ten rods westward from the 
Rev. Abner Reeve's grave. The spot is marked by a small hollow or basin, 
as if there were a cellar under the building; and on the westerly border of 
the basin is a good sized boulder, as if this stone might have been, at one 
time, a part of the foundation. The house was gambrel-roofed, and it is said 
to have been built by the town ; but as to the exact time we have no certain 
record. "Thompson's Gazetteer" says it was small, and built in 1772. In the 
historical address given by Charles K. Field, Esq., at the Brattleboro cen- 
tennial celebration, on the 4th of July last, the orator spoke of it as reputed 
to have been built of logs^ like a block-house, in 1770. In the record of the 
annual meeting of the town in March, 1771, it is said that John Houghton 
was chosen surveyor of the road from the Wind-falls to the meeting-house, 
which is proof that there was such a house at that time ; and the records of 
the town speak of a meeting of the town as held there in April, 1772. Quite 
likely there may have been a block-house of logs, used for a time at least, for 
public worship, until another, which seems to have been a regular framed 
house, could be built. But whether the really first place of worship, built and 
used in this town, was made of logs, or not, I think there can hardly be a 
doubt that what is generally called the first meeting-house was a framed 
building, and that it was erected as early as the year 1 771 or 1772. It will 
be remembered that when steps were taken for the building of a new house, 
near the site of the one we now occupy, the town authorized the selling of 
the old one to Mr. Israel Smith ; and some of the older inhabitants of our 
day tell us it was taken down and moved about a mile to the northward, to 
the Hapgood or Kittredge place, this side of the Dunklee homestead, there 
set up and occupied for some years as a dwelling house, and finally consumed 
by fire. It is also said that the porch of it was brought down and used for 
some years by Samuel EUiot, Esq., as a lawyer's office, and that this part of 
it is still extant in the first or ground story of the house at the east end of 
this village, just the other side of the covered bridge, and now owned by Mrs. 
Streeter." 

In 1785 a large, convenient church building was erected, which was de- 
stroyed by fire February 2, 1845. The present building was soon after com- 
menced. It is a wood structure, capable of seating 350 persons, and is said ' 
to have cost $2,750.00, though it is now valued, including grounds, at $7,- 
500.00. The society now has 190 members. 

T/ie Center Congregational church, located on Main street, East village. — 
Sometime previous to the resignation of Rev. Mr. Wells, the East village had 
commenced a rapid, thriving growth. Mr. Wells, whose residence was near 
by, had been in the habit of officiating two or three times a month at the 



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East village, in the old school-house, then standing on the village common. 
The room proving too small for the meetings, however, a proposition was 
made that a house of worship should be erected, in which services should be 
held a part of the time, without dividing the parish ; but this plan did not 
meet with general favor in the town, so it was determined to form a new 
society, erect a church building, and invite Mr. Wells to be their minister. 



t=f i 




(CENTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BRATTLEBORO, VT.) 

Accordingly fourteen members withdrew from the church at West Brattleboro, 
and July 15, 1816, the new church was organized, with Rev. William Wells as 
pastor, and John Holbrook as deacon. 

Grindall R. Ellis, Esq., deeded to the society the land now known as the 
village common, on condition that the new edifice be located there. The 
society acted in conformity with these conditions, and the new edifice was 
dedicated August 22, 1816. Rev. Samuel Willard, of Deerfield, offering the 
dedicatory prayer, and Rev. Mr. Samuel Pratt, of Westmoreland, the con- 
cluding prayer. In 1842, the society finding their church building very much 



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out of repair, and situated too far north for the convenience of a large por- 
tion of the congregation, concluded to remove it to Main street, and enlarge 
the building. This was accordingly done, the building being removed to the 
site it now occupies, upon land deeded by the heirs of Francis Gootlhue, 
Esq., for the purpose. By this act they forfeited the right to the lands they 
had previously occupied. The new building was dedicated January ii, 1843, 
the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D. D., of Keene, 
N. H., and the dedicatory prayer offered by Rev. Amos Foster, of Putney. 
The building will comfortably seat 600 persons, and is valned, including 
grounds, at $25 000.00. During the short ministry of Mr. Wells, the society 
was increased by the addition ot seventy-eight members, and it now has 281 
members. Mr. Wells officiated as pastor only three years, thus closing his 
long ministry of sixty years. He died at his home,jn December, 1827, aged 
eighty-three years. His successors have been Rev. Jonathan McGee, from 
January 13, 1819, to September 10, 1834; Rev. Charles Walker, from Jan- 
uary I, 1835, to February 11, 1846; Rev. A. H. Clapp, from October 14, 
1846, to November 15, 1853 ; Rev. George P. Tyler, from November 16, 
1853, to 1866; Kev. N. Mighill, from October, 1867, to 1875 ; Rev. George 
L. Walker, to January i, 1878; Rev. George E. Martin, July i, 1878; Rev. 
S. A. Martin, July 9, 1879, and was dismissed September 6, 1883. The pres- 
ent pastor is Rev. Samuel H. Lee. 

The Brattleboro Unitarian Cotigregationa/ Society,\oc3ttdi on Main street. — 
After the death of Rev. Mr. Williams, a large number of the members of the 
Congregational society, then under the charge of Rev. Jonathan McGee, 
became dissatisfied with him as their pastor on account of certain doctrines 
which he preached, and because he refused to exchange pulpit services with 
several clergymen with whom Rev. Mr. Wells had been accustomed to 
hold ministerial exchange. They finally withdrew from that society and 
formed a new society, known by the name of the " Brattleboro Unitarian 
Congregational Society." The organization of this society was effected in 
1 83 1, and a house of worship was erected on Main street during that year 
and finished early the next year. It was dedicated February 22, 1832. Rev. 
George W. Hosmer, of Northfield, Mass., preaching the sermon. On the 
same day Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D. D., of Lancaster, Mass., and other 
clergymen being present, the following persons, Eben Wells, Mary Wells, 
Samuel A. Allen, Maria Allen, Lenmel Whitney, Sophia Whitney, S. D. 
Chapin, Eliza Hyde, and Eunice Metcalf, united themselves into a Christian 
church, adopting and subscribing the same covenant which had been used 
under the ministry of Dr. Wells, and which .. as at that time still in use in the 
Congregational church, under the charge of Mr. McGee. The church was 
enlarged from time to time by the addition of other members. On the Sun- 
day succeeding the dedication of the church, Mr. Addison Brown, who had 
been preaching several months at Troy, N. Y., where he had organized a 
society, on invitation of the prudential committee of the society, commenced 



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supplying the pulpit as a candidate, and after preaching about three months 
he received an invitation to settle as pastor of the church and accepted the 
same, his engagement at first being for three years. At the expiration of that 
time he renewed his engagement to supply the pulpit for five years, and after 
the expiration of that time his engagement was made annually during the 
remainder of his pastorate, which terminated near the close of 1845, he hav- 
ing preached for the society for nearly fourteen years in succession, with the 




(UNITARIAN CONGREGATrONAL CHURCH, BRATTLEBORO, VT.) 

exception of a few months' interruption on account of sickness. Since the 
close of his ministry to the society they have been supplied by a great num- 
ber and variety of preachers, some foi a brief period, others for a longer time. 
Those who have supplied the pulpit for the longest periods are Rev. G. G. 
Ingersoll, D. D., now deceased, who preached for the society at several times ; 
Rev. Farrington Mclntire, who was ordained as pastor of the society, April 
7, 1847, and closed his ministry at the end of that year ; Rev. John L. Russell, 
who continued with the society several months,; Rev. Mellish I. Motte, Rev. 
Solon W. Bush, and Rev. Francis C. Williams, each of whose ministry was 
three years or more : Rev. F. Frothingham, who was the society's pastor for 



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over two years, and Rev. H. N. Richardson, who supplied the desk foraUttle 
more than half a year. The present pastor is Rev. S. M. Crothers. The 
stone church erected by this society in 1874-75, surpasses in durability and 
as a fine specimen of church architecture, anything of the kind in this place. 
It will comfortably seat 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at 
$50,000.00, its original cost being $40,000.00. 

Sf. MichaeVs Episcopal church, located on Main street. — Regular Episco- 
pal services began to beheld in Brattleboro, at "Dickinson's Hall," in 1836, 
when a society was formed, under the name of St. Peter's, with some hopes 
of permanency. Rev. Charles Devens, a talented, promising young man acting 
as rector. Hon. John Phelps and family, prominent actors in commencing 
this enterprise, moved to Maryland soon after its organization, thus withdraw- 
ing an influence that the infant society could ill afford to lose. After about 
two years services were held only occasionally, and then usually conducted 
at some place hired for the purpose, by the rector, three miles distant, at 
East Guilford. In 1852 accessions to the population of believers in this 
faith began to increase. In 1853 the society was re-organized, under its 
present name, services being at first conducted by Rev. G. C. Eastman, in a 
lower room of the town hall. Rev. Mr. Eastman resigned his charge April 
15, 1854. Rev. William Southgate officiated from 1857 to April, i860. Rev. 
A. P. Morris was invited to accept the rectorship October 10, i860. Rev. 
Edmund Rowland occupied the desk in the summer previous to the advent 
of Mr. Morris. Rev. A. P. Morris was from Hamilton, C. W., and was rec- 
tor of this church during most of the time of the late war of the rebeUion. 
October 14, 1864, Rev. G. W. Porter was invited to become rector of the 
parish. He accepted, and resigned after about two years' service. Rev. 
Francis W. Smith accepted an invitation to fill the vacancy, April 3, 1867, 
and resigned December 30, 1868. March 19, 1869, Rev. Mr. Harris ac- 
cepted an invitation of the parish to become its rector, and since November, 
1874, Rev. William H. Collins has held the position. The church building, 
a frame and brick structure, was built in 1854, since which time, however, it 
has received many repairs and much improvement, so that it is now valued, 
including grounds, etc., at $8,000.00, and will seat 250 persons. In 1867 the 
society purchased a rectory, situated on Greene street, at an expense of 
$2,500.00. In 187 I they sold this rectory and purchased a lot on Tyler street, 
upon which, during the same year, a new rectory was built, costing about 
$6,000.00. The society now has 122 communicants. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Brattleboro. — Regular Metho- 
dist services date from the advent of Cyrus Davis, who came to this village 
about 1833, to superintend the printing department of the publishing house 
of Messrs. Holbrook & Co. When we were first made aware of Methodist 
preaching in the East village was in 1834, and Mr. Davis, a firm advocate 
and class leader of the order, was quite prominent in commencing and sus- 
taining these services, which were first held in a small district school-house on 



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Canal street. Between 1835 and '37 the society erected their first house of 
worship. This building was placed near the school-house they at first occu- 
pied on Canal street. Rev. William Brewster was the pastor of this church 
in 1837, and by his excellent character, eloquence and energy, considerable 
advance was made in building up the society. His worthy successor. Elder 
Harding, was also a talented and effective preacher; but the organization 
was not fortunate in members who were able or wiUing to clear oft" the mort- 
gage upon their church, and the advent of the Baptist church, born under its 
roof in 1840, seemed to exhaust the little vitality remaining in the society. 
The meeting-house passed out of their possession into the hands of " Miller- 
ites," so-called, in 1842. The Universalist society next obtained possession 
of this house and occupied it for their denominational purposes until their 
present house of worship was built, in 1850 and '51. The old house was 
then sold to Mr. W. Alexander, who made such alterations as fitted it for a 
private residence. 

The Methodist society was, for a time, a thing of the past; but within seven 
years after their trials with the Millerites, etc., it was made evident that some 
of the " old leaven, hid in three measures of meal," yet remained. The 
society began to improve in both numbers and interest, so that it now has 
250 members, with Rev. A. B. Truax, pastor. Their neat brick church, 
erected in 1880, will comfortably seat 400 persons, and is valued, including 
grounds, at $18,000.00. 

The First Baptist chnrc/i, \ocaXti\ on Main street. — Some of the earliest 
settlers were Baptists, and there was Baptist preaching in the town at a very 
early date. In 1770 an aged Baptist minister by the name of Whipple re- 
moved here from Groton, Conn., where he had been connected with the 
ancient Baptist church of that town, which was formed in 1705. He resided 
" over West river," and occasionally held meetings in his own house, though 
he more frequently preached in Guilford and Halifax. The meetings in his 
house were probably the first Baptist meetings held in town, and were among 
the earliest religious meetings held in this vicinity. Rev. Mr. Reeve, of the 
Congregational church, preached only a part of the time here, during the first 
three years of his ministry, alternating between Brattleboro and Guilford. 
So Rev. Mr. Whipple divided his ministerial labors between Brattleboro, 
Guilford and Halifax. It is supposed that he died here, and that his grave 
is in the burying-ground near the school-house, in the West river district. 

In April, 1772, Dea. Jonathan Pierce removed to Brattleboro from Nor- 
wich, Conn., he and his wife having been members of the church in connec- 
tion with Rev. Mr. W^hipple. His daughter, Esther, was probably the first 
person ever baptized in the town. The ordinance was administered by Rev. 
Ebenezer Bailey, of Westmoreland, N. H., who was pastor of a large and 
respectable Baptist church there from 1773 to 1803. This first baptism was 
in the Connecticut river, near the village, which then consisted of only two or 
three houses. Subsequently, Rev. Mr. Bailey baptized several others in the 



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West river neighborhood, while he and Rev. Beriah Willis, and Rev. Richard 
Williams, of Guilford, occasionally preached There was also Baptist preach- 
ing ffom time to time at the house of Dea. Pierce, a few rods south of the 
cemetery, where he lived and died. 
His grave is a httle further south, 
where some solitary gravestones 
may still be seen in the open field 
Some of his descendants were 
among the first to unite in form 
ing this church, holding fast to the 
faith of their venerable ancestor. 

Previous to 1833 nothing was 
done towards the organization of 
the scattered Baptists m town, a 
considerable number of whom re 
sided in this village and vicinity 
In that year Rev. Joseph M 
Graves, then agent of the Ver 
mont Baptist convention, spent 
some time in visiting them, and 
gathered them into a company 
for maintaining religious meetings 
Twelve persons gave their names 
and entered into engagements for 
this Durpose, and a few others 
were 'subsequently added to the ^"^^t baptist church, brattleboro, vt.) 

number thus pledged. They were supplied by Mr. Graves and neighboring 
ministers, who preached in the school-house on the common. 

In March, 1840, Rev. Emerson Andrews, an evangelist, engaged the 
Methodist chapel and commenced a series of meetings, which resulted, April 
2, 1840, in the organization of the present church. The opening prayer was 
oftered by Rev. D. M. Crane, of North Springfield, the records being made 
by Jacob Estey, as clerk. Twenty-one names were subscribed to the agree- 
ment, and on the two following days, April 3d and 4th, at regular meetings, 
twelve persons were received for baptism, after due examination, and on the 
day following ten were baptized. On April 24th Rev. Joseph Freeman was 
chosen pastor. The first church building was erected on Elliot street, and 
completed in the autumn and winter of 1840-41, and was dedicated the fol- 
lowing spring. The present handsome brick structure, located on Main street, 
was built in 1867. It will seat 600 persons, and is valued, including grounds, 
at $50,000.00. The society now has 525, members, with Rev. F. E. Tower, 
pastor. 

The First Universalist church, located on Canal street. — Universalist 
meetings were held in Wheeler's Hall as early as 1835, by Rev. Charles 




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Woodhouse ; but it was not till May 24, 1843, that the present society was 
organized. Among the original members were Dr. Reuben Spaulding, A. J. 
Hines, J. H. Esterbrook, W. H. Esterbrook, Alford Sinionds, O. J. IVfartin, 
Orin Starkey, Luther Weld, Harvey Houghton, John B. Miller, and Sewall 
Morse. The first meeting house owned by the society was located on the 
corner of Canal and Clark streets, and was purchased by the Millerites in 
May, 1843. It was built and occupied for many years by the Methodists. 
The first settled pastor of the society was Rev. L. J. Fletcher, who began his 
ministry in the early part of 1844. He was succeeded in July, 1846, by Rev. 
John. H. Willis, who remained here only one year. Rev. C. R. Moor assumed 
the pastorate of the society early in 1848, and closed his connection with it in 
February, 1852. 

The present Universalist church was built during his settlement here) 
and will now seat 450 persons, and is valued, including grounds, etc., at 
$5,000.00. It was erected in 1850, and dedicated in February, 1851. 
Rev. H. P. Cufting was settled over the society in May, 1852, and remained 
one year. He was followed, June, 1853, by Rev. Geo. H. Deere, whose 
pastorate extended through seven years. During his ministry the church was 
repainted, in 1857, and through his exertions $500.00 was raised in 1858, for 
Tufts college. Rev. E. Smiley began his labors with the society the first of 
January, 1861, and closed them with the same year. He was succeeded early 
in 1862 by Rev. W. T. Stowe, whose pastorate extended to July, 1864. Rev, 
M. R. Leonard suppUed the desk through the winter of 1864-65. Rev. James 
Eastwood was called to the pastorate September 15, 1865, and resigned Jan. 
3, 1870. Rev. M. H. Harris was settled July i, 1870. During the years of 
Mr. Harris's pastorate, the parish grew to be among the largest and strongest 
in the village, and the largest Universalist parish in the State, having at the 
present time 200 members. In 187 1 the church edifice was enlarged and 
remodeled. The society is now under the pastoral charge of Rev. Elbert W. 
Whitney, who was settled January i, 1880. 

St. Michael's Roman Catholic church, located on Walnut street. — The 
number of Catholic families in this town must have been about fifty when 
the diocese of Burlington was separated from that of Boston. Rev. Z. Druon, 
(now of St. Albans), in 1844, bought an old paint or carpenter shop on Elliot 
street, and fitted it up for a church. Rev. Charles O'Reilly was given charge 
of the mission in 1855, and after a few years came to live in the village. He 
succeeded in building the present neat and substantial church edifice of St. 
Michael, in 1863-64. In 1869, he was succeeded by Rev. Charles Halpin. 
Rev. N. St. Onge had charge of Brattleboro after Rev. Father Halpin. To 
Rev. Henry Lane was due the erection of a Catholic school-house, in 1874, 
the establishment of the house of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for teaching the 
children, the purchase of a parsonage, and ornamenting the church edifice. 
The church now has about 600 communicants, under the pastoral charge of 
Rev. P. Cunningham. 



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The West Brattleboro Baptist church was organized in 1874, as a mission 
of the Baptist church of Brattleboro, Rev. E. A, Voteybeing the first pastor. 
The old Universalist brick church, built in 1834, was purchased and repaired, 
which is now capable. of seating 200 persons, and is valued at $7^200.00. The 
society has seventy-four members, with Rev. Charles R. Powers, pastor. 



BROOKLINE is a small, irregularly outlined town lying in the eastern 
part of the county, in lat. 43" i' and long. 4" 25', bounded north by 
Athens, and east by Westminster and Putney, south by Dummerston, 
and west by Newfane and Townsend, being partly separated from New- 
fane by West river. Its name was derived from Grassy brook, which flows 
through the town in almost a straight line from north to south. The town is 
about eight miles in length and from one half to two and one half miles in 
width, and was incorporated October 30, 1794, being set off from Athens 
and Putney. On October 25, 1804, another part of Putney was annexed, 
and again, November 12, 1820, a small part of Newfane, on the easterly side 
of West river, was annexed, so that the town now has an area of about 
seventeen square miles. 

A deep valley runs through the whole township from north to south, at the 
bottom of which flows Grassy brook, so named from an open meadow near 
its head that the first settlers found when they came here. The stream rises 
in Athens and falls into West river, near the southwestern corner of this town. 
An extensive freshet occurred on this stream on June 20, 1821. The first 
indications of a storm were a small collection of black clouds directly over 
Lilly pond hill in Athens. These clouds gradually collected and gathered 
into a large dark cloud and soon the storm broke, pouring torrents of water 
that passed north through Athens and south through Brookline, carrying 
devastation before it. This is said to be the greatest freshet ever known in 
this vicinity. Along the whole eastern line of the town is an extensive eleva- 
tion, a peak east of the Baptist church rising to an altitude of i,ioo feet. The 
soil of the territory is generally rich and productive, though better adapted to 
grazing than tillage. 

The predominant rock entering into the geological structure of the town 
is calciferoiis mica schist^ though there is considerable gjieiss in the western 
part of the town. Upon the farm of Jacob Bush, on road 12, there are 
springs whose waters are largely impregnated with medicinal qualities. 

In 1880 Brookhne had a population of 205, and in 1882 was divided into 
three school districts and contained two common schools, employing two 
female teachers at an aggregate salary of $194.38.. There were thirty- 
three pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the 
schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $212.18, with C. P. Stickney, 
superintendent. 



l6o TOWN OF BROOKLINE. 



Brookline (p. o. ) is a hamlet located in the central part of the town. 

L. W. Bush's saw and grist-mill, located on road 9, was built in 1869. 
It is opei-ated by water-power, fitted with upright and bench saws, and cuts 
about 75,000 feet of rough lumber per annum. The grist-mill has one 
run of stones for grinding meal and feed, and grinds about 2,500 bushels 
annually. 

The first settlement in Brookline was made about 1777, by Timothy Well- 
man, Leraach Blandin, Cyrus Whitcomb and Jonah and Samuel Moore. 
The first town meeting was held at the house of Ebenezer Harwood, March 
17, 1795, when Peter Benson was chosen moderator and the town was organ- 
ized by electing John Waters, town clerk ; Peter Benson, Lemach Blandin 
and Jotham Stebbins, selectmen ; Abijah Moore, treasurer; Thomas Walker, 
constable and collector; Ebenezer Bugbee, William Hills and John Blandin, 
listers; Benjamin Farmer, leather sealer ; Ebenezer Wellman, grand juror; 
Benjamin Farmer and Ebenezer Bugbee, tythingmen ; Ebenezer Harwood, 
pound-keeper ; Samuel Blandm, hayward ; Jonathan Ellenwood, Benjamin 
Farmer, Cyrus Whitcomb and Ebenezer Bugbee, highway surveyors; Delnis 
Briggs, Jonathan Ellenwood and Joseph Boa), fence viewers ; and William 
Hills, sealer of weights and measures. The first justice of the peace was 
John Waters, in 1795. Benjamin Ormsbee was the first representative, in 
1823. The first school was kept in the dwelling of Cyrus Whitcomb, and 
the town was first divided into school districts in 1796. 

The first grist and saw-mill was erected by Elijah Davis, and is still in ser- 
vice, though it was removed to the southern part of the town in 1866. Early 
in the history of the town there were two stores and an hotel located at the 
foot of Windmill hill. The stores were given up in 1823 ; but the hotel was 
continued until 1850. John Waters established a store at an early date, but 
he failed in 1813 and left the town. The first dwelling destroyed by fire was 
that of Elbridge Mason, in 1866. There have been only two of Brookline's 
citizens whom it was necessary to imprison for crime, viz : Benjamin Flint, 
for passing counterfeit money, and William Lee, for incendiarism. 

In the early history of the town, John Waters and Peter Benson were the 
leading citizens. They left about 1813-14. After them Dr. William Perry 
and Thomas Ceaver were the most prominent in public aff"airs. 

Timothy Wellman, one of the first settlers, came from Norton, Mass. He 
reared a family of thirteen children. His descendants now residing in the 
town are two grandsons, Levitt K. and Allen O. Wellman. Darius, brother 
of Timothy, came to the town about the same time. 

Ebenezer Harwood, from Walpole, N. H., was also an early settler. Otis 
his grandson, is the only one of the family now in town. He resides on the 
old homestead. 

Jotham Stebbins, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Brimfield, Mass., 
April 21, 1761, and came to Brookline in 1787. He married a Miss Ellen- 
wood, reared three children, and died at the age of eighty-nine years. His 



TOWN OF BROOKLINE. l6l 



son Samuel became a successful farmer and an influential citizen, rearing a 
family of five children. 

Christopher Osgood came to Brookline in 1793. Luther, one of his nine 
children, now resides in the southern part of the town. He is a prominent 
farmer and has held most of the town trusts. Luke B. Osgood, brother of 
Christopher, also located here about 1793, married Sally Thompson, and 
reared seven children. 

Thomas Riste, from Sutton, Mass., came to Brookline between 1780 and 
1790, and purchased of Jonathan Boydon the most northerly farm in the 
town. He reared ten children. Anderson S. and William Riste now occupy 
the old homestead. 

Peter Derry was born in London, Eng., and when a young man was pressed 
aboard a British vessel and brought to America, where he deserted, became 
a settler and reared a family. Peter, Jr., w£fs born June 6, 1755, married in 
1774 and settled in Brookline, reared a family of children, and died 
September 4, 1824, aged seventy years. Tyler Derry, his seventh child, mar- 
ried Betsey Daggert and reared nine children, of whom James D. the fourth, 
now resides in Townshend, at the age of sixty-eight years, Abner T. and 
Benjamin F., of Townshend, are also his sons. Betsey A. married Reuben 
Gale and also resides in Townshend. Mary C. married Thomas B. Gould, 
who died in the late war. Ormando C, the youngest son, resides in Guil- 
ford. B. F. and O. C. Derry both served in the late was. James D. mar- 
ried Sarah T. Bixby January 16, 1838, and reared two children, Sarah P. 
and Judson B., of whom the latter married Abbie S. Hastings, daughter 
of Loren M. Hastings^ and resides on the old homestead in Townshend. 
Parmelia S. married Rocius N. Fairbank, October 3, 187 1, and died with- 
out issue. 

Jonathan Cutler came to A.merica with his brothers, Eben and Tarrand, 
from England, before the Revolution, and Eben served as a soldier in that 
struggle. Jonathan located in Fitzwilliam, N. H., where, in 1798, Ira was 
born, the youngest of eight children. In the following spring, 1799, Jonathan 
Cutler bought and settled on the farm his grandson, C. A. Cutler, now 
occupies on road 7, in Brookline. At that time it was a part of the township of 
Newfane. Ira grew to manhood here, and, October 19^ 1823, married Eleanor 
Round, who bore him eleven children, of whom Lura, Mrs. Henry Kidder, 
of Putney, Marshall, Charles A., Henry and Frank A., are now living. Jon- 
athan Cutler was one of the founders and one of the first deacons of the 
Baptist church. Of his sons, David and Jonathan weie twins. The former 
became a Baptist minister and preached at Brookline, but later removed to 
New York. Jonathan went to Putney wbere he was a machinist, and is said 
to have made the first covered button machine in America. He died in 
Massachusetts. Isaac became a hatter and spent his life in New York. 
James became a physician and settled in New York. Samuel and Ira were 
farmers and spent their lives in BrookHne, the latter on the old homestead. 
11 



l62 TOWN OF DOVER. 



He was often chosen to do town business, trusts filled with uniform ability and 
fidelity. C. A. Cutler married Celia M. Walden, June 22, 1864, having pre- 
viously spent two years in the army, a member of Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols. He now 
lives on the old homestead on road 7, which has been in the family eighty- 
five years. 

Anthony Mason came to this town in 1796. The only one of his eleven 
children now living here is Elbridge G., aged seventy years. 

The Baptist church of Brooklitie, located a little south of the center of the 
town, was organized in 1785, Rev. Amos Beckwith being its first settled pas- 
tor. The present church building was erected in 1836, at a cost of $ [,700.00. 
It will accommodate 300 persons and is valued, including grounds, at 
$2,300.00. The society now has fifty-one members, with Rev. Charles Far- 
rar, pastor. At the raising of the church building an accident occurred, 
through the breaking of some oT the timbers, by which thirty men were per- 
cipitated to the ground. None were killed however, though fifteen were more 
or less injured. 

The Brookline branch of the Athens Methodist church, located at the corner 
of roads 5 and 6, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. C. W. Levings, about 
1835. The church building was erected in 1838, in union with the Univer- 
salists, and is now valued at about $2,500.00. The Universalists, however, 
though owning half of the church, have never had stated preaching in town. 
The Methodist society has only seven members at present, and is under the 
charge of the Athens society. 



DOVER is a small town located in the western-central part of the county,, 
in lat. 43' 58', and long. 4° 13', bounded north by Wardsboro and a 
small part of Stratton, east by Newfane, south by Marlboro and Wil- 
mington, and west by Somerset. It was formerly a part of Wardsboro, which 
was granted by Vermont to William Ward, of Newfane, and sixty-two others, 
November 7, 1780. October 18, 1788, the town of Wardsboro was divided 
into two districts. North and South Wardsboro, and on October 30, 18 10, 
South Wardsboro was incorporated into a separate town by the name of 
Dover. A few years since a part of Wilmington, known as the "Leg," was 
added to the territory. 

The surface of the town is broken and uneven, the soil being better 
adapted to grazing than grain raising, though there are many tracts of arable, 
productive land. A considerable branch of Deerfield river flows through the 
western part of the town, having several good-sized tributaries. Rock river 
flows a southeasterly course through the eastern part of the town, these two 
streams forming the principal water-courses of the township. The geological 
structure of the territory is made up of rocks of gneiss and talcose schist 
formation, the latter underlying the eastern, and the former the western por- 



TOWN OF DOVER. 163 



tions. An extensive bed of serpentine lies in the eastern part, and traces of 
gold have been discovered in the same locality. 

In 1880 Dover had a population of 621, and in 1882 the town was 
divided into nine school districts, and contained seven common schools, em- 
ploying four male and nine female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate 
salary of $778.82. There were 232 pupils attending common school, while 
the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $832.76, 
with E. H. Jones, superintendent 

Dover, a post village and once the business center of the town, now has six 
or eight dwelling, a store, a blacksmith shop, school-house, the town hall, and 
one church (Congregational). The village is located near the summit of one 
of the highest hills in the township, about a mile from the southern line and 
the same distance east from the center. 

West Dover, a post village, is located on the East branch of Deerfield 
river, within about three quarters of a mile of the southern, and about three- 
miles from the western boundary of the town. It has one church (Congre- 
gational), a school-house, a good hotel, a store, saw-mill and chair- stock fac- 
tory, carriage and blacksmith shop, shoe shop, etc., and about twenty-five 
dwellings. It is pleasantly located and has a general appearance of thrift and 
neatness. 

East Dover, a post village otherwise known as Rock River, is located on 
the eastern line of the town, about two miles from the southeastern corner. 
It has two churches (Methodist and Baptist), one store, one saw and grist-mil), 
and eighteen or twenty dwellings. 

Proiity, Broivn e?^ If ale's saw and grist-mill and chair-stock factory is 
located at East Dover village. It is operated by water-power, is supplied with 
a circular saw, board saw, band saws, cutting-off saw and plainer, and has the 
capacity for manufacturing 5,000 feet of lumber per day. The grist-mill is 
for grinding coarse grain, and does custom work. This mill occupies the 
site of the old Cheeney mill, erected previous to 1793. 

Proiity i5^ Brown's steam saw and shingle-mill and chair- stock factory, 
located at East Dover, was re-built in 1878, upon the site of a mill built by R. 
S. Staples, in 1862, which \,as destroyed by fire. It is operated by a thirty- 
horse-power engine, and cuts annually about 800,000 feet of lumber, about 
one-third of which is manufactured into chair-stock, and also cuts about 400,- 
000 shingles per annum, giving employment to a force of twelve men. 

J. B. Davis's saiv-7nill and chair-stock factory is located at West Dover, 
occupying the site of the old William Gragg mill. The saw-mill cuts about 
300.000 feet of lumber and 300,000 shingles annually. The chair-stock fac- 
tory is located on the opposite side of the stream, and works into chair-stock 
about 150,000 feet of lumber per year. 

Leonard Bros. 6^ Bogle' s cider-mill and jelly manufactory, located on roads 
34 and 37, was established about 1868. The firm now manufactures about 
3,500 barrels of cider into jelly each year. The Leonard Brothers were the 
first in this locahty to estabHsh the business of canning maple syrup. 



164 TOWN OF DOVER. 



As the early settlement of this town dates back to when it was a part of 
Wardoboro, to that town we must look for the record of the proceedings of 
its first inhabitants. The first settlement was made by John Jones, Ithamer 
Allen and others, from Milford and Sturbridge, Mass., in June, 1780. They 
were followed soon after by others, so that in 1791 the town had 753 inhab- 
itants. Wardsboro was organized March 14, 1786, when Aaron Hudson was 
chosen town clerk, he being also the first representative, elected the next 
year. After the division of the town, in 1788, each district had a separate 
list of officers, the election returns for this district, March 10, 1789, being as 
follows : Capt. David Johnson, moderator and clerk ; David Johnson, Aaron 
Thompson, and Luther Thompson, selectmen ; Daniel Warner, treasurer; 
Ebenezer Sears, constable ; William Standclitf, collector ; Elijah Baldwin, 
Isaac Lazell, and William Haskins, Hsters ; Barnard Conven, leather sealer; 
Roger Burchard and William Hall, grand jurors ; Nathan Ganson, pound- 
keeper; Silas Wright, tythingman; Wizziel Putnam, Nathan Baxter, and 
Hayward Sibner, fence viewers ; and Jacob Steepler, Daniel Warner, Nathan 
Ganson, William Haskins, Silas Wright, WiUiam Sears, Barnard Conven, and 
William Hall, highway surveyors. 

The first saw and grist-mill in the town was built at East Dover, by Eben- 
ezer Cheeney, previous to 1793, in which year it was sold to Amasa Little- 
field. The first stoie was kept by Daniel Clark. The first masonic meeting 
was held in a hotel kept by Gen. Perry, where Asaph C. Adams nov/ resides. 
Peter Hammond, a citizen of Wardsboro, was the first candidate initiated. 
William Gragg, from Coleraine, Mass., built the first saw and grist-mill at 
West Dover, between the years 1795 and 1797. On the day the building was 
raised a lad living with a Mr. Slater was drowned in the mill-pond. The first 
church building erected was a Congregational edifice, at Dover Common. 
Silas Johnson kept the first hotel in the town, on a part of what is now the 
J. F. Parker farm. The first physician in town was a Dr. Fitch, who located 
south of the hotel kept by Silas Johnson, on a road which run parallel with 
road 42, and a short distance west of the present road leading to Marlboro. 
The first Baptist church was erected on land donated by Lemuel Osgood, in 
181 1, the fir^t settler on the farm of the late Dea. Burt Howard. The first 
house in West Dover was built by Rodolphus Carleton, about 1805, Mr. 
Carleton being a clothier and carried on business in one end of his dwelling. 
It is now the residence of John B. Davis. The first store in West Dover was 
established by Waters Pillett, about 1827, and was soon after sold to W. H. 
Jones, who kept it over thirty years. Mr. Jones became one of the promi- 
nent men of the town and was one of the county judges. 

Dover was settled mainly by emigrants from Massachusetts, who moved into 
the " New State," as Vermont was then called. At the time of the erection 
of the territory into a separate town, it was a mooted question as to what 
name the new town should go by. Amos Hayward, tradition tells us, said, " call 
it after my dog, Dover." The suggestion was adopted, and Dover the town 



TOWN OF DOVER. 165 



has since been called. Among the early settlers were the family names, 
Jones, Howe, Sems, Briggs, Howard, Hall, and Sherman, who arrived from 
1785101795. 

Nathan Sherman, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier, settled in the 
eastern part of the town about 1792, on a tract of land which he occupied 
about fifty years, or until his detith, when it became the property of his son 
Reuben, a deaf mute, who occupied it until his death, in 1881. The widow 
of Nathan attained the age of ninety-seven years, and was the mother of 
eight children, five of whom were sons, and who settled in Dover and reared 
families. Joseph, the second son, followed the occupation of a cloth dresser 
several years, and was afterwards a farmer. His eldest son, Sidney H., born 
in 1828, enjoyed the educational advantages of the district school and three 
terms in an academy. At the age of twenty years he went to Amherst, Mass., 
where he was a clerk for seven years. After this he was in Williamsville, Vt., 
a year, and in Illinois two years, but he then returned to Dover and estab- 
lished a store in the eastern part of the town, and soon after was instrumental 
in establishing the East Dover postoftice. About this time the late civil war 
broke out, and as Mr. Sherman was one of the selectmen of the town, he 
became actively interested in filling the town's quota of soldiers, and in rais- 
ing the town's share of the war debt. So successful was he in this task that 
no debt was left on the town, which raised as high as $16,000.00 in a single 
year. In the spring of 1869 L. H. Gould became associated in business 
with Mr. Sherman. In 1869 Mr. Sherman was chosen a delegate to the con- 
stitutional convention, at Montpelier, which changed the legislative terms 
from annual to biennial. He served eight years as justice of the peace, was 
town clerk f :ur years, and held most of the other town offices. He was also 
actively interested in building up the village of East Dover, purchased the 
mills there, and spent several thousand dollars in repairing them, putting in 
the first circular board saw ever used in the town, and carried on a very suc- 
cessful business therein, giving employment to a large number of men. In 
1875, selling out most of his real estate in East Dover, Mr. Sherman re- 
moved to Brattleboro, where he has since resided. He was with C. F. Thomp- 
son & Co. two years, then engaged in the insurance business. He has been 
a justice of the peace of that town two years, trying many cases, was vice- 
president of the Brattleboro Savings Bank two years, and is prominently 
identified with the social, religious and business interests of the town. 

Among the early settlers of the town were two Howards by the name of 
John, who, from peculiarities in their dispositions, were familiarly known as 
" Honest John" and " Jockey John." The latter lived near the corner of 
roads 6 and 7, and was so notorious that the name of " Jockey Hollow " was 
given to the neighborhood, which clings to it to this day. " Jockey John " 
finally removed to Canada, where he died. " Honest John " was a staunch 
Congregationalist, and reared a fine family of five children. He was the first 
settler on the farm now occupied by Harvey Copeland, on road 41. His 



1 66 TOWN OF DOVER. 



eldest son, Burt Howard, became a deacon of the Baptist church, of which 
he was a life-long and influential member. He died while speaking in a 
prayer meeting, at the church in East Dover. Only one of his four children, 
Mrs. George B. Boyd, now resides in town. 

Daniel Rice, whose father was one of the original proprietors of Somerset, 
came to Dover in June, 1776, from Hardwick, Mass., and located upon the 
farm now owned by George E. Rice. He remained here that summer, then 
returned to Massachusetts for the winter, returning the following spring. 
Once a week he would go to Wilmington for provisions, that being the near- 
est point at which they could be procured. While on one of these journeys, 
in August, he heard that the British army was on its way to Bennington. He 
immediately returned home, procured his gun and ammunition, and started 
for Bennington on the morning of the 15th, and reached there in time to 
take part in the affray of the i6th, remaining with the army three months. 
From there he returned to Massachusetts for the winter, and the following 
spring his brother Simeon accompanied him to his new home. He married 
Sally Balls, of New Bedford, Mass., who bore him eleven children, two of 
whom died in infancy, the others being named as follows : Daniel, Susannah, 
Hazelton, David, Ephraim, Sally, Perez. Malintha and Aspher. Mr. Rice 
took up 600 acres of land. Daniel, Jr., married and settled in Peru. Susan- 
nah married Cyril Laughton and settled about a mile west of her father's 
place, rearing eight children. Hazelton married Rhoda Stone and settled 
on a farm adjoining his father's, rearing six children. David married Maria 
Cobb and settled on a farm east of his father's and reared four children. 
Ephraim married Virtue Johnson and settled on the homestead. He repre- 
sented the town in the legislature seventeen years, and was town clerk twenty- 
five years. The only one of his twelve children now living is George E., who 
married Eliza A. MilHs, of Montague, Mass., and resides on the old home- 
stead. Sally married Luther Cobb and removed to Connecticut. Perez was 
drowned at the age of thirty-two years. Malintha died of consumption, at 
the age of eighteen years. Asher also died of consumption, at the age of 
eighteen years. 

Isaac Lazelle, from Mendon, Mass., came to what is now Dover about 
1785, making the first settlement on the farm now owned by Zina Goodelle, 
on road 11. He was a shoemaker and worked at his trade while his five sons 
cleared the farm. Four of the sons, Thomas, Isaac, Samuel, and John, and 
one of his two daughters remained in the town. Isaac, Samuel, and John 
were members of the Baptist church, at East Dover, Nathan, the oldest 
son of Thomas, born here 181 1, married Lydia C. Sherman, and has two 
daughters and one son, Oscar A. Isaac, Jr., was an early member of the 
Baptist church of East Dover, and a deacon of the same many years. He 
died in 1875, aged ninety-two years. His wife, Lucy Wilson, bore him six 
children, of whom, Isaac W., Thurber H., Harriet A. (Gould), and Abigail 
M. (Gould), reside in the town. 



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David Ward was born in Spencer, Mass., and located in Wardsboro before 
he was married and when the town included what is now Dover. He mar- 
ried, and by his first wife had one son, Nathaniel, whose children now reside 
in Wardsboro, where his life was spent. .A.fter the death of his first wife 
David married Charity Simonds, about 1805, and hved about half a mile north 
of the old village of Dover. He reared, by this marriage, two daughters and 
three sons, the eldest son, Elliot, now residing at East Dover, aged seventy- 
one years. His wife was Mary Ellis, a daughter of Sylvanus Ellis, of West 
Dover. 

Louis Hall, son of William, was born July 29, 1788. His father came 
here, from Upton, Mass., and located on road 4. Louis married for his first 
wife Lucy Beals, to whom was born three sons, William J., Horace H., and 
Daniel J. For his second wife he married Mary Moore, who survived her 
marriage but a short time. He then married Mary A. Rawson, who bore 
him five children, — Irene L., Frances M., Sylvia A., Waity R., and Clinton L. 

Gershom Fames was born in Holliston, Mass., in 1768, and when a young 
man came to Dover, bought a piece of land, built a log house, staid two years, 
then returned to Massachusetts and married Ruth Twitchell, bringing her to 
his new home. Mr. Eames cleared a large farm, was the first blacksmith in 
the town, shod his own horse when he was over ninety years of age, and 
died in 1855, aged ninety-four years. Mrs. Eames died in 1862, aged nearly 
ninety-four years. They reared three children, Emily, Anna and John. 
Emily married Samuel Jones, and Anna never married. John was born Feb- 
ruary 18, 1807, married Mary A. Perry, reared four children, and now resides 
in Brattleboro. His wife died in 1850. 

Abner Perry came to what is now Dover, from Holliston, Mass., about 
1790. He married Anna Phipps, who attained the age of nearly one hundred 
vears, and he died suddenly while attending a freeman's meeting, in 1834. 
He reared six children. Abner was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and 
his son Calvin was a general in the war of 181 2. 

Abram Moore, from Bolton, Mass., came to this town in 1800, locating 
upon the farm now occupied by his son Ephraim. He married Mary Rich- 
ardson, who bore him nine children, Harriet, Emma, Sophronia, Charlotte, 
Peter, Mary, Ephraim, Louisa, and Cynthia. Consumption took off" three of 
them in one week. Charlotte married Joel Cutler. Mary married Louis Hail. 
Peter married Sophronia Haskins, settled in Wardsboro, and reared thirteen 
children, six of whom were burned with his dwelling. 

Rev. James Mann came to Dover from Dummerston, in 18 13. He mar- 
ried Anna Rogers, of Guilford, and reared seven children, James, Abijah, 
George, Betsey, Sally, Hosea and William R. James, Jr., married for his first 
wife. Miss Chloe Carpenter, who bore him two daughters, Olive and Chloe. 
For his second wife he married Lucretia Hawks, of Charlemont, Mass., who 
bore him six children, Betsey, Sally, Mary, Adaline, George and Gilbert. 
Olive married Amos Lincoln, and for her second husband, Joseph P. Long. 



1 68 TOWN OF DOVER. 



Chloe married Edson E. Franklin, of Vernon. Betsey married Gideon K, 
Moss, of Somerset. Sally married Levi Bradford. Mary never married. 
Adaline married Augustus Knapp. Gilbert is now living in Rowe, Mass. 

Dea. Ebenezer Copeland came to Dover, from Vernon, in 1807, locating 
on a farm at first settled by a man named Slater, at the head of the present 
road 20, but which was then the principal county road, leading on through 
Somerset to Bennington. Here he resided until his death, in 1862, aged 85 
years. Harvey, the eldest of his ten children, resides on road 41, aged eighty- 
one years. 

Capt. Samuel Yeaw came to Dover, from Guilford, Vt., not far from 1812, 
though he soon after removed to Marlboro, but came back to Dover in 
1822, locating about half a mile north of where Delphia W. Yeaw now resides. 
He married Melinda Fisher and raised thirteen children, as follows : Serecta, 
Timothy, Olive, Rhoda, Melinda, Roxana, Rosina, William, Joseph C., Gil- 
bert W., Delphia VV., Arminda C., and Mary A. Gilbert W. married Han- 
nah Brown and resides on road 30 cor. 31. Delphia W. married Betsey Hanks,, 
who died after bearing him four children ; for his second wife he married 
widow Lucy Harris, and now resides on road 41 cor. 43. Members of this 
prominent and numerous family have held many of the town offices and taken, 
an active part in public affairs. 

John Turner, from Massachusetts, was one of the pioneer settlers in the 
western part of Putney. He spent his life there and reared three sons and 
three daughters. Henry L Turner, residing in this town on road 9, where 
he located in 1856, is the only one of the family now residing in the county. 
He was a representative to the State legislature in 1880-81. His wife, Mary 
J., is a daughter of Francis Merrifield, of Newfane. 

Dr. Daniel Leonard, son of David, settled in this town, married Sally^ 
daughter of Rev. James Mann, and reared eleven children, one of whom died 
in infancy, the others being as follows : Martin, Elvira, Clark, EUiot, Mary 
A., Fhilena, Fidelia, Daniel G., Chloe M., and David P. Daniel was a Free 
Will Baptist and preached a number of years. He was also a physician and 
surgeon, and owned six hundred acres of land in West Dover. He served 
the town as selectman several terms. 

William H., son of Ebenezer Jones, was born in this town. He married 
Diana Allis, of Wilmington, and reared six children. His son, W. Frankhn 
married Annette, daughter of Levi Snow, reared two children, and died 
December 16, 1881. 

Samuel Hill, from Massachusetts, was an early settler in the northern part 
of Marlboro. He married, first Sarah Church, by whom he had two sons, 
Daniel and Alvah E., and second, Belsie Blake, who bore him eight chil- 
dren. Alvah E. married Sarah Hall, came to Dover and located where his 
widow now resides, on road 36. Ozro E. and Daniel reside on road 16. 

James Fitch came to Dover in 1789, from Ellington, Conn., after a resi- 
dence of two or three years in Wilmington, and located on the place now 
owned by Augustus and Freeman F. Fitch. 



TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 1 69 



Ansel B. Collins, residing on road 19, cor. 35, is a son of Joseph Collins, 
who was born in Castleton, Vt. His father died when Ansel was six months 
of age, however, and he was brought up by Luther Corse. He kept a hotel 
here nine years, has been deputy sheriiT and constable twenty years, collec- 
tor of taxes five years, and selectman and lister several terms. He is now 
town agent, justice of the peace, and overseer of the poor. 

Among those from Dover who served in the war of 1812, was Asaph Has- 

kins, William Lyman, Amos Gould, and Sears. In the late great 

conflict of the Union, Dover did her part faithfully and well. 

The First Church of Christ, Christian, located at Dover village, was origin- 
ally organized by Rev. Daniel Leonard, May 18, 1843, ^"d was re-organ- 
ized as a Congregational church, January 3, 1872, with eighteen members. 
Rev. Daniel Leonard, under whose ministrations the church was formed, was 
succeeded by Rev. D. H. Ranney, as pastor. The society occupies the Union 
church, built by the Baptists, Universalists and Methodists, in 1830. The 
society now has no pastor and does not hold regular services. 

The Congregational church of West Dover was organized by a council 
convened for the purpose, January 17, 1868, with nineteen members, O. S. 
Harris being the first pastor. The society now has thirty-nine members, with 
Rev. H. R. Titus, of Wilmington, pastor. Their church was built in 1857. 



DUMMERSTON lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 42° 56', 
and long. 4° 28', bounded north by Putney and Brookline, east by the left 
bank of Connecticut river, south by Brattleboro, and west by parts of 
Newfane and Marlboro. Dummerston was originally a part of the Equivalent 
Lands, described on page 58, that name being applied to the whole tract, in 
honor of WiUiam Dummer, one of the principal proprietors. In 1750 Joseph 
Blanchard, of Amherst, N. H., was sent to survey the territory. His survey 
having been completed, the proprietors of the Equivalent Lands petitioned 
the Governor of New Hampshire for a confirmatory grant of that tract and a 
portion of the adjacent territory. Accordingly, on the 26th of December, 
1753, the "Equivalent Lands," together with a "considerable quantity of 
other lands, was formed into three townships, beginning at the north bounds 
of Hinsdale, on the west side of the river, and extending back about six miles, 
and so far up the river" as to enclose the required amount, and which was 
divided into the townships of Fulham, Putney and Brattleboro. Fulham, 
which in old documents is also spelled Fullham and FuUum, subsequently 
attained the ancient name of Dummerston, though at what time is not posi- 
tively known. As late as 1773, however, the territory was known by both 
names. The charier deed allowed an area of 19,360 acres to Fulham. On 
June 12, 1760, the restricted time for fulfiUing some of the conditions of the 
charter was extended, and was again extended July 7, 1763. 



170 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



The surface of the town is, in many parts, broken and uneven, though there 
are large tracts of level, excellent farming land, Dummerston meadows being 
noted for their fertility. The principal elevations are Black mountain, of 
granite formation, in the central and southern part, Prospect hill in the cen- 
tral part, Spaulding and Leverwood hills in the northern part, and Stoddard 
hill in the western part. The scenery of the town is of the finest in the 
county, the picturesqueness of White river valley being proverbial, while many 
points of view are afforded that are grand in the extreme. White river, the 
principal stream, flows a southeasterly course through the western part of the 
township, having a number of small tributaries, while the eastern portion of 
the territory is drained by tributaries of the placid Connecticut. These sev- 
eral streams go far towards making up the scenic beauties of the town, and 
at the same time aftbrd many good mill-sites. The soil is, in most localities, 
arable and easily cultivated. The rocks entering into the geological structure 
of the territory are principally of the calciferous ?nica schist and clay-slate* 
formation, the former underlying the western, and later the eastern portions. 
The granitic formation of Black mountain has already been mentioned. It 
is white, flecked with black mica, and is much used for monuments, building 
purposes, etc. Lyon & Co. have a quarry here where they employ about 
forty men. Primitive lijjiestone also occurs in beds. Specimens of tremolite, 
limpid quartz and galetia, or the sulphuret of lead, are also found here. 

In 1880 Dummerston had a population of 816, and in 1882 it was divided 
into eleven school districts and contained ten common schools, employing 
four male and fifteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary 
of $1,159.00. There were 176 pupils attending common school, while the 
entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,345.40, 
with D. L. Mansfield, superintendent. 

Dummerston (p. o.) is a small hamlet located in the central part of the 
town. It consists of one church (Baptist), and about a dozen dwellings. About 
sixty rods to the east is located the postoffice, and one mile east is the ham- 
let of Slab Hollow, where are located a carriage shop, grist-mill, saw-mill, 
blacksmith shop, etc. Dummeiston station, on the Connecticut River R. R., 
is located in the southeastern part of the town. 

West Dummerston, a post village and station on the Brattleboro & 
Whitehall railroad, located in the western part of the town, has one church 
(Baptist), an hotel, one store, a grist and saw-mill, a blacksmith shop, the 
granite works of Lyon «& Co., and about twenty dwellings. 

John Taffs sa7e', shingle and cider-mill and jelly manu/actoty is located on 
Stickney brook, on road 39. 

George E. Lyons 6^ Co^s granite quarry, located on West river, produces a 
large amount of granite, which is cut and shipped ready for use in building 
bridges, piers, etc., giving employment to about forty hands. 

W. &= W. E. Combs' s grist and sa^v-mill, located at West Dummerston, 
is operated by water-power and is fitted with machinery for the manufacture 



TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 171 



of board and dimension lumber, shingles, etc., and also with a mill for grind- 
ing meal and feed, and a machine for polishing granite. The first mill 
erected on this site is said to have been erected by Joseph Dunklee, about 
sixty years ago, and was burned about 1853. The present mill was erected 
by C. S. Roel, iu 1855 or '56. 

Charles H. Grant's stone quarry, located near West Dummerston, was pur- 
chased by Mr. Grant in 1882. He employs several men in quarrying and 
cutting granite. 

Frederick F. Crosby's grist and saw-mill, located on Cone brook, road 48, 
was built by Ebenezer Cone, and was purchased by Mr. Crosby in 1866. He 
grinds about 10,000 bushels of grain and cuts from 75,000 to 100,000 feet of 
lumber per annum. 

Edward F. Reed's saw-mill, located at Slab Hollow, cuts about 200,000 
feet of lumber and 100,000 shingles per annum. Mr. Reed also makes 
about 500 barrels of cider and 50,000 oak rims for baby carriages per 
year. 

Franklin Crosbys grist-mill, operated by George N. Crosby, was built in 
1857. It has one run of stones and grinds about 7,000 bushels of grain per 
annum. 

Soon after the charter of Fulham was granted, John Kathan, who had 
resided within the limits of the town since the year 1752, united with a num- 
ber of persons, purchased in conjunction with them, from the New Hamp- 
shire proprietors, a part of the township, and in the year 1764, according to 
his own account, removed there, "with his wife and seven or eight helpless 
children." "Possessing the qualities of industry and perseverance," says 
Hall in his History of Eastern J'ermont, " quaUties especially necessary to the 
successful management of a new settlement, he addressed himself with 
energy to his task, and ' did actually clear and improve above a hundred and 
twenty acres, and built a good dwelhng-house, barn, and all necessary offices, 
and also a saw-mill and potash works.' " In order to guard his improvements, 
he was " at a considerable expense in building a fort round his house," and 
was " under the disagreeable necessity of residing therein during the course 
of a tedious and distressing war." Misfortune rendered his toil more severe. 
His eldest daughter was taken prisoner by the Indians, and for two years 
and a half he knew nothing of her fate; but at the end of that time she 
returned home, Col. Peter Schuyler having "paid a ransom of four hundred 
livres for her redemption from captivity." In the year of 1752 a ferry was 
established between Westmoreland, N. H., and the proprietary of Dum- 
merston, and about the same period a similar method of communication was 
arranged between the latter place and the town of Chesterfield. The settle- 
ment, although much disturbed by the French and Indian war, was not 
allowed to die, and a few years after the restoration of order, John Kathan 
and his eighteen associates, with their families, were rapidly subduing the for- 
ests of Fulham, and accomplishing the conditions of their chaiter. 



I 



1^2 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



In 177 1 the settlement had increased to 189 souls, the enumeration being 
as follows : fifty-four males under sixteen years of age ; fifty-four between the 
ages of sixteen and sixty ; three over sixty ; thirty-seven females under the 
age of sixteen ; forty above sixteen, and one colored male, forty-four of the 
number being heads of families. In 1791 this population had increased to 
1,501, in 1800 to 1,692, and m 1810 to 1,704 souls, being the highest popu- 
lation the town has ever had. Since then it has gradually fallen off to the 
present small list of 816. The town was organized in 1771, when Enoch 
Cook was chosen town clerk ; Rufus Sargent, Barzilla Rice, Ebenezer Haven, 
and Daniel Kathan, constables ; and Ebenezer Havens, Leonard Spaulding, 
Thomas Holton, and Joseph Hildreth, selectmen. The first justices of the peace 
were A.lexander Kathan and Nathan Duncan, in 1 786. The first representative 
was Leonard Spaulding, in March, 1778. The first town meeting under the 
charter was called in writing, the document being signed by the following 
named individuals : Ebenezer Haven, Charles Davenport, Daniel Kathan, 
Enoch Cook, John Kilburn, Samuel Wiswall, Josiah Boyden, Barzilla Rice^ 
Rufus Sargent, Samuel Dutton, Jr., Nathaniel French, Isaac Miller, and 
Horace Miller. The meeting thus warned met at the house of Isaac 
Miller, Monday, March 9, 1771, when Alexander Kathan was chosen mod- 
erator, and Enoch Cook, clerk. Samuel Wiswall, Alexander Kathan, and Enoch 
Cook were appointed a committee to lay out roads, and Isaac Miller and 
Benjamin Tones to act in company with the said committee, " to view the 
public lots and choose the spot to set a meeting-house." Alexander Kathan 
was elected surveyor of highways, and it was voted that each settler work four 
days on highway improvements. And Charles Davenport, David Kathan, 
and Joseph Hildreth were appointed a committee "to look out a burying 
place." 

David Bennett was one of the early settlers of Dummerston. He was 
twice married, reared a family of seventeen children, and died June 9, 1848. 
His son, Jonas G., born July 28, 1814, married Adaline M. Miller, reared four 
children, Franklin E., Ellen C, and Fayette O., and now resides in Spaff"ord 
county, Kansas. 

William Kelley was one of the early settlers of Dummerston. His son 
Samuel, born in Dummerston in 1760, was thrice married, to Margaret Howe 
who bore him one child, to Rebecca Choate, who bore him three children, 
and to Eunice Choate, who bore him four children, viz.: Harriet, Urial, Austin 
and Benjamin F. He died in Wardsboro, in 1814. Benjamin F., the youngest 
son was born in Wardsboro, April i, 1806. He was twice married and reared 
ten children, three of whom are now living. He resided in Wardsboro until 
1848, then in Newfane until 1866, when he removed to Brattleboro, where he 
now resides, on road 5, the only one of Samuel's children living. 

Isaac Miller was of Scotch descent. He was born in 1708, and in 1739, 
married Sarah Crosby, of Worcester, Mass. He had eight sons and four 
daughters. March 5, 1767, he located on road 34, in Dummerston. He was 
a civil engineer and surveyor, and in 1767 he surveyed the town into lots. 



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Jacob Laughton, from Massachusetts, was born in 1761, and came to 
Dumnierston with his father, Samuel, in 1769. He married and settled on 
road 10. The homestead farm, which has always been in the Laughton 
family, is now in possession of his grandson, Austin Laughton, the youngest 
child of Jacob Laughton, Jr., who was the youngest of eight children raised 
by the pioneer. 

John Laughton, a son of Deacon John Laughton, was born in 1770, and 
came to Dummerston when about two years old. He married Sally Miller, 
of Dummerston, by whom he had one son and two daughters. Thomas, who 
was born in 1796, married Rosanna Knapp, of Dummerston. The fruit of 
this marriage was five sons and four daughters, of whom Augustine L and 
Frederick H. reside in this town. The latter married Anna Littleworth and 
has six sons and two daughters. His daughter, Nellie M., aged thirteen years, 
in the summer of 1883 caught a hawk measuring thirty-four inches from tip 
to tip, which had entered the barn to prey upon some chickens and was 
about to escape through the open door. 

Jonas Walker, Jr., was born in Dummerston in 1781 and married Polly, 
daughter of Marshal Miller, by whom he had three sons and six daughters, 
six of whom are living. 

Ichabod Knapp was born in Petersham, Mass., in 1755. In 1780 he mar- 
ried Catherine Miller and settled in the north part of the town. After a resi- 
dence there of three years he bought the place of Mrs. Andrew Stevens, liv- 
ing one year in a log house, when, in 1783, he erected the house now occu- 
pied by his grandson, George S. Knapp. He raised a family of six sons and 
five daughters. One son, Isaac, was a physician, and died in the town in 
1856. Another son, George W., born in 1796, married^ Elizabeth M. Mans- 
field, widow of Josiah Williams, who bore him a son and a daughter. The 
former, George S., born in 1858, resides on the homestead with his mother. 

Dr. Isaac Burnett was a son of Robert Burnett, who came to Warwick; 
Mass., from Scotland, about 1700. Isaac was born in 1745, married Esther 
Marriam, and came to Dummerston about 1781, where he commenced to 
practice medicine. He had a family of two sons and two daughters, Mollie, 
Jotham, Wilkins, and Anna. Isaac died October 18, 18 16. He was twice 
married. His first wife died August 7, 1799, ^"^ his second wife, Lydia Eddy, 
died January 3, 1847. She had one child, Mary, who married Caleb Taft. 

Dr. Jotham Burnett, son of Isaac, was born at Warwick, Mass., December 
21, 1780, and came to Dummerston when about a year old. He studied 
medicine with his father and subsequently practiced here. He married 
Abigail Pratt and reared four sons and two daughters. Jotham died January 
21, 1847. His wife died February 27, 1850. Three of his children are now 
Uving, Mary, widow of George R. Miller, residing at Brattleboro. Stephen 
P. resides on the home farm in Dummerston. Lysander resides in Boston, 
Mass. Isaac was also a physician, and practiced in Milford, Otsego Co., 
N. Y. Forest M. was a photographer and settled in Cooperstown, N. Y. 



174 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Philena P. married Daniel Taylor and settled in Boston. Lysander was born in 
Dummerston, March 27, 1808, married Emily French, and has five sons and 
two daughters. His first wife died October 13, 185T. and his second wife 
was Louise Taylor, who died May 19, 1881. A"*! 

Stephen Bennett, from Connecticut, came to Dummerston about 1873^ 
He married Ruth Fellows, who bore him four sons and four daughters, of 
whom Orrin L., who was born in the town in 1792, married Sarah Bowker, of 
Walpole, N, H., and had four sons and two daughters, of whom George R., 
who is an acting justice of the peace, married Mary E. Downes, and resides on 
the homestead with his father and mother, the former of whom is ninety-two 
years of age, and the latter eighty-three. 

Henry Willard, from Lancaster, Mass., came to Dummerston, where he 
married Sarah Wilder about 1785, or '86. His oldest son, Benjamin, was 
born here in 1787, and married Lydia, daughter of Samuel Bennett. 
He lived many years where S. H. Barrett now resides. He was one 
of eight children, and he himself raised a family of ten, five sons and 
five daughters. He was for many years a justice of t4ie peace and one of the 
board of the town ofiicers. His son. Nelson W., is a farmer and has always 
lived in Dummerston. Another son, Benjamin F., has lived in this town with 
the exception of twenty-five years spent in Chicopee, Mass., having resided 
twenty five years on his present farm. He is a stone mason and has been 
foreman on many large jobs in this and other States. 

John S. Gates, from Worcester, Mass., married Hannah Moore, of that 
State, and had five sons and three daughters, of whom Shepherd, who was 
born in Dummerston in 1780, married Polly Dutton in 1808, and had two 
sons, the eldest of whom, Alanson, born in 1808, married Julia A. Turner, of 
Putney, Vt., and lives on the Laughton farm in district No. 4. 

Asa Dutton came to Dummerston from Worcester, Mass., before 1790, 
and settled in the southeast part of the town, where he pursued the vocation 
of a farmer, and died in February, 1836, aged seventy-eight years. Not one 
of his eight children survives. 

Peter Stickney was born in Haivard, Mass., April 7, 1761. In April, 1778, 
he enlisted in the Continental army and served several years in the struggle 
for independence. In 1782 he married Eunice (Willard) Carleton, and about 
1792 he came to Dummerston and bought and cleared the farm where S. W. 
Estey now lives. He was a carpenter and cooper by trade, and the father of 
four children. Benjamin, his only son, was born in Leominster, Mass., 
March 15, 1785, and succeeded to his father's estate. He married Sally, 
daughter of Thomas Betterley, of Newfane, October 25, 1807. They resided 
in Dummerston, and reared nine children. Benjamin, Jr., their oldest son, 
was born in Dummerston September 4, 1808. He learned the trade of a 
carriage maker and pursued that vocation in the same shop for fifty-five years. 
He has been chosen to various town offices, and for fifty-two years he has 
been a member of the Baptist church. He married Betsey Tenney, April 25, 



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183 1, and has had five children, of whom George VV., Albert W., and Ada 
L. (Bailey) now live in Dummerston. Peter, another son of Benjamin, Sr., 
was born July 21, 1820, married Abigail Wellman, and still lives in this town. 

Hon. Asa Knight was born in Dummerston P'ebruary 29, 1793. He died 
July 20, 185 1. His ancestors came from England and settled in Massachu- 
setts in 1620. He filled successfully for many years the various public offices 
of constable, collector, deputy sheriff" and representative. In 1824 he removed 
to Newfane Hill, the county seat, and was keeper of the county jail for two 
years. He returned to Dummerston in 1828 and commenced business as a 
merchant. He was judge of probate for this district for the three years, 
1835, '36 and '37. He was eminently successful in business, and his large 
and varied experience, together with his extensive acquaintance with the 
prominent men of the county and State, made him the associate of the first 
in the legal fraternity. He was bold and fearless in the enunciation of his 
principles, and was greatly beloved for his genial, social quaHties and noble 
and generous nature. He gave liberally to the poor and needy, and was ever 
ready to lend a helping hand to the oppressed and down-trodden. He was a 
devoted member of the Masonic fraternity, and a strong adherent of the 
principles of the old Democratic party, which propensity he inherited from 
his ancestors. May i, 1822, he married Susan, daughter of John and Mary 
(Davenport) Miller, and granddaughter of Capt. Isaac Miller, the pioneer 
settler and surveyor of Dummerston. She was born October 22, 1896. She 
was strictly disciplined in her youth in industry, economy, a sacred regard for 
truth, and the religious faith of her Puritan ancestors, in whom these were 
prominent characteristics, and her life evinced their most rigid observance. 
She possessed a vigorous constitution and was untiring in her devotion, and 
faithful in the discharge of her iluties to her husband and family. She was 
distinguished for patience, cheerfulness and excellent judgment. She is still 
living, at the age of eighty-seven years. This worthy couple had eight chil- 
dren, three sons and five daughters. Seven of them are still living, though 
widely scattered over the country, only one, Mary Esther, born in Newfane 
July 26, 1826, and now living with her mother, residing permanently in this 
town or county. One son, Randolph, after an absence to the West of nearly 
twenty years, returned with his family about three years since. 

David Belknap, from Massachusetts, located on road 36, where C. G. Roel 
now lives, previous to the Revolution. He married Betsey Plummerand had 
six sons and four daughters. John, who was born in 1808, became an exten- 
sive railroad contractor and builder. He married Harriet P., daughter of 
Nathaniel French. Their son Chester P. resides on the Belknap homestead 
on road 20. He was born in 1838, married Julia E. Norcross, and has one 
son, Harry C. 

Alexander Kathan, one of the first settlers of the town, located on the farm 
now occupied by Dr. Shoals. Mrs. Adin A. Dutton and Mrs. Larken G. 
Cole, of this town, are great-grandchildren of his. 



176 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Dea. Dan Wilder, son of Joshua and Lois Wilder, was born in Massachu- 
setts in 1786, and came to Dummerston with his father in 1795. He located 
on road 54. He had eight sons and five daughters. Leroy Wilder, his grand- 
son, who was born in 1808, and married Patience Gould in 1832, lives on 
the homestead. He is the son of Dan Wilder, 2d, who married Joanna Bemis, 
of Dummerston, in 1806, and had seven sons and three daughters. 

Samuel Stoddard, from Chesterfield, was born in 1767, married Zeruah, 
daughter of Ephraim and Anna Richmond, who was born in i 770, and located 
on Dummerston Hill in 1767. He had three sons and three daughters, one 
of whom, Levi, died in 1863, aged ninety-two years. Horace R. Stoddard, 
son of Levi, was town representative in 1878-79. 

Dr. Abel Duncan was born in Petersham, Mass., in 1772. He studied 
medicine with Dr. Gould, of Chester, and came to Dummerston about 1798. 
He married Lydia Miller, of this town, by whom he had one son and two 
daughters. The former, Charles M., who was born in 1808, was a physician, 
and married Lucinda Easterbrook. Fanny M., who was born in 1810, mar- 
ried Joel Knight, whom she survives, and resides on the old homestead with 
her daughter, Mrs. E. D. Greenwood. The other daughter, Evalina, who 
was born in 1813, married Marshall Newton, and died in 1834. 

Dudley Bailey, with his family, from Westminster, Mass., after a few years' 
residence in Brattleboro, located, in 1798, in Dummerston, on road 39, on the 
farm now owned by his grandson, Silas A. Bailey. His son David, who was 
a native of Westminster, and one of a family of four sons and one daughter, 
succeeded to the ownership of the homestead. He married Lydia Allen, and 
spent his life on the farm, where he raised ten sons and two daughters. He 
died in 1867, aged eighty-six years. One of the daughters, Mrs. xA.nna Bald- 
win, and three of the sons, Levi, Silas A. and Abner B., still reside in Dum- 
merston. Chester W. resides in Brattleboro, William D. in Rhode Island, 
Ora in ]?"itchburg, Mass., and Ephraim D. in Canada. Silas A. Bailey was 
born November 9, 181 5, and married October 17, 1849, Arvilla, daughter of 
David Jackson, who was born in Newfane July 17, 1S31. Their only son, 
David J., was born in Newfane, July 26, 1850. December 24, 1872, he mar- 
ried Ada L., daughter of Benjamin Stickney, who was born January 11, 1851. 
They reside on the old homestead purchased by Dudley Bailey in 1798, and 
have one daughter, Grace A. 

Jesse Knight was an early settler in the south part of the town. He was 
a farmer and plow-maker. He died about 1846, aged eighty-three years. He 
raised ten children, six of whom are now living. Perry, who was born in 
1796, has spent most of his life in Dummerston and Putney. He married 
EHza Fairbanks, who has borne him eleven children, five of whom are now 
living, James H. and Charles D., in Putney. 

Cromwell Burnham,who came in company with two brothers from England, 
settled at an early day in the central part of Dummerston, where he resided 
till his death. He served in the war of the Revolution. He raised ten chil- 



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dren, who were equally divided as to sex. His son Cromwell was born in 
Dummerston, in 1802, and lived here until 1844, when he removed to Putney 
to live with his son. He died in 1867. He raised ten children, only three 
of whom are living, one, Henry J., in Putney. 

Nathaniel French was one of the early settlers in the town of Brattleboro, 
on the road running south of the Miller farm, and by what was known as the 
Peter Willard tavern. One of his eleven children, William, was killed at West- 
minster court-house, March 13, 1775. Another, Nathaniel, Jr., settled in 
Dummerston, on the farm owned by Henry H. Norcross, where he lived and 
died. He was born November 17. 1789, and married Sally Walker, of Dum- 
merston, who was born March 15, 1790. He lived on the old homestead until 
all of his eight children were born, after which he lived on the west side of 
West river. He was killed by the fall of a tree, September 8, 1 854. Three of 
his children survive him, Harriet, who lives where her father died, Almira, in 
Putney, and Chester W., who was born in Dummerston, February 12, 1819, and 
married Mary Foster of that town, in Vernon, to which town he removed in 
1870. 

Samuel Morse came to Dummerston in 1801. He married Mercie Vail 
and located on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Francis H., son of 
John H. Morse, the latter of whom was born in 1814, and married EHza S. 
Nichols, in 1858. Francis H. served three years in the war of the rebellion, 
and was present at the taking of Richmond. His brother, John F., was also 
a soldier and died in the army in 1863. 

Wilson Hadley, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Spaulding) Hadley, was 
born in iSio, on the farm on which he now lives, on road 56, school district 
2. He married Olive Bryant of Dummerston, and has three children, Clarissa, 
Mrs. Geo. J. Bond, of Searsburg, Vt., and George D. and Ellen L., the latter 
a school teacher, who are living at home. 

William O. Miller, son of William and Esther Miller, was born on the Miller 
homestead in 18 16. His mother was a daughter of Joel Knight. He has 
been constable and collector about forty years, and postmaster twenty-two 
years. He married Julia J., daughter of Ira and Jemima (Ward) Haven, and 
has three sons, one of whom, William D., was graduated from Williams col- 
lege in the class of 1882. 

Enos Leonard was born in Westford, Mass., April 29, 1784. He married 
Matilda Keep, January 7, 1817, and soon after came to Vermont. He spent 
about a year in Dover, when, in 1818, he bought the place, on road 38, now 
occupied by his grandson, W. B. Leonard, where he died in 1866, aged eighty- 
two years, and his widow in 1877, aged eighty-eight years. The fruit of 
this wedded life was five children, three of whom died in infancy. The 
youngest son, John Keep Leonard, spent his life upon the homestead and 
became a prominent and respected citizen. He was for a number of 
years a justice of the peace, and was chosen to represent the town in 
the legislature of 1867-68. He was for several years a deacon of the 
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178 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Baptist church, which position he held at his death, March i, 1875, at the 
age of forty-six years." His wife was Mary, daughter of James Miller, who 
bore him two sons, J. Franklin and Willie B. The former died in 1875 ; the 
latter occupies the paternal homestead. 

John Greenwood, from Millbury, Mass., went to Stratton, Vt., about 1788 
or 1790. In 1822 he exchanged his farm in Stratton for one on the site of 
the village of West Dummerston and removed to it. He raised seven chil- 
dren, all of whom became members of the Baptist church. Deacon John 
Greenwood, of West Dummerston, one of the younger sons, is the only sur- 
vivor. His residence occupies a part of the farm where his father spent 
his later years. He was born in Stratton in 1807, and in 1830 married 
Betsey, daughter of David Belknap, one of Dummerston's pioneers. He has 
been a liberal supporter of the Baptist church, which he joined at the age of 
nine years, and of which he has been a deacon since 1863. 

Gardner S. Kathan was born in Dummerston in 1821. He married Eliza- 
beth Knight, who bore him a son and a daughter, and died in 1858. In 
1868 he married Martha E. Lane, of Putney, who bore him a daughter in 
1870. His mother, Jerusha Kathan, resides with him on road 15, school 
district 4. 

Willard Dodge was born in 18 13. At the age of fifteen he took the farm 
of Deacon Ira Havens to work on shares for three years. He subsequently 
worked the Margaret Boyden farm for ten years. He married Zilphia Temple, 
who has borne him four sons and four daughters, and is now^a farmer on road 
4. His father, Josiah Dodge, who was born in New Hampshire, in 1778, 
and married Phebe Kathan, widow of W. Wilder, was a soldier in the war of 
18 1 2, and was shot through the hand at the battle of Plattsburgh. He died 
of lock-jaw in 181 5. 

George Warrick was born in Shuckburgh, Warwick county, England, and 
married Emily E. Bloxham, of Leamington, in the same county, in 1866. He 
emigrated to America in i86g, and after a residence of three years in Putney, 
bought the farm on Mount View, in Dummerston, where he now resides. 

Whitney Tenney, son of Calvin and Betsey (Woodburn) Tenney, of Wind- 
ham, was born in 1836, and married Sarah H. Page in 1855. He lived seven 
years in Nashua, N. H., six in Windham, Vt., two in Lynn, Mass., and one 
in Chester. He came to Dummerston in 1882. 

Joel Knight Jr., son of Joel and Esther (Farr) Knight, was born in 1794 
and died in 1874. He married Fanny M. Duncan, who bore him two sons 
and six daughters, among whom is Evaline D., widow of William H. Green- 
wood, (who was killed in Mexico in 1880,) who resides with her mother in 
the paternal homestead. 

Abram Houghton, from Bolton, Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier and 
was present at Braddock's defeat. He settled in Putney, and married Sarah 
Divall. His son Heniy married Sally Perry, of Putney, and had three sons and 
three daughters, of whom Don A., who married Emily R., daughter of 
Luther Miller, resides in Dummerston. 



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Alvin Knapp was born in Dummerston in 1781 and died in 1850. He 
married Rinda Fuller, of Putney, in 1807, and had one son, Milton I., who 
was born in 1808. The latter married Sarah Wheeler, who had two sons and a 
daughter ; Sarah S., Mrs. R. M. Williams, of Brattleboro ; Alvin, born in 1850, 
a physician and dental surgeon, who graduated from the Fort Wayne college 
of medicine, and in denistry from Michigan university; and Wheeler W., who 
was born in 1852, and resides with his father in the north part of the town. 

Lewis Allen was born in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1766, and married Lydia 
Ingalls, who bore him four sons and seven daughters. His son Luther, who 
was born in 1792, married Mary O. Dickinson in 1816, and had four sons 
and two daughters. Pamelia E. married Nelson Willard, and Mary O., who 
was born in 1826, became the wife of John R. Pitkins. 

Benjamin Foster was born at Hanover, N. H., in 1803. He was gradu- 
ated at Amherst college and entered the ministry at Salisbury, N. H. He 
married Mary Johnson, widow of George Perry, of Manchester, Mass., and 
had one daughter, Nellie F. He took charge of Congregational church at 
Dummerston in 1846, and died much respected in 1867. 

Benjamin Buffum was born in Richmond, N. H., April 2,' 182 1, and 
removed to Winchester at the age of nineteen. He married Almira Cun- 
ningham and had three sons and two daughters, of whom Arthur M. now 
resides upon road 53. 

Thomas P. Morse, son of Ephraim M. and Polly fCook) Morse, was born 
in 1817, and was thrice married, first to Martha Kelsey Ingham, second to 
Mary Alden Adams, and third Mary Lane, daughter of George Lane, of Put- 
ney. He and his second wife's son, S. L. Adams, live together on road 46, 
and are successful farmers. 

Frank A. Johnson, son of Ransom and Nancy (KiUian) Johnson, enhsted 
in Co. A, 3d Vt. Vols, and served three years. He married Emogene E. 
Bemis in 1867, and now resides on road 51. 

Moses Roel was born in Oxford, N. H., in 1781. In 1 808 he married 
Oily French, of Dummerston, and located where his son, Chas. G. Roel, now 
lives on Dummerston Hill. He had six sons and four daughters, two of 
whom, Edson M. and Charles G., are now living. Charles G. was born March 4, 
1822, and married Juha A. Ward, who died in 1858. He married the same 
year Marcia M. Wellman. He is a successful farmer and has been selectman 
for nine years. 

Densmore W. Blood, son of Peter and Irene (Fisher) Blood, was born in 
Putney in 1839. In 1863 he married Lorinda O. Bragg of Westminster, 
and in 1869 became to Dummerston, locating on the old Duncan home- 
stead on road 28. 

Lewis C. Combs, son of George W. and Abigail (Baker) Combs, was born 
in Winchester, N. H., in 1843. In 1862 he enlisted in^ Co. C, 14th N. H. 
Vols., and served three years, till the close of the war. He participated in 
the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, and many others, and 



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was wounded in the second engagement. In 1870 he married Charlotte Nor- 
cross, and now resides on the Belknap homestead, in the northerly part of 
the town. 

Asa Button, son of Asa and Mary Day Button, of Chesterfield, N. H., was 
born on his grandfather's farm, in 1822. In 1861 he married Mary L., 
daughter of Joel Knight. His widow, and daughter Eva M., reside on the 
old homestead, where he died in 1878. 

Stephen L Button, brother of Asa Button, was born in 1827. He mar- 
ried Electa Sargent, of Brattleboro, who died in 1876. He is a civil engineer 
and surveyor, and resides on road 55, in the south part of the town. He was 
town auditor for eighteen years, and town representative in 1869, '70, '72 
and '80. 

Addison B. Knapp, son of Gardner and Fanny (Taft) Knapp, was born in 
1824, and in 1848 married Harriet Field. Ed. J. Knapp, a merchant in 
Townshend, is a son of his, and Mrs. Frank Churchill, of the same town, is 
a daughter. Luella F. Knapp, residing on the Foster homestead, is another 
daughter. 

James Sargent was a soldier and pensioner of the war of 18 12. He mar- 
ried Polly Burnham, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. His 
widow, who is also the widow of William Bemis, is still living at the age of 
eighty-three years, with her daughter Sarah, who was born in 1833, and was 
married first to Benjamin Ray, who died in 1856, and in 1S58, to G. W. 
Taylor. 

Anthony L. Huntley, son of Lyman and Lydia (Bennett) Huntley, of 
Putney, married Maria Jane, daughter of Jonas Walker, and resides on the 
homestead of his grandfather. Elder Jqnathan Huntley. 

Chauncey Jillson, son of Sylvester and Hannah (Reed) Jillson, was born in 
Marlboro, in 181 1, and in 1838 married Electa Horton, of Brattleboro, by 
whom he had four sons and one daughter. One son, John S., was a member 
of Co. F, ist. Vt. Cavalry, and served. during the war of the rebellion. His 
other surviving children are George S., Julia E., widow of Carter F. Nor- 
cross, now the wife of Chester Belknap, and Luther C, who married Mary L. 
Weld, and resides on road 6. 

Samuel C. Betterly, son of Chester H. and Sophia B. (Nichols) Betterly, 
was born in 1852, married Etta M. Jones, of Newfane, in 1874, and now 
resides on the Bixby farm, on roads 61, on Bummerston Hill. 

S. W. Estey, son of Bartlet Estey, was born in Hinsdale in 1837. He 
removed to Brattleboro, where he married Malonna Gray, and resided until 
1861, in which year he enlisted in Co. F, 4th Vt. Vols., serving three years. 
He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. He is at present a pros- 
perous farmer and merchant, on road 60, and has been postmaster of West 
Bummerston for three years. 

Franklin Butterfield, son of Luke Butterfield, was born in 1809, and mar- 
ried Mary Holland, who bore him three sons and a daughter, of whom John 





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F., born in 1837, married Eliza J., daughter of J. W. Chamberlain, in 1873, 
and resides on road 65. 

John T. Cooper, son of Russell Cooper, was born in Dover in 1841, and 
married Lorend I., daughter of John Lazelle of that town, in 1862. He was 
a member of Co. F, i6th Vt. Vols., and was wounded in the hand and knee 
at the battle of Gettysburg. 

Lewis H. Lynde, son of Daniel and Tamson (McClure) Lynde, was born 
in 1841. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. F, 4th Vt. Vols. He was a sergeant, 
and served three years. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness- 
In 1864 he married Emma R. Gates, of Dummerston, and is now town rep- 
resentative. 

Oscar L. F. Bennett, son of Orren L., married Lydia Herrick, of Dum- 
merston, in 1852, and resides on road 19. He is a selectman. 

J. Armes Miller, son of Joseph, married Sarah M. Reed, of Wardsboro, in 
1 87 1, and resides on the Reed homestead, on road 12. 

Erastus T. Corser, son of Josiah and Prudence (Heath) Corser, was born 
in i8i2, and married Harriet Bigsbee, of Springfield, and after her death, 
Lucy Ayer, of Rockingham. In 1868 he bought the Underwood farm. He 
is a breeder of fine Merino sheep, and an extensive dealer in cattle, sheep, 
and wool. He resides on road 17. 

Wm. H. Greenwood was born in Dublin, N. H,, March 27, 1832. Quite 
early in life he determined to be a civil engineer, and in 1850 he entered 
Norwich University, graduating in 1852. He was engaged in railroad engi- 
neering until the commencen^ent of the late war. In January, 1862, he en- 
listed in the 51st III. Vols, as 1st lieutenant and became captain May 9, 1863. 
He was selected by Gen. Rosencrans to organize a topographical engineer 
service, and was ordered to report to Gen. Stanley, then in command of the 
cavalry of the army of the Cumberland. As lieutenant-colonel and inspec- 
tor he continued with that command until the close of the war, and received 
commendatory notice from its commandant. In 1865, while still in the service 
of the government, he rebuilt the Gulf and San Antonio railroad. In 1867 
he was appointed chief engineer of the Kansas Pacific railroad, which position 
he resigned in the summer of 1870. He then accepted an appointment as 
general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, resigning this posi- 
tion in 1874. After a residence of two years in Vermont (1875 and '77), 
and one (1876) in Philadelphia, in 1878 he took charge of the construction 
railroad now operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Company. In 1879 
he was in charge of the construction of the Marion and McPherson railroad in 
Kansas, and in 1880 he took charge as chief engineer of the surveys for the 
Mexican National railway. In August of the latter year, while on his way to 
the capital to spend the Sabbath with his family, he was waylaid and mur- 
dered by Mexicans, whose cupidity the excellent qualities of his horse had 
excited, while stopping at a wayside inn for refreshments. His body was 
interred in the American cemetery of the Mexican capital, September i, 1880, 



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and in May, 1882, was removed to Dummerston, where a beautiful granite 
monument mxrks his final resting-place. May 19, 1857, Col. Green- 
wood married Evalina D , daughter of Joel and Fanny M. (Duncan) Knight, 
who requited his aftection as a husband with a wifely devotion of equal ardor. 

John Bradley was a poor boy and was brought up by a merchant in Wor- 
cester, Mass., till he was sixteen years of age, when he entered the army as a 
waiter. He afterwards became a soldier and served through the war for inde- 
pendence under Lafayette. After the close of the war he married Elizabeth 
Cowden, of Worcester, Mass., and moved to Newfane, where he bought and 
cleared wild land, making himself a home about one and one-half miles north- 
west of the village. There he lived and brought up eleven children. He 
died in Jamaica, aged about eighty-five years. Calvin K. Bradley, now living 
on road 12 in Dummerston, aged eighty-one years, is the youngest of seven 
sons and the only one living. Elizabeth Brown is the only surviving daughter. 
Calvin K. married Sally Temple, a granddaughter of Joseph Temple, who 
cleared up the farm on which they now live in Dummerston. He was a 
native of Worcester, Mass., and drew the land in a lottery which was insti- 
tuted for the purpose of raising money to build highways and a meeting-house 
in Dummerston. The farm is now owned by Mrs. Augusta Bennett, the 
daugter of Calvin K. and Sally T. Bradley. Mrs. G. C. Worden, of Dover, is 
the youngest of their family of ten children. Alonzo Bradley, residing on 
road 12, in Dummerston, is their only surviving son. Louisa S. Halliday, of 
Guilford, is their eldest daughter. 

Charles C. Howard, of Dummerston, was born in Jamaica, and the youngest 
of ten children of Banyard Howard, the first child born in Jamaica, who estab- 
lished a cloth mill near the old cemetery on West river in that town, and 
also owned one in the village. Charles C. was brought up in this business 
and that of farming. In April, 185 1, he married Mary Brown. They have 
two sons, Arthur C, who is superintendent of the Patterson organ factory in 
Bridgeport, Conn., and Herbert C, who resides with his father on road 49. 

Ira Orm.sbee was born in Putney, Vt., in 1810. His father, Christopher 
Ormsbee, died when he was but four years of age, and he was brought up by 
Joel Knight of Dummerston. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the 
blacksmith trade, and soon after completing his apprenticeship he bought a 
shop at Slab Hollow, and began business for himself. In 1833 he built the 
brick shop now owned by his son Charles, and continued the business there 
until his death in April, 1881. He married EHzabeth, daughter of Joseph 
Miller, Sen., and raised ten children, five of whom are now living, Charles and 
Emily, (Mrs. D. W. Gates,) in Dammerston, and Albert F., Leslie, and Julia, 
in Westfield, Mass. 

Sylvester May, the third son of Lyman May, was born in Wardsboro. At 
the age of four years his father died, after which he was brought up by Simeon 
Adams, of that town. In 1852 he married Mary Pond, of Wardsboro, result- 
ing in the birth of seven sons and one daughter. He died in November, 



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1868, aged forty years. His widow resides in Dummerston, and Mary A., 
their daughter, in New Haven, Conn.; Simeon S., in Granville, Mich.; Herbert, 
in East Manville, Mich ; Henry F., in Edinbury, N. Y.; Charhe E. and 
Samael L., in Hinsdale, N. H.; Walter, in Vernon; and Willie L., in Dum- 
merston. 

The Congregational church, located in the central part of the town, was 
organized by its first pastor. Rev. Joseph Farrar, August i8, 1779, with 
the following named members: James Holland, Aaron Brooks, John French, 
Amos Rice, Mary French, Sarah Town, Joseph Temple, John Crawford, 
Joseph Temple, Jr., Joseph Hildreth, Sarah Holton, and Hannah Brooks. 
The first church building was commenced in 1773. The present building, a 
wood structure capable of seating 400 persons, and valued at $3,000.00, was 
built in 1842. The society now has 107 members, with Rev. Josiah Merrill, 
pastor. 

The Baptist church, located at West Dummerston, was organized by Rev, 
Mr. Goddard, in 1798, the first pastor being Rev. Mr. Freeman. After a 
few years he was succeeded by Elder Jonathan Huntley, under whose minis- 
tration the church was greatly prospered. In 18 16 there were ninety-six per- 
sons paptized through the ice. The society's meetings were held in dwellings, 
barns, and school-houses until 1802, when the first house of worship was built. 
The building erected in Guilford but not finished, was purchased by the 
society, taken down and re-erected in West Dummerston. The building was 
of white oak timber and is the same now used as a store by J. E. Townsend. 
Their present house of worship was built of wood in i860. It will seat 250 
persons, cost about $2,000.00, its present value. They also have a parson- 
age worth $1,200.00. The present preaching supply is by Rev. C. R. Powers? 
of West Brattleboro. 



GRAFTON is an irregularly outUned town lying in the center of the 
northern tier of towns of the county, in lat. 43° 11' and long. 4° 4', 
bounded north by Chester, in Windsor county, east by Rockingham, 
south by Athens and Townshend, and west by Windham. It was originally 
granted by New Hampshire, April 8, 1754, to Jonathan Whitney, \yilliam 
Holt, Nathan Harris, Philip Goodridge and sixty-one associates, by the name 
of Thomlinson, being the last town chartered by New Hampshire previous 
to the breaking out of the French war. 

On July 9, 1761, the time for fulfilUng the conditions of the charter was 
extended ; but notwithstanding this extension of time, however, there prob- 
ably was a failure to comply with the conditions, for a new charter was 
granted, September i, 1763, to the same persons who had held the former 
charter. The name ThomUnson was retained until 1788, when, for some 
cause, the "h" was omitted, and on October 31, 1791, the name was changed 
to Grafton, under the following circumstances : Many of the citizens of the 



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town were anxious to have the town named after the town from which they 
emigrated, and to give each an equal chance it was decided to put the name 
of the town up at auction ; and on the 31st day of October, 1791, it was sold, 
and Joseph Axtell being the highest bidder, for the sum of $5, had the pleas- 
ure of having the town named Grafton^ he having removed from Grafton, 
Mass. 

According to the charter the township was to be divided into sixty-four 
shares and to contain an area of six miles square, or 23,040 acres ; but 
October 30, 1816, a part of Athens and Avery's Gore was annexed to it, and 
November 2, 1846, a part of Grafton was set oft" to Athens. 

The surface of the territory is very uneven, though there is much fine, 
arable land in the valleys and on the hill slopes. All grades of grains and 
grasses are grown to advantage, though the town is much better adapted to 
grazing than tillage. Saxton's river forms the principal water-course, being 
formed here by the union of several branches and flowing a southeasterly 
course into Rockingham. .A. branch of Williams river flows an easterly course 
through the northern part of the town, nearly parallel with the north line. 
These streams aftbrd several very good mill-privileges. The principal rock 
entering into the geological structure of the territory is g/ieiss. In the south- 
ern part is a large bed of steatite which is quarried to a great extent. In 
connection with this deposit are found fine green laminated talc, chlorite, 
potsto7ie, and crystals of actytiolite and bitter spar. The potstone is of a greenish 
gray color and is less frangible than the steatite. The crystals of actynolite 
are large, and of a light green color. Those of bitter spar are of different 
sizes, presenting rhomboidal surfaces, and are embedded in the steatite. 
They are usually perfect, but not transparent. Their color is a light gray, 
and their lustre more pearly than that of calcareous spar. Their structure is 
distinctly laminated, and they dissolve without effervesence in diluted nitric 
acid. Cyanite, or sapphire, is also found. It is of a light blue color, and is in 
compressed hexagonal prisms in mica slate and in massi/e garnet. Garnets 
abound both in talcose and mica schist, and hornblende is very common. Also 
the sulphuret of iron in small brown cxxhts, plumose mica or mica slate, limpid 
quartz in transparent crystals, greasy and milky quartz, schrol and precious 
serpentine. The schrol is in triangular prisms, bevelled at their lateral edges, 
and striated longitudinally, having triedral terminations. Gold also has been 
discovered in small qiiantities. 

In 1880 Grafton had a population of 929, and in 1882 had nine school 
districts and contained nine common schools, employing thirteen female 
teachers at an aggregate salary of $849.85. There were 169 pupils attend- 
ing common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending 
October 31st, was $1,092.54, with C. W. Terrill, superintendent. 

Grafton is a post village located at the confluence of the north and south 
branches of Saxton's river. It has two churches (Congregational and Bap- 
tist), three stores, an hotel, chair-splint factory, carriage shop, blacksmith 



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shop, etc., and about eighty dweUings. The Green Mountain telegraph and 
Boston & Northern telephone lines each have offices here. 

HouGHTONViLLE is a hamlet located about two miles south of the north 
line of the town, and the same distance from the west line. It has a store, 
a blacksmith shop, and a few scattered dweUings. There formerly was a 
postoffice here, but it was discontinued some years since, by petition of the 
citizens. 

Cambridgeport is a post village located on the line beween Grafton and 
Rockingham. In this town it has a store, telegraph office, and three or four 
dwellings. 

Mechanicsvili.e is the local name given an extension of Grafton village 
where most of the manufacturing interests are centered. 

George N. French & So/i's carriage^ 7vagon and sleigh manufactory^ located 
at Grafton, was established in 1833, by Lyman French, who conducted it until 
his death, in 1852, when George N. French became proprietor of the busi- 
ness. In 1877 his son, George D., was made a partner. Their shop on 
School street, together with that of Dexter B. French, on Water street, gives 
employment to six men. 

White & IVilbiir's saia, shingle, grist and cider-mill, located at Mechan- 
icsville, was originally erected by William Wier, in 1824, as a cider-mill. He 
sold out to Abner Parker, who put in carding machinery, and who in turn 
sold to Burdette & Gibson. It was afterwards converted into a woolen fac- 
tory, by John and William Woolley, about 1830. About 1857 L. S. Walker 
became the owner of the property, and subsequently re-converted it into a 
saw-mill. In 1873 ^- S. White became interested in the business, purchased 
the property, and in 1881 sold a half interest to V. A. Wilbur. The firm 
now manufactures about 300,000 feet of lumber, 500,000 shingles, and also 
does a custom grinding and feed business. 

Butterfield 6^ Smith's soap-stone mills and quarry, at Cambridgeport, give 
employment to about twenty men, in the manufacture of all kinds of soap- 
stone goods. 

S. IV. Goodridge has been engaged about twelve years at Grafton m the 
manufacture of fine fishing rods. His goods have attained just celebrity 
among distinguished anglers in this and most of the other States. 

Marsh 6^ Leland's chair-splint factory, located at Grafton village, was 
established in 1882. It gives employment to ten men in the manufacture of 
black ash splints for the seats and backs of chairs. 

IV. L. Burnafs grist and sa7v-mill, located on road 28, is operated by 
water-power. 

There was no settlement of the town commenced until several years after 
the date of the charter. In the year 1768, a man by the name of Slack 
removed to town and built a log house on the farm- now owned by Seth 
Wright. This is said to be the first house built in town. About the same 
time three families named Hinkley, Hill, and Walton, removed into town and 



1 86 TOWN OF GRAFTON. 



began a settlement on what is now and since then has been called Hinkley 
Brook, near the present residence of R. M. Cook. Hinkley built near the 
brook, Walton some rods north on higher land, now owned by Deacon Allen 
Fay, and Hill on land lately owned by Martin Daggett. Neither of these 
families remained in town but a few years, but all left, and the first permanent 
settlement was made about the year 1780. In the year 1779 Asa Fisher, of 
Hopkinton, Mass., Aaron Putnam, James Guild, WilHam Parkhurst, of Win- 
chendon Conn., and Thomas Kinney, of Marrowfield, Conn, purchased land 
In this town of Thomas and John Chandler, of Chester. Their deeds were 
all recorded in the town of Rockingham. The first deed recorded in the 
land records of Thomlinson, where either grantor or grantee were residents 
of the town, is a deed from Thomas Kinney, of Thomlinson, to Esek Sanders, 
of Ashford, Conn., dated Dec. 27, 1781, and recorded June 17, 1782, Aaron 
Putnam was then town clerk. The first town records commenced in 1782. 
Several deeds were executed and recorded at that date. The value of the 
ratable property in town in 1781, was 200 pounds. In 1791 the population 
was 561 souls. The first birth in town was a child to Mr. and Mrs. Hill, dur- 
ing their stay on Hinkley Brook. The first record of a death is that of Asa 
Fisher, Jr., son of Asaand Esther, who died June 19, 1780, in the sixteenth 
year of his age. His body was buried in the burying-ground at the center 
of the town. 

The first town meeting on record was held in 1783, though there is evidence 
that the town was organized in 1781, when Aaron Putnam was chosen town 
clerk ; Amos Fisher, constable ; and Miles Putnam, Samuel Spring, and 
Aaron Putnam, selectmen. The first justice of the peace was Charles Per- 
kins, in 1786. The first representative was Miles Putnam, in 1780. The first 
school was taught by Hester Fisher, in a log barn owned by Maj. John Dwin- 
nell. The first hotel and store were under the same roof, and kept by Henry 
Bond, located where widow Nancy Fisher's house now stands. It was a log 
house with one room and one bed for family and guests. The first goods 
placed in the store was a barrel of new rum, in 1787. This was drawn from 
Saxton's River, most of the distance in the river, with oxen, on a drag built 
for the purpose, there being no road. On the arrival of the goods the citizens 
flocked to the store to inspect them. They were pleased with the quality and 
purchased freely until quite a number had taken a larger quantity than they 
found themselves able to carry away. In 1788 the town voted that Samuel 
Spring should keep tavern on the place now owned by Capt. A. H. Burgess. 
David Stickney, Joab Gleason, and Ensign Jonathan Gibson, were also 
licensed to keep taverns. 

As a speciman of the business transacted at the early town meetings, we 
prii»t the following, the first being the meeting held in 1783 : At that meet- 
ing it was voted to have preaching from neighboring towns that season, and 
David Stickney was appointed to get preaching that season ; and it was voted 
that hogs should not run at large. In town meeting 1784, chose Ebenezer 



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Burgess town clerk ; Ebenezer Burgess, Aaron Putnam, and Edward Putnam, 
selectmen ; chose Samuel Spring a committee to look out a road or part of a 
Toad to Rockingham ; chose Charles Perkins brander of horses. In town 
meeting 1785, chose Stephen Hayward, town clerk ; Charles Perkins, brander 
of horses. Voted that a man shall have three shillings a day for highway 
work, and a yoke of oxen two shillings a day ; voted that the law book should 
be kept at the town clerk's office ; voted that all ox sleds in town shall be 
four feet wide ; voted to purchase ground for a burial place, and that each 
man give one day's work to clear the ground. This place was located at the 
center of the town. 

Josiah Baird was one of the first settlers in town ; he settled upon the farm 
lately owned by S. S. Davis, known as the Sabin Cowing farm; he enhsted 
in the Indian war, was captured by the Indians, and remained a prisoner sev- 
eral years, but escaped and returned in 1788. He was father of George W. 
Baird, who was married in 1S20, to Mary Cutter and resided until his death, 
in 1856, on the farm where her father, Nathaniel Cutter, settled in 1802. 

Benjamin Dwinnell, father of Maj. John Dwinnell, wasalsooneof the earH- 
est settlers in town He settled on land near the village, and the first school 
was taught in his barn. 

Among the 117 tax payers in Grafton in 1792, may be mentioned the fol- 
lowing: Joseph Axtell, Alexander Axtell, Amos Dennison, Benjamin Dwin- 
nell, Oliver Davis, John Goodridge, Jr., Moses Goodridge, Solomon Gilson, 
John Kidder, Stephen Hayward, Ziba Hayward, (the family name being now 
spelled Howard), Robert Holmes, Mannasseh Houghton, Capt. David Pal- 
mer, Lieut. Thomas Palmer, Edward Putnam, Elijah Phelps, Samuel Spring, 
Dr. William Stickney, William Stickney, Jr., George Smith, Jr., Peter Petten- 
gill, Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, and Peter Whitcomb. 

Job Gleason built the framed house now standing on road 8, in 1787, being, 
probably, the first framed house erected in the town. A large stone chimney 
stands in the center of the house, while the hardwood floor is pinned down 
by wooden pegs. Benjamin Burgess located on the place in 1800. His family 
consisted of the following children, Lyman, Laura, Hubbard and Maria, the 
latter of whom now occupies the place. 

Thomas Davis located just east of Bear hill, in 1789, moving into along 
shanty that was not supplied with a door. As a substitute for the useful 
appendage, Mrs. Davis hung a heavy bed-quilt over the opening, thus serving 
as a curtain. It was in the autumn of the year, and the nuts from the beech 
trees in front of the cabin were dropping plentifully about the door-yard, form- 
ing a very tempting bait for any wandering bruin that might pass that way. 
Late one afternoon, as Mrs. Davis sat quietly knitting near the hanging cur- 
tain, thinking, perhaps, of the friends and dear ones she had left within the 
pale of civihzation, she was suddenly startled by having the curtain cooly 
raised by the black snout of a huge black bear. At sight of her, bruin gave 
an ominous growl; but the screech that Mrs. Davis gave completely drowned 



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the growl, cut short the inquisitive beast peregrinations, and he turned tail 
and trotted oft" into the forest. Such were the pleasant visitors our pioneer 
mothers were called upon to entertain. It is needless to state, perhaps, that 
not many hours elapsed before Mrs. Davis had caused her husband to make a 
more substantial door of split logs. 

Oliver Davis, born in Massachusetts in 1767, married Triphena Gleason 
and settled near Houghtonville in 1789. His bride died, however, only thirty 
days after their wedding. In 1783 Mr. Davis married Hannah Baird, who 
bore him children as follows: Triphena, Hannah, Betsey, OUver, Jr., Alice 
and Benoni. the latter being twins and at whose birth Mrs. Davis died. la 
1799 Mr. Davis married, for his third wife, Martha Page, who bore him 
children as follows : Silas, Sally, Lucinda, Benoni, Ascenath and Joel. The lat- 
ter married Harriet Briggs and had one son, George. Norman R. married Ellen 
Stiles, has one daughter, is one of the present town selectmen, and resides on 
the old homestead. 

John Smith, from Dedham, Mass., came to Grafton in 1781, and settled, 
with Mr. Palmer and Mr. Baker, in that district known as " Hovveville." All 
three families were large, and the first school taught here was made up of 
thirty scholars from these three families. The first school-house was built of 
logs, on the Slack farm. John Smith raised nine children, of ten born to him. 
John Smith, Jr., married Elizabeth Closson and at one time owned 500 acres 
of land about his birthplace. He raised three children, one of whom was a 
son. The two daughters are now living, Mrs. George Lawrence, of Grafton, 
and Mrs. Sarah Sanderson, of Townshend. 

Elijah Phelps came to Grafton among the earliest of its permanent settlers, 
making the first settlement in the northwestern section of the town, previous 
to 1788. During that year his son Joseph was born. He became a black- 
smith, married, and built a residence at Houghtonville, where he carried on 
business until his death. Five of his seven children are now hving, at 
Grafton village as follows : Samuel, Francis, Leverett, Charles and Harlan. 

John Goodridge came to Grafton, from Keene, N. H., in 1786, having 
purchased his farm in 1783. He subsequently sold the farm to his son Moses, 
with whom he spent the latter years of his life. Moses married Abiah Wads- 
worth, of Keene, N. H., December 24, 1790, and reared a family of ten 
children. 

Robert Converse, born in 1773, spent his youth at Marlboro, N. H., and 
at the age of twenty-one years married Edna Hale. In January of the 
following year, 1799, with his wife and her sister, Mercy Hale, who afterwards, 
became Mrs. Ebenezer Burgess, he came to Grafton and located upon the farm 
now owned by his son, Newton R. Converse. Newton R. married Mary 
Stuart, of Andover, who died January 7, 1883, and reared five sons and four 
daughters, of whom Nelson resides in Illinois; Edna married Rev. E. W. 
White, of Castile, N. Y. ; Martha became Mrs. H. T. Wright, of Massachu- 
setts ; Sarah V. graduated from the Boston School of Oratory ; and Clara A. 
graduated from Smith college, of Northampton. 



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Given Holmes made the first settlement on the farm now owned by D. W. 
Twitchell, on road 25, where he brought up a large family, from which Holmes 
hill derived its name. Only three of his children, Henry, Harry and Harriet, 
permanently located in the town. Harriet became Mrs. Harvey Stoddard. 
Henry was thrice married, originally carried on the blacksmith business, but 
subsequently was many years a merchant and nianufacturer of the town; 
was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870, and held many of 
the town trusts. He died in August, 1871, aged sixty-five years. The fam- 
ily is now represented here by his son Sidney, who carries on the manufac- 
ture of churns, a business established by his father. 

Thaddeus Taylor born in Massachusetts in 1768, came to Grafton in 1795, 
locating on Davis hill. Early in the following year he married Sally Taylor, 
who bore him four sons and four daughters, of whom Horace, born October 
24, 1796, married Fanny Alexander, of Athens, their family being four sons 
and one daughter, of whom Thaddeus N. resides with his mother at the 
village; Charles L. was lost at the battle of the Wilderness; Harry was killed 
in a powder-mill in 1856; George M., of Brattleboro, is sergeant-at-arms in 
the House of Representatives at Washington ; and Helen S. married Edwin 
Hamilton, who was killed by lightnmg in Missouri, in 187 1. In 1857, the 
father, Horace was thrown from his wagon while on his way to church, the 
injuries received resulting in his death, while at the same time Mrs. Taylor 
had both wrists broken. 

James Thompson came from Derry, N. H., at an early date, locating on 
road 35, upon wiiat is now know a as Kidder hill. All of his seven sons spent 
their lives in Grafton, and in turn reared large families. John Thompson 
married Betsey Conant and reared six children, three of whom were sons, 
Stillman, Elliot, and John. The latter inherited the homestead, married 
Chastina Fairbank, and Charles E., their only child, now occupies the home- 
stead. Stillman married Martha Smith, reared three children. One of these, 
Henry A., resides on road 36. Herbert E. Thompson, of Cambridgeport, is 
a great-grandson of James. 

Abraham Hill, of Cambridge, Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier and was 
engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, where a ball from one of the enemy's 
rifles passed through his hat and another through his cartridge-box. He sub- 
sequently married Ruth Blodgett, of Lexington, Mass., and," with his wife and 
five daughters, came to Grafton in 1797^ locating on road 2, upon the farm 
now occupied by his son Thomas. He had three sons and three daughters 
born in Grafton, of whom Thomas married Roxanna White, of New Hamp- 
shire. Abraham died m 1838, aged seventy-eight years, and Mrs. Hill died 
in 1858, aged ninety-two years. 

David Stiles, a cooper by trade, came to Grafton with his family in 1798, 
locating in school district No. ri. His children were Anna, Lydia, David, 
Joseph, Ephraim, Mark, Orrin, Elkanah W., Hosea B., Harriet, PhiHnda and 
Miranda. His first wife died in 1832, and m 1833 he married the widow 



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Gleason. Elkanah married Mary R. Rugg, of Townshend, and had three 
children, Mary H., David and Harriet. David married Lucy A. Holden, of 
Townshend, and is now a prosperous farmer on the Stiles homestead, upon 
which was erected the first framed house in the western part of the town. 

David Gilson came to Grafton in 1801, and married Eliza McAllister. 
Wesley W. Gilson of this family married Myra Stearns, of Grafton, by whom 
he had two sons, Albert W. and Earnest D. His wife died in 1864, and 
he subsequently married Mary Wolf, by whom he has one daughter, Cora E. 

Capt. Joseph Whitcomb and his father Peter came to Grafton from 
Swanzey, N. H., previous to 1792. Capt. Joseph located on road 28, near 
the present residence of C. S. White, where he reared four children. WiUiam, 
the youngest son, married Annis Converse, and spent his life here as a farmer. 
He was a deacon of the Baptist church fifty years, held many of the various 
town trusts, and died in 1876, aged seventy-four years. Thiee of his four 
children are living, viz. . George R. Whitcomb and Mrs. Wealthy W. Conant, 
on road 36 in this town, and Rev. Winchester W. Whitcomb, in North 
Amherst, Ohio. 

Alexander Zuill, a merchant, came from Scotland to Boston, Mass., where 
he had four children born to him. His son Alexander, born at that place in 
1763, married and came with his wife and three children to Giafton about 
1797, where four other children were added to the family. Col. N. A. Zuill, 
the oldest native resident of the town, was born in 1800, on the farm now 
owned by Otis Ranney. Four of seven children are Hving, Nathan O., on 
road 12, J. T., on road 23, and two daughters, Louisa M. Park and Abigail 
M. Zuill. 

Ephraim Smith, from Worcester, Mass., located in Rockingham in 1783, 
at the age of fourteen years. In 1803 he came to Grafton, locating on road 
36, where Stillman and H. A. Thompson now reside. He married Patty 
Dale about 1790, who bore him a number of children, and after her death, in 
18 1 5, he married Dorcas Streeter, of Surry, N. H., who bore him three chil- 
dren, of whom Martha, the eldest, married Stillman Thompson and resides 
on the old homestead. Hannah married Almon Richmond and removed to 
Illinois. Ansel married Adaline Kidder and went to Duluth, Minn., where 
he died. 

William Nourse, of Framingham, Mass., married Lydia Bruce, and with 
his wife and three sons and five daughters located in Windham in 1807. 
Mr. Nourse was a Revolutionary soldier, served in the battle of Stillwater, 
and died in 1828. His son Joel married Mary Baxter, of Massachusetts, 
their family consisting of three sons and one daughter, of whom A. C. Nourse 
married Sarah Stiles, of Peru, and has one son and one daughter, who reside 
with their parents in Houghtonville. 

Simeon Conant came to Grafton from Lunenburg, Mass., about 1808, 
locating with his family just west of joad 36. Luther, his third child, spent 
his life in Grafton. He married Mary Hill, who bore him two children, 



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Mary (Mrs. S. S. Bailey), and one son, Simeon D., residing on road 36. The 
latter represented the town in the legislatuie of 1867-68, and has held other 
offices. 

Dr. John Butterfield came to Grafton from Rockingham in 1808, succeed- 
ing Dr. Amos Fisher, who was probably the first resident physician in the 
town, and who died about 1808. Dr. Butterfield married Zilpha Pierce, of 
Windham, their family being Mary, born in 1815, and died in 1827; John 
L., born in 1820 ; and Sophia, born in 1826, now the wife of a Mr. Duncan, 
of Boston. John L. married Jare Smith, of Saxton's River, and with Charles 
Smith is successfully engaged in quarrying and manufacturing soapstone. 
He occupies the homestead where his father dwelt, in Grafton village. 

Levi Fairbanks from Massachusetts, came to Grafton with his wife and eight 
children, in 1810, locating where Chillson C. Fairbank now resides. Of this 
family Cornelius married Sarah Philbrook, and had two sons and one daugh- 
ter, Chillson C, Charles and Christina B. Chillson C. married Fanny L. 
Evans, of Grafton, and has two sons, Edwin and Everett. 

Luther Tenney, born at Marlboro, N. H., located in Windham about iSio. 
He married Fanny Fay and reared two sons and three daughters, of whom 
EUery C. married Fanny Stoddard and is proprietor of a shingle and planing 
mill and a teacher of vocal music, at Grafton village. 

David Blood, of Amherst, Mass., born in 1760. was a Revolutionary soldier, 
and was at the battle of Ticonderoga. In 1815 he settled in Grafton, mar- 
ried Jane Gilson, and reared three sons, of whom A. Luke married Marcia 
O. WooUey, and has one son, Herbert C, a member of the police force at 
Providence, R. I., and one daughter. Bertha M., resided with her parents at 
Houghtonville. 

Samuel W^alker, born November 11, 1791, came to Grafton in 1817, and 
resided here until his death, in 1864, having taken a prominent part 
in the public affairs of the town, holding many of the town offices. He mar- 
ried Mercy Smith, March 26, 1815, who died March iz[, 1837. For his second 
wife he married Ulepsa Briggs, sister of Gov. George P. Briggs, of Massachu- 
setts. By his first wife he had seven children, the eldest of whom, Romanzo, 
born March 8, 1816, studied law with Gen. Daniel Kellogg and practised his 
profession until his death, in 1850. His second son, Lewis S., born May 5 
1817, is a successful lawyer in Grafton, where he has always resided. He has 
represented the town in the legislature and for many years held town offices. 
Of the remaining children, Samuel M. and Alden have resides in town from 
their birth, engaged in farming. 

Samuel Bailey, a native of New Hampshire, born in 1787, came to Rock- 
ingham in 181 7. He married Susannah Britton and reared four sons and six 
daughters, of whom Samuel S., born in 1813, married Mary Conant, rearing 
one son and three daughters — Ossian F., of Brattleboro ; Marcia A., (Mrs. 
George M. Taylor), and Rosetta F., (Mrs. Joseph C. Page). Samuel S., 
with Peter W. Dean and others, erected a woolen factory here in 1839, 
which was in successful operation until 1854. 



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Nathan Wheeler built a grist-mill at the lower village in 1828, and also a 
saw-mill about the same time. They were run by William Whitcomb many 
years and are now owned by Wilder Burnap and run by R. W. BuUard. 

Willard L., son of Stephen White, married Elisabeth D. Ross, of Walpole, 
N. H., and located on the Erastus Burgess farm, in 1846. He had three 
sons and one daughter, as follows: Elbridge W., a graduate of Hamilton col- 
lege, now a Baptist clergyman at Castile, N. Y. ; WiUis, a merchant of Green- 
ville, N. Y. ; Stella, and WiUiam. Mrs. White died in 1872, and Willard sub- 
sequently married Josephine Parker. 

Stephen Sherwin was born in Amherst, N. H., October 14, 1795, married 
Rhoda Chapman, of Grafton, and settled in this town. His family of eight 
children were all born in Grafton. He was one of the leading carpenters of 
the town, a prominent member of the Baptist church, and also owned a grist 
and saw-mill, located about half a mile below Grafton village. He moved to 
Brattleboro in 1864, though he remained but about a year, when he returned 
to Grafton, and died here. His wife died in Manchester, N. H., in April, 
1875. Only two of their children are Hving, Stephen P , in Brattleboro, and 
Rev. Alden, a Baptist clergyman, of Manchester, N. H. 

Amos Puffer, born at Keene, N. H., in 1757, enhsted as a Revolutionary 
soldier, served two years, received a pension, married in 1785, reared four 
sons and five daughters, and died in Chester, in 1832. Amos, Jr., married 
Lena Baker, located in Grafton, and now resides with his daughter, Mrs. A. 
P. Holden, on the old Puffer homestead, on road 37. 

Almon E. Wetherell was born in Massachusetts, in 1809, and when two 
years of age, came to Westminster with his parents. In 1833 he married 
Betsey N. Lee, daughter of Rev. Richard Lee, of Spiingfield, Vt., and in 
1840 removed to Winhall, Vt., where he resided forty years. In iS8r he 
came to Grafton, and died here in 18S2. His widow, his son, S. L. Wetherell, 
and his daughter, Mrs. L. L. Kingsbury, resides on road 28, in this town. 

Ebenezer Burgess, born in 1743, married Hannah Gibbs. Of his family, 
Ebenezer, Jr., born in Massachusetts in 1768, married Mary Hale, of Grafton ; 
Ambrose, born in 1798, married Abby H. Goodridge, of Grafton, and had 
two sons and four daughters, Eben H., Clara G., Elizabeth S.. Johnson, Lucy 
A., and Ambrose H. The latter married Fanny A. Steele, of Springfield, Vt., 
and now resides on the old homestead. 

Willard Dean came to this town, from Chester, Vt., married Lydia Rice, 
and reared six children, one of whom, Willard A., resides on road 51, carrying 
on a farm with his son, Myron A. 

Peter W. Dean, a native of Massachusetts, born in 1797, came to Grafton, 
from Manchester, Vt., in 1827. He married Philinda Willey, of this town, 
and reared two sons and four daughters, one of whom, Lemira M., married 
Isaac L. Clark, who was for many years a prominent lawyer of Illinois. He 
was Lieut.-Col. of the 96th 111. Vols., and was killed at the battle of Chica- 
mouga, in 1863, at the age of thirty-nine years. His widow and one son, 
Elam L., a student in Dartmouth college, reside in Grafton village. 



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Uziah Wyman, born in Townshend, Mass., in 1764, married Lydia Nutting, 
in 1787, and reared ten children, of whom Uziah, aged ninety-four years, 
John, aged seventy-nine years, and Rhoda, widow of Philemon Holden, now 
reside here. John's daughter, Martha E., married Clark L. Torrey, of Cam- 
bridgeport, and has four children. 

Thomas Davis came lo Grafton in 1789, locating on the easterly side of 
Bear mountain, about a mile south of Grafton village. He married Sarah 
Richmond, of Taunton, Mass., the union being blessed with sixteen chil- 
dren, of whom Thomas married Lucy WooUey, and lived and died in Graf- 
ton ; Micah married Abigail Woolley, and settled and died in Athens; Sally 
married Benjamin Farmer, and removed to the State of New York ; and 
Simon married Josepha Putnam, of Windham, and removed to Florence, 
Oneida county, N. Y., in 1820, and died there in 1853. Of his family, one 
son, L. S. Davis, resides in Rome, N. Y., and a daughter. Mrs. Celian M. 
Knox, resides at Knoxboro, Oneida county, N. Y. Anna married Eber 
Chaffee, and removed to the West. Amos married Eliza Chaffee and settled in 
Athens. Florilla married Simeon Oaks and removed to Jefferson county, N. 
Y. Mrs. C. W. Fairbank, a granddaughter of Thomas Davis, now occupies 
the old homestead, which has never been owned out of the family since first 
settled. 

The following named soldiers trom Grafton lost their lives in the late civil 
war : F. D. Whipple, Henry Cambridge, Solon Holmes, C. A. Sherwin, 
Erastus Tarbell, A. H. Rice, J. H. Ayers, R. F. J. Grout, P. A. Chapman, 
E. Reed, F. T. Harris, H. C. Spring, J. M. Howard, A. Park, H. Eastman, 
Austin Blood, and D. C. Gould, all of whom are buried in Grafton, while the 
burial place of the following are unknown : C. L. Ta}lor, M. C. Chapman, 
J. R. Bothrick, George Roundy, D. Perham, C. H. Howard, D. A. Hough- 
ton, William Graves, O. G. Gibson, F. Blood, B. S. Howard, and H. C. 
Hadlty. 

The First Congregational church in Thomlinson,\oc2X^A at Grafton village, 
was organized June 20, 1785, with seventeen members. In 1786 Mr. BuUen, 
also a Mr Smith preached each a short time, but the people were not agreed 
to hire either, and in 1787 Rev. William Hall, after preaching a few weeks on 
trial, accepted a call to settle as pastor of the church, upon a salary of thirty 
pounds for the first year, and to be increased ten pounds a year until the sum 
amounted to sixty pounds, to be paid in rye, at four shillings per bushel, or 
wheat, at five shillings per bushel. The subject of erecting a church build- 
ing was agitated in town meetings as early as 1786, but final action was not 
taken until 1792, when at a town meeting held at the house of Ensign Jonathan 
Gibson, it was voted. to build a meeting-house. The spot selected for the 
site was near, if not the same spot where the last meeting-house stood at the 
center of the town. It was voted to sell the pews on the ground floor to 
raise a fund to build with. Ensign Jonathan Gibson was allowed fifteen 
shillings and nine pence for flip furnished the 13th day of February, 1792, at 
13 



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the selling of the pews. This building was used until 1834, when the present 
brick structure was built, at a cost of $3,000.00. It will seat about 300 per- 
sons and is valued, including grounds, at $6,000.00. The society now has 
seventy-four members, with Rev. Earl J. Ward, pastor. 

The Grafton Baptist church, located at Grafton village, was organized in 
1803, Rev. Elijah Shumway, installed February 10, 1810, being the first reg- 
ular pastor. The church building, which will seat about 500 persons, was 
built in 1814. The society now has 130 members, with no regular pastor. 



GUILFORD lies in the southestern part of the county, in lat. 42° 47' 
and long. 4"" 26', bounded north by Brattleboro, east by Vernon, south 
by Massachusetts, and west by Halifax. It was originally chartered 
by New Hampshire, April 2, 1754, to fifty-four proprietors, principally of 
Massachusetts, containing an area of 23,040 acres. Relative to this grant, 
etc., Thompson, in hi:- Gazetteer of Vermont, says: — 

"When granted, the town was a perfect wilderness, yet by the charter, the 
grantees were to hold their first meeting for the choice of officers, etc., on 
the first of May, 1654, and on the first Tuesday of March, ever afterwards. 
It seems the town was first organized by and under the very grant itself. 
Power was given to the grantees to transact the business of the town as a 
majority shall see fit, subject only to the control of the parliament of England. 
This little enterprising band, composed of Samuel Hunt, John Chandler, 
David Field, Elijah Williams, Micah Rice, Ira Carpenter and others, having 
little to fear from the nominal power of parliament, in the wilderness of Ver- 
mont, assumes the title, which was virtually created by their charter, of a lit- 
tle independant republic. By the records of their first meetings they ap])ear 
to have been governed by certain committees, chosen for the purpose of sur- 
veying the lands, laying roads, drawing the shares or lots, taxing the rights, 
etc., but their greatest object was to procure and encourage settlers. Their 
meetings were held at Greenfield, Northfield, Hinsdale or Brattleboro, until 
1765, when their first meeting was held at Guilford. There was acondition 
which, if not performed, went to defeat the grant. The grantees were to set- 
tle, clear and cultivate, in five years, five acres for every fifty, in said town- 
ship. Although much time and money were spent in making roads and clear- 
ing lands, yet on the 20th of March, 1764, the grantees, by a special commit- 
tee chosen, petitioned the governor of New Hampshire for a confirmation of 
their grant, and an extension of the time, stating that the intervention of an 
Indian war had made it impracticable for them to fulfill the conditions of their 
charter. Their prayer was granted and the time for settling the town was 
extended to the ist of January, 1766. 

" From the time the charter was confirmed in 1764, the town began to be 
rapidly settled by emigrants from Massachusetts and other New England 
States. Through the policy of the original proprietors, the first settlers began 
upon lots of fifty acres, in order to fulfill the condition of the grant. So rapid 
was the increase of population, that the town soon became the largest in the 
State as to numbers. Yet there was not a single village in the township, or 
rather the whole township was a village — all the hills and vallies were smok- 
ing with huts. By the charter 350 acres were called a share, and all the 



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proprietors shared alike. The reservations in the charter consisted of one 
whole share to the society in England for propagating the gospel in foreign 
parts, one to the first settled minister of the gospel, and one whole share 
for a glebe for the ministry of the church of England, as by law established. 
The governor was not unmindful of his own interests. He reserved 500 acres, 
to be located by itself, for his own. The town was laid out into fifty and one 
hundred acre lots. The public rights were fairly located, but that of the royal 
Governor fell upon the only mountain in town, which still bears the name of 
authority, ' Gov. Mountain.' Although no reservation was made in the grant 
for the use of schools, yet one whole share was located for that purpose. This 
was a just and generous act of the proprietors, but it was not the same liber- 
ality that governed them when they located, sold and settled one whole tier of 
hundred-acre lots north beyond the extent of their charter. That was the 
case, however, and the same is held by the town to this day. All the pine 
trees suitable for masting the royal navy were reserved to his Majesty. This 
shows the attention the English paid to the navy. One hundred miles from 
the ocean, where no such timber grew, was that reservation made. What 
has been related, with a little ' proclamation money,' was the price of the 
charter." 

In 1765, soon after the settlement of the boundary line between New 
Hampshire and New York, application was made to Lieutenant-Governor 
Golden of the latter province, for a re-grant of the township. This he prom- 
ised to give as soon as the petitions for lands in the new territory should come 
under consideration. Another petition on the same topic was presented to 
Gov. Moore, in the year 1766, but, like the former, was "either neglected or 
mislaid." A third representation, made in the year 1767, experienced a sim. 
ilar fate. The subject was then allowed to rest, the proprietors hoping that 
they should, in the end, receive their just deserts. Meantime, however, 
a patent comprehending 1,200 acres of the township, was issued by New 
York to a certain Col. Howard, and by which grant a number of the inhab- 
itants were deprived of all of their property. Redress was earnestly sought 
in a memorial to the governor of New York, dated May 11, 1772. Among 
the means proposed to restore confidence and create satisfaction for this mal- 
appropriation of that tract, was a re-charter for the land in Guilford, outside 
of the bounds of Howard's tract, and a grant in some other locality as a 
compensation for the loss occasioned. But the inhabitants were unable to 
obtain redress until by the war of the Revolution the possessions of loyalists 
became the property of the rebels. 

The surface of the township is hilly, but not mountainous, the only moun- 
tain, being " Gov. Mountain." East Mountain, so-called, extending the whole 
length of the town, north and south, is the largest hill. It is about one mile 
wide, descending gradually to the east and south. The soil is naturally rich 
and deep, with a sufficient mixture of earth to make it warm, and, at the 
same time, prevents its leaching. The lower lands and plateaus form excel- 
lent farms for tillage, while the hills afford fine grazing lands. The natural 
growth of timber is principally maple, hemlock, walnut, beach, birch, ash, 
basswood, butternut, and elm, while occasionally black oak, locust and syca- 
more are found. 



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Green river flows a southerly course through the western part of the ter- 
ritory, while broad brook, a smaller stream, flows easterly through the northern 
part. There are two small streams, branches of Broad brook, which rurt 
north, on through the center of the town, and the other at the foot of East 
mountain, on the west side. On both of the former are fine mill-sites. The 
rocks of the town are micci slate, lying in light ledges, interspersed with strata 
of quartz, and running from north to south. Impure garnets are plentiful in 
the former, and some good specimens of rock crystal are found. Quartz 2,w^ 
schrol, in various mixtures, are found, some having the appearance of lava. 
On the east side of the town is a range of argillaceous slate, which has been 
wrought into roofing slate. Rolled rock of granite, from huge masses to 
small pebbles, appear on every hand. In some localities are limestofie and' 
bog iron ore, but neither sufticiently pure or plentiful to warrant manufacture. 
gneiss and hortiblend slate, with those above mentioned, comprise the prin- 
cipal rocks of the town. 

In 1880 Guilford had a population of 1,096, and in 1882, had fourteen 
school districts and fourteen common school, employing ten male and 
eighteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $2,223.74. 
There were 247 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of 
the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $2,375.79, with Frank E. 
Ward, superintendent. 

Guilford, a post village located in the northeastern part of the town, con- 
tains two churches (Congregational and Episcopal), one hotel, a grist-mill, 
baby carriage manufactory, saw-mill, blacksmith shop and about twenty 
dwellings. 

Guilford Center (p. o.\ is a hamlet located near the central part of the 
town. It has one church (Universalist) and about fifteen dwellings. 

Green River is a post village located in the western part of the town on 
Green river. It has one church (Methodist Episcopal), one store, a saw- 
mill, blacksmith shop, and about twenty dweUings. 

Hinesburg is a hamlet located in the northwestern part of the town. It 
has one church (Baptist), and about six dwellings. 

A. S. Gallufs saw-mill, located on road 42, built in 1869, has the capacity 
for sawing 1,600 feet of lumber per day. 

The Green River grist and saw-?nill, Henry Stowe, proprietor, was built 

in 187 1. The mill has one run of stones, cuts 5,000 feet of lumber per day, 

2,000 butter boxes per month, and also a considerable amount of chair-stock. 

Martin Akeley's cider mill, located on road 4, has the capacity for turning 

out five barrels of cider per day. 

The /inks grist and saw-mill, located on Green river, has one run of stones 
and the capacity for cutting 1,500 feet of lumber per day. 

F. F. Cook's saw-mill, located on road 18, has the capacity for turning 
out 1,500 feet of lumber per day. He has, also, at another point, a manu- 
factory where he turns broom and hoe handles and cuts 5,000 per day. 



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Charles B. &=£./. Carpenter s saw-mill, located on road 39, was origin- 
ally built by Jedediah Ashcraft about 1800. It turns out about 12,000 feet 
of lumber and 15,000 shingles per day. 

Isaac A. Weltfs cider and shingle-mill, located on road 39, manufactures 
eight barrels of cider and 5,000 shingles per day. 

Henry N. Wilder'' s carriage mafiufactory, located on road 53, turns out 
about $12,000.00 worth of goods per annum, employing six hands. 

W. J. Wilder' s cider-mill, located on road -^^Z, has the capacity for turning 
out twenty barrels of cider per day. 

East Guilford grist-fuill, H. J. Richmond, proprietor, located at Guilford, 
on Broad brook, has two runs of stones. 

/ane E. Gale's cider-mill, located on road 15, has the capacity for manu- 
facturing 500 barrels of cider per annum. 

J. L. Bullock's cider-mill, located on road 7, has the capacity for manufac- 
turing ten barrels of cider per day. 

J. M. Houghton's brick yard and lime kiln, located on road 11, employs 
eight men, turning out about 300,000 brick and 1^200 barrels of lime per 
year. 

The first land cleared in the town was in 1758 by the Hon. Jonathan and 
Elisha Hunt. The first settlement was made by Micah Rice and family, in 
1761, who was soon after followed by Jonathan Bigelow, John Barney, Daniel 
Lynde, William Bigelow, Ebenezer Goodenough, Paul Chase, Thomas Cutler, 
John §hepardson and others. They came into town by the way of Broad 
brook. Beginning at the mouth of that stream, on Connecticut river, in Ver- 
non, and passing up its banks they found their way into Guilford. That 
was then the only road, and even that was impassible with teams. The first 
settlers had either to boil or pound their corn, or go fifteen miles to mill with 
a grist upon their backs. The settlement increased rapidly, so that in 1771, 
according to the census of Cumberland county taken at that time, there were 
436 souls here, the enumeration being as follows: 124 white males under 
sixteen years of age, ninety-two males between the ages of sixteen and sixty, 
five over sixty, 116 females under sixteen, ninety-four over sixteen, three 
black males and two black females. In 1772 there were 586 souls in the 
town, their names and the number in their families being as follows : — 



NAME. 

David Field, 
Silas Barnard, 


NUMBER 
OF CHILDREN. 

9 

5 


NAME, 

Abijah Rogers. 
Daniel Grew, 


NUMBER 
OF CHILDREN. 

3 

7 


Thomas Cutler, 


I 


Hezekiah Howell, 


1 1 


Asa Rice, 


7 


Shubeld Bullock, 


3 


Francis Rice, 
Peter Rice, 


6 

4 


Joel Biglo, 
Michael Rice, 


2 

I 


Silas Cutler, 
Jotham Biglo, 
Alijah Rice, 


9 
4 


Nathaniel Carpenter, 
Daniel Boyden, 
*Joel Cutler, 


8 

6 ■ 
7 


* Had no wife. 









198 



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NUMBER 
^^^^- OF CHILDRE^f. 


NAME. 


NUMBER 
OF CHILDREN. 


Samuel Mellendy, 


6 


John Curtis, 


6 


Jedediah Woods, 


9 


Benjamin Curtis, 


7 


*Moses Bixby, 


6 


*George Price, 




James Cutler, 


5 


*Thomas Woolsley, 




Edward Bennett, 


3 


John Camps, 


8 


Gersham Rice, 


7 


William Larkin, 


6 


Enoch Stowell, 


5 


Joseph Jackson, 


5 


William Nichols, 


8 


* David Ayers, 


9 


Ebenezer Goodenough, 


5 


*David Ayers, Jr., 




David Stowell, 


4 


*Jonathan Penney, 


. . 


David Goodenough, 


I 


John Shepardson, 


It 


Samuel Nickols, 


5 


Zephaniah Shepardson, 


4 


Paul Chase, 


2 


Benjamin Carpenter, 


5 


William Biglo, 


3 


Benjamin Preston, 


4 


Nathaniel Smith, 


5 


Daniel Whitaker, 


6 


John Barney, Pi -l7 '^ P. 


4 


Caleb Cole, 


3 


Edward Barney, 


I 


*John Tifft, 


. , 


Levi Goodenough, 


4 


Daniel Lynds, 


4 


Ithamer Goodenough, 


6 


Joshua Nurs, 


2 


*Jonathan Hunt, 




William White, 


5 


*Seth Dwight, 




Zaccheus Farnsworth, 


7 


*Samuel Field, 




Giles Hubbert, 


3 


* William Morris, 




Jedediah Woods, 


7 


*Matthew Clesson, 




Barnabas Russel, 


2- 


*Eleazer Hawker, 




*01iver Wilson, 


. . 


*Joseph Barnard, 




Bononi Smith, 


7 


*Obadiah Dickenson, 




Josiah Scott, 


• 2 


*Samuel Barnard, Jr., 




Henry Hicks, 


I 


*Charles Coats, 




Abel Torry, 


2 


*James Morris, 




Amos Whiting, 


5 


*Samuel Paitridge, 




Ephraim Whitney, 


3 


*David Wells, 




Samuel Bennit, 


I 


*Aaron Scott, 




David Weeks, 


3 


*John Allen, Jr., 




Seth Whitaker, 


5 


^Richard Crouch, 




John Gates, 


3 


*John Chaddick, 




Samuel Melody, 


9 


*James Boyd, 




William Ramsdall, 


2 


*Elijah Williams, 




WiUiam Bullock, 




*Ebenezer Barnard, 




Merodock Zelloden Smith, 


9 


*John Curtis, 




Josiah Allen, 


6 


*John Chaddick, Jr., 




James King, 


5 


*Nathaniel Willard, 




Aquelo Cluelan, 


4 


Benjamin Green, 


5 


Samuel Allen, 


3 


*Nathaniel Green, 




David Joy, Esq., 


6 


Timothy Paine, 


2 


James Dennis, 


3 


*Benjamin Egar, 




Menassa Bigsby, 


2 


Peter Green, 


3 


Jasper Partridge, 


I 


Samuel Williams, 


4 


• 




It appears, from what records 


can 


be found, that the town was wholly 


governed by a set of officers chos 


en at 


inually by the people, under their char- 



* Had no wife. 



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199 



ter, until the 19th of May, 1772, when the inhabitants, at -'a district meet- 
ing assembled," in the district of Guilford, voted, that Guilford was in the 
county of Cumberland and province of New York, and chose officers of the 
town, agreeable to the laws of that province. At that meeting a record was 
first made in a regular town book, which was purchased by the original pro- 
prietors, some years before. By that record it appears that John Shepardson 
was chosen " district clerk, John Barney, supervisor," etc., and the meeting £■ 
was then adjourned to a day after the annual meeting of the charter. Hav- 
ing renounced their charter, and there being no government which really 
exercised over them, they continued to legislate for themselves, and tradition 
says that good justice was done, yet one principal of the charter was still 
adhered to, for none but proprietors, or those who held under them, had a 
right to rule or vote in their meetings. Thus was this little republic regulated 
by a town meeting, which was adjourned from time to time, without inter- 
ruption from abroad, or contentions at home, until the year 1776. Then the 
town was beset by violent Tories and Yorkers on the one side, and brave 
Whigs and New-States men on the other. The Whigs, united with those 
opposed to the claims of the State of New York, that and the succeeding year, 
out-voted the Tories and the Yorkers. In 1776 the town voted to pay the 
expenses of Benjamin Carpenter, their delegate to the Westminster conven- 
tion, in 1775. They voted to raise nine soldiers for the continental army, 
equip them with arms and powder, give them a bounty of ^4 "boy money," 
by a tax upon the inhabitants of the town, which was done. They also 
resolved, that " no man should vote for town officers, who was not qualified 
according to the direction of the Continential Congress." Under that reso- 
lution their committee, chosen for the purpose, excluded Tories from the 
polls, vi et armis, and the poor, if qualified, participated in the government. 
The title of the town, as belonging to the State of New York, was left out of 
the records. 

To give some idea of the laws passed by the old repubhc of Guilford, we 
quote the following, passed the next year, 1777-: — 

" Voted, Not to let any person vote in this meeting but such as have forty 
pounds real or personal estate. ;. \''/ Z^ (^ 

" Foted, John Barney and Benjamin Carpenter be a committee to go to 
Windsor, in June next, to hear the report of the agent sent to congress, con- 
cerning a new State. 

" Voted, That any person who shall, for the future, pretend to hold lands 
by bush fence possession, shall be dealt with by the town as a breaker of the 
peace, and a riotous person, etc. Attest. 

Elijah Welch, Town Clerk." 

They further chose a committee to establish the price of labor, all kinds cf 
produce, goods, wares and merchandise. The report of the committee was 
adopted as the law of the town. All the articles mentioned were a legal-tender 
for debts, with a penalty of the article sold, or the value thereof, with costs. 
The punishment of offenders was various, such as the " beech seal," fines, 



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etc.; but the most disgraceful of all was to be compelled to embrace the 
"liberty pole" with both arms, the time being specified by the committee of 
inspection, or judges. 

In 1778 there was again an entire change of politics. It appears by the 
records that a warrant and notification for a town meeting was sent from the 
''Council of Benninton," and a meeting was held upon the same, when it was 
" Voted, not to act agreeable to said warrant," and the meeting was dissolved. 
In 1779, after doing the customary town business, it was " Voted, Lovell 
Bullock, Timothy Root and Henry Sherburn a committee to defend the town 
against the pretended State of Vermont, and to represent the town in county 
committee." " Henry Sherburn, Elliot and Hezekiah Stowell," all violent 
Ybrkers, " were chosen to take special care of the powder and lead and other 
town stores," — and the meeting adjourned to the next year. In 1780 a like 
meeting was held. There is the following record for 178 1 : — 

" Then all the people met together that means to stand in opposition 
against the pretended State of Vermont. * * * Voted, to defend 
themselves against the insults of the pretended State of Vermont. * * 
Voted, Peter Briggs and William Bullock for a committee to send to the 
Charlestown convention * * * Voted, that Hezekiah Stowell 

keep the names of those that are against said pretended State." 

Also in May, 1882, was the following : — 

" Then the people met in general, and voted to stand against the pretended 
State of Vermont, until the decision of Congress be known, with lives and 
fortunes. * * * Voted, to receive the instructions which came 

from New York, etc. * * * Voted, and chose Henry Evans, 

Daniel Ashcroft and Nathan Fitch, to forbid the constable acting." 

These appear not to be regular meetings of the town, but of the Yorkers, 
who had gotten possession of the town books and stores by a majority of votes 
in 1778. They in turn excluded the other party from the polls, by force of 
arms. Frequently a company of armed Yorkers came from Brattleboro, to 
stand sentry at their meetings, when skirmishes ensued and hostile shots were 
exchanged. The Whigs and Vermonters also kept up their system of govern- 
ment by regular and stated meetings, but their records were lost. In their 
turn they sent hostile scouting parties to Brattleboro, to the assistance of their 
friends in that town. The Vermonters had a sheriff in Guilford, and their 
party, also, had a constable, who continued to collect taxes for the support 
of their cause. Those who were friendly to the new State paid without com- 
pulsion, while the property of the Yorkers, both real and personal, was sold 
at the post for taxes. For that the committee before mentioned was chosen 
" to forbid the constable acting," and their doings were spread upon the rec- 
ords of the town, by proclamation, as follows: — 

" To all the officers of the civil authority under the pretended State of 
Vermont : You are hereby forbid to proceed against any person, or persons, 
that owns the jurisdiction of the State of New York, according to what is 
recommended in a handbill, by Congress, bearing date June 2, 1780, and we 
hereby forbid the constable venduing those numbers hereby given him [refer- 



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ring to certain lots on the plan of the town], and we hereby forbid on your 
apparel. Henry Evans, ^ 

Dan Ashcroft, v Committee." 
Nathan Fitch, ) 

The Yorkers held a like meeting in 1783, April 29th, and adjourned to 
their annual meeting in 1784. From 1778 to 1783 the town was governed, 
principally, by their former laws. Both parties had their committees, and the 
Yorkers, although in authority, could not govern the town, yet, in connection 
with the Tories, prevented anything being done under the direction 
and government of the new State. During the years 1783 and 1784, the 
enmity of the parties was carried to an alarming extent. Social order was at 
an end ; physicians were not allowed to visit the sick without a pass from the 
several committees. Handbills from various quarters inflamed the minds of 
the people. Relatives and neighbors were arrayed against each other. The 
laws of Vermont were disregarded by the partisans of New York, and her 
executive officers were openly resisted. Not alone was this the case in Guil- 
ford, however, but it was general throughout tbe county. 

In this state of things, in the sum-ner of 1783, Gen. Ethan Allen was 
directed to call out the militia for inforcing; the laws of Vermont, and for 
suppressing insurrection and disturbances in the county of Windham. Allen 
proceeded from Bennington at the head of one hundred Green Mountain Boys, 
and on his arrival at Guilford he issued the following proclamation : — 

" I, Ethan Allen, declare that unless the people of Guilford peaceably sub- 
mit to the authority of Vermont, the town shall be made as desolate as were 
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, by God ! " 

The Yorkers, having fired upon Allen and his men, were pursued, and 
all either taken prisoners or dispersed. Those taken were put under bonds 
for their good behavior, and were compelled to furnish supplies and quarters 
for the troops. Under Allen's martial law, the constable found no difficulty 
in the collection of taxes ; nor was he very scrupulous about the sum assessed 
in the tax bill. Produce, horses, cattle and sheep, and whatever else could 
be found belonging to the most violent Yorkers, were taken and sold for the 
benefit of the State. 

From 1784 to 1791, in which latter year the troubles were allayed by Ver- 
mont's becoming one of the United States, no records of the proceedings of the 
town are preserved. In March of the last mentioned year, also, the town was, 
for the first time, duly organized under the laws and constitution of Vermont. 
William Bigelow was chosen town clerk, who came peaceably into possession 
of the papers and records of the town, such as were to be found. Samuel 
Shepardson was chosen constable, and William Bigelow, Benjamin Buckhn 
and Elihu Root, selectmen. 

Tradition says that during the seven years in which no records were 
kept, both parties held public and private meetings, but that it was a perfect 
rule of anarchy. The Yorkers, although they had the town books, dared not 
record their proceedings in them, and both parties kept secret their own records. 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



During this confusion and jealousy one party stole the records of the other, and 
hid them, together with their own, and many deeds and proprietor's papers^ 
under the earth in the pound, in order to conceal them from the other. There 
they lay, through some sad misfortune, until they were totally spoiled. When 
discovered and dug up they could not be read. During that time the York- 
ers, having been so closely pursued by the military and civil authority of Ver- 
mont, and their property mostly confiscated, fled to the State of New York, 
and settled upon the grants made by that State to the New York sufferers. 
Almost a whole township, now called Bainbridge, located in the southern part 
of Chenango county, was first settled by emigrants from Guilford. This 
accounts for the rapid decrease in the population of the township from 1784. 
While the town was independent of any power superior to the "town meet- 
ing assemblies," refugees from the neighboring States flocked into it ; but 
when the law came, they fled. The violent Yorkers found but little peace 
under the energetic and persevering measures of the State's attorney of 
Windham county. To him the people of Guilford were indebted for the estab- 
lishment of law and order, without the effusion of blood, and the dispersion 
of the riotous. Migrations have not only been westward, but they have 
been northward and eastward. Most of the towns in the northern and mid- 
dle parts of the State contain descendants from the inhabitants of the old 
town of Guilford. Since 1791 there has been nothing remarkable in the his- 
tory of the town. From that time the inhabitants have supported the char- 
acter of free and independent farmers, very jealous of their rights, and for 
many years noted for their strong prepossesions in favor of the pohtical school 
of Jefl'erson. 

Hon. John Shepardson, born in 1718, was a firm patriot of the Revolution, 
and held the offices of judge of the supreme court and member of the coun- 
cil for several years. He died in 1798. 

Hon. Samuel Richardson, born in 1757, was a useful member of society, 
and had the honor of sitting as a member of the council several years. He 
died in 1813. 

Hon. William Bigelow, one of the first settlers, and always a father of the 
people, born in 175 1, was a judge of the county court, which office he held 
with honor to himself. He died in 181 4. 

Among the prominent early settlers of the town, after 1796, might be men- 
tioned the names of Hon. Royall Tyler, Hon. James Elliot, Hon. Richard 
Whitney, Hon. Micah Townsend, Hon. Henry Seymour, Hon. Gilbert 
Denison, Hon, Samuel Elliot, Hon. John Noyes, and many others. 

William Marsh came to Guilford about 1760, and settled the farm on road 6, 
now owned by A. B. Akley. He worked at his trade of shoe making and cleared 
up his farm. His son William, born about 1764, married for his second wife 
Olive Bixby, of Guilford. He hved upon the homestead farm and cared for 
his parents. Of his ten children only three are known to be living. Olive, 
his daughter, married Bernard Lynde, who died in 1S64. She now lives with 
her daughter, who married S. L. Sibley of this town. 



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Manassah Bixby came from Rehobeth, Mass., about 1770 and settled upon 
the farm now owned by Paul Morris, on road 8. He died in the town. His 
son Thaddeus was born and always hved in the town. Some of the descend- 
ants of this family still reside here. 

Abel Torry came to Guilford in 1770 and settled in Weatherhead Hollow 
with his family of nine children. His son David was taken prisoner at the 
surrender of Quebec. Jonas, another son, died while on duty at Plattsburg, 
N. Y., in the Revolution. None of the name are left in the town, though 
some of the descendants still reside here. 

Hon. Benjamin Carpenter was a member of the first convention in Ver- 
mont, held at Dorset, in 1776. In those trying times with the brave sons of 
the Green mountains, when they had not only to oppose the powerful State 
of New York, the claims of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the Tories 
and Yorkers at home, and the menacing threats of congress abroad, but also 
the power of his Majesty's legions in war, that brave patriot, with an allow- 
ance of three days' provisions upon his back, would cross the Green mountains 
on foot, by marked trees, to attend the legislature at Bennington, for the pur- 
pose of devising ways and means of defence against all the enemies of the 
State. As delegate to the assembly, as a member of the council, and as 
lieutenant-governor of the Vermont, he deservedly holds a conspicuous 
place in the history of the same. A large white marble tombstone, in the 
western part of the town, marks his last resting place, and upon which is 
engraved the following inscription : — 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY 

OF THE 

Hon. Benj. Carpenter, Esq. 

Born in Rehoboth, Mass., A. D. 1726, 

A magistrate in Rhode Island in A. D. 1764, 

A PUBLIC TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 
AN ABLE ADVOCATE TO HIS LAST FOR DEMOCRACY, 

AND THE Equal Rights of Man. 
Removed to this town, A. D. 1770, 

Vk^AS A field officer IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 

a founder of the first constitution and government of 

Vermont. 

A councilor of censors, IN A. D. 1783, 

A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, AND LlEUTENANT-GoVERNOR OF 

THE State in A. D. 1779, 

A FIRM professor OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE BaPTIST CHURCH 

FIFTY YEARS. LeFT THIS WORLD 

AND 146 PERSONS OF LINEAL POSTERITY, MaRCH 29, 1 804, 

aged 78 years, to months and 12 days, 

with a strong 

mind and full faith of a more 

glorious state hereafter. 

Stature about six feet — weight 200. 

Death had no terror. 

In his early life he seems to have been of a roving disposition, for his ten 

children were born in five different towns of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 



204 TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



and Connecticut. He removed to Guilford with John Barney and others, 
from Rehobeth, in 1770, six years after the town was granted to the original 
proprietors, where he became an ardent patriot and one of the foremost 
advocates of separate State sovereignty for Vermont. Aside from the offices 
mentioned in his epitaph, he was also one of the council of thirteen appointed 
to revise the State constitution, in 1785. He was descended from the 
patriaich, William Carpenter, who came from the South of England in the 
little ship Bevis in 1638, with his wife and four sons. It is interesting to 
observe that Richard Dummer, an ancestor, probably, of the Dummer for 
whom Dummerston and Fort Dummer were named, was a passenger by the 
same ship. Settling first in Weymouth, Mass., the Carpenter family 
removed to Rehoboth with the first settlers of that town, in 1643. 
Joseph Carpenter, one of the four sons born in England, and great- 
grandfather of Benjamin C, became a constituent member of the Bap- 
tist church in Swanzey, the oldest church of that order in Massachusetts, 
in 1669. The late Senator Matt Carpepter, of Wisconsin, and the late Hon. 
Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, were among his numerous posterity. Cyrus, the 
youngest of Benjamin Carpenter's ten children, was born in Killingly, Conn., 
in 1769, and was brought as an infant by his parents to Guilford, v/here he 
spent the remainder of his life. He was a hardworking farmer and a much 
respected member of the Baptist church. He reared thirteen children, all of ,^ 
whom lived to have families of their own. His first wife, Betsey Barney, was-*t 
the mother of four sons and six daughters, all of whom made their homes in 
other States. The fourth son, Mark, however, spent the later years of his 
life in his native county, serving the Baptist churches in Brattleboro, West 
Dummerston and South Windham successively, as pastor. He died at his 
residence in Townshend in 1882, at the age of eighty, leaving five sons scattered 
in various parts of the world. Cyrus's second wife, Betsey Putnam, was the 
mother of two sons and one daughter. The eldest of these three children, 
Edwin B., resided in the old homestead in Guilford for some years after his 
father's death. He was early engaged in the manufacture of reed organs in 
Brattleboro, and is still engaged in the same business in Mendota, 111., while 
his eldest son Edwin P., has recently established a factory of the same kind 
^n Brattleboro, right under the shadow of the successful and powerful firm of 
Estey & Co. He will doubtless do everything that pluck, energy, and fair 
dealing can do to build up his native town and at the same time achieve an 
honorable success. 

Daniel Lynde, from Worcester, Mass., was among the early settlers of the 
town. He reared seven children, one of whom, Daniel, Jr., born in 1791, 
resided here until his death, at the age of seventy-one years. He was thrice 
married and reared fifteen children, eight of whom are living, and four in 
Windham county, viz. : Thomas J., in Brattleboro; Louis H., in Dummers- 
ton; Mrs. G. N. McClure, in Guilford. William \V., born here in 1829, has 
been in business in Brattleboro since 1868. He represented the town of 



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205 



Marlboro in the legislature thirteen sessions, was State senator in 1870-71, 
and was quarter-master-general of the State from 187 1 to 1875. He mar- 
ried Calista J. Person, daughter of Ebenezer Person, of Marlboro, September 
5, 1852, and has one daughter, wife of Hugh M. Adams. Another daughter 
an infant, died in i860. ^ 

Aaron Wilder came here from Providence, R. I., about 1773, and took up 
a piece of land on road 38, the farm now owned by his grandson, W. J. 
Wilder. After a residence of three years he returned to Providence, and 
served about a year in the army. He then carne back to Guilford, and died here 
in 1844. Abigail, his wife, died in 1843. Of his two sons and six daughters, 
only two are living. Aaron, who was born here in 1789, is the oldest resident 
of the town. He lives with his son Joseph M. He married Clarissa Smith 
of Guilford, and had five children, two of whom are hving, Joseph M., and 
Emeline, who married Jonathan Aldrich. Sarah W. Bullock, a daughter of 
Aaron Wilder, the pioneer, was born in Guilford in 1791, and now lives in the 
old house built by her father about 1795. John, another son of Aaron, was 
born about 1796, and died here in 1864. He married Lovinia Rose, who 
died in 1881, aged eighty-two years. They had one son, Warren J., who still 
resides here. 

John Barney, born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1730, married Rebecca Martin, 
of Rehoboth, Mass., and came to Guilford in 1764, where he reared a family 
of twelve children. In 1773 he was chosen a supervisor of the town, and 
during that year his son Aaron was born. Aaron remained at home and 
cared for his parents in their passing old age, both of whom died in 1807. 
He represented the town in the legislature a number of years, was town clerk 
several years, and did a large amount of work as a justice of the peace, and 
was also a general of militia. He died at the age of sixty-two years. His 
youngest son, Aaron C. also held many of the town trusts, and died at the 
age of sixty-nine years. After his death the old homestead, which had been 
in the family's possession ninety-nine years, was sold to J. C. Cutting, who now 
occupies the same. WiUiam W,, the eldest son of Aaron C, lives about half 
a mile from the old homestead. He represented the town in the legislature 
during the years 1861, '74 and '80, and is the present town clerk. 

John Noyes came here from Connecticut about 1775, and settled in the 
south part of the town. He built a log house and cleared the land around it. 
The seed for the first blade of grass grown upon his farm was sown by his 
wife. There was then no mill nearer than Deerfield, Mass., a distance of 
eighteen miles. Mr. Noyes represented the town when the legislature met at 
Windsor, and though not a lawyer by profession, he pleaded law to some 
extent. He died in 1827, aged more than eighty years. He had six sons and 
one daughter. Two of the former, Isaac and James, settled here. The lat- 
ter married Mary Taylor and settled on the homestead farm on which he 
was born. He was a justice of the peace for many years. He died in Jun:^, 
1864, aged eighty-three years and eleven months. His widow died in February, 



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1865, aged eighty-three years. His son, Jeremiah T., was born on the old 
farm, August 24, 1820. He married Sarah A. Dennison, who bore him one son, 
Charles S., who hves in Brattleboro. His second wife was Augusta Carpenter, 
by whom he has two children. I 

David Thurber came with his family»of nine children, by means of an ox 
team, from Richmond, N. H.. in 1776, and settled upon the farm now owned 
by his grandson, Edward Thurber, on road 3. He represented the town in 
the legislature one term. He] was a member of the Baptist church, and 
labored zealously to promote its interests. He died respected by the com- 
munity. His son Edward, who was eight years old when his father cime to 
Guilford, married Betsey Wells, and settled on the homestead farm. His 
influence as a pacificator won for him the respect and confidence of his towns- 
men. He had ten children, only two of whom are living. Amos, his son, 
now lives on road 3. Amos's first wife was Almira Worden, of Halifax ; his 
present one, L. L. Thurber, the widow of his brother John W. Edward 
Thurber, a grandson of the pioneer of the family, who succeeded his father 
to the homestead farm, married Aurelia M., daughter of Capt. Jesse Wilkins. 
He has been a member of the Baptist church for fifty-one years, and is still 
an active religious worker. He has been a lister and assessor for several 
terms. The house he now occupies was built by his father in 1799. 

Vine Haynes came from Groton, Conn., in 1778, and settled on the farm 
now owned by Russell L. Roberts, who married a granddaughter of his, on 
road 35. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker, and endured many hard- 
ships and privations while clearing his land. He brought with him to his 
new home his wife, Molly Brown, and their six children. Three children 
were born to them after their settlement here. Am:ng these was Asa, on the 
homestead, on which he always lived, in 1784. He, like his father, was a 
carpenter, and was also a Methodist minister. He married Sally Briggs, by 
whom he had nine children who grew to maturity. Five are living, among 
them a daughter, who became the wife of Russell L. Roberts. 

James and Rufus Chase came from Rehoboth, Mass., during the Revo- 
lutionary war, and settled on the John H. Rudd farm. James afterwards 
removed to the west part of Duramerston, and lived to be ninety-three years 
of age. 

John King came here from Connecticut about 1783, bringing his kit of 
joiner's tools with him upon his back. Some years after he returned to Con- 
necticut and married Sarah Marvin, of Middletown, in that State. He re- 
turned with her to Guilford, and settled in the center of the town, removing 
a few years later to the farm now owned by Mrs. C. A. King, where both died 
at a good old age. Of their nine chiidren, all of whom reached maturity, not 
one is living. Their son Joseph, who was born in this town, married Katha- 
rine Bangs. He was a carpenter, and died m 1861, aged sixty-six. Two of 
his nine children are living, Frederick H., at Miller's Falls, Mass., and Frank 
R., now living with his mother on road 30. 



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Calvin Weld came from Plymouth, Vt., about a hundred years ago, and 
settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, Isaac A. Weld, where he 
died. His son Isaac, who was born here in 1800, married Sally Archer aft, by 
whom he had four children, Isaac A., Calvin J., Louisa, and David. He was 
a gunsmith, and in addition to that business carried on the manufacture of 
ox-bows. He died February 12, 1873, and his wife June 11, 1865. The old 
house, built nearly a hundred years ago, is still standing and inuse. 

David Bixby settled in the east part of the town something more than a hun- 
dred years ago. He subsequently removed to the west part of the town, to 
the farm now owned by Lemuel Whitney, where he died. His son Stephen, 
who came with him to Guilford, married Desire Gore, and lived on the old 
homestead. His son Daniel, who was born in 1808 and has always lived in 
the county, married Betsey Jones, and has two children living, Melissa and 
Nelson H. 

Abijah Rogers, who was a descendant in the seventh generation of John 
Rogers, the English divine, who suffered martydom by burning in 1555, came 
to Guilford at an early day and settled in the central part of the town, on a 
part of the farm now owned by J. L. Bullock, on road 7, which he cleared up 
and on which he died. His family is said to have been the thirteenth to settle 
in Guilford. He had four wives and sixteen children. His daughters all 
married and settled in this vicinity and raised families. 

Jabez Franklin, son of Aaron, and a native of Rhode Island, settled in 
Guilford, on the farm now owned by his son Jedediah, on road 41, previous to 
1794, and died there. He served in the war for independence. He was 
twice married. His first wife was Sarah Star, who bore him seven children, 
Luther, Comfort, Abigail, Anna, Jabez, Sarah and Samuel. His second wife was 
Sarah Darling, by whom he had two children, Jedediah and Benjamin. Jabez, 
the only surviving child by his first wife, was born on the homestead farm in 
this town in 1794, and still lives adjacent to it, on the farm on which he 
settled at his marriage with Sarah Fulton, of Coleraine, Mass., who died in 
1872, having had two children, Hannah, who died in 1854, and J. H., who 
resides with his father. Both children of the elder Jabez by his second wife 
are living, Benjamin, in Boston, and Jedediah, on the old homestead. The 
latter was born in September, 1808, and married Sarah Bartlett, who bore him 
nine children. 

Philip Franklin was among the early settlers of Guilford. He located on 
the farm now owned by Maria, widow of Philip F. Franklin, on road 40. His 
son Joel married Fanny Grout, and settled upon the old homestead. The 
latter's son PhiUp married Louisa Sargent, and for his second wife Maria 
Mowry, of Leyden, Mass. He died April 19, 1881. 

Joseph Burrows, one of the first settlers in Guilford, located in the south- 
west part of the town. His son Joseph settled near him, while Hiram suc- 
ceeded to the homestead. All lived and died here. Allen Burrows and 
Esther, wife of L. S. Wrisley, both of whom reside here, belong to this family. 



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Thomas Akeley settled on the farm now owned by his son Martin, on 
road 4, about 1800, and in 181 6, built the brick house, which is still in a good 
state of preservation. His father, whose name he bore, was a soldier in the 
war of the Revolution, and an early settler from Massachusetts in the town of 
Brattleboro. He located on the farm now owned by his grandson Henry 
Akeley, and Hved and died there. Thomas Akeley, Jr., died in Guilford, 
where six of his eight surviving children still reside, viz. : Hiram, Samuel, 
Elizabeth, Almira, Melissa and Martin. 

Peleg Richmond, from Rhode Island, came to Guilford with five children 
previous to 1800, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Martin. He 
had eleven children, four of whom reside in this town, viz. : Russel, Peleg, 
Martin, and Hannah R., wife of J. B. Dickinson. 

Solomon Chapin, son of Joel, was born in Bernardston, Mass., in 1770, and 
married Rebecca Porter, of Hopkinton, R. I. He came to Guilford previous 
to 1800 and settled in the southeast part of the town, on the farm now owned 
by his son Nathan P., who is the only known survivor of his twel/e children. 
He died in 1822, and his widow in 1854. Nathan P. Chapin wasborn Aug. 
17, 1801, and married Abigail Hubbard, of Vernon, who was born in SuUi- 
van^ N. H., in 1803, and died in 1877. He settled and has since lived on 
the homestead. He has filled nearly every office in the town, which he rep- 
resented in 1847-48. He is selectman and lister and has been justice of the 
peace since 1836, having married during that time some 220 couples. He 
was captain of a company of light infantry in this town, and is now an active 
m^n for one of his age. One of his daughters, Aurelia H., is the wife of 
Joseph E. Jacobs of this town. Another, Sarah J., is living at home. 

John Burnett came from Warrick, Mass., previous to 1800, and settled 
upon the farm now owned by his son John, on road 8, where he carried on 
the business of carpentry and farming, and died about 1850. His son John, 
who succeeded to the homestead, married Mary Brown of this town. He has 
two children living, Hollis H., who resides with his father, and Susan S., who 
married John S. Cutting, and lives in the town of Brattleboro. 

Peter Baker came to Guilford about 1800, and settled on road 53. He 
owned a large tract of land, and had a numerous family of children, only one 
of whom is living in this county, Elvira, who married Henry Babcock, of 
Guilford. His son Lorin, who was born in Guilford, and died in J 863, mar- 
ried Cynthia Barrett, of New Hampshire, and settled on the farm now owned 
by his son D. G. Baker, on road 53. His widow and eight children survive 
him. 

David Culver was an early settler on the farm now owned by Robert Ful- 
ton, where he lived and died. His son Joshua settled near him. He also 
died in the town. Not one of the name remains. His daughter Irene mar- 
ried Hiram Burrows, of Guilford. 

Otis Aldrich was an early settler in Guilford. His son Lyman, who was 
born in this town, lived here most of his life and died here. His son, Silas 



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W., married Mary L., daughter of Samuel Wilcox, of Halifax, and settled on 
the farm now occupied by his widow, on road 25. He was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, a justice of the peace, and a lister. He died 
March 16, 1882. He had one child, Frank VV., who died March 14, 1882. 

Daniel, James and William Boyden, brothers, came to Guilford at an early 
day from Worcester,. Mass. Daniel settled on the farm now owned by 
Charles A. Squires, on road 16. He and his wife, the latter of whom died in 
1829, both lie in the Blanchard burying-ground. Their sons were Daniel, Jr., 
Ebenezer and Levi. Ebenezer removed to Georgia; Daniel settled on the 
homestead farm and resided there until his death ; Levi located on the farm 
now owned by his son Levi, at Guilford village. He was born October 16, 
1774, and came to Guilford at the age often years. He was a farmer, and 
died April 21, 1859. His first wife was Dolly Smith, of this town, who died 
in 1824. His second wife was Olive Cutler, who died without issue, March 
20, 1857. Levi, Jr., one of the six children by his first wife, was born in 
Guilford, April 28, 1803, and married Lucia Richardson, of Claremont, N. H., 
who feore him two children, Louisa, wife of Isaac Cleveland, who lives with 
her father on the old homestead, and Charles, who died August 20, 1864. 
His wife died February 21, 1874. He is still living at the advanced age of 
eighty-one years, having been honored with most of the offices within the gift 
of his town, which he represented in i856-'57. He has been a farmer, and 
was for many years proprietor of a grist-mill. His son Charles married Julia 
Newman, of Brattleboro, and had one son, Walter L., who is teller in the 
bank of East Hampton, Mass. His daughter Louisa, who was born in 1832, 
married for her first husband Warren Howe, of Vernon. 

James Boyden located on the place where his grandson, Samuel B. Boyden, 
now lives, on road 18. He carried on the business of cloth dressing until 
his death, November 20, 1816. Henry A. N. Boyden^ son of James, was 
born March 26, 1792, and married Amanda Haley, February 5, 1829, He 
lived on the old homestead and carried on the same business as his father 
until 1852, when failing health compelled him to retire. He died June 7, 
1877, and his wife in 1879. Of his five children only William B., born April 
8, 1833, and Samuel B., born January 13, 1838, are now living. The former 
resides in San Francisco, Ca'., and is president of a mining company j the 
latter, who married Julina L. Worden, of Halifax, occupies the old home- 
stead, which is about one hundred years old. 

Caleb Blanchard came to Guilford in company with his brother, from 
Massachusetts, at an early day. He died February 14, 1844, aged sixty-six 
years. He had three children, Warren, Electa and Edson C. Warren mar- 
ried Alvine Burdick and settled in Dover, removing after a residence of three 
years to Guilford, and from thence in 1850 to Brattleboro, locating on the 
farm now owned by Col. S. B. Wells. He was a school teacher, and super- 
intendent of schools in Brattleboro and Guilford. He also traveled and 
delivered lectures on sacred history. He died June 2, 1854. His widow is 

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Still living in Brattleboro. He leaves two children, Virgil W., who is a phy- 
sician in New York city, and Augusta E., wife of F. A. Wells, residing in 
Brattleboro. Electa, daughter of Caleb Blanchard, married Lorenzo Allen, 
of Brattleboro, and died without issue, March 17, 1881. Edson C. married 
Mary A. Baker, of Brattleboro, and had one child, Minnie, who resides with 
her mother in Guilford. He died May 5, 1883. 

Lovell and William Bullock, brothers, from Rehoboth, Mass., came to 
Guilford at an early day and settled on road 10, on the farm now owned by 
O. H- Halladay, which they cleared and on which they lived together for 
reven years, when William married and purchased the interest of his brother, 
who located on the farm now owned by his grandson, J. L. Bullock, on road 
7, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. He was a prominent man, 
a representative from his town, and was familiarly called Capt. Bullock. His 
son Daniel was born upon that place in 1793, and died there in 1850. He 
married Emily, daughter of John King, and had two children, J. L. and Eliz- 
abeth, the latter of whom died young. J. L. married Sarah M. King, of 
Hinsdale, N. H., and has two children, Samuel M. and Lyman B. He occu- 
pies the old homestead, which was built about a hundred years ago, and which 
is now in a good state of preservation. He has in his possession an old 
shot-gun with which, it is said, was killed the last wolf in the town. 

Samuel Melendy was an early settler on the farm now owned by Charles A. 
Squires, on road 16. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was 
taken prisoner by the Tories, who took all his stock, except one calf, which 
one of his boys succeeded in withholding from them. He married Sarah 
Gale, by whom he had eleven children, all of whom grew to maturity. He 
died Sept. 20, 1813, aged seventy two years, and his wife, March 30, 1832, 
aged eighty-two. Asa, one of his sons, was born Feb. 12, 1781, and married 
Sally Moore, who was bom May 11, 1793. He died Nov. 29, 1866, and his 
wife, March 24, 1865. Three of their eight children are living, Mary W., in 
Guilford, Edward, in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and A. B., in Rogersville, East 
Tennessee. John, son of Samuel, lived and died upon the homestead. Jon- 
athan also lived in the town. 

Joseph and David Gaines, brothers, were early settlers in Guilford. Joseph 
located in the southeast part of the town and died here. His son Joseph, 
who accompanied him here, married Tabitha Stebbins and settled on the farm 
now owned by his son Joel, on road 56. He was a farmer, and had ten 
children, eight of whom grew up. He died in 1869, and his wife in 1878. 
His sons Joel and Horace, who are farmers, occupy the old homestead. David 
Gaines Hved and died in the town. He had two sons, Samuel and David, 
but none of the family are living. 

Joseph Weatherhead, from Rhode Island, was an early settler in Guilford. 
He located on the farm now owned by Henry Thomas, on road 37. He 
died in the town. He had three boys, Joe, Jerry and John, and two girls. 
Jerry, who was born in Guilford, married Abigail Wilder and settled on the 



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farm now owned by his son Joseph L. Of his ten children, Bradle)', Joseph 
Lewis, Emerson, Willard and Asenath are still living. 

William and Simeon Edwards, from Windham, Conn., were among the 
early settlers of Guilford. WiUiam located and Hved and died on the farm 
now owned by L. D. FrankUn, on road 41, and Simeon on that owned by 
Jabez Frankhn, on the same road. Not one of Simeon's family is left in the 
town. William was a farmer and shoemaker. His son Benajah married 
Mary Stowell and settled on the farm now owned by his son Benajah, on road 
41. He was a selectman and lister. He subsequently went to lUinois and 
died there in 1839 or '40. Benajah, Jr., was born in 1802 and married 
Asenath Richmond of Guilford. He has three children living, John R., in 
Montana, and J. Harvey, and Mary, who married Frank Ashcroft of Guilford. 

Adonijah Putnam was one of the first settlers in Guilford. He came from 
Sutton, Mass., and located on road 27. He died in the town. Jared, the 
youngest of his nine children, married Eliza Ruel. He also died in the 
town, leaving a son and two daughters, A. W., Nancy, and Polly. A. W. 
Putnam was born in Guilford in 18 13, and married Serepta Holbrook, who 
died in September, 1866. He subsequently married Prudence Shepardson. 
He has been honored with various public trusts, having been chosen select- 
man, lister and justice of the peace. 

William Yeaw came to Guilford just after the close of the Revolutionary 
war, in which he took part. His son Samuel was born in this town, but lived 
and died in Dover. Truman, another son, now lives in Guilford. 

Daniel Ashcraft came to Guilford with his wife and four children, from 
Fisher's Island, where he had been plundered of all his property by the 
Tories, to whom he was no friend. He located on the farm now occupied by 
J. C. Miner. He was- a bnck-maker and mason by trade, and carried on 
brick- making in connection with farming. He died on the place where he 
settled. His son Urial, who came with him, married Lucinda Nichols, of 
Guilford, and settled on the farm now owned by his son T. S., where he spent 
his life. He built, in 1815, the house now standing on that place. T. S. 
Ashcraft, the present occupant, was born in 1805, and married Flcta C. Slate. 
Daniel Ashcraft, son of the pioneer of that name, came with his father to 
Guilford, and married and Hved here some years. He afterwards removed to 
New York State. Jedediah, son of Daniel, married Sally Davis, of Guilford, 
and settled, hved, and died on the place now occupied by E. J. Carpenter, 
the house on which was built in 1792. He operated a saw-mill and carding- 
machine, and also carried on farming. He had a numerous family. His 
daughter Dehght married Asa Nichols, of this town, and removed to Charle- 
mont, N. H. His son John, who was born in Guilford, married Clarissa 
Stockbridge, of Hadley, Mass., and settled on his father's homestead, where 
he died. Lucretia, another daughter, married William Bigelow, of Guilford. 
Simeon, son of Jedediah, and grandson of the pioneer Daniel, succeeded his 
father on the homestead. Some of his descendants are still living. 



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Thomas Colgrove was an early settler on what was called Colgrove Hill, 
where he lived and died. His son Thomas was born in the town, and mar- 
ried Abigail Davis. He settled on the farm on which Tyler Johnson now 
lives, and died there. Four of his nine children are living, Lavina, who mar- 
ried C. S. Harris, of Vernon ; Delight, who married David Darling, and lives 
in Palmer, Mass.; and Willard and Charles, who reside at Hampton, 111. 

Capt. Jonathan Chase was born at Swanzey, R. I., in 1778. In early life 
he went to Pomfret, Conn., where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1799 
he removed to Guilford and worked at his trade here until he enlisted in the 
army during the war of 18 12. He was appointed lieutenant of a company, 
of cavalry, and was afterwards made captain. When his term of service 
expired he returned to Guilford and purchased a farm in the western part of 
the town, where he largely engaged in dairying. He was thrice married, first 
to Nancy Stewart, and second to Sophia Stewart, both daughters of Colonel 
Daniel Stewart, of Brattleboro. By these marriages there were seven chil- 
dren born. The third marriage was to Ruth Houghton, daughter of Maj. 
Edward Houghton. Capt. Chase died in Guilford, in 1858. 

Capt. Henry S. Chase, son of Jonathan Chase, was born in Brattleboro, 
December 12, 181 1, and removed to Guilford when quite young, where he 
was educated in the common schools and academies. He has followed the 
occupation of farmer and teacher, having taught school fifty-five terms, and 
has served as superintendent of schools ten years. He has been selectman 
of the town two years, lister or assessor fifteen years, and for several years 
■was captain of the Guilford Rifle Guards. He was twice married, first to 
Lucy M. Weatherhead, and second to Martha P. Ward, daughter of Henry 
Ward. By these marriages nine children were born, three by the first, and 
six by the second wife. Mr. Chase removed to Brattleboro in 1883, where 
he now resides. 

Capt. Abel Weatherhead, son of Joseph, was born in Guilford, and married 
Ruth Davis, of this town. He settled on the farm owned by Edwin Carpen- 
ter, and was considered one of the best farmers in the town. He held the 
office of selectman for several years, and was a militia captain. He died in 
the town, May 6, 1865, aged seventy-eight years. He raised twelve children, 
six boys and six girls, six of whom are living, Aurelia, Sarah E., D. L., 
Adeline M., Alonzo, and Jane. All reside in this town except Jane, who 
married George Caldwell, and lives in California. 

Philip Franklin came to Guilford, with his family, from Scituate, Mass., and 
settled on road 40, where he died, and is buried in the Franklin cemetery. 
His son Philip, who came and lived with him, also died in the town, leaving 
six children. His son Joseph, who was born December 29, 1780, married 
Asenath Wilder, of Guilford, and settled first in Dover, but remained there 
only a few years, when he lemoved to the farm now occupied by his son J. 
E. and grandson W. A., on road 4, in Vernon. He was well and favorably 
known in the town, which he represented in the legislature. He was select- 



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man for several years, and held other town offices. He died May 6, 1866, 
and his wife, November 23, 1850. He left one child, Joseph Edson, who was 
born April 10, 1819, married Chloe Mann, of Dover, and settled on the old 
homestead, in Vernon, where he still resides. He represented the town in 
1847, '48, '58 and 59, was selectman for eleven or twelve years, lister, and 
filled other town offices. He was a justice of the peace for some thirty years, 
and is still very active for one of his age. He has one child, Woodburn A., 
who married Mary Cook, of Guilford, and lives on the same faru). 

Ezekiel Burdick, from Easterly, R. I., came to Guilford in 1796-97, in 
company with four sons. Pardon, Nathan, Henry and Robert, and several 
daughters. All but Pardon and his family, however, subsequently removed 
to the west. Pardon's wife was Mary Lewis, of Stonington, Conn., who bore 
him five children. Pardon, Jr., Jerred, Beriah L., Henry, and Thompson E., 
of whom the latter occupies the old homestead. Thompson E. married 
Elizabeth Noyes, rearing four sons, Henry T., Frank N., Frederick T., and 
Hilon A. Henry T. was an officer in the army during the late civil war, 
serving four years, and is now a merchant of Kansas City, Mo. Frank N. is 
a physician in Dakota, surgeon to the government troops, mayor of the 
young city of Vermillion, and a councilor in the Territorial legislature. 
Fred F., a farmer, resides in Guilford, on road 39^. 

WilHam Hines came to Guilford from Rehoboth, Mass., and settled at 
Hinesbuig, which derives its name from him. He was a farmer. His sons 
Thomas, John, and William settled and lived theie. John built a grist-mill 
and carding-mill which are still extant. He subsequently went West, and 
Thomas removed to Monroe^ Mass. William continued his residence here, 
and some of the descendants are still living in the county. 

Benjamin Fessenden came here from Halifax, his native town, to which his 
father, Solomon Fessenden, removed at an early day. Benjamin settled on 
the farm now owned by his son W. S., and died there in 1881, aged eighty- 
eight years. 

Cyrus Carpenter came to this town from Rhode Island when but seven 
years old and worked around among the farmers. After a few years he started 
a wheelwright shop at Guilford village, and carried on that business for many 
years. He was deputy sheriff several years and high sheriff one term ; also 
constable and collector for eighteen years. He married a daughter of Arte- 
mas Gale of this town, and had two sons and two daughters, but one of whom, 
Augusta, wife of J. T. Noyes, is living in the town. He died in September, 
1863, aged sixty-three years. 

Charles B. Stevens was born in Petersham, Mass., about 17S6, and came 
to Guilford when twenty years of age to reside with his uncle, Simon Stevens. 
He married Julina Graves, who died in September 1854, surviving him about 
one year, he having died in October, 1853. Of their four children Solomon 
L. resides in Clinton, Mass., Thomas G. in Illinois, and Charles H., who has 
been a school teacher, merchant and manufacturer, in Brattleboro, Rosella 
M., the only daughter, married Nelson Frost, and died in 1848. 



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Capt. Jonah Cutting, a Revolutionary soldier, came to Guilford from 
Leicester, Mass., about 1790. He built a paper, oil and saw-mill here, carrying 
on the same a number of years. He died in November, 1842. John, one of 
his six children, born here in 1800, married Emily Stewart for his first wife, 
and Charlotte Stewart for his second. He removed to Brattleboro in 1824, 
locating upon the farm now owned by his son, J. S., on road 38. He reared 
six children, and died in 1844. Four of the children are living, viz. : Joseph 
C, in Guilford ; Emily (Mrs. Rev. J. Eastwood), in Newport, N. H. ; and 
Henry M. and J. S. in Brattleboro. J. S. has taught school forty-five terms, 
represented the town in 1874-75, was superintendent of schools five years, 
lister eight years, and is now a justice of the peace. 

Isaac Brown was an early settler in the town of Dover, where he Hved until 
1803, when he removed to Guilford, and settled in Weatherhead Hollow. 
After a few years' residence there he removed to the farm now owned by his 
grandson, Alfred S. Brown, on road 15, where he died. His son Isaac was born 
in Dover, March i, 1793, and married Dehnda Keep, who bore him seven 
children, Imla K., Hannah E., Mary M., Isaac E., Abigail A., George R. and 
Alfred S. He was a farmer and was widely known and respected. He was 
ever active in promoting the the pubHc and social interests of the community 
in which he lived, and in the town held various public ofiices, serving as 
selectman thirty successive terms. He was captain of a militia company in 
Guilford in 1813. He died in 1870. His wife died in 1877, aged eighty-six 
years. His son Alfred S. married Mary J. Arms and has one child, Mary S. 

Nathan Conant, son of Samuel P., born in .A.cton, Mass., Oct. 30, 1791, 
came to Guilford October i, 1816, settling upon the place now occupied by 
H. H. Ward. He was a cooper by trade and made all the barrels used in 
this locahty. He represented this town in 1834. He has been selectman 
some years and has filled other town offices. He was a soldier in the war of 
1812, and now draws a pension from the government. He married Susan 
Davis and had four children, Lucius, who died September 24, 1850; Susan, 
who died March 8, 1848 ; Carohne C, who lives with her father at Guilford 
Center; and Maria B., who died July 1 1, 1848. Caroline C, was born August 
7, 1823, and December 25, 1845, married George W. Penniman, of Rock- 
ingham, Vt., who died May 12, 1874, aged fifty-three. 

Joseph and L. Nathan Jacobs came to Guilford at an early day. Joseph 
settled in the east part of the town and lived and died there. Nathan settled 
on the farm now owned by C. Squires. His sons Elias and David married 
two sisters named Gaines and removed to the State of New York. Joseph 
had three sons, Joseph who was killed in the war of 181 2, Rufus, who lived 
and died in the town, and Simon, who lived and died on the homestead. 
Joseph, son of Rufiis, was born on the farm now owned by his widow, on road 
30, the old house on which was built about 1800. He was a farmer and was 
for some years a selectman. He married Sarah E. Weatherhead, October 17, 
1830, and hid six children, three boys and three girls, three of whom are Hv- 



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ing. He died February 20, 1875. William, son of Rufus Jacobs, was born 
in Guilford March 4, 181 1, and married Mary W., daughter of Asa Melendy, 
April 13, 1835. ^^ settled on the farm now owned by his wife, and son W. 
H. He was an excellent farmer. He had four children, three sons and one 
daughter. One son, C. H., now lives in Wanwatosa, Wis. George A. was 
a private in Co. B, i6th Vt. Vols, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. 
M. Ella married Charles Ogden and lives in South Boston, Mass. W. H., who 
lives on the homestead with his mother, married Cora B. Young. 

Samuel L. Hunt came from Worcester, Mass., in 1835, and settled at Guil- 
ford Center, where he carried on the business of tanning and the manu- 
facture of boots. He held several town ofifices. He was town clerk for 
twenty years, and represented the town for several terms. He married Har- 
riet Sibley and has three children, Samuel S. and Ellen M., wife of S. A. 
Smith, both Hving in Guilford, and Frank L., who lives in Philadelphia, Pa. 

Joel Flagg, son of Silas, was born in Heath, Mass., March 10, 1808, and 
married Delight Waite in 1834. He came to Guilford in 1851, and settled 
on the Phelps farm, where he has since resided. He has one child living, 
Joel, Jr., who married Lizzie A. Barber, of Vernon, and lives with his father. 

Horace W. Taft, son of Zadock, was born in Winchester, N. H., Feb. 27, 
1827, and married Mary M. Pierce. In 1849 he removed to Brattleboro, 
where he worked at blacksmithing until 1859, when he removed to Guilford, 
where he has since carried on the same business. The house in which he hved 
was built about a hundred years ago and was formerly kept as a hotel. 

John H. Rudd was born in Westmoreland, England, in 183 1, and emi- 
grated to this country in 1831. In 1854 he located in Guilford, where he 
now resides, on road 9. He married Sarah Waterman, who died in 187 1, 
He has five children, all of whom live in the county. 

Ephraim Tyler was born in Buckland, Mass., April 19, 1 791, and moved with 
his father's family to Wilmington, Vt., in 1800, where he resided forty years. 
He married Mary Bissell and raised seven children ; was postmaster under 
John Quincy Adams's administration; town representative in 1828; was iden- 
tified with all of the town's early history and one of its largest and best farm- 
ers ; moved to Guilford in 1840, where he resided until his decease in August, 
1878; he held the important offices in town; had great force of character and 
a wide knowledge of public men and affairs in which he maintained a deep 
interest till the close of his life. His youngest son, William H., lives in the 
old homestead. Another son, Hon. James M., is a prominent citizen of 
Brattleboro. 

The Congregational church, located at Guilford, was organized as early as 
1778. The present building was erected in 1856, at a cost of about $1,500,00. 
The society has now no pastor and no regular organization. 

The Methodist Episcopal society holds its meetings at Gulford Center and 
Green River. It was organized in June, 1859, Rev. Albert L. Pratt being 
the first pastor. The society now has forty members, with Rev. O. K. 
JEdwards, pastor. 



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The First Universalist Society. — This society, located at Guilford Center, 
was organized December 27, 1838, the constitution being signed by thirty- 
two of the leading men of the town. At this time Rev. Charles Hews resided 
in town and preached every Sabbath. Rev. William N. Barber, the next 
resident clergyman, was ordained here in March, 1840. After Mr. Barber 
left town, they had preaching by clergymen who resided out of town for sev- 
eral years; but about 1850 Rev. Sumner Ellis came to Guilford and preached 
about two years, after which there was preaching half of the time by different 
clergymen up to April, 1876, when Rev. M. H. Harris commenced his regular 
services, alternate Sundays, at half-past two p. m. From April to December 
he gave a series of evening week-day lectures. September 14, 1879, the 
church was re-organized, with twenty-four members. The present minister 
is Rev. E. W. Whitney, who preaches and gives a course of lectures, same as 
the Rev. M. H. Harris did. Mr. Whitney commenced his services with the 
society in May, 1880. The present number of church members is thirty- 
three. A Sunday-school was organized years before the church organization, 
which now has a library of about 175 volumes. The school is kept up 
through the whole ypar, the average attendance being thirty. The present 
superintendent is Miss Minnie Taylor. The church building was erected in 
1837, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,500.00, 



HALIFAX lies in the southern part of the county, in lat 42° 47' and 
long. 4"^ 20', bounded north by Marlboro, east by Guilford, south by 
Coleraine, in Massachusetts, and west by Whitingham. The town- 
ship has an area of 23,040 acres, and was the second town in the State to 
receive a charter from New Hampshire, being granted May i r, 1750, to Oliver 
and Samuel Partridge and fifty-seven others. At the instance of Oliver Part- 
ridge the township was divided in sixty-four equal shares, and the lot of each 
owner was marked at the corners with "lasting boundaries." In the cen- 
ter of the town was a large space of hexagon shape taken from the surround- 
ing lots for public uses. 

The surface of the town is very rough and uneven, though there are no ele- 
vations of sufficient altitude to warrant their being designated as mountains. 
Although there is much land unfit for purposes of cultivation on ac- 
count of this brokenness, there are still many fine farms and a large amount 
of land possessing a rich, arable soil, while the soil in general is well adapted 
to the production of grass, making the town a fine grazing territory. The tim- 
ber is mostly beech, birch, maple, ash, hemlock and spruce. The principal 
streams are North and Green rivers. The former flows a southeasterly course 
through the southwestern part of the town, and the former flows an easterly 
course through the northern part of the township. Branch brook flows a 
southerly course through the center of the town, uniting with North river. 
These streams have several tributaries and afford a number of good mill-sites.. 



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On Branch brook is a succession of cascades extending about one hundred 
rods along its course, each of which is from fifteen to twenty feet in height, 
and are overlooked by the projecting rocks on the right in ascending the 
stream, presenting a wild and beautiful scene. On North river is a cavern 
which is often visited by the curious. It is called Woodard's Cave, or Dun's 
Den, and is about twenty-five feet in length, five in width, and the same in 
height, the sides and top being formed of solid rock. The rocks entering 
into the geological structure of the territory are of gneiss, talcose schist, and 
calciferous mica j^/z/j-/ formation. The first is found in the northern part, the 
talcose in the western part, and mica in the eastern part. 

In 1880 Halifax had a population of 852, and in 1882 its thirteen school 
districts contained thirteen common schools, employing seven male and 
eighteen female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $1,494.43. There were 
189 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for 
the year, ending October 3 ist, was $1,780.90, with A. C. Jones, superintendent. 

Halifax, commonly called Halifax Center, is a post village located just 
south of the geographical center of the town. It has one church (Baptist), 
a store, and half a dozen dwellings. Like most of the older villages it is 
located on a hill-top. There was once a flourishing select school taught here. 
The telephone line from Shelburne Falls connects with the line from Brattle- 
boro at this village, and good stage conveniences are afforded east and west. 

West Halifax is a post village located on North river, about a mile and 
a half from the western border and four miles from the southern border of 
the town. It contains two churches (Universalist and Baptist), two or three 
stores, an extensive tannery, blacksmith shop, grist-mill, etc. The village has 
telephone connections with Brattleboro, Shelburne Falls, and westward by 
the way of Jacksonville, while daily stages connect with Brattleboro and 
North Adams. 

South Halifax (p. o.) is a hamlet located on the Massachusetts line where 
North river leaves the town. It is connected by daily stage with Shelburne 
F'alls and Jacksonville. 

Grove is a new postoffice lately established, located at the intersection of 
roads 43 and 44, in the southeastern part of the town. Daniel S. VVorden is 
the postmaster. 

Reid Hollow is a hamlet located in the northeastern part of the town, on 
Green river. 

A. J. Tucker's tannery, located at West Halifax, was established by Nathan 
W. Halliday, about 1836, though it has been re-built five times. The present 
owner came into possession of the property in i860. He employs fourteen 
men and tans 400 sides of leather per week, manufacturing upper leather 
extensively. The establishment is operated by both steam and water-power, 
using 500 to 600 cords of bark per annum. 

Elias Stone's saw-mill and chair-stock factory, located cor. roads 37 and 37^, 
is operated by an excellent water-privilege. The mill was formerly used as a 



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grist and carding-mill and cloth dressing factory, and was converted into its 
present use by Mr. Stone in 1845. He turns out about $6,000.00 worth of 
chair-stock per annum. 

W. A. (^ IV. DenisoTi s saw-7nill and chair-stock factory is located on road 
26. It is operated by water-power, afforded by a branch of Green river. 

Alonzo F. and Frank B. Stone's saw and cider-mill and chair-stock factory, 
located on road 37, was built by William Morey. It has the capacity for 
manufacturing 4,000 feet of lumber per day. 

Lewis W. Siwiner' s saw and grist-itiill is located off road 32, in the south- 
western part of the town. 

Albert L. Thiirber' s saw-7nill and chair-stock factory is located on road 14. 
' Albert M. V. Hagar' s sa^v-mill and chair-stock factory is located on road 54. 

Settlements were commenced in the town during the year following the 
issue of its charter, in 1751, but those who undertook them were not able to 
prosecute their plans on account of the hostility of the Indians. But after the 
reduction of Canada, the proprietors of more than forty lots renewed their 
exertions "with good proficiency," and although the town consisted almost 
entirely of "mountainous lands," and was then heavily "loaded with timber," 
yet the proprietors were sanguine that their settlement would at some future 
period " prove beneficial to the public." Abner Rice commenced a settle- 
ment in 1761, he being from Worcester county, Mass. He was joined by 
others from Coleraine and Pelham, Mass., in 1763, and the settlement was 
soon in a fairly prosperous condition, so that in 1 771 it was one of the most 
populous towns in the county, the census enumeration for that year being as 
follows : One hundred males under the age of sixteen years, eighty-three 
between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and four over sixty ; seventy-four 
females under sixteen years of age, and sixty-eight over sixteen, making a 
total of 329 souls. In 1791 the population had increased to 1,309 souls, or 
about 457 more than the town has to-day. The first town meeting recorded 
was held March 3, 1778, at which it was voted to "accept the constitution of 
the State of Vermont," and at which James Gray was chosen town clerk ; 
William Hill and Amos Peabody, constables ; and Hubbel Wells, William 
Hill, and Isaac Guilde, selectmen. The first justices were Benjamin Henry 
and Edward Harris, in 1786. The first representatives were Edward Harris 
and Hubbel Wells, chosen in 1778. The first birth was that of Sally Pratt, 
February 7, 1767, who died in October, 1850. 

Joseph Tucker was an early settler of Halifax, locating on road 29, corner 
39. He married Abigail Emerson, by whom he reared five children, Abigail, 
James, Stephen, Calvin and Lucy. 

Oliver Niles came to Halifax, from Stonington, Conn., at an early date, 
in company with his four brothers, Samuel, Henry, Sands, and Jesse. They 
purchased 450 acres of land in the southwestern part of the town, on North 
river. In the division of the land Oliver received 150 acres, Samuel 150, 
Henry 100, Jesse 50. Sands sickened and died soon after their settlement. 



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David, the father of the brothers, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, 
and was killed at the battle of White Plains, in 1776. Oliver married Lydia 
Plumb, and reared eight children, five of whom, Oliver, Jr., James, Stephen, 
Nathaniel, and Lydia, settled in the town. Oliver, Jr., married Mary Mc- 
Knight, reared six children, and died in December, 1878. Three of his 
children are now living, of whom James M., resides on the old homestead. 
Oliver P., the oldest son, born April 23, 181 5, married Louisa B. Fish, and 
now resides at Brattleboro. 

James Scott was an early settler in Halifax, locating here in the summer of 
1 78 1. He brought with him his wife and five children, Clarissa, Thomas, 
Abel, Asahel, and Joel, there being born to hitti afrer he located here, five 
more, James, Henry, Sally, Ruby, aud Elijah. The family originated in 
England, the tradition of the emigration being as follows : A small boy in 
England was sent on an errand by his parents, was kidnapped, forced on 
board a vessel, and brought to America, where, in accordance with the prac- 
tice then in vogue, he was hired out, or sold, for a given time to pay for his 
passage. This was the progenitor of the Scott family in America. Numerous 
descendants are now residing in difterent parts of the county. 

The Harris family was also an early family in the town. Their ancestors 
are supposed to have been of Welch descent, sons of those who preferred 
freedom in the wild mountains of Wales, to Saxon oppression. The first of 
the family to come to America, was Mary, widow of Walter Harris, and her 
son Sabile, who came to New London, Conn., from Monmouthshire, Eng., 
in 1756. The next known ancestor was Job, who was born February 10, 
1753, then Joshua, born in 1770. When sixteen years of age Joshua, in 
company with his brother John, left Connecticut and came to Halifax, where 
they commenced to clear the land which has ever since been the home farm 
of the Harris family in Windham county. In 1791, Joshua married Clarissa 
Scott, by whom he had eleven children. Joshua, Jr., was born June 16, 1801, 
married Nancy Miner in 1825, and settled upon the home farm, where seven 
children were born to him, six of whom obtained a mature age. He died in 
1876, aged seventy-seven years, leaving a widow and four children, three of 
whom are now living. 

Francis Phelps served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war seven years, 
then came to Brattleboro, married Anna S. Pratt, settled in Marlboro, re- 
mained there five years, and then came to Halifax, locating where Joseph 
Hale and son now reside. He married, for his second wife, a Mrs. Fessen- 
den, and died at the age of eighty-four years. He was for many years a dea- 
con of the Baptist church. 

The Fish family, so far as can be ascertained, spra.ngfrom an ancient Saxon 
root, referred to in the records of the German nobility as "Fisch." At a very 
early date a branch of the original stock is found in England, and upon the 
colonization of New England three persons of that name, Nathaniel, John 
and Jonathan, came to this country and settled at Lynn, Mass. Little, how- 



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ever, is known of these brothers. John is the first known ancestor of the 
family, he being one of the first settlers of Groton, Conn., found there as early 
as 1655. The next ancestor was Samuel, born in 1656, whose name occurs 
in the patent of New London, in 1704, the year prior to the incorporation of 
Groton. He was the second townsman in Groton on its organization, and 
was re-elected to this position many years. In the French and Indian wars 
he bore a captain's commission. After Samuel came Nathan, born in 1699, 
then Nathan, born in 1727, and Samuel, born m 1751. In 1780 or 1781, 
Samuel left the town of Groton, Conn., to seek a new home in the wilds of 
Vermont. He and his young wife and two little children, on horseback, trav- 
eled through the almost trackless wilderness, and at length reached a place 
in Halifax, where he cleared away the trees, built a log cabin, planted a few 
patches of corn, potatoes, and beans, and set about the earnest work of pro- 
viding for himself and family. It was in this home that the third Samuel was 
born October 13, 1788. Assisting in carrying on the farm and the tanning 
business, he enjoyed the limited means of education common in those days, 
and was early a disciple in the school of Christ, as he professed religion in 
June, 1808, and joined the church in the east part of Guilford. In speaking 
of it he said : " I obtained a hope about the first of May, at a meeting one 
evening ; I was irresistibly impressed to speak, so I arose, opened my mouth, 
and all my fears and trouble subsided at once, and I felt at peace with God, 
and all the world. I have used my mouth ever since. I took a text for the 
first time on a Sabbath day, in the year 18 13, in a school-house on Green river 
m Guilford." From that time he preached, either occasionally or habitually, in 
Hahfax, Guilford, and Leyden, but m.ostly in Coleraine. He was first invited to 
preach in his native town in 1820. In June following he was engaged as stated 
supply for one year. On July 15, 1822, he was set apart to the ministry by 
solemn ordination. During the next few years one hundred and twelve members 
were added to his church. He continued to preach in Halifax until December 
25, 1867, when he moved to Guilford, where he preached until April, i86g. He 
then returned to Hahfax, where he remained until he finished preaching, on 
the second Sunday in June, 1871. He preached ten thousand sermons, five 
hundred funeral sermons, baptized more than two hundred converts, and mar- 
ried about two hundred couples. Five of those baptized by him became min- 
isters, and one a missionary to Burmah. Henry C. Fish, D. D., formerly of 
Newark, N. J., and son of Samuel Fish, was one of the five ministers. Dur- 
ing his ministry he worked five and sometimes six hours of the day in the field 
or shop, and preached three times on the Sabbath. In regard to salary he 
said : "There was no stipulated salary, I was a volunteer. Pay was the last 
thing I thought of." He was twice married, and had fifteen children, eleven 
of whom lived to maturity. They were all, with one exception, baptized by 
their father. After the completion of his ministry he lived for a short time 
with his son James, in Guilford, and March i, 1872, removed to Brattleboro 
to live with his daughter Louisa (Mrs. O. P. Niles), where he remained until 



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his death, January 25, 1883, at the age of ninety-four years and three months. 
His funeral took place at Brattleboro, January 27th, and services were also held 
at Halifax the next day, in the church over which he was so long a pastor. From 
there his body was caried to its last resting place, in the family burial ground near 
his birth place. His funeral sermon, at his requst, was preached by John S. 
Shepherdson, of Greenfield, Mass. He had made arrangements for his funeral, 
and the text, "I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness," was his 
own selection. At the present time only three of his children are living in Ver- 
mont, James P. Fish, in Halifax, and Louisa (Mrs. L. E. Niles), and Sarah 
(Mrs. L. E. Higby), in Brattleboro. 

Gen. Jonathan Smith, son of Jonah Smith, was born in Halifax in 1783. 
He married Eucy Whitney, of Marlboro, settled there and kept a hotel for 
several years. This marriage resulted in the birth of five children, and by 
his second wife, Amanda Stone, of Windsor, Vt., who is still living at West 
Brattleboro, he had no issue. Mr. Smith died in June, 1851. Only two of 
his children are living, Benjamin F., in Chicago, and Henry F., at Brattle- 
boro. 

Sylvester Worden was one of the early settlers in Halifax. He had two 
sons and a brother, Ichabod, who served in the Revolutionary war. After 
the war they settled in Halifax. Peter, another brother, married Rachel 
Hale, of Bernardston, Mass., and settled and died here. Asa, James and 
Samuel, other brothers, also located here. Peter, Jr., married Barbara Staf- 
ford, and reared eleven children, eight of whom are living, as follows : Lewis 
A., in Guilford; Peter H., in Halifax; Mary (Mrs. D. Carpenter), in Brattle- 
boro; Emily A. (Mrs. D. VVeatherhead), in Brattleboro; Malinda (Mrs. W. 
A. Dennison), on the old homestead; Alsena (Mrs. E. Thayer), in Sherburne 
Falls, Mass.; Lucy R. (Mrs. S. Leonard), in Conway, Mass. ; and Marcus, 
in Guilford. 

Matthew, James and George Clark, brothers, came from Scotland at an 
early day, settling in Pelham and Petersham, Mass., and from there removed 
to Coleraine, Mass. Matthew was killed by Indians during the French and 
Indian war. James came to Halifax in 1777, locating upon the farm now 
owned by Joseph Worden. He lived the remainder of his life here, rearing 
seven children. John and George, two of his sons, served in the French and 
Indian war. George was killed at the defeat of Gen. Braddock, and John 
died of camp fever. James, Elisha and Asa came with their father to this 
town. Asa, son of James, removed to Jefferson county, N. Y., with his four 
sons, Archibald, Asa, Elisha and EHas. Four sons of George, ist, settled in 
the town. The Clark family is now widely scattered throughout the country. 

Dea. Israel Jones, from Connecticut, came to Halifax previous to 1788, 
locating in what is now known as Reid Hollow, on Green river. He died at 
the age of nmety-nine years. His son Daniel, born here September 30, 1788, 
married Caroline Graves, March 4, 18 10, and died January 13, 1857, at the 
house of his son Calvert. Ansel G., an older son, died unmarried. Betsey, 



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an older daughter, married Daniel Bixby, of Guilford. Calvert married Emily 
A. Farnum and had two sons born to him, Ansel C, now a resident of Wil- 
mington, and Cyrus M., occupying the old homestead, on road 29. 

George Plumb, son of James, came to Halifax, from Stonington, Conn., 
about 1797, and in 1798 or '99 James came on, with his third wife, Eunice 
Minor, by whom he had eleven sons and three daughters, having had five 
children by his first wife and nine by his second. 

Elias Stone, from Coleraine, Mass., came to Hahfax about 1800, locating 
on road 50, upon the place now known as the Smith farm. 

Benjamin Greene came to this town, from Stonington, Conn., in 1804, 
locating on road 44. He married Mary A. Prouty, who bore him five chil- 
dren, of whom Sarah, Elijah P., Amos and ElUott B., reside in the town. 

Jesse Wheeler, from Stonington, Conn., came to Halifax when a young 
man, about 1814. He served .^ short time in the war of 1812, receiving a 
government land warrant in acknowledgement of his services. He married 
Prudence Green in 181 5, and spent the remainder of his life on the farm now 
owned by his son William, dying in April, 1869, aged seventy-seven years. 

The churches of Hahfax are a Baptist church, at Halifax village, with no 
regular pastor ; a Baptist church at West Halifax, with Rev. Horace Fowler, 
pastor; and the Universalist church, at West Halifax, with no stated supply. 



JAMAICA lies in the northern part of the county, in lat. 43° 5' andlong. 
4° 11' bounded north by Londonderry and Windham, east by Town- 
shend, south by Wardsboro, and west by Stratton and Winhall. It has 
an area of about 29,017 acres, including portions of six grants made by the 
Governor of New York, between March 31, 1767, and Decembers, 1772. 
One of these grants, named Camden, included the southwesterly corner of 
the present town, extending south across Wardsboro into Dover, and another 
included the northeasterly corner of the township and the old^town of Acton 
and was called Warrenton. Nothing, however, seems to have been done 
towards a settlement under these grants. The charter of Jamaica was given 
by the general assembly of Vermont, November 7, 1780, to Col. Samuel 
Fletcher, of Townshend, and sixty-seven associates, among whom were named 
several who were at that time settled in the territory, several prominent State offi- 
cials, and citizens of Newfane and Dummerston. The charter contained the 
usual restrictions and reservations of the Vermont charters, and so far as 
learned these conditions were fully carried out by the grantees. 

The surface of the town is mountainous and uneven, and the elevations 
rocky, though the soil is, in general, warm and productive. Some of the 
principal elevations are as follows; Sage hill, in the southwestern part ; South 
hill, in the southern part ; Shatterack mountain, in the northern part ; Bald 
and Atridge mountains, in the northern-central part ; and Turkey mountain 
in the northeastern part of the township. West river flows a southerly course 



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through the town, and, together with its numerous tributaries, aftbrds a num- 
ber of excellent mill-privileges. Jamaica and Adams ponds are small sheets 
of water, the former lying in the northern and the latter in the northeastern 
part of the town. Almost every mountain, valley and stream in the town 
abounds in beautiful and interesting scenery, so that to speak of any partic- 
ular point seems almost invidious; still one spot we must mention, viz.: 
Hamilton Falls, in the northern part of the town, near road 8. Here Cobb 
brook tumbles and leaps, from the bosom of a beautiful meadow, down an 
almost perpendicular ledge into a narrow gorge, nearly 200 feet below 
Through this gorge the stream finds its way into West river. Standing upon 
the brink of the fall, and looking down upon the tops of the tallest trees of 
the valley, dim indeed must be the eye that fails to brighten at the beautiful 
vision spread before it. The principal rocks entering into the geological struct- 
ure of the territory are o( gneiss and ta/cose schist {ox\x\dL\.\on, the former under- 
lying the western and the latter the eastern portion. Gold ore in small 
quantities has been discovered in the eastern part of the town. 

In 1880 Jamaica had a population of 1,253, ^"^ in 1882 had ten school 
districts and eleven common schools, employing one male and nineteen female 
teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,189.93. There were 
307 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for 
the year, ending October 31st, was $1,331.30, with O. G. Baker, superin- 
tendent. 

Jamaica is a pleasant little post village located near the central part of the 
town, on Bald Mountain brook. It has two churches (Congregational and 
Baptist), one hotel, several stores, several manufacturing estabhshments, and 
about 100 dwellings. The locality is exceedingly healthful as the village is 
located 688 feet above the sea, and 480 feet higher than Brattleboro. Among 
the professional men are three attorneys and two physicians, while ample 
facilities for financial transactions are afforded by the West River National 
Bank, and the Jamaica Savings Bank, both flourishing institutions. Trans- 
portation facilities are also good, as the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad 
passes near the place. 

West Jamaica (p. o.) is a hamlet in the southwestern part of the town. 
It has two saw-mills, a hand-rake factory, and about a dozen dwellings. 

East Jamaica (p. o.) is a new postofffce estabUshedat Wardsboro Station, 
on West river, in the eastern part of the town A grocery and feed store 
has also lately been opened here. 

Rawsonville (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the northwestern part of the 
town, on Winhall river. It has a grocery store, grist-mill, two saw-mills, and 
a chair-stock factory. 

T/ie West River National Bank was chartered as a State institution, in 
1853, the first bills being issued July 20, 1854, with James H. Phelps, presi- 
dent, and John E. Butler, cashier. In August, 1865, it re-organized as a 
National bank, with a capital of $100,000.00, though it was subsequently 



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reduced to $60,000.00. The bank is located in a substantial brick build- 
ing at the lower end of Main street, in Jamaica village, with William Harris, 
of Windham, president, and John A. Butler, cashier. 

The Jamaica Savings Bank was chartered in 1872, and commenced busi- 
ness with WiUiam Harris, president ; E. L. Waterman, vice-president ; and J. 
C. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. The institution was originated by Rev. 
Charles Burnham, who was pastor of the Congregational church here several 
years, and who died in 1883. It was at first located in the National Bank 
building, but was subsequently removed to its present quarters. The officers 
are Hon. E. L. Waterman, president ; O. R. Garfield, vice-president ; and J. 
C. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. The bank now has 693 depositors, 
aggregating a gross deposit of $139,500.00, while the bank has a surplus of 
$4,500.00. 

C. Af. Nichols' s saw, and shingle-mill, located at the corner of roads 22 and 
32, was built by a Mr. Ward about twenty-five or thirty years ago. O. A. 
Richmond purchased the property about 1866, and in 1883 it came into the 
possession of the present owner, who has replaced the old upright saw with 
a circular saw, and added other improved machinery, giving the mill capacity 
for cutting about 5.000 feet of lumber, and 6,000 shingles per day, doing 
both custom and merchant work. 

G. F. Richmond' s carriage shop, located on road 22, was established in 
1883. He carries on a general manufacturing and repair business. 

C. A. White's butter-tub and shing/e factory, XocdXt^ on road 22, was estab- 
lished' by him in 1877. February 25, 1881, the buildings were destroyed by 
fire, the present mill being erected the same year. It is operated by both 
steam and water-power, giving employment to about six men, and turning out 
15,000 butter tubs, and 1,000,000 shingles per annum. Mr. White also manu- 
factures sap buckets and does custom planing. 

B. B. HoughtoiH s saw and planing-tnill, located on road 3, was built about 
fifty years ago, and has been in the present proprietor's possession about 
sixteen years. The mill has the capacity for cutting about 5,000 feet of 
lumber per day, and is also supplied with circular, board, and chair-back 
saws, planer, etc., and does merchant work. 

A. A. Kingsburf s sa^v a?id grist-mill, located on road 3, in Rawson/ille, was 
built by Flint Richardson, about forty years ago, and was purchased by Mr, 
Kingsbury, in July, 1882. The saw-mill is supplied with upright board saws, 
circular bench saws, shingle machine, "band saw, and planer, and cuts annually 
about 100,000 shingles, also doing custom board sawing and jobbing. The 
grist-mill has one run of stones, and grinds about twelve tons of corn per 
month, besides the custom work. 

If. H. Feltofis saw-mill, located on road 24, was built by Mr. Felton in 
1868. It is fitted with a circular board saw, is operated by water-power, and 
cuts about 200,000 feet of lumber per annum. Mr. Felton has also a mill 
on road 23, built by him in 1872, with the capacity for cutting 10,000 feet of 
lumber per day. 



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IV. H. Wheeler's sa7v-mill a7id chair-stock faciory, located on road 23, was 
purchased by him in 1883. It is operated by both steam and water-power 
and is fitted with circular board- saw, chair-back saw, cutting-off saw, band-saw, 
planer and shingle machine, having the capacity for manufacturing 400,000 
chair-backs per annum and about 10,000 shingles daily. Mr. Wheeler also 
cuts dimension lumber and does custom sawing. 

J^arr o^ RoeT s rake factor }\ located on road 34, has all the necessary turn- 
ing machinery for manufacturing rakes, and has also splitting saws. 

Alvin Frosfs tray shop, located on Mechanic street, at Jamaica village, was 
established by him in 1877. He manufactures about 3,000 trays per annum. 

Williatn F. Gleaso)i s sazv and shingle-mill and chair-stock factory, located 
on road 34, is furnished with a circular board-saw, cutting-off and splitting 
saws, band-saw, and shingle machines. He manufactures about 250,000 feet 
of rough lumber and 200,000 shingles per annum. 

F. W. Perry & Son's tannery , located in Jamaica village, turns out about 
$75,000,00 worth of hides per year, employing about twelve men. The 
leather is not finished here, but is sent to Massachusetts in the rough. 

W. L. Barties's carriage and blacksmith shop, located at Jamaica village, is 
operated by water-power and furnished with all necessary machinery for carry- 
ing on a manufacturing and job business. 

Edwiii F. Russell's chair factory, located on Factory street, at Jamaica vil- 
lage, has the capacity for turning out about 100 dozens of cane-seated chairs 
per month, but it is not operated for this purpose at present, being used as a 
sawing, matching and planning-mill. 

Wardivell &= Flint's steain saw-mill, located at the base of Bald mountain, 
was built in 1 88 1. It is supplied with a circular board saw, edging saws, 
band saw, cutting-up machinery, etc., and cuts about 1,000,000 feet of lum- 
ber per annum, 250,000 feet of which is converted into chair-stock. 

O. C. Flinfs chair-stock factory and grist-mill, located on Mechanic street, 
of Jamaica village, has three lathes, bench saws, etc., and a mill for grinding 
meal and feed. He usually employs five men in the manufacture of turned 
chair-stock and in doing custom grinding. 

Edward Afagoon' s sa7v-mill, located on road 34, cuts 200,000 feet of lum- 
ber per annum. 

The first event of historic importance occurring in Jamaica took place 
years before the territory was settled or had even been set apart by charter 
or name. It was back in the remote year of 1748, when the out-posts of 
white settlements in this section were at Fort Dummer, and at Charlestown, or 
Number Four, in New Hampshire. During this year Capt. Eleazer Melvin, 
of Northfield, Mass., in command of a scouting party of eighteen men, met, 
in the vicinity of Lake Champlain, a larger force of Indians than they could 
cope with, and so retreated towards Fort Dummer, along the valleys of Otter 
creek and West river. On the night of May 30th they camped within the 
present limits of Londonderry, and early on the following morning resumed 

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2 26 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



their march. Being nearly out of provisions they haked in this town, a short 
distance above the mouth of Bald Mountain brook, to shoot salmon in the 
river. Here they were overtaken by the Indians, between nine and ten 
o'clock in the morning, they having, probably, crossed through the gap west 
of Bald mountain, while the scouting party had followed the river around the 
mountain. They fired upon the party from ambush, four men being killed, 
at the first volley. Though taken by surprise, the little party rallied and 
charged on the Indians, killing several ; but, after losing two more men, the 
soldiers scattered through the forest and fled, reaching Fort Dummer during 
that and the following day. A party was immediately sent out from the fort,, 
who buried the four men who were shot at the outset of the affray, on the 
flat south of Bald Mountain brook, about fifty roads from its mouth. Their 
names were John Hayward, Isaac Taylor, John Dod and Daniel Mann. The 
other two men, Joseph Petty and Samuel Severance, managed to get some 
distance from the scene of the affray before death overtook them, and their 
bodies were not found until some time after. Thus occurred the first deaths 
and burials in what is now the township of Jamaica. 

The first clearing made in the town was in 1775, by William Hayward 
(now spelled Howard), of Townshend, and his sons Caleb and Silas. They 
erected houses in their clearings, into which they moved in 1777, Caleb on 
the bank of West river, east of Wardsboro depot, and Silas on the hill to the 
north, supposing, however, that they were located in Townshend, and Silas 
was sent as the first representative in the general assembly from Townshend, 
in 1780. The town line being run the next year, 1781, however, proved that 
he was a citizen of Jamaica. In 1780 there were eleven or twelve families 
in the town, seven of whom were Hay wards, and in 1791 the population had 
increased to 263 souls. 

The first proprietors' meeting seems to have been the one held at Newfane, 
June 5, 1781, where a committee was chosen to lay out the township into 
lots, James Mack, of Londonderry, being appointed surveyor. The first town 
meeting was held September 3, 1781, at the house of William Hayward, 
near the present site of Wardsboro station, on road 28. William Harrison 
Church was chosen town clerk and representative ; Benjamin Hayward, 
William Hayward and William H. Church, selectmen ; Calvin Hayward, 
constable; Peter Hazelton (or Hazeltine), treasurer ; Paul Hayward, lister; 
and Caleb Hayward, surveyor of highways, though the latter office must have 
been a sinecure, as their were no highways opened in the town until June, 
1784. The first birth was that of Banyard Hayward, son of Paul, in 1779. 
The first grist and saw-miU was built by Peter Hazelton, on Mill brook, or 
Wardsboro brook, on road 45, in 1 782-83. In 1 785 they were called ''Howe's 
mills," having been purchased by John Howe. The first road built through 
the town was laid in 1784, from the line near West Townshend to " Peaked 
rock," where the bridge crosses West river, about two miles below Jamaica 
village. In 1790 it was completed through to the Winhall Hne. The first 



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house designated by the name of tavern was kept by John WeHman, on road 
30, where was also a " training ground," a sign post, and stocks for the pun- 
ishment of wrong doers. It was erected in 1793. The first school was 
taught by Zebotes Skinner, in 1791, being held in a lo£ school-house that 
was sustained by voluntary contribution. Mr. Skinner became a noted school 
master, teaching, at ditiferent times, twenty-one schools in the town. The 
first resident minister was Rev. John Stoddard, who was called by vote of 
the Congregational church, in 1794, He was dismissed in 1799, for selling 
his wife, who, it appears, however, ratified the sale, for she lived with the 
purchaser and reared a respectable family of descendants. The first carriage 
(with springs) in the town was probably that of Jonas Pierce, which is men- 
tioned in the tax list in 1812. The first lawyer to commence practice here 
was Hon. John E. Butler, in 1840, who was born in the town in 1809. The 
first physician was Dr. Nathan Weeks, who began practice in 18 15. The 
heaviest freshet that ever visited the town occurred October 2, 3 and 4, 1869, 
It carried away bridges and washed out highways, doing damage to the 
amount of $15,000.00, and causing the death of William H. Carr, a promi- 
nent citizen of the town and at that time a deputy sheriff. 

The Haywards, or Howards, as the name is now spelled, were the pro- 
genitors of the large number of that name now residing in the town, William 
being the father of fourteen sons, all of whom settled in Jamaica. Of the 
others who settled here before the cliarter of the town was issued, were Peter 
Hazelton, who located on the river ; Amariah Taft, who located the first farm 
west of the river, on Wardsboro branch, where Peter Hazelton built the first 
grist and saw-mill; Paul, son of Benjamin Howard, located on the farm just 
west of his father's, which is now owned by Deacon Burnap; William H. 
Church located on the farm next west, just below the railroad cut at the West 
river bridge; Stephen Wilcox, sometimes called Stephen Sabin, settled on the 
next farm west ; and John Wright, who located on a farm farther south. 
Among those who came at a later date were the following : Amos Skinner, 
from Packersfield, now New Alstead, N. H., in 1781 ; Elisha Chase, from 
Petersham, Mass., in 1783; Samuel Lamb, a shoemaker, from Petersham, 
Mass., in 1783; John B. Hinds, a shoemaker, from Blandford, Mass., in 
1784; Hezekiah Howe, from Alstead, N. H., in 1784; Jonathan Coombs, 
from Billingham, Mass., in 1790; Benjamin Furniss, from Greenwich, Mass., 
in 1798; Jonas Pierce, from Lincoln, Mass., in 1792; and Childs Wheaton, 
from Pomfret, Conn., in 1798. 

Benjamin Howard came from Mendon, Mass., when sixty-six or sixty-seven 
years of age, and located in Townshend. He built a log house on the hill 
northeast of West Townshend village, where he lived two years, then came to 
Jamaica, locating, with his son Calvin on the place now owned by Lestina 
and Sylvia Howard. He resided therein 1 781, being elected that year as 
one of the first selectmen of the town, and died there about 1784. He was 
the father of fourteen sons, nearly all of whom reared families either in this 
town or Townshend. 



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David Eddy was born in Heath, Mass., August 3, 1801, and diedin 
Jamaica, December 18, i88i. He was the son of Daniel and EHzabeth 
(Simmons) Eddy, and a direct lineal descendant of one of the Eddy brothers 
who came to this country in the " Mayflower." He belonged to an excep- 
tionally long-lived family, his father dying at the age of seventy-seven and his 
mother at the age of eighty-nine years. His father moved to Jamaica in 1802 
or 1803, settling on the place now owned by Charles Gleason, near Wards- 
boro. He hved here but a short time, however, as he was living on what is 
now a pasture, owned by Brainerd Brown, at the time of the "dark day" of 
June 16, 1806. The incidents of that day were distinctly remembered and 
often recounted by David, although he was less than live years old at the 
time. In early life David Eddy evinced a remarkable taste and aptitude for 
books, and readily mastered obstacles that were insurmountable to his school- 
mates. For some twenty years ot his early manhood he taught school a part 
of the time each year. He married Lucy Stockwell, April i, 1827, by whom 
he had four children. September 27, 1835, he married Lydia Pierce, by 
whom he had seven children. January 22, 1868, he married Mrs. Maria Dex- 
ter, of Wardsboro, who survives him. From 1837 until his death, he served 
the town by holding one or more of its most important offices. The duties 
of a constable were distasteful to him, for he said : " Many a time I've had to 
serve writs when I would rather have paid every cent of the debt than to do 
it." In 1856 he was elected representative of the town, and served in the reg- 
ular and special sessions. For about forty years he was justice of the peace, 
and probably no man in the town ever tried more cases, or settled more 
estates of deceased persons than he. He was held in such universal respect 
that the name of David Eddy appeared on the justice ticket of both political 
parties. He believed in letting offices seek him, instead of his seeking ofiice ; 
and, though repeatedly urged to allow his name to be used as a candidate for 
assistant judge, he as often refused. In poHtics he was a sturdy antislavery 
Republican from the birth of the party. He respected the man, and not the 
skin with which the man was covered; and many a time needy colored men 
have found shelter under his roof and hospitality at his table. Mr. Eddy was 
a farmer all his life. He lived ujjon the homestead of his father till 1863, 
when he removed to that of his father-in-law, to care for his wife's parents. 
He remained here until his marriage in 1868, when he removed to Wards- 
boro. Within a few months of his death he expressed a desire to return to 
the old homestead and die there, and the wish was granted. He was a thor- 
ough going temperance man, an ardent lover of the prohibitory law, and 
always took a determined and active part in its enforcement. He lived a 
consistent Christian life, and in his last moments evinced the clearest proof 
that his faith was unshaken and that death had no terrors for him. In early 
life Mr. Eddy and his young wife united with the Baptist church, in Jamaica, 
and both remained members until their death. Until within a few years he 
was a constant attendant upon church services, and very few Sabbaths passed 




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in which he and his family were not in their place in the sanctuary. During 
the last few years of his life he was troubled with deafness, so that he could not 
hear the public services, and he preferred to spend the few Sabbath in the quiet 
of his home. The religion of the New Testament was a reality to him, and 
he loved to drink it in, in all its purity, simplicity and fullness. Its influence 
was seen and recognized in his daily intercourse with men, and it is but sim- 
ple truth to say that his life was a "living epistle, known and read of all men," 
and that he was one of the noblest works of God — an honest man. 

George Howard, son of Paul was the first settler on the farm now owned 
by Harland Howe, ofif road 8, on Turkey mountain. VVillard H., his eldest 
son, married Abigail Chase and bought a partially cleared place on road 8, 
where Elwin Clayton now resides, about 1823. He reared three sons and 
six daughters, all of whom were born on this farm. Of these children Alphonso 
P., Mason F., Marthaette (Mrs. Elwin Clayton), and Laurette (Mrs. P. 
Kellogg), reside in Jamaica. VVillard H. was a staunch Methodist and died 
at the residence of his son. Mason F., at Jamaica village. 

Revido Howard was born here in 1832, on the old homestead he now 
occupies He married Mary M. Clark, a native of Hubbardstovvn, Mass. 

Jered Howard was born in Mendon, Mass., in 1788. He married Try- 
phenia Wheeler, by whom he reared nine children, Sylvia, Isaiah, Obadiah, 
Lestina, Taft, Henrietta, Raney, Anson and Webster, seven of whom are 
hving. Sylvia, Lestina and Taft occupy the old homestead, neither of them 
ever having married. 

Milton L. Howard was born here in 1847, has been twice married, and has 
five children. He was a member of Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols, and was mustered 
out of service June 15, 1865. He is now commander of Post Scott, G. A. 
R., of Jamaica. 

Mary O. Howard, residing on road 42, married a descendant of Banyard 
Howard, the first white child born in the town. 

Levi Howard, residing on road 47, was born in New Hampshire in 1839, 
and came to Jamaica in 1882. 

John Howe, familiarly known as Miller Howe, was an early settler in the 
town. As early as 1785 he owned the grist-mill built by Peter Hazelton, and 
operated it for many years, while his sons Elijah and Joel also carried on the 
business a long time. John reared six sons and three daughters. Elijah 
married Annie Fisher, who bore him four children, two of whom, Elliot and 
Alfred, are living. John, Jr., Joel, Simon and Peter resided in Jamaica. 
Abijah, one of the younger sons of John, became a shoemaker and resided 
near Jamaica village, on road 24. He married Margaret, daughter of a Rev- 
olutionary soldier named Crapo, by whom he had nine children, only one of 
whom, Asa, born in 18 14, is now living in the town. 

Nathaniel Robbins, from Paxton, Mass., was one of the early settlers of 
the town, locating upon the farm now owned by Charles Robbins. He reared 
three sons and four daughters, of whom Loring and Cyrus succeeded to the 
homestead. Loring died August 28, 187 1, and was succeeded by Charles. 



230 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



Uea. Beriah Wheeler was an eaily settler, locating upon the farm now- 
owned by Warren Wheeler, on road 16. He served as a captain in the 
Revolutionary war, at the battle of Bennington, was a deacon of the Congre- 
gational church, and was a well educated man for those times, serving for 
sometime as town clerk. He died about 1835. His wife was Mary WiUiams, 
by whom he reared ten children. One, Henry, is now living in Oswego 
county, N. Y.; Warren, born in Connecticut, in 1784, spent his life on the 
old homestead ; Zachariah was born in Winhall, in 1793 ; and Merritt A., the 
remaining son, is doing an extensive business in Leicester, Mass. 

Bailey Rawson, son of WiUiam, was born in Oxford, Mass., about 1760. 
He married Susannah Brown, of Keene, N. H., and located near Samuel 
Wiswell, in Townshend, about the close of the Revolution, in which war he 
served as a fifer. He was a farrier, and traveled through the surrounding 
towns on horseback, wherever his services were required. During one of his 
journeys he crossed the northwestern corner of Jamaica. Being impressed 
that the location was favorable, he, in 1810, made the first clearing where 
Rawsonville now is. He built a log house on the farm now owned by R. 
Tompkins, and later on the farm now owned by F. B. Pier, where he built a 
dam on the Winhall river, and erected a saw-mill. Mr. Rawson was an ex- 
centric man, and many amusing anecdotes are related of him. On one 
occasion he gathered several bags of sorrel seed, carried them to Massachu- 
setts, and sold the lot for " not clover seed." Being threatened with the law 
by the parties who used the seed, he replied : " I sold the stuff for ' not 
clover seed,' and if you can prove that they are clover seed I will pay the 
damage." He reared a family of three sons and three daughters, and died 
December 18, 1848, aged eighty-eight years. Bailey, Jr., married twice, and 
his second wife, Asenath Gale, now resides with his son Sylvester, on road 3. 
She has four sons living, three residing in Jamaica, Webster L., Sylvester E., and 
Bradford B. Thirteen grandsons of Bailey Rawson, Sr., served in the late war, 
Manley S. Rawson, on road 6, is the only son of Capt. Lowell Rawson, now 
residing in Jamaica. 

James Clark came from Dummerston at an early date, locating on road 49, 
where Abial T. Morse now resides. One of his older sons, Osmer N., was 
born in 1809, married Eliza R., Mahan, of West Boylston, Mass., in August, 
1829, and reared nine children. His widow now resides with their son Charles 
S., in Jamaica village. A daughter, Mrs. Eliza A. Higgins, resides off road 
48, near the Wardsboro line. 

James Waterman was born in Rhode Island, and came to Jamaica at an 
early date. He married Nellie Howard Butler, by whom he reared four chil- 
dren, Mary, Chandler, EUza, and Lorenzo, all of whom, except Eliza, are 
living. Hon. Eleazer L., son of Chandler, married Jenny E. Bemis, of 
Windham, and is one of the prominent lawyers of the county. He has held 
various town offices, and was State's attorney in i874-'75, and senator in 
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Lewis Shumway was one of the early settlers of the town. He was mar- 
ried, first, to Lucy Smith, by whom he reared thirteen children, and second, 
to Sally Mason, of Brookline, by whom he reared two children, John Q. and 
Elizabeth, both of whom are living. 

Ephraim Higgins was born in Cape Cod and came to Jamaica at an early 
day, and reared six children, John, Isaac, William, Payne, Lacina and Lucy. 
Isaac married Almina Baldwin and reared eight children, seven of whom are 
living. 

Joseph Johnson, from Putney, was one of the earlist settlers on Winhall 
river, between Bondville and Rawsonville. He reared seven children, two of 
whom, Mrs. Una Sanders and Mrs. Lorinda Blocher, now reside in Jamaica. 
Marshall, his fourth child, married Melinda Johnson, reared four children, 
and, in 1857, removed to Winhall, where his widow and one son, Irving W., 
now reside. His other surviving son, William B., resides in Jamaica village. 

Israel Thayer came to Jamaica, from Sutton, Mass., at an early date, mak- 
ing the first settlement on the farm now known as the Thayer homestead. 
He married Molly A. Howard, by whom he reared six children. Moses, who 
succeeded to the homestead, married Sally Baldwin and reared nine children. 

Elias Wilder, from Dummerston, was one of the early settlers in West 
Jamaica, having located upon the farm now occupied by his grandson, George 
F., about 1785. Only one of his sons, Ephraift), spent his life in Jamaica. 
He married Lucinda Rice and resided on the old homestead, reared seven 
children, three of whom reside in the town, George F., Henry S., and Austin 
N. George F., who resides on the homestead, married Mrs. Lucy M. Hurl- 
burt, daughter of David Gale, and has three children. 

Lieut. Abijah Livermore purchased three lots of land on West Hill in 1787, 
and during the following year his sons Ezra and Abijah, Jr., came on and 
began to clear the same, and a little later Lot Livermore came on and began 
a settlement on another place. Ezra Livermore was a man of considerable 
education and an ardent Congregationalist, which facts caused him to be held 
in much esteem and led to his being elected to many town trusts, among 
which was that of town clerk, an office he held over forty years. 

Abiah Fuller, from Connecticut, came to Putney in 1793. with his four 
sons, Abiah, Jr., Abel, Joshua and Joseph, and several daughters. Abiah, 
Jr., subsequently married Betsey Blandin, as early as iSco, and died in 
Jamaica, February 15, 1859. Only one of his nine children, Abial P., is liv- 
ing. He resides in Jamaica, on road i, where he has cleared two farms during 
the past forty-nine years, and has acceptably filled many positions on the 
official board of the town. He married Phebe Stiles, June 13, 1843, and 
has three sons and two daughters. His brother, Amora E., born September 
3, 18 r 2, spent most of his life in Londonderry, where he held many offices 
of trust, and died in March, 1872. 

. David Young came from Arlington, Conn., about 1796, purchased a lot of 
wild land on South hiH, which he cleared, and where he erected a dwelling 



232 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



and reared thirteen children, seven by his first wife, Polly Fitts, and six by 
his second wife, Elisabeth Streeter. He was one of the founders of the Bap- 
tist church here. Jonathan and Job, two of his elder sons, and Jerry, one of 
the younger children, always resided in Jamaica, where Jerry still lives, the 
only one of the family now left. Jerry married Candace D. Knowlton, and 
has had born to him three sons and two daughters. 

John E. Butler, a son of Aaron and Lucinda (Howard) Butler, was born 
at Jamaica, on December 14, 1809, and died at Beaufort, S. C, May 9. 1867. 
He lived with his parents upon their farm until after he was seventeen years 
of age, and attended such district schools as the times afforded. The spring 
after he was seventeen he went to Coxsackie, N. Y., and worked in a brick 
yard. The following autumn he returned home and attended the district 
school during the winter, returning the next summer to Coxsackie, where he 
worked in the same brick yard during the last of summer, and returned home 
in season to attend a select school that fall at West Townshend. The fol- 
lowing winter, 1828-29, he taught a district school in Londonderry, and in 
the summer of 1829 he worked some with his father on the farm, and also on 
the highways, in the fall attending the select schools again at West Towns- 
hend. The winter following, 1829-30, he kept school in the southwestern 
part of Townshend, and the next summer went to Worcester, Mass., to find 
employment, working on a farm a few months. In the winter of 1830-31, 
he taught school in Townshend, in the spring of 1831 attending the Chester- 
field Academy, N. H. In the winter of 1831-32, he taught school at Wind- 
ham, and attended the Chesterfield academy agam during the spring and fall 
terms of 1832, returning to Jamaica in the summer, and continued thus, part 
of the time attending or teaching school, and part of the time working on 
the farm, until 1834, when, in March, he commenced the study of law with 
Epaphroditus Ransom, Esq., at Townshend, continuing there until the latter 
removed to Michigan, after which he went into the office of the Hon. John 
Roberts, of Townshend, where he remained until the spring of 1836, when 
he went to the office of Horace Roberts, Esq., at Whitingham, where he 
remained until he was admitted to the bar, at the April term of the court of 
1837. While studying his profession, in the winter seasons he taught district 
schools at Townshend and Winhall, and in the summers labored for a short 
season for his father on his farm, to gain means with which to pursue his 
studies. Immediately after he was admitted to the bar he commenced prac- 
tice in company with Horace Roberts, Esq., at Whitingham. October 25, 
1837, he married Roccina Brooks, of Winhall. He continued his practice of 
law with Mr. Roberts until the latter died, early in 1838. In 1838 he was 
appointed postmaster at Whitingham, which office he held and continued to 
practice his profession there until 1843. While he resided at Whitingham, an 
academy was established and provided with a building and apparatus mainly 
through his efforts. July 2^, 1843, he removed to his native town, and com- 
menced the practice of the law here. He was elected representative to the 




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general assembly from Jamaica, in the years 1848, '49, '51, and 53. In 1853, 
mainly through his influence, the West River Bank was incorporated, and 
located at Jamaica. In 1854 the bank was organized and he was elected 
cashier, continuing to hold that office while he lived. In 1854 he formed a 
partnership for the practice of law with Benjamin L. Knowlton, and they 
continued to practice law together until Mr. Knowlton died, in 1859. In 
1857 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1858 and 1859 
he was State senator for the county of Windham. The Jamaica Leather 
Company was incorporated, located at Jamaica, and commenced business in 
1859, largely through his influence. In December, 1859, he commenced a 
law partnership with H. H. Wheeler, which continued while he Hved. In 
1 86 1 he had many friends in various parts of the State, who urged his name 
for the office of governor, and many of them attended the State convention 
of that year for the purpose of procuring his nomination for that office. Mr. 
Holbrook's claims were urged by some, however, and so strongly that Mr. 
Butler's name was withdrawn. He was the father of three children, of whom 
the youngest, George A., died at the age of eighteen, in 1864. The eldest? 
John A., assisted him in the care and management of the bank from about 
the time it was incorporated until his death^ and then took his father's place 
as cashier, a position he still holds. His second son, Henry A., was lying 
dangerously sick at Beaufort, S. C, where he had gone to visit him at the 
time of his death. 

Solomon Goodell came to this town in 1798, locating in the southern part 
of the town. Mr. Goodell was a benevolent man, and gave much for one of 
his means, to religious charities. He died in 18 15, aged seventy years. 

Josiah Gleason, in company with his brothers Benjamin, Jonathan and 
Elisha, came to Jamaica from Spencer, Mass., previous to 1800. Josiah made 
the first clearing on the Squire Gleason place on road 38. Squire, the 
youngest of five children, spent his life on the old homestead. He married 
Candace Howard and reared three children, Charles H., William F. and Ella. 
He was a liberally educated man, taught school a number of terms, was a 
justice of the peace many years, and was a member of the Methodist church 
of Wardsboro from the time of its organization until his death, which occurred 
in 1877, at the age of seventy years. His widow survives him, residing at 
Wardsboro. 

Jared Sage, son of Jonathan, was born at Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1780. He 
married Elizabeth Howard, and removed to Jamaica about 1803, locating on 
Turkey mountain. Later, however, he removed to the western part of the 
town, where many of his descendants now reside. Of his family of ten chil- 
dren, S. Emery, Jared and John B. reside in Jamaica, Jesse in Stratton, and 
Mason A. in Wardsboro. John B. and S. Emery married sisters, Nancy and 
Martha S. Holton. The former has reared four sons and one daughter, while 
the latter married for his second wife Lois Richmond, and has reared a 
large family. 



234 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



Willard Smith, eldest son of Rufus, came to Jamaica with his father, from 
Mendon, Mass., in 1806, locating upon the farm now occupied by Titus 
Howe. He now, at the age of eighty-four years, resides on road 14. He 
has been a member of the Baptist church here fifty years. The younger 
children were Ruth, Anna, .Abigail, Samuel, Sally, Nahum, Rufus and Eme- 
line. Willard lived with his father, in the western part of the town, until his 
marriage to Jerusha Howe, in 1829. Two of his seven children are living, 
Hezron W. and Emerson W., the former postmaster at North Windham, in 
Londonderry, and the latter in this town. 

Benjamin Felton was born in Brookfield, Mass., July 21, 1771. He 
learned the clothier's trade in his youth, married Nancy Ellis, in September, 
1794, and resided in Massachusetts until after the birth of their four children, 
Eliza C, Nathan B., D wight F. and Asa E. About 1S06 he purchased the 
grist and saw-mill at " Wardsboro City," and brought his family to Vermont. 
Here he carried on business until 1828 and had four more children born to 
him, Lucy D., Horatio L., Henry H., and Theodocia R. In 1828, with his 
wife and four younger children, Mr. Felton came to Jamaica and spent the 
remainder of his life here, dying October 19, 1858, aged eighty-seven years. 
Mrs. Felton died May i, 1836. Five of their children are now living, four in 
Jamaica, viz. : Asa E., Horatio L., Henry H. and Theodocia R. 

Charles Barnes, from Leicester, Mass., came to Jamaica in 1823. He fol- 
lowed the blacksmith trade and died here in 1871. Eight of his nine children 
are still Hving, of whom William L. succeeded to the business established by 
his father and also owns an hotel and several dwellings. He was also a mem- 
ber of Co D, 1 6th Vt. Vols. 

Asa B. Kmgsbury, with his three brothers, Arnold B., Squire A. and Ward 
P., made the first settlement here in West river valley, just north of Bald 
mountain, about 1820. They were all born in Chesterfield, N. H., where 
their father, Philip A. Kingsbury, was also born, in 1780. These brothers 
bought land here and made clearings adjoining each other, and each reared 
a large family, numbering thirty-four in all. Ten of these children were in 
the late civil war, of whom Merritt W. and Daniel O. now reside in Jamaica, 
and Ezra lives in Chester. Arnold B. removed to Rawsonville in 1838, where 
three of his sons now reside. Ward C, Austin A. and Benjamin A. Ward P. 
removed to Rawsonville about 1867, locating on road 4, where his son, Merritt 
N., now lives, and where he died, in February, 1867, aged seventy-five years. 
His widow still resides on the homestead, while another son, Daniel O., resides 
on road 18, and two daughters, Mrs. C. H. LanJman and Mrs. Betsey M. 
Kingsbury, reside in Jamaica on road 7. Asa spent his life on the faim he 
cleared. His surviving children are Dea. Nelson Kingsbury and the widow 
of Rev. Ralph Lyon, in South Windham ; Mrs. Rev. Willard Bishop, of Meri- 
den. Conn. ; Rev. Zenas Kingsbury, of Windsor ; and Rev. Arnold Kings- 
bury, of Fredonia, N. Y. Squire A. Kingsbury reared five children, only one 
of whom, Loren Kingsbury, of Londonderry, is living. Elliot O., his third 



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son, married Betsey M., daughter of \^%rd P. Kingsbury, and reared two sons, 
Charles H., residing in this town on road 7^, and Loren K., of Fort Ann, N. 
Y. Elliot O. served in Co. E, 5th Vt. Vols., was mustered out of service in 
1865, and died three months later, of disease contracted while in the service. 

Dr. Joel Holton was born in Dummerston, May 14, 1803, and settled in 
Jatnaica in 183 1, where he has practiced as a physician and surgeon for over 
■fifty years. He is a graduate from Bowdoin college, has been town clerk 
here many years, a justice of the peace several years, was a delegate to the 
constitutional convention in 1850, and has represented the town in the gen- 
eral assembly two terms. He married, first, Lucretia Bugbee, of Dummers- 
ton, who died in 1839, and second, Paulina Dalton, of Wardsboro. The 
latter marriage resulted in the birth of three children, Warren L., George W., 
and Lucretia E. (Mrs. David Eddy). 

Luke C. Landman originally came from Richmond, R. L, to Vermont, 
locating in Brattleboro, in company with his father, Levi, in 1810. Here he 
grew to manhood, and, October 30, 1830, married Hannah Butterfield, a 
daughter of Zenos Butterfield, and a granddaughter of Capt. Ezra Butter- 
field, who served under Gen. Stark at the battle of Bennington. In 1836 he 
came to Jamaica with his family, and has resided thirty-seven years on the 
farm he now occupies, on road 7. Ten of this aged couple's twelve children 
are now living, of whom John T., the eldest, resides in Londonderry, and 
Charles H. and Luke T. in Jamaica. Mr. and Mrs. Landman celebrated 
their golden wedding October 30, 1880. 

Wales Cheney was born in this town in 1836, and has resided here all his 
life. During the late war he served in Co. I, i8th Vt. Vols., and was wounded 
at the battle of Bull Run. 

Myron L. Boynton was born at West Townshend in 1838, and came to 
Jamaica with his father when seven years of age. During the late war he 
enlisted in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols., and served three years, most of the time on 
detached duty. At the opening of the B. & W. R. R., he was appointed 
station master here, and has held the position ever since. 

George H. EUis was born here in 1839. He married Hattie L. Harring- 
ton, was a member of Co. F, ist Regt. of Sharpshooters, and has carried on 
the business of a carpenter and builder here thirty years. 

Royal E. Taft, one of the younger sons of Josiah and Olive Taft, was born 
in West Townshend. He married Frances H. Wood, of Randolph, and 
now resides on road 14. He has reared five children, Willis H., Lillie G., 
George F., Rosa M. and Marcia M., all of whom, except George F., reside 
in Jamaica. Royal E. Taft's mother is still living, aged ninety years. 

Isaac N. Pike, son of Capt. William Pike, was born in Somerset, married 
Jane H. Stiles, of Stratton, and came to Jamaica about 1846, building a saw- 
mill at Pike's Falls, where he carried on the lumber business about thirty 
years. Mr. Pike was also the agent of Massachusetts parties owning large 
tracts of land in this vicinity, was a practical surveyor, and in early life was 



236 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



a practicing physician of the Thompsonian school. Mr. Pike reared nine 
children, one of whom, Norman, died in Andersonville prison, during the 
late war. He now, with three sons and two daughters, resides in the county, 
at the advanced age of eighty years. 

Hon. Hoyt H. Wheeler, born in Chesterfield, N. H., in 1833, located in 
Jamaica in 1859, where he is now a distinguishe dresident. He represented 
the town in the legislature of 1867 ; was State senator in 1868-69 ; judge of 
the supreme court from 1869 to March, 1877, then was appointed United 
States district judge, a position he still retains. 

Harvey E. Spencer, son of Mark Spencer, was born in Westminster in 
February, 1837, where his great-grandfather, Ephraim, was one of the early 
settlers. Harvey E. removed from Westminster to Londonderry in 1862, and 
came to Jamaica in 1868. 

Philemon Holden, son of Phineas Holden, of Worcester county, Mass., 
was an early settler in Londonderry. He married Sally Faulkner, of that town, 
and reared five children, Charles F., Henry G., Lauren W., Sylvenus M., and 
Mary J. Charles F. went West about 1859, and now lives in Nebraska. 
Henry G. spent twelve years in the West, returned in 1869, and now resides 
on road 7. Lauren W. was a member of the Windham county bar, and lived 
in Londonderry until his death, October 10, 1882. Sylvan us M. resides in 
Londonderry. Mary J. died in Londonderry at the age of eighteen years. 
Philemon died in the spring of 1881, aged seventy-two years 

Seth L. Randall was born in Kingfield, Me., and located here upon the farm 
he now occupies, in 1869. He enlisted at East Bridgewater, Mass., in the 
40th Mass. Vols., in August, 1862, and while on picket duty in Florida was 
taken prisoner with seven others, remaining in Andersonville prison 363 days, 
where his seven companions all died of exposure and starvation. 

George Wells, the second son of Samuel Wells, was born in Blandford, 
Eng., came to America in 1870, and followed shoemaking in this town ten 
years, when he retired. He is one of seven sons, six of whom are custom 
shoemakers. 

Jeptha Frost, one of the early settlers of Mount Holly, Vt., reared a family 
of seven sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Stephen and Daniel, 
perished in the late war. Two, Alvin and Ransel, came to Windham county in 
1877, Alvin locating in Jamaica, where he established the business of manu- 
facturing trays. He married Sarah A. Wilder, of Wallingford, Vt, and had 
five daughters. Ransel located in West Townshend, but now resides in 
Jamaica. 

Samuel Ryder, from Massachusetts, settled in Stratton about 1820. He 
reared nine children, and died in June, 1840. The only ones of the family 
now in the county are Henry R. and Fred M., of Jamaica. Fred M., from 
the time he was six years of age, was brought up by OUver Maynard, who 
made the first clearing in the district now known as Maynard Hollow, in 
181 2 or '14. He now occupies a part of the original Maynard homestead 
farm. 



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Alonzo P. Clough, born in Peru, N. Y., came to Jamaica with his widowed 
mother when he was nine years old. In 1862 he enhsted in Co. K, 9th Vt- 
Vols., serving three years. After the war he returned to Jamaica, married 
Mrs. Lydia Allison, whose husband was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, 
and has four sons and two daughters. He resides on road 34. 

Levi Baldwin, born in Dummerston, married Miss A. Fisher, ofWestBrat- 
tleboro, and was an early settler in Jamaica. Ebenezer F., one of eight chil- 
dren, born herein 1808, married Miss T. M. Ward, of Wardsboro, carried on 
the cabinet making business in that town thirty-six years, and now resides at 
West Brattleboro. 
' During the war of 181 2 the quota first called from Jamaica was five men, 
I which was filled by the following, viz. : William Davidson, Sylvester Hiscock, 
Vajazatha Daniels, Abram Gage and Timothy Bolton. 

During the late civil war the town furnished 149 men, and paid bounties 
I amounting to $48,179.85. The first enlisted were Dennis Chase and Fred- 
erick B. Felton, May i, 186 r. 

T/ie First Congregational church, located at Jamaica, was organized Sep- 
tember 25, J 79 1, by the society's eight original members, viz.: Reuben 
Wellman, Aaron Whitney, John Wellman, Margaret Whitney, Mary Well- 
man, Mary Gage, and Lucy Blancher, and under the advice of the pastors of 
the churches in Dummerston and Newfane. The first pastor was Rev. 
John Stoddard, settled November 4, 1794. The church building, a wood 
struture capable of seating 200 persons, was erected in 1808. The society 
now has a total membership pf sixty-six persons, with Rev. O. G. Baker, 
pastor. 

The Baptist church, located on Main street, Jamaica village, was organized, 
probably, in 1796, though the Baptist association records say 1790. We 
make this assertion for the reason that one of the charter members of the 
Congregational church was a Baptist, and joined that society for the reason, 
say the records, "that there is no Baptist church in town." This was in 1791, 
one year after the date claimed by the association. It is barely possible that 
in making the record the clerk caused his figure six to resemble a cipher. 
The first regular pastor. Elder Simeon Coombs, was settled in 179S or '99. 
In 181 1 Elder Coombs deeded two acres of land to the society for a church 
site, under condition that a building should be erected inside of five years 
irom the date. In 18 16 this restricted time was extended two years, and the 
building was completed the following year, 181 7. It is a neat, comfortable 
structure, having undergone extensive alterations and repairs in 1883. Rev. 
E. Small is the present acting pastor of the society. 

The Seventh Day Advent church, located on road 21, was organized about 
1858, by Elders A. C. Bourdeau and A. S. Hutchins, with nine members, the 
first settled pastor being Elder Nahum Orcutt. The church building, erected 
in 1868, will seat 200 persons and is valued at $1,000.00. The society now 
has about seventy members, with no regular pastor. 



238 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



LONDONDERRY lies in the northwestern corner of the county, in lat. 
44° 7' and long. 4° 19', bounded north by Landgrove, in Bennington 
county, and Weston and Andover, in Windsor county, east by Wind- 
ham, South by Jamaica, and west by Landgrove and Winhall, in Bennigton 
county. The township originally included the town of Windham, and was 
granted by New York to James Rogers, February 23, 1770, under the name 
of Kent. Rogers was a regular colonel of colony militia, under king George 
III. In 1778, because of his Tory principles. Col. Roger's property was confis- 
cated and he was obliged to fly to Canada, and on the 20th of April, 1780, 
the Vermont legislature chartered the confiscated land to Edward Aiken, 
Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler, reserving five sixty-fifths thereof foi relig- 
ious and educational purposes, and changing the name of the territory from 
Kent to Londonderry. In 1792 Londonderry was divided, the eastern part 
becoming the town of Windham, though the boundary hne was not then 
established, but was supposed to be near the western base of Glebe Mountain. 
In 1795, through the influence of Esquire Arnold in the legislature, a por- 
tion of Windham was re-annexed to Londonderry and the boundary estab- 
lished as it now is, rangmg with the summit of the mountain. In 1795 
James Rogers, Jr., petitioned the legislature to grant him one half of the 
confiscated lands that remained unsold, which petition was granted. In 1797 
he petitioned again for the other half, alleging as a reason, that if it was right 
for him to have one half it was also right for him to have the whole. The 
legislature recognized the force of his logic and again granted his petition. 

Though the surface of the township is broken and uneven there yet remains 
a large amount of fine, arable land, with a warm, easily cultivated soil, the 
alluvial lands along West river being considered unusually good. This stream 
forms, with its tributaries, the water- course of the territory, flowing a south- 
erly course through the center of the town, into Jamaica. It receives Win- 
hall river and Utley brook from the west, and a good sized mill stream from 
the east. Upon the latter, in the northern part of the town, is located Lowell 
lake, a fine large pond, and above it a smaller body of water, called Lily pond. 

In i88o Londonderry had a population of 1^154, and in 1882 its thirteen 
school districts contained thirteen common schools, employing three male 
and twenty-two female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $1,194.80. There 
were 278 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the 
schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,332.52, with W. L. Gibson, 
superintendent. 

Londonderry is a post village located in the northern part of the town. 
It has one church (Congregational), one hotel, machine shop, saw and grist- 
mill, a tin shop, two general stores, and about forty dwellings. West river, 
along which the village is located, affords several good mill-privileges, which 
are utilized by the manufactories mentioned. 

South Londonderry is a post village consisting of about sixty dwellings, 
scattered for the length of nearly a mile along the valley of West river, a little 



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239 



south of the center of the town, being the western terminus of the Brattleboro 
& Whitehall railroad. It has one church (Baptist), a good hotel, a weekly 
paper. The Sifter, and various manufactories, including that of lumber, leather 
flour and feed, a harness shop, tin shop, livery stable, etc. 

LivERMOREViLLE is a hamlet located in the southwestern part of the town. 

The Londonderry grist-mill, located at Londonderry village, was built by A. 
A. Curtis, in 1880, on the site of one originally built about one hundred years 
ago. The mill has three runs of stones and grinds about 1,200 bushels of 
merchant grain and 8,000 bushels of custom grain per year. 

A. A. Ciirtis's saw-mill, located with and built at the same time of the 
above grist mill, is furnished with circular saws and the necessary machinery 
for manufacturing 400,000 feet of lumber per year. 

Francis F. Cluirchill' s saw-mill, on road 32, was placed on its present 
foundation about 1871 or '72, by Joseph Bailey. It was purchased by Mr. 
Churchill in 1884, and has the capacity for cutting 2,000 to 4,500 feet of 
lumber per day. 

Williams 6^ Hayward' s machine shop, on Main street, at Londonderry, 
was commenced here in January, 1884, a continuation of the business carried 
on at Chester, by Horace A. Hayward. The building is a three story wood 
structure, 36 by 50 feet, erected in 1867. In 1S83 Mr. Williams built a stone 
dam, one hundred feet in length, across West river, which gives a fall of seven 
and one-half feet. The firm has ample machinery for carrying on their busi- 
ness, the manufacture of iron planers, power and lever punches, drilling machin- 
ery, screw machines, etc. 

William A. Shattucli s grist-mill, at South Londonderry, has three runs of 
stones and does custom work. 

Joseph St. Onge's cari'iage maniifactory, at South Londonderry, was origin- 
ally built for a church building, but was converted into a factory about twenty 
years ago. Mr. St. Onge manufactures all kinds of wagons, sleighs and car- 
riages. 

William W. Pierce &> Co! s tub factory and job shop, at South Londonderry, 
was built in 1863. The company employs about five men and manufactures 
5,000 tubs per annum. 

The South Londonderry Tafinery was erected by Ezra Davis, about fifty 
years ago, and has been operated by H. A. Walker since 1879, who tans 
4,500 sides per year. 

■5"/. Marie &= Ball's saw and shingle-mill, on road 42, cuts about 300,000 
feet of lumber per year. 

A. F. Li'vermore s iaw-}7iill and chair-stock factory, on road 45, was built 
by Samuel Livermore, in 1840. Mr. Livermore manufactures about 100,000 
feet of lumber and a large amount of chair stock per year. 

Frank M. Wood has a steam saw-mill on road 40, a mill on West river, 
operated by water-power, and a steam mill in Jamaica. He manufactures 
about 4,000,000 feet of lumber per year. 



240 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



A. W.J. Wiikins 6^ Co! s marble works are located at Londonderry vil- 
lage. The works were started by Gibson Bros., in 1867. 

Londonderry received its name and early settlers through the following 
circumstances: About the year 1650 there was a large emigration from 
Argleshire, in the west of Scotland, to Londonderry, in the north of Ireland. 
The emigrants were warmly attached to the Presbyterian doctrine and dis- 
cipline, in which the church of Scotland was united. These Scottish Prot- 
estants of Ireland were involved in many difficulties during the reign of 
Charles I. and James II., until j6So^ the period known as the British revo- 
lution, when William and Mary ascended the throne. They were bound to 
assist in the support of the church of England, and many of them suffered in 
the seige of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1688, when James II., with a powerful 
force from France, beseiged the city. They held to their religious faith with 
a national tenacity that did not accord with the popular faith of Ireland, nor 
that of their English masters. Disliking the institutions of tithe and rent — 
being subjected to the church of England — they resolved to emigrate to 
America. In 1718 large numbers of these people landed on our shores, 
some of them near Boston, and others near Casco bay. Those who landed 
at Casco settled the towns of Londonderry, Windham, and Manchester, in 
New Hampshire, bringing with them these names from across the waters of 
the Atlantic, and also introduced the culture of potatoes, as well as the arf 
of weaving linen, in this part of the American continent. 

A little more than half a century later, 1769, the descendants of these 
people, McMurphy, Miller, the Derbys, Montgomery, and peihaps one or 
two more, led by Col. Rogers, from Londonderry, N. H., explored the territory 
of what is now Londonderry and Windham, in this county. McMurphy 
began his work in the wilderness, on land now owned by Washington Brooks 
and son, and erected there the first log cabin in the territory. Robert Mont- 
gomery commenced the same year on the Collins place; Miller stopped in 
Thompsonburg, on land now owned by Josiah Goddard, and the Derbys 
settled the Vaile farm, which they subsequently sold to George Hewes, in 
1790. On the approach of winter they returned to their families in New 
Hampshire. 

In the spring of 1770, Rogers in the mean time having procured a charter 
of the territory, those who came the preceeding year returned with some of 
their families, but whether they remained here the following winter cannot 
be accurately ascertained ; but it is beUeved that no family on the mountains 
nor in the valleys faced the storms of winter prior to the season of 1772. In 
the spring of that year Dea. Edward Aiken took his hired man and walked 
from his home in Londonderry, N. H., to the town of Kent, a distance of 
one hundred miles, through small settlements and dense forests. He began 
to open the wilderness in the north part of the town, now the northern part 
of W^indham. During the summer, while far away from neighbors and 
friends, he became a victim of disease. His hired man reported his condi- 



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tion to the small settlement in Rockingham, and from there to his wife, who 
immediately left her home and journeyed the one hundred miles on horse- 
back, nursed her husband back to life, and then returned to her home as she 
had come. Such were the hardships endured by the early settlers of Kent. 

In this spring, also, all these people who had been here before returned, 
consisting of seven families. Col. Rogers also came again, this time for the 
purpose of settling the territory which he had chartered. He brought with 
him several hired men, among whom were William Cox, Joseph Oughterson 
and Daniel Cochran, who took their pay for labor in land, at two shillings 
per day. The land they then cleared is in the eastern part of the town, now 
known as the Larkin place, though they believed it was nearly in the cen- 
ter of the town. This party returned in November, and returned again in 
the spring with their families, the party being increased by James Patterson, 
Samuel Thompson, John Cox, and Capt. Ed. Aiken, cousin of the deacon. 
In 1775 the settlement was increased by Glazier, Helleck, Eddy, Allen, Mc- 
Cormack, Mack and others. 

The first town meeting for the election of officers was held in March, 1775, 
at the grist-mill at the mouth of Lowell lake, or Derry pond as it was for- 
merly called. Edward Aiken was then elected the first town clerk of the town 
of Kent. He was re-elected in 1778. A record of this meeting cannot be 
found. Another meeting was held at the same place the following May, the 
record of which is signed by Edward Aiken, town clerk. At the annual 
meeting in 1777, five men were elected as town committee, three selectmen, 
a constable, surveyors, collector and counter. The committee arranged the 
valuation of property, and, among other things, performed the duty of listers. 
The town of Kent elected but one representative before the name was changed. 
Dea. Edward Aiken was the first representative, March 3, 1778, and retained 
the office until 1795. In 1779 James Patterson was elected the first grand 
juror, Robert Anderson, brander of horses, Lieut. James Hopkins, hog con- 
stable, and Joseph Oughterson, tythingman. In 1780 Dea. Edward Aiken 
was elected the first jurtice of the peace, and Robert McCormick then suc- 
ceeded James Hopkins in the office of town clerk, Hopkins having been 
elected to the office in 1778. 

Education received the early attention of the settlers. Three or four fam- 
ilies would unite in hiring a teacher, who taught in rotation, from house to 
house, usually a month in each family. Dr. Lazelle taught the first school, 
in the houses of Daniel Cochran, Joseph Oughterson and Hugh Montgomery. 
Quite early, however, a district was formed and a school-house erected, in 
what is now the Faulkner neighborhood. This house was burned in 1814. 
At a still later period the town was regularly divided into school districts, 
which have been changing ever since, with the drift of population and the 
lines of highways. 

The nearest place for the first settlers to obtain the necessaries of life was 
at Charlestown, N. H., then called Number Four. These difficulties natur- 

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ally fostered a desire for home manufacture and home trade. Accordingly, 
in 1774, Capt. Edward Aiken, after clearing a little land, began work on the 
first grist-mill in town, located at the outlet of Lowell lake. Col. Rogers 
gave the land and right of flowage. Subsequently Capt. Aiken sold this mill 
to George Mc Murphy, who run it for several years. In 1785 Capt. Aiken 
built another mill on the present site of the grist-mill at the North village, 
which was run many years by his son Jonathan. In the same year, 1785, 
the first bridge was built in town, where the bridge near this mill now stands, 
the bottom log of the same being the foundation of the abutment that now 
supports the foundation of the bridge. The first store in which goods were 
sold stood on the height of land between the two villages, owned and kept by 
Page & Burchard. Soon after this store was opened, Parker, Dean &: John- 
son opened a store in the house lately occupied by Rodney Spaulding. The 
first two hotels opened to the public were kept, one by Arrington Gibson, on 
the Gibson place, and the other by Samuel Sherburg, whose hotel stood just 
back of the present hotel at the North village. The first child born is said 
to have been David Rogers, son of Col. Rogers, about 1775. 

No important events took place in the town during the Revolution, or the 
stirring times just before it. In a warning of a town meeting under date of 
April 20, 1778, when article seven was "to see what encouragement the town 
would make for two soldiers that are to be raised in said town for the term 
of eleven months." The meeting thus warned voted to pay two soldiers each 
thirty pounds as a bounty. It was also during this years that Col. Rogers was 
obliged to give up his lands and t^ee to Canada. In 1782 the town voted to 
raise two men for the ensuing campaign, agreeably to the resolve of the 
assembly. They voted to hire Jonathan Aiken and James Mack to go into 
service, and have each of them seven pounds and ten shillings, and to have 
for wages two pounds per month, which was to be paid in clearing their land 
for them at two pounds per acre, and which was to be ready for seed by Sep- 
tember I, 1782. They also excused James Ayers, John McCormack and 
John Mack, who were out in the three-year's service, from paying any part 
of the bounty which was to be raised. 

Quite early in the Revolution, tradition has it, a party under Capt. Cooke 
left Fort Dummer for the purpose of learning the condition of the settlements 
up the valley of West river and through to Rutland. They found no traces 
of hostile Indians, nor any disturbances among the settlements. Upon their 
return down the river, this party laid down their implements of war and began 
to fish for trout near the north of Flood brook — then called the West branch. 
While thus engaged a party of hostile Indians, who had followed their trail 
from the top of the mountain north, lying in ambush, fired upon 
them. Three of their number fell, and the rest precipitately fled. They 
retreated to the fort, where they were reinforced, and returning buried their 
dead on land lately owned by the Thompson brothers, formerly owned by 
Ezra Pierce. No monument to-day marks the spot where they fell or sleep. 



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In 1777, Gen. Stark, in marching his army from New Hampshire to Ben- 
nington, passed over the Huntley hill, south of the ravine, thence north of 
the north village, across the Utley Flats, in Landgrove, and camped near a 
spring on the Ira K. Batchelder farm, now owned by Mark B. Lyon, in Peru. 
The following day he crossed the mountain nearly a mile north of the pres- 
ent turnpike, and camped in Manchester. Thence he marched to Benning- 
ton, to take victory from the British, or leave Molly, his wife, a widow. Some 
of the citizens of Kent joined Stark, while they had their regular quota in 
the army. 

When the late great war came upon us Londonderry did her full share, and 
with her sister towns mourns her dead and glories in the victory. For further 
mention of the part she took, the reader is referred to the roster, 'on page 69. 

Daniel Babbitt, a native of England, came to America in company with two 
brothers. He was one of the first settlers in Londonderry, locating here 
when the country was new. He died here about 1804. He had a large 
family of children. David, one of his sons, was born in Windham, and 
married Polly Gates, of Ackvvorth, N. H., by whom he had eleven children, 
eight of whom are living. His experience vividly illustrates the hardships 
endured by many of the pioneer settlers of this region. While clearing his 
farm he went to Boston on foot twenty-two consecutive falls, making the 
journey of 125 miles in two and one-half days. He carried with him a cleaver 
weighing nineteen pounds, his busmess in Boston being the cutting of beef. 
George, son of David, was born in Londonderry, and married Sarah Jane 
French, of Jamaica. He has two children living, George H. and Fred D., 
the latter of whom is a prodigy, for though only sixteen years old he weighs 
206 pounds. 

Edward Aiken, a native of Londonderry, N. H., was one of the first set- 
tlers in this town. He was the first town clerk and the first justice of the 
peace. His son Daniel was born and died in this town. John Aiken, 
son of the latter, was born here and lives on road 37. 

Samuel Thompson came from Londonderry, N. H., to Kent, about 1774, 
and was one of the first settlers. He located near where the school-house 
stands,^ on road 34, and died here at the age of about eighty-seven years. He 
had four sons, one of whom, David, came with his father and died here at the 
age of sixty-eight years. Joel, one of David's twelve children, was born in 
Londonderry and lives on the corner of roads 30 and 31. 

Barnet Wait was born in Alstead, N. H., and came to Londonderry 
in 1 79 1. He settled about one and one-fourth miles northeast of London- 
derry village. He raised a family of eleven children, four of whom are living. 
He died here in 1838, aged seventy-one years. His son Barnet was born in 
Londonderry in 1795. He has been a justice of the peace for forty-five years, 
overseer of the poor about fifty years,' and selectman about twenty years. 
His popularity is attested by the fact that though a Democrat, he has been 
defeated in a Republican town but three or four times m fifty years. He lives 



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in the north village, and owns the land where the Tory Rogers lived before he 
went to Canada. He had six children, four of whom are living, Mary, wife 
of A. M. Albee, of Springfield, Vt., Barnet S., who lives in the north village. 
Corydon F., a farmer in this town, and Cordelia M., wife of William F. Sutton. 

Abial Whitman was born in Westmoreland, N. H., and removed with his 
father, who was a native of Attleboro, Mass., to Windham, Vt., when but ten 
years old. He afterwards settled in the southwest part of Londonderry, on 
the farm on which he lisided till his death about eighteen years ago, at the 
age of seventy-nine years. He represented the town once and was a justice 
of the peace for many years. He had twelve children. His son Ira E. was 
born in Londonderry in 1836, and lived here u til July 12, 1883, when he 
removed to Bellows Falls. He is a carpenter and general jobber. Abial's 
daughter, Esther W., married Amore E. Fuller of this town, who died in 
March, 1872, aged sixty-eight years. He was for several years representative 
from this town. 

Jonathan Buxton, of Smithfield, R. I., came to Londonderry about 1798, 
and settled on the farm now owned by George W. James. Of his ten chil- 
dren Nathan was born in Rhode Island and came with his father to this 
town. He had four sons, Stephen A., Charles, Albert and Horan, and three 
daughters, Mary, Martha and Adaline. Stephen A. is the only living mem- 
ber of the family. Charles was major of .the nth Vt. regiment and was 
killed at the battle of Winchester, Va. Albert was captain of Berdan's sharp- 
shooters, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Horace was a cor- 
poral in the i ith Vt. regiment and died of fever in Washington. Daniel, son 
of Jonathan, lives in this town. His children are Willard, Jason, Richard, 
Bradford, who also li/es in this town, Carrie and Angie. 

Armington Gibson, who was born in Lunenburg, Mass., came to London- 
derry in 1800 and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his grand- 
son, H. H. Collins. He died about twenty-five years ago, aged eighty-three 
or eighty-four years. 

Dr. J. B. Collins came from Marlboro, Mass., and located first where his 
son, H. H. Collins lives. He practiced medicine till his death. He married 
Sylvia, daughter of Arrington, and had four children who grew to maturity. 
H. H. and Emeline live in this town. Another son, J. I., is in Washington 
Territory. 

Imla Corey came to Londonderry from Groton, Mass., about 1807, and 
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in 1833. He had only one child, 
Imla, who was born in 1809, and removed in 1871 to Westminster, where he 
now resides with his son William W., on road 59. Another son, George M., 
lives on road 50, in that town. 

Alpheus Wright, a native of Stoddard, N. H., came to Londonderry in 
1818, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Winfield S., where he 
died in 1847, aged fifty-two years. Winfield was born in the house in which 
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Luther Stowell came from Petersham, Mass., to Windham, in the fall of 
1796. April 8, 1818, he removed to Londonderry, where he died in 1857 
aged eighty-four years. He had eleven children. His son Avery B., who was 
born in Windham, and came to Londonderry with his father, located where 
he now lives. 

Alva W. Pierce was born in Andover, Vt., and came to Londonderry in 
1821. He lived with an aunt until nineteen years old, and has continued to 
reside here to the present time, with the exception of five years spent in the 
Mississippi valley. 

Oliver P. Newell was born in Dorset, Vt., and came with his parents to 
Londonderry, in 1821. In 1833 he bought the farm on which he now re- 
sides, and located on it in 1838. 

Emery Harrington was born in Orange, Mass., and came to Londonderry 
about 1821. He settled in the south part of the town, on West river, and 
died in Bennington, at the age of fifty-five years. He had six children. His 
son, E. Leander, was born in this town February i, 1822. At ,the age of 
twenty-one he went to Port Kent, N. Y., and after various removals, cover- 
ing nine years, he returned to Londonderry, where he still resides. 

Thomas S. Viall, born in Jamaica, came to Londonderry in June, 1822. 
He was a justice of the peace in this town for forty years. He died Novem- 
ber 15, 187 1, aged eighty years. His son Philetus, and daughters Dorothy 
Albee and Jeannette Yearly, still reside here. 

. Sem Pierce, it is believed, was born in Windham, as he spent his boyhood 
there and married Lydia Moses, of that town, September 3, 18 15. He came 
to Londonderry about 1824, and died here October 15, 1865, aged seventy- 
one years. He had a large family. His son Sem, of this town, was born in 
Londonderry, and married Eliza N. Howard. They had three children, Frank 
O., Mary O., and William H. 

Abial Whitman, born in Attleboro, Mass., came to Windham about 1788, 
and located on the land now owned by his son Asa. His son Ara, born in 
Windham in 1802, came to Londonderry in 1826, and now resides at Lon- 
donderry village. 

Ephraim Walker came to Windham, Vt., from Westmoreland, N. H., at an 
early day, and in 1838 he renioved to Londonderry, where he died in 1863. 
He had four sons and one daughter : Calvin B., who is a farmer in this town ; 
William H., who is a lawyer and a judge of probate, residing in Ludlow ; 
Henry A., who is a tanner; George E., who died in Ludlow ; and Lydia Jane, 
wife of Captain Howe, of Ludlow. 

James Martin was born in Landgrove, in 1813, and lived in that town until 
182 1. He married Lucy Gray, of Weston, Vt., and settled in Londonderry 
in 1853-54. He represented the town of Landgrove two successive terms, 
and the county once. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 
1843, and is now station agent and U. S. and Canada express agent at Win- 
hall station, on the B. & W. R. R. He had eight sons, only three of whom 



246 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



are living : John H., who is a farmer in N. H.; James L., who is a lawyer in 
Brattleboro, which town he has represented since 1874, and as speaker of the 
House since 1878 ; and Joseph G., who is a lawyer at Factory Point, Vt. 

Cynthia Batchelder was born in Springfield, and married Lucius Griswold, 
of that town, who came to Londonderry in 1859, and died in i860. She 
afterwards married Chandler Eddy, and now lives on her farm, on road 27. 
She had eight children by her first husband, two of whom, Dana and Collins 
R., were Union soldiers. Dana was in Florence prison, and escaped, but 
died soon after. CoHins R.. lives in this town. 

Thomas James, a native of Rome, N. Y., was a sea captain thirty-five years, 
and during that time owned and commanded fourteen vessels. He came to 
Londonderry in '1867, and died here January 4, 1882, aged seventy-six years. 
He was a very generous man, and though belonging to no church, contribu- 
ted liberally toward the support of the three churches in this town. His 
widow still resides with her son George W., in this town. 

Col. Harlan O. Peabody was born in Chester, Vt., in 1839. May 11, 1861,. 
at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted in Co. I, 2d Vt. regiment, and was the 
first man who enlisted for three years in the town of Andover. He was dis- 
charged from the 2d Vt., as sargeant, in May, 1862, and re-enUsted in the 
i6th Vt. regiment, August 29th. He was promoted 2d lieutenant of Co. C, 
October 23, 1862 ; ist lieutenant Co. H, December 31, 1862 ; and adjutant 
April I, 1863. He was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. 
He was elected Lieut. -Col. of the loth Vt., miUtia, January 20, 1865. For 
ten years after the war he lived in Ludlow, engaged in the clothing and boot 
and shoe business, and was an active politican. He has been engaged in the 
hotel business in Granville, N. Y., Rochester and Chester, Vt., and at pres- 
ent in Londonderry, to which town he came in 188 1. 

Joshua Tyler was born in Chesterfield, N. H., August 16, 1781, and mar- 
ried Lydia Farr, who died January 13, 1805. He married for his second wife, 
in 1810, Lois Bacon, of Chesterfield, and located in Dummerston, where he 
engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came to Londonderry in 1830, and 
died in Potter county, Penn., at the age of seventy-seven. Dwight, a son of 
his first wife, was born January 13, 1805, and married Mary V. Fisk, of Mont- 
pelier, Vt., December 28, 1832. They now reside at South Londonderry. 
He has been a merchant for many years ; town clerk and treasurer for thirty- 
seven consecutive years ; and justice of the peace for more than twenty-five 
years. One of their two children, Harland D., survives, and lives at South 
Londonderry. He married Owel R. Whitman of this town and has two chil- 
dren, Minnie A. and Frank H. 

Samuel Thompson was a native of Ireland and emigrated thence to Massa- 
chusetts. From there he removed to this town when there were but three or 
four families here, and settled where John Ramsdell now lives, and died 
here. His son Samuel was born in Londonderry and died here 
at the age of about seventy-six. Solon, son of the latter, was also born here 



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He died in 1880, aged seventy. Henry L. and Walter Thompson, sons of 
Solon, were both born in Londonderry and live on road ^;^. 

Samuel Livermore, son of Samuel Livermore, who was one of the first set- 
tlers in Jamaica, and the first of the name to settle in the county, was 
born in that town September 25, 1790, and at the age of nine years was 
bound out to John Alexander, of Winchester, N. H., with whom he remained 
till twenty-one years old. He married Mercy Leonard of Warwick, Mass., 
and settled in Windham, Vt., where he resided, with the exception of a 
year spent in Wmchester, until September, 1832, when he removed to 
the farm in Londonderry, now owned and occupied by his sons Austin 
E. and Samuel M. He died in 1869, aged seventy-eight years, eleven 
months and four days. He had six children, Jonas L., Asenath, Edward A., 
Austin F., Samuel M. and Hannah N., all of whom are living, except Asenath. 
All the sons live in Londonderry except Jonas L., who resides in Townshend. 

James L. Martin, member of the law firm of Martin & Eddy, of Brattle- 
boro, was born in Landgrove, Vt., September 13, 1846. He received an 
academical education, studied law at the Albany law school, graduating in 
1869. He immediately commenced practice in Londonderry and has resided 
here since. He was State's attorney from 1874 to '76, represented the town 
from 1874 to '84, and was speaker of the House in 1878, '80 and '82. 

CHURCHES. 

The original church members of the town of Kent, in forms and ceremonies, 
were followers of John Knox, who had learned from Calvin in Geneva, the 
form of ecclesiastical government known as Presbyterian. The Scotch "kirk" 
was the true child of the reformation, being strongly opposed to the church 
of England, which was viewed by them as not having come out from the 
abomination of Babylon the Great, but only as having shaken off a few of the 
grosser corruptions of ancient Rome. Neither did the followers of Knox fully 
sympathize with the Puritans, for they (the Puritans) believed in self-govern- 
ment, and that each congregation should be regulated by its own laws ; hence 
the more modern names of Congregationalists. The Pesbyterians recognized 
the authority of Synods and Presbyteries, hence were more in sympathy with 
the doctrines of church and state being directly connected, and consequently 
recognized the authority of towns to govern their churches, and lay and col- 
lect taxes therefor. The Puritans rejected this doctrine. As the population 
of the town increased, those who were allied to the Presbyterian faith corres- 
pondingly decreased, and the Puritans increased. In 1818 they erected, by 
the aid of the town, the first house for public worship, in what has long been 
known as the middle town. The later history of the churches the citizens may 
all view with pride, because of their perpetual diffusion of morality and good 
will among men. 

T/ie Second Congregational church of Londonderry^ located at Londonderry 
village, was organized by a regular Congregational council, in 1868, having 



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originally eighteen members, Rev. M. A. Gates being their first pastor. 
Their church building was erected in 1842, by the Methodist and Universal- 
ist societies in union. The two societies subsequently became involved in a 
law-suit relative to the right of occupancy, the suit being decided in favor of 
the Methodist society. After this society became extinct, the present Con- 
gregational society purchased the property of the M. E. conference of Ver- 
mont, in 1869. The structure is capable of seating 300 persons, and is valued, 
including grounds, at $2,000.00. The society now has fourteen members, 
with Rev. R. D. Metcalf, pastor. 

T/ie Baptist church, located at South Londonderry, was organized in March, 
181 1, consisting of thirteen persons dismissed from the Baptist church in 
Peru, Vt., Rev. Gershom Lane being the first pastor. The church building, 
a brick structure capable of seating 300 persons, and valued, including 
grounds, etc., at $5,000.00, was built in 1834. Rev. H. C. Leavitt is the 
present pastor of the society. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at South Londonderry, has 100 
members, with Rev. James E. Knapp, pastor. 



MARLBORO lies in the southern-central part of the county, in lat. 42° 
53' and long. 4° 26', bounded north by Newfane and a small part of 
Dover, east by Brattleboro and a small part of Dummerston, south 
by Halifax, and west by Wilmington. It has an area of about 23,040 acres, be- 
ing the third township chartered by New Hampshire. Its original charter was 
given April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and sixty-four others ; again, on 
the 2ist of September, 1761, it was chartered as New Marlboro, and again 
on the 17th of April, 1764. The prefix New being disliked, it was dropped by 
the consent of most of the inhabitants, the original name only being retained. 
The first two charters were granted to Timothy Dwight, of Northampton, and 
his associates, the third to Charles Phelps and his associates. Phelps, as the 
principal grantee, was directed to call town meetings in accordance with the 
conditions of the third charter. Under the first charter the outside Hnes of 
the town were run and the corners set in 1752, but owing to the French 
war the grantees were unable to comply with the requisitions of their charter, 
and for this reason it was forfeited. On the renewal of the charter means 
were taken to eff'ect a settlement, and in May, 1762, the town was laid out 
by Joseph Allen, Jr., surveyor, and Eliphaz Clapp, Oliver Brigham, Joel 
Strong and Timothy Parsons, chainmen. 

The surface of the territory is extremely uneven and mountainous, forming 
a beautiful landscape, but in many places interfering with the cultivation of 
the soil. Still, there are large areas of easily cultivated, arable land, there 
being some farms in Marlboro as fine as any in the county. The principal 
streams are Adams, Worden, Bellows and Gulf brooks, which unite in form- 
ing Marlboro branch, a stream that flows north into Newfane. Whetstone 



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brook rises in this town and llows east into Brattleboro. and Green river 
rises in the southern part of the town, flowing south into Hahfax. Marlboro 
pond is a handsome httle sheet of water located in the southeastern part of 
the town. Reservoir pond lies in the central part, and North pond in the 
northeastern part. 

The principal rocks entering into the geological structure of the town 
are talcose schist, gneiss, and calciferous mica schist, being distributed in par- 
allel beds runing north and south, in the order as mentioned, beginning on 
the west. In the extreme western part of the town there is also a small vein 
of honibletide schist, and two other narrow veins of the same rock cutting the 
bed o{ gneiss in the central part of the town. A bed of steatite, or soap-stone, 
is found in the northwestern part, and beds of saccharoid azoic limestone in 
the southwestern part. The mineral that have been found in connection 
with these rocks are sulphur, serpentine, garnets, steatite of difterent varieties, 
clay, sulphuret of iron, and sulphuret of copper. There are also some springs 
impregnated with sulphur and iron. 

In 1880 Marlboro had a population of 553, and in 1882 had nine school 
districts and eight common schools, employing four male and fifteen female 
teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,031.16. There were 
182 pupils attendmg common schools, while the entire cost of the schools 
for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,181.64, with E. P. Adams, superin- 
tendent. 

Marlboro is a post village located in the southern-central part of the town. 
It has one church (Congregational), one hotel, a blacksmith shop, town hall, 
school-house, and seven dwellings. 

West Marlboro postoffice is located in a dwelling in the western part of 
the town. 

The first actual settler was Abel Stockwell, who, in the spring of 1763, 
removed with his family from West Springfield, Mass. Entering the town 
by the road passing through Brattleboro, he established himself in the eastern 
part of the town, on the farm since known as the Ames place. Mr, Stock- 
well opened and kept the first tavern in the town, and his grandson, Aaron, 
son of Abel, Jr., was the first child born here, July 9, 1768. Francis Whit- 
more, with his family, from Middletown, Conn., commenced the second settle- 
ment. He came in by the way of Coleraine and Halifax, and chose for his 
location the farm afterwards occupied by his grandson, Levi Barrett. 
Although his entrance succeeded that of Stockwell but a few weeks the two lived 
nearly a year within a few miles of one another without becom ng acquainted, 
each supposing that his own family was the only one in town. On account of 
their distance from other settlements, the families suffered severely from the 
want of the necessities and conveniences of living. Capt. Whitmore was 
accustomed to bring all his grain on his back through the woods, from Deer- 
field and Coleraine, a distance of from twenty to thirty miles. With difii- 
culty a cow was kept through the winter, upon browse and wild grass gathered 



250 TOWN OF MARLBORO. 



in the preceding summer. During another winter Capt. Whitmore sup- 
ported his oxen with the hay which he had previously cut from a beaver 
meadow. To this spot he drove his oxen at the commencement of the cold 
weather, built for himself a camp, and there remained, performing the duties 
of an oxherd until the following spring. 

The winter of 1765 was a lonely one to Mrs. Whitmore. Her husband, 
pursuing his calling as a tinker, was absent in the older settlements, earning 
something for the support of his family. During the short unpleasant days, 
and the long cheerless nights of that dreary season, she saw no human being 
but her little daughter. Once, it is true, a party of hunters visited her 
dwelling in their wandering, but the shortness of their stay only added to her 
loneliness. In this situation she displayed that force of mind and power of 
contrivance which in a more public situation would have earned for her the 
name of a heroine. Her hands were not employed in performing simply the 
hghter duties of the household. In order to supply her fire with fuel she 
felled the trees of the forest, and on the twigs which the branches afforded 
she supported her little stock of cattle. She procured water for them, and for 
herself and daughter, by melting snow, it being easier to pursue this method 
than to seek for the springs through the deep snow. In this manner she 
spent the winter, and although her sufterings were occasionally severe, yet 
constant employment left her but little time for unavailing complaints. Mrs. 
Whitmore was exceedingly useful to the early settles, both as a nurse and 
midwife. She possessed an uncommonly strong constitution, and fre- 
quently traveled through the torest on snow-shoes, from one part of the 
town to another, both by day and night, to relieve the sick and afflicted. 
On one occasson in the night, she went on snow-shoes through the woods, 
keeping the path by the assistance of blazed trees, from her own house to 
that of Col. WiUiam Williams, situated at the mills known as the Underwood 
mills, a distance of not less than six miles. Capt. Whitmore died May 31, 
1790, aged about seventy years. Mrs. Whitmore was afterwards married to 
Isaac Pitt, an early settler, from Shrewsbury, Mass. She died, after a linger- 
ing illness. May 24, 18 14, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Dur- 
ing her life she officiated as midwife at more than two thousand births, and 
never lost a patient. 

In 1764, the year following the arrival of Stockwell and Whitmore, Charles 
Phelps, a lawyer from Hadley, Mass., removed with his family to Marlboro. 
He and his sons Solomon and Timothy, though men of eccentric mental 
conformation, bore a prominent part in the history of the country. The fam- 
ily, however, were confirmed Torys. Charles, after suffering by fine, impris- 
onment, confiscation of property, and banishment from Vermont, on account 
of his devotion to New York, at length took the oath of allegiance to the for- 
mer State. His feeHngs, however, underwent but little change, and until the 
day of his death he retained the strongest antipathy against the government 
which had been the means of destroying his own happiness, and rendering 



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his household the abode of sorrow and insanity. He died in April, 1789, 
aged 73 years. In 1790 Solomon, having become insane, ended his life by 
his own hand. When discovered he was lying in a lot, between two hemlock 
logs, and to all appearance had been dead some time. Timothy died here 
July 3, 18 1 7. 

In 1766 there were twenty-seven people in the town. In 1769 and '70, 
Col. William Williams, who distinguished himself in the Bennington battle, 
moved from Northboro, Mass., accompanied by Capt. Nathaniel Whit- 
ney and his two brothers, Samuel and Jonas, from Shrewsbury, Mass. The 
latter represented the town seven years in the general assembly, was 
thirty-two years a justice of the peace, forty-seven years a deacon of the 
church, and finally removed to Ohio. In 1770 the settlement was consider- 
ably augmented by emigrants from Massachusetts and Connecticut, and 
about this time meetings were established for religious worship, though they 
had no preaching in town for several years. In 177 1 the Rev. Abner Reeve, 
of Brattleboro, married the first couple, Perez Stockwell and Dinah Fay. 
James Ball died here in December, 1762, aged twenty-six years, the first 
death known to occur in the town. The same year. Col. Williams erected a 
Saw-mill which was the first built in the town. Rev. Abner Reeve preached 
the first sermon ever preached in the town, in 1774. from Mark xvi., 15. The 
first physician was Samuel King, who was also the first representative. The 
first justice was Benjamin Olds, in 1786. In 1771 the total population of 
the town was fifty souls, twenty-two of whom were heads of families, while in 
1791 the population had increased to 629 souls, seventy-six more than it has 
at present. From 1781 to 1787 Marlboro was, with Westminster, a half- 
shire town of the county (see page ^;^). 

Timothy Phelps, who was born January 25, 1747, and died July 3, 181 7, 
settled in Marlboro in April, 1 761, with the first immigrants to this town. 
The stone which marks his grave in the " Phelps cemetery," on the farm of 
Mather Adams, bears this inscription: "This plat of ground, whose dust 
mingles with his, was among the first that felt his cultivating care. 

Nathaniel Whitney was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., in June, 1749. He 
married Mary Houghton of that place and moved to Marlboro in April, 1770, 
settling on a farm on what is known as "Lyman hill." About 1777 he 
removed to a farm in the east part of the town, where he resided till his 
death, June 6, 1829. His widow died September 22, 1844, aged ninety-three 
years. 

Nathaniel, Jr., one of his eleven children, married Sally Stewart, of Brattle- 
boro, and lived on the homestead in Marlboro, where he died in July, 1852, 
aged seventy-three years. He had seven sons and three daughters, all of 
whom are dead, except Harriet Maria, who lives in West Brattleboro, aged 
seventy years. The place, after belonging to the Whitney family for more 
than a century, has passed into the hands of strangers. Nathaniel Whitney, 
Jr., had twenty-four grandchildren, only four of whom are lesidents of Marl- 



252 TOWN OF MARLBORO. 



boro. Among these is Brutus M. Whitney, (son of Emory, eldest son of Na- 
thaniel, Jr.,) who resides on road 11. After the settlement of the Whitney 
family in Marlboro, three of the Whitney brothers, named Jonas, Samuel and 
Eliphalet, followed and settled here, where some of their descendants still 
reside. 

Joseph Winchester came to Marlboro from Grafton, Mass., about 1772, 
He had five sons and one daughter. His son Luther, who was born in 1774, 
was the third child born in this town. He died in 1853. Hehad seven sons 
and three daughters, one of the latter of whom, Hannah, lives with the Hall 
brothers off road 24. 

Timothy Mather, who was born in 1757, came to Marlboro from Suffield, 
Conn., in 1773, and in 1779 married Hannah Church, who was born in 1756 
and died in 1827. He died in 1818. He had six sons and four daughters, 
Lucy, Hannah, David, Timothy, Lois, William, Cotton, Enos, Dan, and Phila. 
Hannah, Lois, William, and Enos made their homes in other States. Lucy 
married Simeon Adams, whose father of the same name came from Suffield 
Conn., in 1777 and died in 1806. Simeon Jr., was born in 1770 and died in 
1846. He had six sons and five daughters, three of the former and one of 
the latter of whom are living. His son Ira lives on road 27, and is postmaster 
at West Marlboro. Simeon, another son, lives on road 42 cor 45. Mather, 
the third, and the surviving daughter, still live on the homestead off road 12. 
Cotton Mather married Betsey Carpenter in 1827, and had six sons and six 
daughters. The only daughter left in Marlboro married Carley P. Wiiitney, 
and lives on road 20. George, their only son living in Marlboro, married - 
Lura Worden and lives on road 18. Dan Mather, who was born May 6, 
1795, married Almira Miller, who was born in 1800, and had three sons and 
seven daughters. One son. Miller D. married Jannette Warren, and another 
David, Hannah x^dams. Both reside in the town. William, a third, married 
a Kelly and lives in Brattleboro. One daughter, Susan, married Flint Snow, 
and has a sonmnd daughter. Hannah, a daughter of Timothy Mather, mar- 
ried Ezra Ames and had a son and daughter. Phila, another daughter, mar- 
ried Samuel Brown and had one son and four daughters. 

Thomas Adams came to Marlboro from Massachusetts with his father when 
quite young. He died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. He mar- 
ried and had four children, three sons and a daughter, Chester, Beria, David 
and Lorinda, the latter of whom married Isaac Worden and settled in Hali- 
fax. Chester married Laura Speers, by whom he had ^hree boys and two 
girls. He was a farmer, and died in November, 1852. The other sons mar- 
ried and settled in Marlboro and raised famiHes. 

Luther Ames came from Guilford, and was one of the earliest settlers in 
Marlboro. Cynthia, his wife, died in 1839, aged sixty-eight years. They had 
six sons and four daughters. One daughter, Almerine, died in 1875. Three 
of her five sons, and one of her three daughters, are living. William C, 
moved to Michigan, in 1873. George W. and Charles A. Ames still reside 



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•In Marlboro, on road 51. The surviving daughter is Ellen, wife of Albert M. 
Prouty. 

Levi Howard, an old settler in Marlboro, was born June 15, 1784, and 
died July 18, 1862. He exhibited his philanthropy by the adoption of one 
son and two daughters, and by caring for several orphan children. One son, 
Deacon Joseph H. Hamilton, now lives ofif road 11. 

Daniel Halladay, from Connecticut, was an early settler in this town. He 
died November 22, 1842, aged eighty-eight years. He had six sons and three 
daughters, all of whom are dead. One son, Oliver, was born and lived on 
the farm on which his son Elliot now lives, on road 9. He died herein 1862, 
aged seventy-five years. He had five sons and five daughters, of whom Elliot 
is the only one living here. One daughter is in Ohio, one in Michigan, and 
one in Brattleboro, Vt. 

Jonathan Warren was an early settler from Waltham, Mass. He died at 
the age of eighty-three years. He had two sons and three daughters, one of 
whom, Jonathan, lived on road 26, where his son Clark now resides. He 
had four sons and three daughters, and Clark two sons and one daughter. 
Clark's son Henry now lives in Brattleboro. His daughter married Miller D. 
Mather, and lives on road 31. 

Lieut. Higley was one of the earliest settlers in Marlboro. His son Orange 
died in 1852, aged seventy-nine. He had one daughter by his first wife, and 
two sons and a daughter by the second. Elliot, who lives in Halifax, had five 
sons and four daughters. One son. Orange, lives in Marlboro, on road 11; 
another, Charles H., in Halifax; and a third, Levi, in Illinois. A daughter 
married S. L. Brayman, and lives here on road ^^. .\ daughter of Orange 
Higley, Sen., married Andrew N. Jenks, and Hves on road 48. 

Eseck Thayer was born in Rhode Island, February;, 1762, and was among 
the first settlers in Guilford. He married Mary Shepardson, of that town, 
and after a few years' residence there removed to Marlboro, setthng in the 
southwest part of the town, on the farm of Don Howe. He died in 1850, 
and his wife, who was born May 11, 1765, in 1843. They had nine children, 
all of whom are dead. Their son. Col. Ezra, who was born December 22, 
1793, was a prominent man in the town. He held the various town offices, 
and was a colonel of militia. He married Thirza Sheldon, by whom he had 
eight children, seven of whom are living. He died February 21, 1875. His 
widow is still living. Only one of his children lives in Marlboro, Sylvie A., 
wife of B. M. Whitney. One son, Orson, is a farmer in Guilford. A daugh- 
ter, Mary E., wife of O. J. Hale, lives in Halifax. Another son, James H., 
was a lieutenant in Co. E. 12th Wisconsin Vols., and was wounded at 
Atlanta, Georgia, from the effects of which he died October 8, 1864. 

Asa Warden, who was born in 1765, came to Marlboro in 1802, and died 
in 1853. He had seven sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and 
two daughter are living. Roswel), the only one living in Marlboro, had six 
sons and four daughters, two of the former and all of the latter of whom are 



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living. One son, John, who was born in 1802, and one of the daughters are 
living in Newfane. Another son, George C, is in Dover, and another 
daughter in Marlboro. 

Elijah Bruce, who was born in 1760, came from Newfane to Marlboro, in 
1810, and died in 1832. He had nine sons and six daughters. His daughter 
Abigail, who married Willis Fisher, is living with her son, Joseph E., aged 
seventy-seven. One son. Preserved, was born in 1785, and died in 1865. He 
had five sons and five daughters, two of the former of whom are living in 
Marlboro, Joseph on road 40, and Alvin B. on road 15. 

Nehemiah Fisher, who was born in 1764, and died December 8, 1846, was 
a deacon of the Baptist church in Pondsville. He had two sons and seven 
daughters, all of whom are dead. His son Nehemiah W., who was born June 23, 
1805, and died December 6, 1858, had five sons and four daughters, of whom 
Joseph E. is the only one living in this town, oft' road 16. 

Samuel Whitney came here from Massachusetts. He had four sons and 
three daughters, viz.: Moses, Guilford, Simeon, Zenas, Betsey, Phebe, and 
Kate, all of whom are dead. Moses lived where his son Zenas now resides, 
on road 2. He had nine children, only two of whom are living, Zenas, on 
road 2, and Brittana, who married Dr. Gillett, in Whitingham. 

In June, 1748, Capt. Humphrey Hobbs, with forty men, was ordered from 
Charlestown, N. H., (Number Four), to Fort Shirley, in Heath, one of the 
forts of Massachusetts cordon. Their route lay through the woods, and for 
two days was made without any interruptions save those occasioned by nat- 
ural obstructions. On Sunday, June 26th, having traveled six miles, they 
halted at a place about twelve miles northwest of Fort Dummer, in the pre- 
cincts of this town. A large body of Indians who had discovered Hobbs's 
trail had made a rapid march in order to cut them off". They were com- 
manded by a resolute chief named Sackett, said to have been a half-blood, 
a descendent of a captive taken at Westfield, Mass. Hobbs had carefully 
posted a guard on his trail, and while his men were refreshing themselves the 
enemy came up and drove in the guard. Hobbs then arranged his men for 
action, each man selecting a tree for a cover. The enemy rushed forward, 
and received a well-directed fire from Hobbs's men, which checked their 
progress. A severe conflict ensued. Sackett and Hobbs were well known to 
each other, and both were distinguished for their intrepidity and courage. 
Sackett could speak English, and frequently called on Hobbs to surrender, 
threatening to sacrifice his men with the tomahawk if he refused. Hobbs, in a 
loud voice, returned a defiant answer, and dared his enemy to put his threat into 
execution. The action continued about four hours, each party retaining 
their original position. Daring the fight the enemy would approach Hobbs's 
line, but were immediately driven back. Sackett, finding his men suff"ered 
severely, retreated, carrying off" his dead and wounded. Hobbs lost only 
three of his men — Ebenezer Mitchell, Eli Scott and Samuel Green ; and 
three were wounded. Tiie loss of the enemy was supposed to be greater. 



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This battle occurred in the northern part of the town. Some authorities, 
however, say, and perhaps truthfully, it occurred just over the Hne in New- 
fane. It cannot be accurately decided, at this late day, to which town 
belongs the honor. As late as the year 1810, a large number of graves were 
visible on the lower portion of the Robinson flats, so-called, in Newfane, 
under a cluster of chestnut trees, near the South branch, below Williamsville, 
where the bodies of the Indians who were killed are supposed to have been 
buried ; at least, such was the current tradition for fifty years or more among 
the early settler of Newfane. And if Sackett " retreated, carrying off his dead," 
it looks reasonable that he retreated from the territory now included within 
the hmits of Marlboro. 

At a town meeting held here May 22, 1775, to know the minds of the 
people with regard to the impending war with Great Britain, the following 
resolutions were passed : — 

'■'Resolved, That we vvill, each of us, at the expense of our lives and for- 
tunes, to the last extremity, unite and oppose the last cruel, unjust and arbi- 
trary acts of the British Parliament, passed for the sole purpose of raising a 
revenue, etc. Also, Resolved, That we will be contented and subject to the 
Honorable Continental congress in all things which they shall resolve for the 
peace, safety and welfare of the American colonies." 

When the news of the battle of Lexington reached here, several young 
men shouldered their guns and hastened to the field of action. In 1777 
Capt. Francis Whitmore was sent as a delegate to the convention at Windsor. 

When the late dark cloud of the Rebellion broke upon us the town again 
showed its patriotism and love for the Union. For notice of the officers sent 
out from the town at this time, and of those who, enlisting as privates, were 
promoted, see the roster, on page 69. 

The Congregational church, located at Marlboro villige, was organized by 
its first pastor, Rev. Gershom C. Lyman, D. D., October 20, 1776. The 
church building, a wood structure capable of seating 350 persons, and valued 
at $5,000.00, was built in 1819. The society now has fourteen members, 
with no regular pastor. 



NEWFANE, the shire town of the county, lies in the central part of the 
same, in lat. 42" 58' and long. 4° 12', bounded north by Townshend 
and a part of Brookline, east by Brookline and Dummerston, south 
by Marlboro and a small part of Dummerston^ and west by Dover and 
Wardsboro. It was originally chartered by New Hampshire, by the name of 
Fane, to Abner Sawyer and sixty-seven of his associates, June 19, 1753, 
the name of Fane, according to an old tradition, being derived from Thomas 
Fane, or given in his honor, he bemg one of the "men of Kent" who was 
engaged in an insurrectionary movement under Sir Thomas \\Vat, in 1554, 
during the reign of Queen Mary, for the purpose of elevating Lady Jane 
Grey to the throne, in consequence of the odious Spanish match which Mary 

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had formed with Philip II. Its area was, as by charter given, 23,040 acres, 
or a tract six miles square, bounded as follows : — 

"Beginning at a stake and stones five rods east ten degrees south by the 
needle from the northeast corner of the town of Marlboro, and from thence 
running six miles north twenty degrees east by the needle to a stake and 
stones, from thence west ten degrees north by the needle six miles to a stake 
and stones, from thence south twenty degrees west by the needle six miles to 
the north side of Marlboro aforesaid, thence by Marlboro's northeast corner, 
and from thence continuing that course to the stake and stones first above 
mentioned." 

In 1820, however, that part of the town lying north east of West river was 
annexed to Brookline, materially reducing the chartered area of the town- 
ship. 

The year following that in which the charter was issued, attempts were made 
by the proprietors, most of whom were inhabitants of Shrewsbury, Mass., to 
comply with the terms of the charter, by clearing a certain amount of land 
and allotting it in severalty ; but the state of the times forbade a successful 
prosecution of the work, and the charter was forfeited. In 1761 the charter 
was returned to New Hampshire, and on the 3d of November, of that year, 
a new one was issued to " Luke Brown and his associates," containing the 
same conditions embraced in the original charter deed. But on the loth of 
July, 1765, Ebenezer Morse, Ephraim'Doolittle and Job Gushing, a commit- 
tee of the proprietors, sent a memorial to Lieut-Gov. Golden, of New York, 
in which they referred to the second New Hampshire charter, as follows : — 

"Your petitioners have, agreeable to the demands of said Gharter, made 
all possible eftbrts in order effectually to settle said lands so granted, and 
have already expended Six Dollars upon Each right or share, in making Pub- 
lick Roads, and in other Publick Services, and cleared upon the several Lots 
in said Township more than fifteen hundred acres of Land (as we judge), 
and were vigorously prosecuting the settlement of said Township, When 
Your Honor Issued a Proclamation, Laying Glaim to all the Land West of 
Gonnecticut River (then chartered out by the Governor of New Hampshire) 
as belonging to the Government of New York." 

In addition to the above it was also stated in the memorial that the doubts 
which had arisen in their minds in regard to the validity of the New Hamp- 
shire charter, had retarded the settlement of the township. So, in order to 
remove all obstacles, they asked for a confirmation grant ; and, that they 
might not be compelled to pay more than the usual fees, they prayed that the 
confirmation might be made before the stamp act should become obligitory. 
But, for a long time, no notice appears to have been taken of this petition, 
and when, finally, the attention of the Governor was directed to the subject, 
instead of confirming the New Hampshire charter, he, on the nth of May, 
1772, made a grant of the township by the name of Newfane, to " Walter 
Franklin and twenty other persons, principally residing in the city of New 
York," the charter being a literal copy of the original Wentworth deed, from 
New Hampshire. On the day following this transaction, Franklin and his 
associates conveyed their rights to Luke Knoulton and John Taylor, of 



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Worcester county, Mass. Thus the titles to all the lands in Newfane are in 
consequence derived from the New York charter. 

The surface of the town is broken into high hills and deep valleys, aftbrding 
many magnificent views and many beautiful landscape pictures, though it has 
no elevation deserving to be termed a mountain, and there is little or no 
broken or waste land that is unsuitable for purposes of cultivation. The in- 
tervales afford excellent tillage lands, and the uplands are inferior to none in 
the State for grazing purposes. The original growth of forest trees is princi- 
pally rock-maple, beech, birch, spruce and hemlock ; but the recent growth 
on the eastern and southern hillsides is oak and hickory, and in the southern 
part of the town, on the intervales and hillsides near VVilliamsville, the chest- 
nut grows abundantly, this being the only town in the county, outside of the 
Connecticut river valley, where trees of the latter growth are found. The 
principal streams are the VVantasiquet, commonly called West river, which 
flows a southerly course through the eastern part of the town ; the South 
branch, so-called, which rises in Dover, and, after receiving a number of tribu- 
tary streams, passes through the southerly part of the town and empties into 
West river near the eastern boundary of Newfane ; Baker's book, a tributary 
of the South branch, rises in Wardsboro, and empties into the South branch at 
Williamsville ; and Smith's brook, which rises in Wardsboro, and, running 
through the entire northerly part of the town, empties into West river, two 
miles below Fayetteville. These streams afford many eligible mill-sites and 
water privileges. 

The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are princi- 
pally 7nica slate and hornblende., though it'N continuous ranges can be traced 
with certainty. Granite is by no means an uncommon rock here, bowlders 
and rolled masses of it being scattered in profusion over every part of the 
town, sometimes being found upon the summits of the highest hills, probably 
the result of the drift period. These bowlders, by skillful splitting, are wrought 
into fence posts and building stone. Hornblende is a very common rock, 
forming a range that extends through the entire town. It is the variety called 
hornble/ide slate, and is often curiously curved and twisted, and occasionally 
passes into primitive greenstone and greenstone porphyry. Mica slate is the 
most common rock, yet no connected range can be traced. It forms the 
summits and frequently the sides of the hills, and in the valleys it is common • 
but hornblende is constantly thrusting itself from underneath the tnica slate, 
and interrupting the continuity of its ranges. In the north part of the town 
are extensive strata of mica slate, which are occasionally quarried and wrought 
into flagging stones. Talcose slate better deserves the name of a range than 
any other in the town. Serpentine, associated with it, forms a range extending 
four or five miles on the western border of the town, presenting perpendicular 
precipices, in some places forty or fifty feet in height. Chloride slate also 
occurs in the town, in which is embedded splendid specimens of garnet. A 
nugget of native gold, weighing eight and one-half ounces, was found here in 

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1827, about one hundred rods east of the village of Willianisville. It was of 
conical shape, and there were adhering to it a number of small crystals of 
quartz. It was found in alluvium consisting of thin strata of sand, clay and 
water-worn stones. At the time the gold was found it was supposed to have 
been accidently lost by a band of counterfeiters who formerly resided in the 
neighborhood, although their operations were confined exclusively to the 
manufacturing of silver coin. Gold at that time had not been discovered 
elsewhere in New England ; but since then its discovery at Somerset, Ply- 
mouth, Bridgewater, and other places in Vermont, seems to favor the theory 
that it existed originally in the bed of serpentine and talcose slate in the western 
part of the town, near the head waters of the South branch, and was swept 
out of place by some freshet and deposited in the alluvium some six miles 
below. 

In 1880 Newfane had a population of 1,031, and in 1882 had eleven school 
districts and eleven common schools, employing three male and fourteen 
female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,103.84. There 
were 241 pupils attending common schools, while the entire cost of the schools 
for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,359.41, with M. O. Howe, superin- 
tendent. 

Fayetteville (Newfane p. o.), the county seat, is a pleasant little post vil- 
lage and station on the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad, located in the north- 
eastern part of the town, on Smith's brook, near its junction with West river. 
It has one church (Congregational), a court-house and jail, two hotels, two 
stores, two saw-mills, two blacksmith shops, and about fifty dwellings. In the 
early settlement of the town a village grew up upon the summit of a hill, 
which rose Hke a cone in the center of the town, and when, in 1787, New- 
fane was constituted the shire town of the county, the courts were removed 
from Westminster to this village, or Newfane Hill, as it was called. From 
1790 to 1820 this village consisted of a court-house, jail, meeting house, 
academy, three stores, two hotels, a variety of shops, and about twenty resi- 
dences. But in 1825 the site of the court buildings was changed to what 
is now Fayetteville, or what was then known as Park's Flats, and named Fay- 
etteville in honor of General La Fayette, who had paid his memorable visit 
to Vermont the preceding year. After this removal of the public buildings 
from the hill to the valley below, the owners of the real estate on the hill 
began removing their buildings to Fayetteville and Williamsville, and as late 
as i860 not a building remained to mark the pleasant site of the old village 
of Newfane Hill. 

Williamsville, another pleasant little post village, is located in the south- 
eastern part of the town, on the South branch, near the mouth of Baker's 
brook. It contains two churches (Methodist and Universalist), one hotel, two 
stores a grist-mill, two saw-mills, one tub factory, a cardboard mill, wagon 
shop, blacksmith shop, cider-mill and jelly manufactory, a shoe-shop, and 
about thirty dwellings. The name of the village is derived from William H. 



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Williams, in early years the owner of a large portion of its business interests, 
and who was an enterprising citizen of Newfane for many years. He died in 
1866, at an advanced age. The village doubtless owes its origin, and, in a 
large degree, its subsequent growth, to the natural advantages afforded by the 
stream upon which it is situated. 

PoNDViLLE (South Newfane p. o.), a small village located about a mile 
west of Williamsville, has one church (Baptist), a saw and shingle-mill, card- 
ing mill, a cider and jelly mill, and about twenty dwellings. The village de- 
rived its name in honor of Caleb Pond, once a resident here, but later a 
wealthy merchant of Hartford, Conn. 

Brookside is a hamlet located in the southwestern part of the town, con- 
taining three saw-mills, a blacksmith shop, harness shop, and about fifteen 
dwellings. 

The Windham County Sav'uig;s Bank, located at Fayetteville, was chartered 
in 1853, and organized in 1854. Its officers are Samuel D. Winslow, of 
Townshend, president ; Oscar L. Sherman, vice-president ; Milon Davidson, 
treasurer ; trustees, Charles H. Eagar, Joseph J. Green, A. T. Warren, 
William T. Bruce, O. L. Sherman, Jonas Livermore, P. H. Butler, I. K. 
Batchekler, Hugh H. Holbrook, Abner B. Bailey, and John Stebbins. 

Alviii Gates' s grist-mill and chair shop, located at Fayetteville, was built 
many years ago, where Mr. Gates now carries on a good business. 

Ephraim C. Walker's saw-mill, located at Fayetteville, is furnished with 
a circular saw, and cuts about 100,000 feet of lumber per annum. 

Davenport 6^ Underwood' s saw-??iill and turning works, located on Smith's 
brook, at Fayetteville, is operated by a fifty-horse power steam engine, 
employs twenty men, and has a sawing capacity of 1,000,000 feet of lum- 
ber per annum, turning out about $3,000.00 worth of work per month. 

Hoyfs cider-mill and jelly ivorks are located at Williamsville. The jelly 
works have the capacity for turning out thirty tons of jelly per annum. 

Wheeler &= Morse's tub-factory, located at Williamsville, turns out about 
5,000 to 7,000 butter tubs and sap buckets for annum. 

D. B. Lamsori s wool-carding mill, located at South Newfane, is operated 
by water-power and does about $400.00 worth of custom carding per annum. 

William A. Brooks's saw-mill, located on road 42, is fitted with board and 
bench saws, shingle machine, lathes, etc., cutting about 300,000 feet of lum- 
ber yer year. 

Howard Bros.' card-board mill, Packer S. Simonds, superintendent, is 
located at Williamsville. 

The first settlement of Newfane was begun by Jonathan Park, Nathaniel 
Stedman and Ebenezer Dyer, in 1766, as follows : In the spring of 1766, Jon- 
athan Park, then a young man about twenty-three years of age, and Nathaniel 
Stedman, aged twenty-one years, both single men, started forth from Worcester 
county, Mass., with axe, tinder-box and kettle, slung on their shoulders, 
to seek a home in the forests of the New Hampshire grants. They made their 



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halt in the township of Fane, selecting their lots on or near the top of the 
highest hill in the center of the town. Stedman took up and cleared the 
farm that is to-day known as Nathan Meirifield's old farm. Park cleared 
what is known as old Newfane hill common. During this summer they occu- 
pied a cabin together on Stedman's lot. Durmg the season, Ebenezer 
Dyer, a lawyer from Worcester county, who was out prospecting for a home, 
came to their camp and enquired the route to John Hazeltine's clearing. He 
had settled in the vicinity of the Franklin homestead, about on the line 
between Townshend and Newfane, in 1764, supposing he was in Townshend, 
though it is said he was in reality in Newfane. Dyer, it seems, was a full-blooded 
rebel, or anti-king's man, and had come here as a refugee from Worcester 
county, where he had lain in jail seven years for refusing to pay a royal fine of 
nine shillings. When an opportunity offered itself the three men started out 
together to look for Hazeltine's cabin. They came out on the round top 
of the high hill just west of Fayetteville, and pointed out the course in a 
northeast line to the river. Stedman returned to the camp, and Park and 
Dyer descended into the valley and found the flats on which Fayetteville now 
stands. Once in the valley, surrounded by the dense forest, their only course 
was to make the best of their route to the river; and this they reached on 
what is to-day known as the Windham county fair ground farm. Dyer was so 
well pleased with the land that he marked the trees and selected this for his 
lot ; and now, being satisfied that they must be below Hazeltine's, they fol- 
lowed up the river and found his clearing. It seems to be evident that these 
three men returned to Worcester county in the autumn and there spent the 
winter. In the spring of 1767 Park and Stedman returned, driving with them 
a pair of steers and a heifer. With reference to the exact time that Dyer 
moved his family into town, it has only been learned that Mrs. Dyer was the 
first white woman that ever spent the winter in the town. 

The " History of Newfane," from which these facts are taken, also gives 
an incident illustrating the hardships these men endured. In order to win- 
ter their steers and heifers they went out into the northern part of the town, 
some five miles from their camp, to a natural meadow, now known as the 
Knowlton meadow, and cut and stacked swamp hay and built a shelter for 
their stock; and every day throughout that long, dreary winter, 1767-68, 
one or the other of these men plodded his way through the lone, dreary forest 
to feed their stock, and back to camp at night ; and during the winter Park 
returned to Massachusetts, leaving Stedman alone in the forest with the stock 
to feed, for twenty-six days. 

In the summer of 176S Park commenced his clearing in Fayetteville, and 
built the first framed house in town, covering the frame with hemlock bark. , 
Stedman left the hill, either then or soon after, and settled upon the farm 
lately occupied by his grandson, W. A. Stedman. He died October 16, 181 2, 
aged sixty-seven years. Park lived to the age of eighty-four years, dying 
July 18, 1827. The remains of both these men are buried in the village 



TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



cemetery at Fayetteville, while Mr. Dyer's dust lies sleeping on the bank 
just outside the southeast corner of the fair ground, with no monument to 
mark the spot. 

In 177 1, three years later, settlers had come in so rapidly that the town 
had eight families, making a total of fifty-two persons, fourteen of whom were 
adult males. In 17 91 this population had increased to 1,031. 

The town was surveyed in 1772, and duly organized May 17, 1774, when 
Ebenezer Fletcher was chosen moderator ; Luke Knoulton, town clerk ; John 
Wheeler and Ebenezer Fletcher, overseers of the poor; Jonathan Park, Moses 
Kenney, and Christopher Osgood, trustees ; Edward Smith, Christopher 
Osgood, and John Wheeler, commissioners ; Christopher Osgood and Luke 
Knoulton, assessors ; Josiah Randall, collector ; Luke Knoulton, treasurer ; 
Phineas Farrar, John Morse, Edward Smith, and Lemuel Stevens, consta- 
bles ; Josiah Randall, Ebenezer Myrick, Moses Kenne}', and Lemuel Stevens, 
overseers of highways ; and Jonathan Thurston, Joshua Morse, Christopher 
Osgood, and Nathan Pike, fence viewers. Ebenezer Myrick was the first repre- 
sentative in the legislature, in 1779. The first justice of the peace was William 
Ward, in 1786. The first child born was Lucy Park, August 15, 1769. 

Thomas Betterly, born in Worcester, Mass., in 175 1, came to Newfane in 
1770 and located upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Chester H. 
One of his sons, familiarly known as Captain Betterly, and father of Chester 
H., was born on the old homestead in 1792, and died in the house in which 
he was born, in 1870. 

Hon. Luke Knoulton was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., November 4, 1738, 
and served in the old French war. He married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim 
Holland, of Shrewsbury, Mass., January 5, 1760, and with his family moved 
to Newfane in February, 1773, the fourteenth family to settle in the town. 
He died here December 12, 18 10, aged seventy-three years. His wife died 
September i, 1797. Their family consisted of seven children — three sons 
and four daughters. Mr. Knoulton was chosen first town clerk, and con- 
tinued to hold the position fourteen years. He was a representative in 1784, 
'85, '88, '89, '92, 1803 and '06, and a member of the old council from 1790 
to 1800 ; judge of supreme court in 1786, and judge of the county court from 
1787 to 1793. In the division of the $30,000.00 which New York received 
from Vermont, on the accession of. the latter State to the Union, he received 
$249.53, on account of the losses he had sustained by being obliged to give 
up lands which he held under a New York title. 

James Lamb was one of the very early settler of the town. He was born 
at Spencer, Mass., in 1750, married, first, Charlotte Howard ; second, Lydia 
(Cushing) Stearns, and died here January 11, 1836. 

Silas Gates was also one of the very early settlers. He cleared what is 
known as the Oliver Dexter farm. Died August 21, 1826. 

Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, first pastor of the Congregational church in New- 
fane, was born in Grafton, Mass., in 1748, graduated from Harvard college 



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in 1770, and was settled as pastor of this church June 30, 1774. He died 
here August 23, 1874. 

Rev. Aaron Crosby was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., November 27, 1744, 
graduated from Harvard college in 1770, married Mary Taylor, sister of Rev. 
Hezekiah Taylor, August 22,1774^ came to Newfane the same year, and died 
here January 13, 1824. 

Dea. Moses Kenney was born in Northboro, Mass., September ir, 1747, 
married Azubiah Parmenter in 1770, and came to Newfane in 1774. He 
reared twelve children, and died June 23, 1808, aged sixty-one years. Mrs. 
Kenney died January 3, 1837, aged eighty-six years. 

Ethan Durren was born in 1747, and came to Newfane in 1774. He was 
married the same year to Millescent Parmenter, of Sudbury, Mass., and died 
July 7, 1823. Mrs. Durren died December 5, 1848, aged one hundred 
years. 

Artemas Bruce came to Newfane from Westboro, Mass., in 1774, and 
located upon the farm now occupied by William T. Bruce. His son 
Ephraim married Polly Crowl and had five sons and three daughters. Of 
this family, Samuel married Arathuzia Bartlett, daughter of Capt. William 
Bartlett, and reared one son and one daughter, Mary H. (Mrs. F. O. Burdett), 
of Newfane, and William F. The latter was born in 1829, married Emma 
V. Franklin in 1865, and has had three children. 

Daniel Fisher, born at Milford, Mass., in 1752, came to Newfane in 1774, 
and purchased about 1,000 acres of land in the eastern part of the town. 
He was called Corn Fisher, on account of the large quantities of Indian 
corn he raised on his large farm. He died in 1820, aged sixty-eight years. 
His son Daniel, Jr., born here in 1776, married Milliscent Durren in 1797, 
their children being Clark, Lydia (Mrs. Nathaniel Stimpson), Orrison, Caro- 
line (Mrs. Richard P. Pratt), Hannah (Mrs. Isaac Burnett), and Simon. 
George C. Fisher, son of Simon, born in 1800, married Lorinda Kerman, of 
Burlington, in 1820, and reared six sons and four daughters. Two of the 
daughters are now living, one of whom, Laura, is the wife of George B. John- 
son, and resides on a part of the old Fisher homestead. 

Jonathan Robinson, Jr., was born at Milford, Mass., July 12, 1754, mar- 
ried Sarah Taylor, sister of Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, and came to Newfane in 
the early part of 1775. He bought of John Wheeler, November 13, 1775, a 
farm in the parish, so-called, v/hich he occupied until September, 1796, when 
he exchanged farms with Lieut. James Lamb. The Lamb farm, which he 
received in exchange, embraced an extensive meadow a hundred rods or more 
below Williamsville, where Sackett's men, who were killed in the fight with 
Hobbs, June 27, 1748, were buried. In 1796, when Jonathan Robinson took 
possession of the farm, a large number of graves were distinctly visible near 
a clump of chestnut trees standing on the lower meadow, and they were said 
to be the graves of those who were killed in the fight with Melvin at the 
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quet. Mr. Robinson had a family of ten children, and died April 14, 1819. 
Sarah, his wife, died March 9, 1809. 

Hon. Luke Knoulton, Jr., was born here March 24, 1775, was educated 
first at the elementary school at Westminster, then at Chesterfield academy, 
N. H., and finally as a private pupil and law student of his brother Calvin, 
a graduate of Dartmouth college, N. H., at Newfane, where he was admitted 
to the bar about 1796. He was a successful practitioner, although he had 
no special fondness for the profession, and became assistant judge of Wind- 
ham county, and also represented Newfane for several years in the general 
assembly. He removed to Canada, in 1821, where he died in 1855, aged 
eighty years. 

Dr. Nathan Stone was born at Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1761, studied medi- 
cine at Dr. Flint's school of medicine, was a surgeon's mate in the Revolu- 
tion. He came to Newfane in 1782, and was surgeon of the 14th Vt. 
(militia) regiment, in 1787, of the 2d regiment in 1790, and of the 3d regi- 
ment in 1794. He held the office of justice of the peace for many years, and 
was town clerk forty-two years. He married Alice, daughter of Judge 
Knoulton, in 1788, and reared five sons and four daughters, of whom Edson, 
died in New York; Joseph died at EUenburgh, N. Y.; Lucinda died in 1874; 
Benjamin died at the age of ten years; Alice R. died at the age of twenty- 
six years ; Sophia K., widow of Justus Holland, and Sarah S.. widow of James 
Holland, reside in Newfane. Dr. Stone died in March, 1839. Mr?. Stone 
died in 1865, aged ninety-six years. 

Aaron Merrifield came to Newfane, from Milford, Mass., about 1785, and 
located upon what is now known as the Mirrifield homestead. He married 
Betsey E. Robinson, and reared seven sons and four daughters. The seventh 
son, Nathaniel, born in 1789, married Sophronia Chapin, for his first wife, 
their daughter becoming the wife of Joseph Wilder ; for his second wife he 
married Abigail Cushing, in 1828, by whom he had a family as follows : 
Abby L., Porter W., Hollis R., born in 1833, Ormando P., and Augusta C, 
born in 1842. Only the latter three are living, of whom Hollis R. resides on 
the old Bruce place, where he located in 1846, and with him resides his sister, 
Augusta C. The other surviving child, Ormando P., resides in Indiana. 

Nahum Houghton was born in Newfane, "March 17, 1785, married first. 
Mary Holden, January, 1812 ; second, Lydia Stratton. He was a justice of 
the peace many years, and transacted a great deal of public business. He 
died May 12, 1854. 

Ebenezer Allen was born at Medway, Mass., in 1758, and came to New- 
fane in 1785. He represented the town in the general assembly for ten con- 
secutive years, from 1794 to 1804., was for a time judge of the county court, 
also a judge of probate for the Marlboro district, and was actively engaged 
in public business until his death, December 16, 1805. 

Ebenezer Morse, born in 1756, came to Newfane in 1788, married Henri- 
etta Searly, and reared two sons and eight daughters, of whom Ann D. was 



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married to Denzil Taylor. They reared three sons and one daughter, as 
follows: Horace B, and George W., of Boston; Henry R., residing in 
Maine ; and Mrs. Harriet A. E. Jones, widow of William Jones, of this town, 
The latter was married in 1851, and had one son, born in 1852, died in 1873, 
a student in Harvard college. 

Capt. William Bartlett, born at Northboro, Mass., married Azubah Gleason 
of Westbbro, about 1790, and came immediately to Newfane. He became 
quite prominent in town affairs, but removed to Winchester, N. H., in 1837. 

Elijah Elmer was born at Hinsdale, N. H., in 1753; married first, Grace 
Gould, of Winchester, N. H.; second, Amy (Wood) Wheeler; came to New- 
fane about 1892, and died here December 28, 1833. 

James Holland, son of Joseph and EHzabeth (Gleason) Holland, was born 
in Newfane, in 1792, married Sarah Stone, daughter of Dr. N. Stone, and 
reared four sons and five daughters. Of the children, William H. died in 
1883, aged fifty-seven years ; Alice S. died in 1856, aged twenty-six years; 
Mary L. died in 1867, aged thirty-six years; James M. died in 1854, aged 
twenty years; John N. died in 1861, aged twenty-five years; Elizabeth S. 
died in 1854, agedsixteen years; Sarah J. died in i86t, aged twenty-one years 
Harriet died in 1862, aged twenty years ; and Charles B., born in 1848, 
resides on the old homestead with his mother, his father having died in 1856. 

Justus Holland, born here in 1803, married Sophia K. Stone, daughter of 
Dr. Stone, in 1848. He was a harness-maker, resided on Newfane Hill, and 
died in 1856. His widow resides at Fayetteville, aged eighty-two years. 

William H. Williams, son of Larkin and Anna Williams, and grandson of 
Colonel Abraham Williams, was born in Chester, Mass., February 24, 1776. 
His father died in 1778, and soon afterwards he was bound out during his 
minority to a farmer residing in Paxton, Mass. He was treated with great 
severity by his master, who deprived him of the benefits of a common school 
education until he was fourteen years of age, when he returned to Chester to 
learn the cloth-dressing business, at that time a leading branch of industry in 
New England. While learning his trade he enjoyed the privilege or attend- 
ing school six weeks in the year, and learned what he could of reading, spell- 
ing and grammar, from "The Only Sure Guide," the only text book he ever 
possessed, and which is now in the hands of his widow. After completing 
his appenticeship he worked two years in Paxton, and then came to New- 
fane, in October, 1797, taking charge of the cloth-dressing and oil-making 
works of Thomas and Darius Wheeler, which he bought four years after- 
wards and operated until his decease. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in 
1814, and continued in the same for more than forty years. During the war 
of 181 2 he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen cloth and potash, and 
at a later da e erected a large custom flouring-mill, carding-mill and saw-mill. 
In 1798 he commenced a diary which was continued by himself and family until 
his decease, a period of nearly sixty-nine years, and in which was jotted down 
every day's doings and every important event which occurred during that 








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time. He was a resident of Newfane about seventy years, gave the name to 
the village where he resided and died, contributed largely toward the erection 
of the village church in 1834, and was a liberal supporter of the gospel. He 
was a member of the Methodist church, represented the town in the general 
assembly, and filled many municipal ofiices, faithfully discharging the duties 
incident to the same. He was enterprising, industrious, and practical in all 
his views and efforts. He married Abigail Robinson, of Newfane, October 
17, 1802, who was born March 25, 1781, and died July 6, 1821. February 22, 
1826, he married, for his second wife, Rosanna Miller, of Dummerston, who 
was born May 19, 1794. He died December 9, 1866. William H. and 
Abigail Williams had nine children, as follows : George, born September 
14, 1803, died May 26, 1841; Anna, born January 24, 1805, died January 
26, 1805; Hastings, born March 5, 1806, died December 26, 1808; Mary, 
born May 26, 1808, married Roswell Robertson, January 26, 183 1, and died 
May 27, 1834; Sarah R., born March 30, 1810, married Roswell Robertson, 
December 10, 1835, and died October 9, 1839; Louisa, born October 26, 
1811, married John A. Merrifield, January 17, 1843; William L., born De- 
cember 9, 1813, died at Dubuque, Iowa, January 11, 1864; Abigail E., born 
March 3, 1816, married Charles Converse, of Sandusky, Ohio, September 25, 
1808; and John W., b9rn January 9, i8i8, married Gertrude Brown, April 
52, 1841, and died May 25, 1851. 

William L. Williams, the third son of William H. Williams, born Decem- 
ber 9, 1813, was a clerk in his father's store during his early youth, and when 
he attained his majority he entered into a co-partnership with his father in 
the- mercantile business, which he prosecuted successfully for many years. 
He removed to ubuque, Iowa, about t86o, and was extensively engaged in 
business as a produce broker at the time of his decease. He was exceed- 
ingly pleasing in his manners, and was highly esteemed for his intelligence 
and sound practical judgment. While residing in Newfane he manifested a 
lively interest in the growth and prosperity of the town, and was munificent 
in his donations in aid of the enterprises that would contribute to its progress 
and advancement. He gave generously to the poor, was kind to the sick 
and suffering, courteous and affable in his bearing, proverbially honest and 
upright in all his business relations, and modest in his deportment. His 
death, January 11, 1864, at the comparatively early age of fifty years, was a 
source of great regret to all his friends and associates. 

Dea. John Goodnow, son of Oliver and Catharine (Ball) Goodnovv, born 
in this town in 1787, on the place where Joseph Morse now resides, had, by 
his first wife, three daughters; by his second, Charlotte Gould, who died in 
1852, six sons and one daughter; by his third wife, Susan Chase, he had one 
daughter; he then married Hannah Bruce, of Marlboro, and now resides at 
Williamsville, aged eighty-seven years. 

Gen. Martin Field, born in Leverett, Mass., February 12, 1773, graduated 
from Williams college in 1798, and received the honorary degree of A.M. from 



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Dartmouth college in 1805. He studied law with his uncle, Lucius Hub- 
bard, of Chester, Vt., and upon the decease of Calvin Knoulton, in 1800, 
and at the special instance and request of Hon. Luke Knoulton, he came 
to Newfane in January, 1800, and entered upon the practice of law. He 
was for ten years State's attorney for Windham county, repeatedly represented 
Newtane m the general assembly and constitutional convention, and in 181 
was elected major-general of the Vermont militia. He married Esther Smit 
Kellogg, of Amherst, Mass., February 21, 1802, an accomplished and hand- 
some lady, who died June 6, 1867, aged eighty-eight years. Mr. Field died 
October 3, 1833, aged sixty years. 

Daniel Stratton was born at Ipswich, N. H., March 23, 1773, married Jane 
Stickney, of New Ipswich, N. H., February 16, 1800, and came to Newfane 
the same year, residing here until his death, October 11, 1850. 

Warren Gushing, Jr., son of Warren and Abigail (Andrews.) Cushing, was 
born here December 14, 1800, married Lucy Carter in 1827, and reared 
two sons and one daughter — Mary A. (Mrs. Joel Page), Warren C, of Jamaica, 
and Baxter C, of Newfane. Mr. Cushing died on the old homestead, in 
1871, and his widow now resides at Williamsville. 

Richard Pratt was born at Maiden, Mass., September 2, 1770, married 
Lydia Spears, of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1795, came to Newfane in 1802, and 
died here August 23, 1856. 

Charles Kellogg Field, oldest son of Martm Field, was born in Newfane, 
April 24, 1803, fitted for college at Amherst, Mass., entered Middlebury col- 
lege in 1818, at the age of fifteen, and graduated in 1822. After studying 
law three years in the office of his father, he was admitted to the bar and 
commenced the practice of his profession at Newfane, remaining here until 
1828, when he removed to Wilmington. In 1838 he returned to Newfane, and 
in 1 86 1 removed to Brattleboro, where he died, September t6, 1880, aged 
seventy-seven years. He married Julia A. Kellogg, of Cooperstown, N. Y., 
in 1828, who, with three children, Mrs. E. P. Jewett, Henry K., of Mont- 
peher, and Mrs. H. C. Willard, of Brattleboro, survived him. Mr. Field 
represented the town of Wilmington in the State legislature during the years 
1835, '36, '37 and '38 ; was elected a delegate to the State constitutional con- 
vention in 1836 ; represented Newfane in the legislature during the years 
1853, '54, '55 and '60, and also in the constitutional convention for 1843, 
'50 and '57 ; was elected a member of the council of censors in 1869, and 
chosen president thereof at its first session in 1869, and in 1870 was chosen 
a member of the constitutional convention for 1870, from Brattleboro. 

Hon. Marshall Newton, Jr., was born in Newfane, April i, 1805, and died 
here June 29, 1870, aged sixty five years. He was honored with most of the 
municipal offices in the gift of his townsmen. He represented the town in 
the legislature two years, was high sheriff of the county one year, and for six 
consecutive years served as assistant county judge. At the time of his decease 
he was county treasurer and deputy county clerk. 



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Roswell Martin Field, son of Gen. Martin Field, was born in Newfane, 
February 23, 1807, and died at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1869, aged sixty-two 
years. He fitted for college with Rev. Luke Whitcomb, of Townshend, Vt., 
and entered Middlebury college in the autumn of 1818, at the age of eleven 
years. Graduating in 1822, he studied law with Hon. Daniel Kellogg, of 
Rockingham, Vt., and was admitted to practice in September, 1825, at 
eighteen years of age. He practiced law in Windham county from 1825 to 
1839, when he removed to St. Louis. He represented Newfane in the legis- 
lature in 1835 and '36, and was State's attorney for Windham county in 1832, 
'33, '34 and '35. 

Emerson Morse, son of John Morse, was born here in 1810, married Mary 
Bellows, in 181 9, and reared three sons and three daughters, as follows : Olin 
W., Etta, Ada M., John E., Willie, and Bertie E., the tvvo latter of whom 
reside with their mother at Pondville. 

Samuel Brown was born at Buckland, Mass., July 4, 1783, married Ger- 
trude Glyde, of Boston, February 16, 181 2, and came to Newfane the same 
year. He operated a grist and saw-mill for a few years, and was afterward 
engaged, for a long time, in running a freight team between Williamsville and 
Boston. He died April 5, 1870. 

Ira Ingram was born in Massachusetts, December 19, 1786, married first, 
Sally Miller; second, Lydia Putnam, and came to Newfane from Marlboro 
in 1813. He was chosen a deacon of the Baptist church in 1824^ and held 
the office until his decease, April 5, i860. 

Stephen Bowker, was born October 18, 1788, married Sarah Whitney, 
April 7, 1814, and came to Newfane from Fitzwilliam, N. H.,soon after. He 
died September 22, i860. 

George Williams was born at Chester, Mass., March 23, 1769, married 
Orilla Pease, June 30, 1803, and came to Newfane in 1816. He died 
March 18, 1846. 

Benjamin E. Morse, son of Ebenezer and Sally (Goodnow) Morse, was 
born here in 18 16, married Mary A. Howe, of Marlboro, in 1840, and has 
reared four sons and four daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters 
are now living. Mr. Morse has been a justice of the peace a number of 
years, selectman seven years, and is now a practicing lawyer at Pondville. 

Amasa Lincoln was born at Norton, Mass., July lo^ 1787, married first, 
Lucy Richardson, April 14, 1814; second, Mary Hastings, January 26, 1830, 
and came to Newfane from Dummerston in 1817, and was engaged in the 
tanning business for many years. He died January 9, 1858. 

John Timpson was born at Brattleboro, October 4, 1794, married Julia 
Knapp, of Brattleboro, in 18 13, and came to Newfane in 1819. He died 
August 13, 1866. 

Samuel Morse, son of Joshua and Sally (Phillips) Morse, was born on the 
farm he now occupies, in 1820. He married Georgina, daughter of Deacon 
John Goodnow, in 1846, and has reared children as follows : Abby L., who 



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died at the age of four years; Fanny R., who married Albert G. Kendall, now 
of Lincoln, Neb. ; Georgie A., of Nebraska; Maria E., wife of Arthur Merri- 
fiieldj and Samuel H., residing on the old homestead. 

Austin Birchard was born in Wilmington, Vt., December 5, 1793, and 
came to Newfane in 1822, where he was in trade for many years. In 1819 
he married Roxana Plummer, of Brattleboro, who died in 1820. In 1824 he 
married Mary A. Putnam, by whom he had four children, Charles A., Mary 
R., Charlotte P., and Sardis. Mary R., in 1876, while on her way to visit 
the family of ex-president Hayes, Mr. Hayes's mother being her father's sister, 
was aboard the train that was wrecked in the awful Ashtabula disaster, and 
nothing of her remains was ever discovered. She is said to have been an 
unusually lovely young lady, both in character and appearance. Sardis, the 
youngest son, gave his life for his country during the late great war. Char- 
lotte P. married RoUin C. DeWitt, of Elyra, Ohio, and reared four sons, Rol- 
lin B., John C, Frank A., and Dewese, the latter two of whom reside in New- 
fane with their mother, their father having died a few years since. The widow 
of the late Austin Birchard also resides in Newfane. 

Warren R. Hildreth, son of Otis Hildreth, born in 1823, married Olive 
D. Wheeler, in 1845, and has reared nine children. Justena, his daughter, 
married Charles M. Goodenough, of Newfane, Frank W, resides in 
Michigan, and Wells M. resides with his father on the old Eddy homestead, 
on road 14. 

Dana D. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 1821, and came to New- 
fane in 1830. He married EUza A. Goodnow, in 1849, and has two children, 
Charles H., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Alice (Mrs. W. H. Newton), of Walhng- 
ford. Mr. Dickinson was employed in the mills of W. H. Williams for a num- 
ber of years, and in 1850 he purchased them, operating the same as a tub 
factory until 1869. He now owns a saw-mill on Baker's brook, where he 
saws all kinds of hard wood lumber. He represented Newfane in the legis- 
lature in 1870 and '72. 

Dennis A. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 18x9, and came to New- 
fane in 1830, married Mary C. Robinson in 1845, and located upon the farm 
formerly occupied by A. C. Robinson. He has two children, Imogene R. 
and Aaron C. Mr. Dickinson has been town clerk fourteen years and justice 
of the peace nine years. 

Ebenezer M. Stratton was born on the Stratton homestead in 1833, married 
Mary King in 1853, and has reared three sons and four daughters. Clara 
(Mrs. Charles E. Brown), resides in Michigan. Nellie R. and Effie M. reside 
in Newfane. Mr. Stratton now resides on the pld Grout homestead. 

Nathan B. Perry was born here in 1829, married Isabella Knight. His 
daughter, Willamina E., married Fred C. El ner, of Cleveland, Ohio; AdaF., 
married Henry O. Bowker, and resides in Rochester, N. Y.; Nellie A. and 
George N. reside at home. Mr. Perry occupies Elm Grove farm, formerly 
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John S. Stratton, born here in 1835, is a veterinary surgeon. He married 
Adelina M. Powers, of Marlboro, in i860, and has two sons and one 
daughter. 

Henry W. Miller was born in Dummerston, in 1835, and came to New- 
fane with his father when four years of age, locating upon the farm he now 
occupies. Mr. Miller married Ella M. Gould, in 1865, and has one son, 
Frederick. 

Clark L. Brown was born in 1838, married Mrs. John Wilson, in 1865, 
and reared five children. He operates the Worden mill, at Brookside, on 
road 37. 

Abbott T. Edwards, born here in 1838, married Ella Jackson, in 1868. 
He is actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, and resides on the Jackson 
homestead, on road 12. 

F. O. Burditt, born in Brookline, in 182 1, came to Newfane in 1838, mar- 
ried Harriet Kidder for his first wife^ by whom he had two sons, Frederick J. 
and Edwin T. For his second wife he married Mary H. Bruce, in 1852, by 
whom he had three sons, Samuel H., WiUiam, and Frank A. Mr. Bur- 
ditt held the office of justice of the peace twenty-four years, and represented 
the town in the legislature of 1853. 

Dr. Calebs. Blakeslee was born at Richmond, Mass., in. 1812, received an 
academic education, studied medicine, and commenced practice at|Williams- 
ville, in 1838, where he is still a successful physician. He married Mary B, 
Drew, of Dover^ who died in 1882. 

John H. Worden, born in 1839, married Luna C. Holden, of Newfane, in 
1873, and lias three daughters. He resides on road 37, on the Stratton 
homestead. 

Fayette W. Knapp, born in 1839, married Fanny M. Lamb, in 1862, and 
has had born to him seven children, — Elmer W., Emma J., Ada M., William 
F., Mary M., Lorin H. and Martha A. He resides at Brookside. 

Joseph Willis, from Marlboro, Vt., located in Newfane, in 1840. He 
reared two sons and two daughters, of whom Daniel H., was a sharpshooter 
in the late war, and was killed at the battle of White Sulphur Springs. Monroe 
C, another son, was also killed in the army. Hannah, his daughter, married 
James F. Howe, and resides on the Cutting farm, off road 6. 

Joel Grout, son of Hudson and Silence (Babcock) Grout, born in 1842, 
enlisted in Co. K, 9th Vt. regiment, and was discharged for disabihty, having 
been wounded in the ancle at the battle of Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864. He 
married Martha J. Pike, of Stratton, in 1866, and has nine children, of whom 
Edwin J., Moses P., Leon E., and Guy E., reside-with their parents on the 
farm formerly occupied by Dea. Kimball. 

Chester E. Perry was born in Newfane in 1842, married Stella M. Morse 
in 1864, by whom he had one son, Frank C, when she died, in 1876. In 
1877 he married Nellie E. Stedman and they have one daughter, Mabel E., 
born February 15, 1880. Mr. Perry now has the farm formerly owned by 
G. D. Stedman, at WiUiamsville. 



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George B. Williams, son of John W. and Gertrude (Brown) Williams, born 
in 1844, married Aramantha A. Hopkins, daughter of Clark Hopkins, of 
Antrim, N. H., in 1869, and has two sons and one daughter, John W., 
Lucella L. and Hastings. Mr. Williams resides on a part of the William H. A 
Williams homestead, at Williamsville. « 

Edford O. Bennett, born in 1846, married Mary J. Howard, in 1872, resides 
on the Marshall H. Twitchell farm, at Fayetteville. 

Andrew J. Thomas, born in 1854, married Addie Barrett, by whom he had 
one son and one daughter, when she died in 1876. For his second wife he 
married Mrs. Eunice H. (Moore) Hunt, in 1869, and has one son and two 
daughters. 

Reuben M. Newton was born in Vernon, Vt., in 1828. He married Sophia 
Eddy, of Newfane, who died in i860. He then married Sarah Harris, of 
Newfane, and now resides on the old Sherman farm. He came to Newfane 
in 1856. 

Charles E. Sparks was born in Dover, Vt., in 1823, and married Irene W. 
Ingham^ in 1846. He has two sons, Herbert C, born in 1847, and Har- 
land. 

Henry M. Hescock was born at Dover, Vt., in 1841, married Harriet M. 
Whitaker, of Newfane, in 1864, and has five children. 

Charles E. Morse, born in 1831, married Marion E. Wetson, of 
Wardsboro, in i860, and has had two sons and three daughters — Etta F., 
Lula, Ida W., Charles W., and Albert E. Lula is dead, and the three latter 
reside at home, on road 4. 

Obed Hall, born in 182 1, at Whitingham, Vt., married Nancy E. Evans, in 
1854, and has a family as follows: Henry W., Wallace A., Willie E., and 
George L. Wallace A. married Emma T. Call and has one daughter. He 
owns and occupies the Newton place, off road 5. 

Frank H. White, born in 1847, married Emma J. Howe, of Jamaica, and 
located on the Gushing farm in 1874. 

Charles M. Goodenough, born at Guilford, Vt., in 1845, came to Newfane, 
in 1865, married Gustenia E. Hildreth in 1868. In 1881 he located on the 
Capt. Gould farm, on road 28, he having been absent from the town from 
1869 up to that time. 

Kendall H. Winchester, born in 185 1, married Cora A. May, in 1878, and 
came to Newfane in i88r, locating on Newfane Hill, upon the farm formerly 
known as the Boynton place. 

Samuel P. Miller, born at Dummerston, Vt., in 1819, married first, Mary 
A. Drown, of Putney, rearing two sons and three daughters ; second, Alvira 
M. Simonds, in 1855, by whom he has had two children. Mr. Miller has 
been a successful merchant, but is now retired, residing at Fayetteville. 

Col. Holland Plympton, born at Wardsboro in 1807, married first, Sybria 
Wakefield, of Wardsboro, in 1829; second, Nancy L. Bartlett, of Wards- 
boro, in 1850. He located on the farm formerly occupied by Dea. Gould. 



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He represented the town in the legislature in 1876, and was a justice of the 
peace fourteen years. Mr. Plympton's children by his second wife were Frank 
B., Silas W., Addie E. (Mrs. J. W. Hosford), and Alice M. He died March 
28, 1884. 

William R. Rand was born in Townshend, Vt., in 1839, married Lizzie H. 
Rutter, in i860, and located in the eastern part of the town, on the Brattle- 
boro & Whitehall railroad, which has a stopping place at that point known 
as Rand's Crossing. 

Richmond Dunklee was born in Marlboro, Vt., November 2, 1807, and 
when quite young went to Newfane. He married Caroline Fisher, daughter 
of Daniel Fisher, and reared four children, Dana, Harrison, Addison and Ann, 
only two of whom, Harrison and Addison R., are living, the former in Boston, 
Mass., and the latter in Brattleboro. Mr. Dunklee was a prominent man of 
the town. He kept a hotel at Williamsville several years^ was a selectman 
several years, and took an active part in town affairs. He died November 6, 
1876. Addison R. was ist sergeant of Co. I, i6th Vt. Vols., during the late 
war. He married Sarah Allen, of Newfane. 

Josiah Powers was one of the early settlers of Marlboro, locating near the 
Newfane line, where he cleared a farm and reared seven children, viz : Emery, 
Henry H., Lyman, Josiah, Arad, Susan, and Sally. Lyman and Josiah 
became merchants of Troy, N. Y. Emery was a farmer, spent his life in Ver- 
mont, and two of his sons, Ellis and Hollis, are prominent hotel men of New 
York city. Henry H. married Selecta Fisher, in 1818, and soon after made 
a clearing where he now liv^s, in the southwestern corner of Newfane. Here 
his seven children were born, of whom Brigham and Holland are dead. 
Lafayette C. and his father, Williston, who served in the late war and was for a 
time in a rebel prison, now lives in Littleton, N. H. Lyman G. and M. V. 
B. reside in Marlboro. Arad H., the youngest son of Josiah, Sr., now resides 
near Williamsville. 

During the war of the Revolution, when the military stores at Bennington 
became in danger, and the call came for the Green Mountain Boys to rally 
for the rescue, Lieut. Jonathan Park and others from Newfane volunteered, 
and, after a two days' march, reached Bennington in time to participate in 
the glorious struggle of that memorable day. In returning after the battle, 
Park, worn by the fatigue and hardships of the campaign, sickened and was 
several days in reaching home. We can find no record or reliable tradition 
of the names or number of men who accompanied Lieut Park on this expe- 
dition ; but the fact that the minute-men of Fane responded to the call to 
arms, is vouched for by many who often heard the venerable lieutenant 
recount the trials of that eventful day. 

Those who enlisted here for the war of 181 2, were Lyman Holden, 

Gambel, BuUard, Nathaniel Holland, who died at Plattsburgh, 

October 6, 1814, and Isaac Hovey. 

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sons were sacrificed in the great cause. For further record, see the roster, 
on page 69. 

The Fayetteville Orthodox Congregational church.— h. Congregational church 
was organized in 1874, when there were but fourteen families in the town. 
It consisted of nine members, and its first pastor. Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, was 
ordained and took pastoral charge on the day of its organization, June 30, 
1874. The first church building was erected in 1800, on Newfane Hill, at a 
cost of $3,731.32. The building was used until 1825, when the court build- 
ings were removed to Fayetteville. The court-house at the latter place was 
then used, until 1832, when a union church was built. This was used until 
1839, when the present building was erected, at a cost of $4,000.00, about 
its present value. It will seat 300 persons. The society now has seventy- 
one members, with Rev. George W. Lawrence, pastor. The old union church 
was used by the Universalists until about 1853, when they found themselves 
unable to sustain a pastor. From that time the house began to decay, and 
in 1872 it had reached that stage that it must be repaired, or sink to utter 
ruin. It was repaired and remodeled mto a public hall, by public subscrip- 
tion, and is now called Union Hall. 

The Universalist churcJi^ located at Williamsville, was organized by Rev. 
M. H. Harris, with twenty-seven members, February 17, 1878. The society 
now has about twenty- seven members, with no regular pastor. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Williamsville, was organized in 
1877, with sixteen members. The church building, however, was erected in 
1822. It will seat 200 persons and is valued, including grounds, at $3,000.00. 
Rev. Goodsel Ames is the present pastor of the society. 



PUTNEY lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 42"" 59' and long. 
4° 28', bounded north by Westminster, east by the Connecticut river, 
south by Dummerston, and west by Brookline. It was originally char- 
tered December 26, 1753, by New Hampshire, to Col. Josiah Willaid and 
others, being a partof the Equivalent Lands, and granted on the same day that 
Dummerston and Brattleboro received their charter, as described on pages 58 
and 82. A re-grant was given by New York, however, July 30, 1 766, the charter 
being made out November 14, 1766, to Col. Willard and others. Under this 
New York grant the lands are held. They originally including anareaof 18,115 
acres; but October 30, 1764, a part of the land was taken towards forming 
the town of Brookline, another part being annexed thereto October 25, 1804, 
and October 28, 1846, a part of Dummerston was annexed to Putney. 

The surface of Putney is pleasingly diversified by upland and meadow, 
while the soil is unusually arable and productive. The bottom lands along 
the river and Sackett's brook are rich and alluvial tracts, which amply repay 
the toil of the husbandman, the "great meadow" being proverbial for its 



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fertility. The uplands have mostly a rich, strong soil, well adapted to graz- 
ing and the production of the hardier kinds of grain. The lowest meadowlands, 
when the country was new, weie covered with a tangled growth of butternut, 
elm, soft maple, and yellow pine, while the higher flats abounded with a white 
pine of majestic growth. The other forest trees are oak, maple, beech, birch, 
walnut, ash, etc. Sackett's brook flows a southerly course through the cen- 
tral part of the town, emptying into the Connecticut in the southeastern 
corner. There are several other streams, though they are of minor importance, 
being small tributaries of the Connecticut and Sackett's brook. 

The rock formations on the east side of Sackett's brook are mostly clay- 
slate, abounding with garnets and staurotide. Through the center of the town 
runs the extensive strata of argilite or roof slate, that extends from the Mass- 
achusetts Une far into Vermont. West of this range comes the mica slate 
again, interspersed with a hard, black limestone. In the eastern part of the 
town has been found a very rare mineral, known Si's, Jluate of lime ox fluorspar, 
of a beautiful green color, this being the only locality in the United States 
where the mineral of an emerald green is found. Specimens of it have 
been sent to the most distinguished mineralogists in this country and in 
Europe. Serpentine of a beautiful shade, and susceptible of a high poHsh, is 
also found. 

In 1880 Putney had a population of 1,124, and in 1882 had ten school dis- 
tricts and contained ten common schools, employing two male and fourteen 
female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,464.00. There 
were 220 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools 
for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,888.72, with Mark Ward, super- 
intendent. 

Putney is a pleasant post village of about 400 inhabitants, lying in the 
southern-central part of the town, on Sackett's brook, at a point where the 
descent is so sharp as to afford six or eight water privileges in a distance of 
eighty rods, all of which are utilized, two of them operating paper-mills. The 
village has three churches (Congregational, Methodist and Baptist), an hotel, 
two stores, a toy shop, plaining-mill, etc. The principal streets of the village. 
High and Main, lie respectively on the north and east slopes of a hill. Putney 
station, on the Vermont Valley railroad, lies about a mile south of the 
village. 

East Putney (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the eastern part of the town, 
about a mile from the Connecticut. It has one church, a saw and grist-mill, 
and half a dozen dwellings. The postoftice is located at the railroad station, 
which was formerly called Cornton. 

/ W. Stoivell &^ Co.'s chair factory a/ul toy shop, at Putney, gives employ- 
ment to ten men, turning out about $10,000.00 worth of good per annum. 
The factory was built in 1840, by Isaac Grout. 

The Owl paper-mills, William Robertson & Son, proprietors, located at 
Putney village, were estabUshed by George Robertson, about 1828. The 

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mills employ seventeen hands and manufacture about i,8oo pounds of manila 
tissue paper per day. 

Or tin S. T/nvings grist-mill, located at Putney village, has two runs of . 
stones, and grinds about 15.000 bushels of grain per annnm. I 

The Eagle paper-mills. Cole & Gough, proprietors, located at Putney vil- 
lage, employ about ten men, and turn out from 1,500 to 1,800 pounds of 
tissue paper per day. 

Amasa N. Kidder s marble 7vorks, located on road 50, were established in 
1877. He manufactures about $4,000.00 worth of goods per annum. 

Horace Black' s slate quarries are located on road 39, where they were 
opened by H. L. Black, about eight years ago. 

John W. Walkufs saw and grist-mill, located on road 20, was built by 
Lyman Miller in 1873. ^'^J'- Walkup came into possession of the property 
in 1883, and does custom work. 

James H. Knighfs saw and plaining-mill, located at Putney village, cuts 
about 250,000 feet of lumber per year. Mr. Knight also does a general job 
and undertaking business. 

C. F. Farmwi s carriage shop, located on road 11, turns out about twenty 
carnages and sleighs per year. 

F. L. Pierce's saw-mill and box factory, located at East Putney, gives em- 
ployment to twenty men, manufacturing about 200,000 feet of lumber, thirty 
car loads of chair-stock, and $500.00 worth of boxes per year. Mr. Pierce 
has also a saw-mill on road 38. 

F. O. Pierce's cider-mill, located at East Putney, manufactures about 200 ■ 
barrels or cider per year. 

Leroy Pierce' s grist-mill, located at East Putney, has one run of stones, and 
does custom grinding. 

A settlement was begun in Putney soon after the year 1740, and a garrison 
called Fort Hill was built in the center of the " meadow ;" but who erected 
or who occupied the fort is not known. Soon after the breaking out of the 
Cape Breton, or first French and Indian war, in 1744. however, the fort was 
evacuated and the inhabitants retired to Northfield, Mass., which was the 
frontier post during that war. One circumstance took place, however, pre- 
vious to the breaking up of the fort, and which undoubtedly hastened that 
event, as follows. On July 5. 1745, a man by the name of William Phipps 
was engaged in hoeing corn near the southwestern part of the meadow, when 
two Indians sprang upon him and dragged him into the woods near by. Here, 
after a short parley, one of the Indians departed, leaving the prisoner in the 
care of his companion. Phipps, with the hardihood characteristic of the 
pioneers, watching for an opportunity, struck his keeper down with his hoe, 
and seizing the fallen Indian's gun, gave the othei, who was returning, a fatal 
wound. Thus at liberty again, he sought refuge in the fort ; but, unfortu- ' 
nately, before he reached it, he was attacked by three other Indians, who j 
butchered the brave fellow in cold blood. Shortly after, Nehemiah Howe, as \ 



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he was cutting timber on the " meadow," was captured by Indians and carried 
to Canacia, where he subsequently died. 

Soon after the issue of the New Hampshire charter, which was in 1753, the 
first permanent settlement was commenced by John Perry, Philip Alexander 
and Michael Gilson, emigrants from Massachusetts. They located on the 
"great meadow," as their predecessors had done, and in 1755, in company 
with others lately arrived, they erected a fort in the southeastern part of the 
town. This fort was ablong in shape, about 120 by 80 feet, and was built of 
yellow pine timber, hewed six inches thick and laid up about ten feet high. 
Fifteen dwellings were erected within it, the wall of the fort forming the back 
wall of the houses. These were covered with a single roof, called a " salt- 
box " roof, which slanted upward to the top of the wall of the fort. In the 
center of the enclosure was a hollow square on which all of the houses fronted. 
A great gate opened on the south toward Connecticut river, and a smaller 
one toward the west. On the northeast and southwest corners, watch-towers 
were placed. In the summer season, besides its customary occupants, the 
fort was generally gajrisuned, until about 1760, by a force of ten or twelve 
men from New Hampshire. 

The only inhabitants on the " great meadow" at the beginning of the year 
1755 were Philip Alexander, from Northfield, John Perry and John Averill, 
with their wives and famiHes, and Captain Michael Gilson, a bachelor, his 
mother and his two sisters. On the completion of the fort several of the in- 
habitants of Westmoreland crossed the river and joined the garrison. These 
were Capt. Daniel Howe, Thomas Chamberlin, Joshua Warner and son, 
Daniel Warner, wife and son, Harrison Wheeler, Deacon Samuel Minott, 
who afterwards married Captain Gilson's mother, and Mr. Aldrich and 
son, the latter subsequently becoming General George Aldrich, who died 
at Westmoreland, N. H., in 1807. At the close of the French war all 
who had removed from Westmoreland returned, with the exception of 
Deacon Minott. During the summer Dr. Lord and William Willard 
joined the garrison. Several children were born in the fort, but the first 
child born within the limits of the town is supposed to have been Aaron, 
son of Philip Alexander. His birth took place before the fort was built, and 
there is a tradition that Col. Josiah Willard, in commemoration of the event, 
presented to the boy a hundred acres of land, situated about half a mile east 
of Westmoreland bridge. The father of Capt. Daniel Howe and the father 
of Harrison Wheeler died in the fort. Both were buried in the graveyard 
in Westmoreland on the other side of the river. Religious services were for 
a long time observed among the occupants of the fort, and then the Rev. 
Andrew Gardner, who had previously been chaplain and surgeon at Fort 
Dummer, preached nearly three years. The "great iheadow" was at this 
time not more than half cleared, and its noble forests of yellow pine, with 
here and there a white pine or a white oak, presented an appearance which is 
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Josiah Willard, who owned the meadow, gave the use of the land as a con- 
sideration for building the fort and defending it during the war. The land 
was portioned out to each family, and the inhabitants were accustomed to work 
on their farms in company, that they might be better prepared to assist one 
another in the event of a surprise by the enemy. There was no open attack 
upon the fort during the French war, however, although the shouts of the 
Indians were often heard in its vicinity in the night time. On one occasion 
they laid an ambush at the north end of the meadow ; but the settlers, who 
were at work on an adjacent island, were so fortunate as to discover the signs 
of their presence, and avoided them by passing down the river in a course dif- 
ferent from that by which they had come. 

Early in the autumn of 1762, Lieut. Joshua Hyde purchased atract of 2,800 
acres in the eastern part of the town, and in December following removed 
his family and settled with them in a house situated about fifty rods south 
of the spot where Westmoreland bridge has since been erected. At this time, 
with the exception of the families on the meadow, there were only two other 
families in the place — those of John Perry and Philip Alexander, who resided 
not far from the river. There was no saw nor grist-mill in the town, and the 
grain for the settler's daily bread was for several years carried for grinding 
either to Northfield, Mass., or to Chesterfield or Westmoreland, N. H. In 
1764 Joshua Parker made the first settlement on Sackett's brook, or on what 
has since been called Putney street. Soon after his purchase of land here 
he drove the first cart which had ever appeared in the town through what 
afterwards became Putney street, having fixed his residence at the north end of 
the said street. Although he removed his family from Canterbury, Conn., in 
October, he still located them for the winter in Westmoreland, for the conven- 
ience of mills, and did not permanently settle here until March, 1765. A 
saw-mill and grist-mill were soon after put in operation, and the settlers were 
thus relieved from several of their greatest embarrassments. Meantime, 
Henry Walton, James Cummings, and Moses Johnson had erected dwellings 
on the street, and Benjamin Hutchins and Samuel Skinner in the eastern part 
of the town. Before the middle of the year 1765 the number of families had 
increased to fifteen. 

In T768 Noah Sabin, of Rehoboth, Mass., afterwards distinguished in the 
annals of Cumberland county, came to Putney, building the first frame house 
erected in the town. In this year there were on Putney street, besides those 
already mentioned, the families of William Wyman, Charles Kathan, and 
Amos Haile. West of the street were three families, viz. : John Butler's, 
Michael Law's, and Dennis Locklin's. East of the mouth of Sackett's brook 
there were four families, viz. : Jonas Moore's Leonard Spaulding's, Fairbank 
Moore's, and Samuel Allen's. 

In an historical sermon, from which most of the above facts were obtained, 
which was preached at Putney, by Rev. E. D. Andrews, on Fast Day, in 
1825, the following minute details relative to the early settlement of the town 



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are given, though there have, of course, been many changes in the locaHties 
as therein mentioned : — 

" In 1768 the Hon. Noah Sabin built the first framed house, on the ground 
nearly opposite the Deacon Taft's; and the building is now a part of the 
store of Leavitt & Crawford. The same year Amos Haile built a framed 
house, opposite the house now occupied by the Hon. Theophilus Crawford. 
James Cummings built the house where Abel Haynes lives, and Charles Kathan 
also built on the spot where Mrs. McClellan lives, near Dr. Campbell's. Not 
long after, Moses Johnson built the first two-story house on the street — the 
house now occupied by Elijah Blake, thirty rods north of the meeting-house. 
The first saw-mill was built on the site of the paper-mill, in 1765 or 1766. 
The first grist-mill was built by Deacon Minott, where Minott's mills now 
stand, in 1766. The second grist-mill was built by Jonathan Houghton, 
about the year 1769. It was situated fifteen rods east of the paper-mill, on 
the site where Newell Moore's blacksmith shop now stands. The first ''cloth- 
ing works were built m the east part of the town, by Capt. Roswell Parker, 
in the year 1785. The first blacksmith who worked in town was Capt. 
Daniel Jewett. He commenced about the year 1773. The first store was 
opened about the year 1770, by Peter Wetson, a little west of the house of 
Hon. John Noyes, and here was the first tavern. The second store was 
opened by Charles Chandler, twelve rods south of the meeting-house, about 
the year 1783. The first meeting-house was built in 1773." 

According to the census of Cumberland county, taken in 1771, the town 
then had a population of 301 souls, the enumeration being as follows : ninety- 
four males under the age of sixteen years, seventy-four between the ages of 
sixteen and sixty, four over sixty, sixty females under sixteen, and sixty-nine 
females over sixteen, fifty-one of the total number being heads of famiHes. 
In 1 79 1 the population had increased to 1,848, or 724 souls more than it has 
to-day. 

On May 8, 1770, the town was organized and the first meeting for the 
election of ofiicers was held, when Noah Sabin was chosen town clerk ; Amos 
Haile, constable ; and Abijah Moore, Daniel Read and Amos Haile, select- 
men. The first justices of the peace were Noah Sabin, Jr., and Lucas Wilson, 
in 1786. The first representative was Abner Miles, elected in October, 1878. 

Josiah White came to Putney, from Lancaster, Mass., in 1760, and settled 
in the east part of the town, where he died in 1806, aged eighty-seven years. 
His son Alfred was born in this town in 1788, and spent most of his Hfe here. 
He died in 1874. He married Tabitha Cobb, by whom he had nine children, 
four of whom are living, one son, Charles H., in this town. 

Abijah, William, Rufus, Gideon, and Jephtha Moore, brothers, came to 
Putney, from Bolton, Mass., March 6, 1769, and settled in what is known as 
the Moore neighborhood. Abijah died about 1851; William, in 1815 ; 
Gideon, in 1834 or '35 ; Rufus, in 1838, and Jephtha, about 1838. Abijah 
and David Moore, of a former generation, were captains in the Revolution, 
and seven of their sons and sons-in-law were engaged in that war. A sister 
of the Moores married Elisha Hubbard, and removed to Rochester. Vt., 
where she raised a family of sixteen children, twelve of whom, as well as 
eighty-three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, survived her. It is 



278 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 



related by their descendants that soon after the Moores came here the stocks, 
an ancient contrivance for the punishment of criminals, were carried off one 
night and concealed, but were found and brought back. They were again 
removed and hidden in a swamp, where many years after they were found and 
used for pin timber by Mr. Hubbard. 

Peleg Winslow was born in Putney, in 1770, and died in 1805. He was a 
farmer, and married Rhoda Button, of Dummerston, about 1792, settling on 
West Hill, near the Dummerston line, on the farm now owned by Warren 
Bennett. He raised five children, three sons and two daughters, viz.: Rhoda, 
who married Valentine Carr, of Putney; Aaron M., who married Orilla 
Wells, of Coleraine, Mass., and settled on the samefarm in Putney ; Rebecca 
F., who married Martin Gates, of Dummerston ; Peleg, who married Nancy 
Bowles, of Rockingham, Vt., and lived in Dummerston till 1842, but died in 
Townshend, in 1871 ; and Samuel D., who married Sarah W. Joy, of Putney? 
January 17, 1S42, and settled in Townshend, in district number two, where 
he spent most of his life, but now resides in Grafton. Peleg and Henry, sons 
of Aaron M., are extensive and well-known dealers and raisers of short-horn 
cattle in Kaukakee, 111. Three of Rebecca's four children, Sarah, Daniel, 
and Emma, are living. The fourth, Martin, died in Kansas, in 1S82. Peleg 
had four sons and one daughter : George, Nelson, Samuel D., Rhoda, and 
Lemuel J. George, Rhoda, and Lemuel J., are dead. The latter was a 
captain in the late war, and was afterwards a merchant in Newfane, where he 
died in 1882. Nelson, who is a merchant in Townshend, has held the offices 
of town superintendent, selectman and deputy sheriff. Samuel D., who has 
been a merchant for twenty-five years, is president of the Windham County 
Savings Bank, and has taught school in Cahfornia, where he resided four 
years. 

Zenas Black, whose father was one of the first settlers in Putney, was a 
native of this town, but removed about 1848 to Barnard, where he died. He 
was twice married and had seven children, only two of whom are living, one 
son, Charles, in Barnard, and another, Horace, in Putney, on road 39. Hib- 
bard C. Black, son of Horace, resides with his father, who has four other 
children. 

Zenas Hyde was one of the first settlers in Putney, and spent his life on 
the farm on which Horace L. Scott now lives. He died there in 1841, aged 
eighty-three years. 

Ebenezer Johnson, who came from Massachusetts, was among the first set- 
tlers in Putney. He located near the village of Putney, and engaged in agri- 
cultural pursuits. His son, David B., who was born in the town about 1802, 
spent most of his life here, and died in 1875. He took an active part in 
town affairs, and was honored with official trusts. Eight of his twelve chil- 
dren are living, two, Willard R. and Mrs. Mary Pierce, in this town, the latter 
of whom resides in the east part of the town. One son, A. J., of New York, 
is the publisher of "Johnson's Cyclopedia," and "Johnson's Analysis of the 
Bible." 



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Robert Blood came to Putney from Groton, Mass., about 1782, and set- 
tled where his grandson, Ohver Blood, now resides, the farm having since re- 
mained in the possession of the Blood family. He died in 1816. aged eighty- 
four. His son Oliver, who was twelve years old when he came here, spent 
his Hfe on the homestead farm, and died there in i860, in his ninety-first 
year. He was succeeded on the homestead by his son, the present occupant. 
Another son, Luke, resides on road 2. Miss Sarah Blood and Mrs. Eunice 
Wood, of this town, and John Blood, of Grafton, Vt., are descendants of 
this family. 

Samuel Bennett came to Putney, from Warwick, R. I., in 1780, and 
crossed the Connecticut river in his journey hither, on what is commonly 
known as the " dark day," (May 19, 1780). He served five years as a soldier 
in the Revolution, holding the office of drum-major. He settled in the west 
part of the town, and died in Brookline, in 1841, aged eighty-three. His 
son Samuel, was born in Putney, in- 1791, and spent most of his life here. He 
died in Brookline, in 1849. Six of his nine children are living. Warren is 
the only one who resides in Putney. Another son, Walter S., resides in 
Brookline. His daughter Louisa married Rev. Samuel Kingsley, who, together 
with his wife and three children, died within eighteen days. 

Deacon Abner Bacon, son of Nehemiah, born in Brooklyn, Conn., came 
to Putney when about twenty years old, just after the Revolution. He lived 
here until ninety-six years of age. He learned the tanner's trade, which he 
followed for ten years, when he engaged in farming. He had five sons, all of 
whom married and raised families, and two of whom are still living. His son 
William was born in Putney in 1804. When about twenty-one years of age, 
he left the town, but returned after the expiration of ten years. He was a 
carpenter and joiner by trade, and died in Putney in December, 1870. He 
married Maria M. Blaisdell, of Haverhill, Mass. His children, all of whom 
are living, are Jennie L., wife of Rev. John Berg, of New Haven ; Henry C. 
and George, both living in Bellows Falls; Ella, wife of Dr. G. E. Clark, of 
Lima, Ohio ; and Emma, twin sister to Ella, who resides with her mother, in 
Putney. 

Rev. Josiah Goodhue, son of Deacon Samuel Goodhue, was graduated 
from Cambridge college in 1755. He came to Putney from Dunstable, Mass., 
and was the first settled minister in the town. He was for a long time pastor 
of the Congregational church, and died here in 1796, aged sixty-eight. 
His son Josiah F. was a distinguished surgeon, and lived at Chester, Vt., and 
Hadley, Mass., where he died. Joseph, another son, was also a prominent 
physician and surgeon, and served twenty-one years in the United States army. 
He died at Deerfield, Mass. Ebenezer, a third son, married Lydia Ranney, 
of Westminster, and settled in ^lat town, where he was engaged in 
mercantile business, and m his latter years in farming. He was a deacon 
of the Congregational church for many years. His son Homer resides in 
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Dr. Noah Pratt was born in Winchester, N. H., about 1784, graduated 
from Dartmouth college, studied medicine, and settled in Rockingham about 
1830, practicing in that town until his death, October 13, 1847. , He married 
Sarah Brown, of Chesterfield, N. H., about 1810, who bore him seven chil- 
dren. The eldest, Rev. John B., is an Episcopal clergyman of Madison, Wis. 
Another son, Noah, resides in this town, on road 45. 

James Campbell, a Revolutionary soldier, was an early settler in Putney. 
His son Benjamin, born here July 14, 1781, married Betsey Wilson when 
about twenty-one years of age, and reared a family of sixteen children, four- 
teen of whom lived to reach maturity. Ezekiel Campbell, born March 6, 
18 16, and now living in Brattleboro, is the only one of the family in that 
town. Ezekiel was engaged in the insurance business a number of years, 
and in 1874 was appointed by the State as a director of the Union Mutual 
Insurance Company, and when the company organized he was elected its 
president. 

Simon W. Houghton, son of Timothy and Olive (Moore) Houghton, was 
born at Bolton, Mass., November 12, 181 2. He married Sarah Mead, of 
that place, April 7, 1837, and came to Marlboro in 1838, where he engaged 
in the manufacture of carriages until 1849, when he came to Putney and has 
since resided here. He has been a justice of the peace about forty years, and 
was a member of the constitutional convention in 1870. All of his eight 
children are living. The eldest, Edward T., resides in Springfield, Mass. 
During the late civil war he served in the navy, and George A., the second 
son, served in the army. Simon W., Jr., is a physician, practicing at Somers^ 
Conn. 

Abner Bacon, one of the early settlers of Putney, married Catharine Reedj 
in 1793, and reared five children. Of these, Clark married Lydia Kerr, 
of Putney, in 1836, and removed to Dummerston in 1855. His son, Har- 
rison K., born in 1842, enlisted in Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols., in January, 1864, 
was promoted as lieutenant Co. C, and served until December, 1865, though 
he contracted disease from which he died, July 22, 1866. 

Thomas Aplin, from Providence, R. I., came to Putney in 1789, locating 
upon the farm now occupied by William S. Aplin. Mr. Aplin was a college 
graduate and a man of good business capacity. He married Mary Fuller, 
and had three children when he came to the town, Thomas, Jr., Rebecca, 
and Mary. Alexander A., born in 1790, fitted himself for teaching, but was 
killed at the age of twenty-five years, by a log pile rolling upon him. Thomas, 
Jr., married Mary Reynolds, daughter of Grendal Reynolds, and reared two 
sons and one daughter. WiUiam S. Aplin, the surviving son, born Septem- 
ber 21, 1822, married Mary Blanchard and has one son, George T., and one 
daughter, Nellie M. 

Leonard Blanchard was born in Weston, Vt., January 30, 1797, married 
Eleanor Spaulding, and reared two sons and four daughters. John, one of 
the sons, resides in Marlboro, and the other, Ira S., in this town. Two of 




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the daughters, Mrs. W. S. Aplin, of this town, and Mrs. Francis Black, of 
Marlboro, N. H., are living. Leonard Blanchard purchased and settled on 
the farm he now occupies in Putney, in March 1833. 

James Crawford came from Union, Conn., to Westminster about 1767, 
and in 1799 removed thence to Putney, locating on the[farm where his great- 
grandson, Henry Crawford, now lives. He served as a minute man in the 
Revolution. His son Thophilus, who was born in Connecticut about 1764, 
died in January, 1855, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He took 
an active interest in public affairs. He represented the town for many years, 
and was a senator from this county. He was a member of the Governor's 
Council, was high sherift" of the county, and justice of the peace. He had 
ten children, all of whom reared families. Mark Crawford, son of Theophi- 
lus, was born in Putney in 1800, on the farm on which his son Henry and 
daughter Eliza M. now live, and died there in 186 1. He also represented 
his town. Henry Crawford has in his possession a clock which belonged to 
his great-grandfather, James Crawford. 

Deacon David Crawford, sOn of Theophilus, was born in Westminister, 
August 6, 1789, and was ten years old when he moved with his parents to 
Putney, where he spent the remainder of his life. He held various commis- 
sions in the war of 1812, and distinguished himself in several hard-fought 
battles. When, at the close of the war, the army was reduced to a peace foot- 
ing of 10,000 men, he was retained with full rank, but ill-health compelled him 
to decline this complimentary distinction and resign. He represented the 
town of Putney in 1828, '29, '32 and '33 ; was a member of the last execu- 
tive council in 1835 ; a presidential elector in 1836; a senator from this county 
in 1840 and '41 ; a member of the convention to revise the State constitution 
in 1843; and a member of the council of censors in 1848. He was also a select- 
man for many years and a justice of the peace for a quarter of a century. 
He united with the Congregational church in November, 1833, and in March 
following was chosen deacon. He was a man of correct moral principles and 
strong mental powers. He was slow to form an opin'on, but when a conclu- 
sion was reached he exhibited great firmness and dec sion. He died March 
I, 187 I. He had seven children, four of whom are living, one son, James, 
and one daughter, Ellen, in this town. Another daugnter, Mrs. Julia Clark, 
lives in New York, and another son, George, in Desmoines, Iowa. His son 
David went to New York and was engaged in railroading. He was at one 
time a director of the New York Central railroad. 

Hon. Phineas White, son of Dea. Enoch White, was born in South Hadley, 
Mass., October 30, 1770. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1797, and 
studied law with Hon. Charles Marsh, of Woodstock, Vt., and Judge Samuel 
Porter, of Dummerston. In 1800 he commenced the practice of his profes- 
sion in Putney, where he resided through life. He was called to many posi- 
tions of honor and responsibility. He was postmaster at Putney from 1802 
to 1809. He was for several years State's attorney for the county of Wind- 



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ham, was judge of the probate court, and from 1818 to 1820 was chief judge 
of the county. In 1820 he was elected a representative in congress, and 
served one term. In 1836 he was a member of the covention for revising 
the constitution of Vermont, and from 1838 to 1840 was a State senator^ 
having previously served three terms as representative from the town. He 
belonged to the Masonic order and was grand master of the lodge of Ver- 
mont. After his election to congress he almost wholly abandoned his law 
business and engaged in farming. The colleges of the State and various 
benevolent institutions shared largely in his counsels and liberality. He was 
a trustee of Middlebury college, and was for several years president of the 
Vermont Bible Society, and the Vermont Colonization Society. He was also 
an active member of the Congregational church of Putney. He died July 6, 
1846, aged seventy-six years. He married Esther Stevens, of Plainfiekl, Conn., 
who was born in 1777, and died in 1858, aged eighty-one. Only two of his 
children are living. One, the wife of John Kimball, resides on the old White 
homestead. Another, Mrs. Abby Williams, lives in North Carolina. WiUiam 
Wallace White, son of Phineas, was born in Putney in 18 16. He was a law- 
yer and practiced for a few years in New York and St. Louis. He was mayor 
of Burlington, Iowa, and president of the Desmoines County Savings Bank. 
He died in 1871. 

Dan Davis came to Putney from Connecticut among the earliest settlers 
and located in the west part of the town, on the farm on which Samuel 
Goodell now lives. He was a hatter by trade and also engaged in farming. 
He had four children, only two of whom Hved to maturity. His son Alanson 
was born in Putney in 1798. He married Experience Orvis, by whom he 
had three children, only two of whom are now hving, Charles D. and Deni- 
son, both in this town. He died in 1859, aged seventy-one years. Denison 
is one of the selectmen of the town. 

Samuel Wheat was one of three brothers who emigrated from England to 
Connecticut, from whence he came at an early day to Putney, and settled in 
the northwest part of the town, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Ann Holton. 
He had eight children, all of whom are dead. His son Samuel was born in 
Putney in 1788 and lived here until his death, in 1869. He married Rebecca 
Wilcox, by whom he had two children, John D. and Samuel E., both of whom 
reside in town. 

John Roberts settled at an early day on the farm on which his grandson? 
James C. Roberts, now lives, and died in the town of Thetford, Orange 
county, in 1829. His son John was born on the farm on which he settled, 
in 1768, and resided there until his death, in 1832. Two of the latter's sons, 
Charles ar.d James C, and one daughter, Mrs. Minerva Fuller, still reside in 
the town, Charles, on road 19, aged eighty-eight, and James C, who has car- 
ried on the carriage business for eighteen years, on the homestead. 

Caleb Harding came to this town from Connecticut at an early day and 
settled at East Putney, where he cleared a farm and raised a family of five chil- 



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dren. One son, Charles, is living in Springfield, Mass. Another, John R., 
was born here about 1794, and lived in the town till his death in 1878. He 
married Lucy Bennett, and had six children, three of whom are William B., 
who is principal of a school in Hatfield, Mass., and Mrs. J. K. Parker and 
John R., who reside in Putney, the former in the east part of the town and 
the latter off road 32. 

Chapin Bolster, a native of Sullivan, N. H., came to Putney at an early day, 
and after living here a short time removed to Londonderry, where he died in 
1865, having, however, lived some twenty years elsewhere. He was the father 
of twenty-one children, by three marriages. One of his sons, Joel C, hves in 
Putney, and two daughters in other parts of the county. 

Richard Cobb, from Taunton, Mass., settled at an early day in the east 
part of Putney and resided here till his death, about 1832. His son David, 
who was born in 1778, was a small boy when the family came to Putney. He 
died here in 1805, leaving three children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Amelia 
Crosby, in Waltham, Mass., Josiah, in Charlestown, N. H., and David R., in 
Putney. 

Abiah Fuller came here from Massachusetts at an early day and died here 
about 1836. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His son Joshua spent most 
of his life here,- and died here about 1855. Gracia Fuller, Hving in the east 
part of the town, and Proctor J. Fuller, living on road 4, are children of Joshua. 

Josiah Parker came to Putney from either Massachusetts or Connecticut 
and settled on the farm on which Denison Davis now lives. He is said to 
have been the first man who drove a team through Putney street. He cleared 
a farm and raised a family of children. His son Roswell was born on the 
homestead, but afterwards settled in the east part of the town. He was a 
clothier by trade, and had a large family. He died in 1844. Warren Parker, 
son of Roswell, was born in the east part of the town and spent most of his life 
here. He died January 14, 1882, in his ninety-first year. In his younger days 
he was captain of a company of horse. Three of his six children are living, 
Mrs. James Booth, of Springfield, Vt, Mrs. Caroline Booth, of Arlington, 
Iowa, and Sterne O., who resides on road 45 in Putney. 

Rufus Pierce came to Putney from Westmoreland, N. H., in company with 
his father, Ebenezer, previous to 1790, and settled at East Putney. He raised 
twelve children, of whom Leroy is the only one living. Ebenezer was at the 
battle of Bennington and was shot by a Tory at Hoosac. 

Ephraim and James Clay, brothers, settled at an early day at East Putney. 
Ephraim's son Ephraim was born in Putney and lived here till about 1838, 
when he removed to West Fairlee, Vt., where he died in 1845. Three of 
his seven children are living, one son, William B., on road 65 in Westmins- 
ter, another, Jabez, in California, and a daughter, Mrs. Stephen C. Ranney, in 
Athens. 

Judge Noah Sabin came to Putney from Taunton, Mass., at an early day. 
He was a judge under King George III. at the time of the massacre at West- 



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minster court-house. His son Noah was born in Putney and died there. 
He raised a large family of children. His son Prentiss was born in Putney 
and spent his life here, with the exception of about eight years spent at 
Malone, N. Y., where he died. Three of his five children are living, two of 
them, George P. and Arabella, in Westminster, Vt. 

Lorrin D. Thwing was born in Putney about 1805 and spent most of his 
life here. He died about 186 1. His son Orrin S. now resides at Putney, 
where he operates a grist-mill. 

James Clark came to Putney from East Windsor, Conn., about 1808. He 
died in Brandon, Vt. His son Hiram was born in East Windsor, Conn., in 
1799 ^"d came here with his father at the age of nine years. • He has spent 
most of his life in this town and now resides on road 11. 

Obadiah Parker was born in Putney and learned the tanner's trade in Brat- 
tleboro. He afterwards removed to Westminster, and subsequently to North- 
field, Vt., where he died. His son William was born in Brattleboro in 1803, 
and came to Putney at the age of seven years. He has since lived here most 
of the time, and now resides with his son Edgar C. on road 11. 

William M. Clough came to Putney from Sullivan county, N. H., about 
1 8 13, and settled about a mile north of the village, where he engaged in 
farming. Six of his seven children are living, four of them in Putney. He 
died in 1869 aged eighty-one years. His son Dorr, who resides at Putney, 
is deputy sheriff. 

Tisdell Cobb came to Putney from Coventry, Vt., about 1814, and located 
at East Putney, on the farm on which his son Norman now lives. He was a 
blacksmith by trade, and lived in this town about fifty years, when he removed 
to Westminster, where he died about 1862. He had nine children, six of 
whom are living. His son Norman was seven years old when the family 
came to Putney, and has since been a resident of the town. For fifty years 
he carried on the blacksmithing business, in which he was succeeded by his 
son Norman. 

Joel Willardf.ame to Putney from Warwick, Conn., about 1820, and settled 
on road 19, where he pursued the vocation of blacksmithing. He had ten 
children, four of whom are living, three of them in Putney village, William, 
J. D., and Warren. J. D. served four years in the late war. 

Patrick C. O'Neal was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about 1807, and came 
to Putney about 1817. He has since resided here. He married Mary A, 
Johnson and has had twelve children, ten of whom are living. 

John B. Pierce came to Putney from Berlin, Mass., about 1822 and located 
near Putney village. He was a carpenter by trade, and died in 1849. Five 
of his seven children are living, two of them, Mrs. A. B. Hewitt and George L. 
Pierce, in this town. 

Rev. Amos Foster was born in Salisbury, N. H., March 30, 1797. He 
was graduated from Dartpiouth college in 1822, and ordained as a minister 
at Canaan, N. H., in 1825. In 1833 he came to Putney, where he preached 



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twenty years and eight months. After an absence of three years in Lud- 
low, Vt., and nine in Acworth, N. H., he returned to Putney and acted as 
pastor for se/en years. He married Harriet A. "White, daughter of Rev. 
Broughton White, a native of Westmoreland, N. H. They have had seven 
children, five of whom are living. One son, Broughton, died in Plymouth, 
N. C, in 1867 ; another, Henry D., died in Grafton in 1869. 

George Robertson, a native of Scotland, came to Putney about 1823, and 
^n company with his brother W^illiam established a paper-mill where the mill 
of Cole & Gough now stands. About 1828 he established the business where 
his son William is now located. 

John Kimball was born in Haverhill, N. H., in 1796, and graduated from 
Dartmouth college in 1822. He studied law with Moses P. Payson, of Bath, 
N. H., and was admitted to the bar in January, 1828, in which year he com- 
menced the practice of his profession in Claremont. In January, 1829, he came 
to Putney, where he has since resided. He has taken an active interest in pub- 
lic affairs, and has been honored with various public trusts. He was State's 
attorney in 1836-38 ; a member of the State senate in 1846-48 ; and repre- 
sented the town in 1861-62. He has also been a justice of the peace. In 
1834 he married Frances M. White, and has one son, Charles W., who resides 
with him. 

Reuben G. Page came to Putney from New Hampshire about 1840. He 
worked for many years in the woolen mill. He died on the farm on which 
his son Charles R. now lives, on road 31, April 26, 1882. 

Alexis B. Hewitt was born in Windham in 1822, and came to Putney in 
March, 1843. He worked for twelve years in the woolen-mill, and in 1857 
purchased a store and was engaged in mercantile business till 1882. He was 
appointed postmaster at Putney in 1861 and held the office till 1882, when 
he resigned. He has been treasurer of the town since 1867, and town clerk 
since 186S. He married Abby F. Pierce. Their only child, Mary J., died 
in 1867. 

Marshall Pierce came to Putney from Westmoreland, N. H., about 1844, 
his parents having been early settlers in that town. He run a ferry across the 
Connecticut river for twenty years, has been railroad station agent for the last 
twenty-eight years, and is also engaged in farming. 

Josiah K. Parker came to Putney fromLandgrove, Bennington county, in 
1847. He is a farmer and has lived for twenty-two years on the farm on 
which he now resides. He has served as justice of the peace twelve years 
and selectman three years. 

Warren Leach was born in Westmoreland in 181 2 and came to Putney in 
1849, locating on the farm on which he now resides. He has been lister 
eight years and overseer of the poor seven years. Only one of his three chil- 
dren is living, George W., in Langdon, N. H. 

Haynes E. Baker was born in Pawlet, Vt., in October, iSro, and in 1835 
removed to Newfane, where he was engaged in mercantile business for about 



286 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



fifteen years. He then came to Putney and pursued the same business here 
till the spring of 187 1. He died in MinneapoHs, Minn., while there on a 
visit, in July, 1877. His first wife was Hannah Adams, by whom he had 
three children, all of whom are dead ; his second, Fanny A. Eager, of New- 
fane, by whom he had two children, both of whom are hving. 

Hazen Ayer was born in Newbury, N. H., in 1813, and came to Putney in 
1865. He settled on West hill, and three years later removed to the farm 
where he now lives, on road 48. 

George P. Parke removed from Landgrove to Londonderry in 1864, and 
from thence to Putney in 1874. He settled on the farm on which he now 
resides. He is an auctioneer and farmer. 

Putney S. Hannum was born in Wiiliamstown, Mass., in 1S27, and removed 
with his father, Henry Hannum, to Weston, Windsor county. In 1880 he 
came to Putney, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of the town. 

Congregational church of Put?iey. — The first religious meetings in the town 
were held at the house of Joshua Parker, by whom they were conducted, or 
in the barn of James Cummings, and afterwards, when the settlers became 
more numerous, in more convenient places, until 1773, when achuich build- 
ing was erected. The society was organized October 16, 1776, with four 
members. Rev. Josiah Goodhue being the first settled pastor. In 1803, the 
old building was superseded by a new structure, which in turn gave place 
to the present edifice, in 1841. The present wooden structure will com- 
fortably seat 400 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $9,000.00. 
The society now has about one hundred members, with Rev. Lincoln Har- 
low, pastor. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Putney village, was organized 
at East Putney in 1832, and removed to Putney village in 1842. At its 
organization the society had seventy-five members, Rev. Edward A. Rice 
being their first pastor. Their first house of worship was erected in 1832, 
and the present one in 1842, which is a brick structure capable of seating 250 
persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $6,000.00. The society now has 
seventy members, with Rev. F. H. Knight, pastor. 

The Universalis t church, located at Putney, was organized by Rev. j. H. 
Farnsvvorth, with sixty members, in March, 1881, Rev. Edward Smiley being 
their first pastor, who still retains the position. The society has not erected 
a house of worship yet, holding their meetings in the town hall. 



ROCKINGHAM lies in the northeastern corner of the county, in lat. 
43° 11' long. 4° 32', bounded north by Springfield, in Windsor county, 
ea-st by the west bank of the Connecticut river, south by Westminster, 
and west by Grafton and a small part of Athens. This township was char- 
tered by Gov. Benning Wentworth, of New Hampshire, under the usual re- 
strictions and reservations, December 28, 1752, to Samuel Johnson and 



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fifty-eight associates, being bounded in the charter deed as follows, and said 
to contain an area of 24,955 acres :^- 

" Beginning at the northeast corner of Westminister, and running up by 
Connecticut river until it extends six miles in a straight line northerl,^, to a 
stake and stones upon Hickup meadow; thence running due west six miles 
to a stake and stones; thence running southerly six miles to the northwesterly 
corner of Westminster; thence running due east to the bounds first men- 
tioned." 

There are, however, accounts of the town being originally chartered by the 
name of Goldenstown, which name the locality bore more or less, up to 1850, 
though no records of such a charter are extant. There are also still more 
plausible accounts that the first settlements were made under a charter from 
the Old Bay State, and that the place was called Fa/Isfcnv/i, which was sub- 
sequently changed to Great Falls. Then again, too, there is a strong pre- 
sumption that at the time Westminster was granted, by the name of Number 
One, Rockingham received similar privileges from Massachusetts, under the 
name of Number T^vo. But be these conjectures as they may, there is little 
value to be attached to them, except in the way of antiquarian lore, for to the 
Wentworth charter of 1753, as above stated, the inhabitants look for a valid 
title to their lands, and in its authority is vested the strength of their deeds. 

Rockingham is pleasantly diversified in surface, b^ing sufficiently broken 
to form a beautiful landscape picture, yet not so uneven as to retard cultiva- 
tion of its soil, which is, in general, warm and productive. From the meadow 
lands of the Connecticut river valley, the territory brokenly rises towards 
the west, being well wooded and watered, the timber being that peculiar to 
the border towns of the Connecticut, the township in its early history having 
been noted for its fine pines. The principal tributaries of the Connecticut, 
each in turn having several branches of their own, are W^illiams and Saxton's 
rivers. The former has its source in Andover, Windsor county, and flows a 
southeasterly course through Rockingham, emptying into the Connecticut 
about three miles above Bellows Falls ; the latter rises in Grafton, takes a 
southeasterly course through Rockingham to the Westminster line, thence, 
just within the line to the Connecticut. These streams, with the Connec- 
ticut, afford excellent advantages for manufacture. 

The Connecticut is proverbial for its beauty, though here in Rockingham 
it throws |aside its usual aspect of calm, placid lovliness, as if to show, in 
Bellows falls, what it is capable of in the way of sublime and imposing scenic 
beauty. Above the falls, located in the southeastern part of the town, and 
which are reckoned among the first of the natural curiosities of Vermont, the 
river varies from sixteen to twenty rods in width,, and at their verge a large 
rock divides the stream, so that at low water the river flows only through the 
western channel, which is contracted to a width of sixteen feet. But at the 
times of high water, the appearance of the river and falls is sublime. Through 
its rocky bed the stream rushes with irresistable force, masses of water being 
broken by opposing ledges of rock and dashed many feet into the air, until 



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the whole volume is thrown to the lower level, a distance of forty-two feet, 

forming a scene so sublime that, in the words of the poet, it may be said 

of it : — 

" Its voice was like the thunder, and its sleep 
Was like a Giant's slumber, loud and deep." 

In the following extract from the " History of Conneciici/t, by an English- 
man," dated April 28, 1781, some idea may be gained of what Bellows Falls 
was in the eighteenth century. At this late day, however, we cannot, of 
course, vouch for the truthfulness of this bit of discriptive " history," but will 
leave the reader to draw his own conclusions : — 

" Two hundred miles from the Sound, says the Record, is a narrow of five 
yards, only, formed by two shelving mountains of solid rock ; through this 
chasm are compelled to pass all the waters which, in the time of the floods, 
bury the northern country. Here the water is consolidated, without frost, by 
pressure, as it swiftly passes between the pinching, sturdy rocks, to such a 
degree of induration that no iron bar can be forced into it; here iron, lead, 
and cork have the one common weight ; here, steady as time, and harder 
than marble, the stream passes, irresistible, if not as swiftly as lightning. The 
electric fire rends trees to pieces with no greater ease than does this mighty 
water. The passage is about 400 yards in length, of a zigzag form, with 
obtuse corners. At high water there are carried through this strait masts and 
other timber, with incredible swiftness, and sometimes with safety ; but when 
the water is too low, the masts, timber and trees strike on one side or the 
other, and are rent in one moment into shivers, and splintered like a broom, 
to the amazement of the spectator. No living creature was ever known to 
pass through this narrow, except an Indian woman, who was in a canoe, at- 
tempting to cross the river above it, but carelessly let herself fall within the 
power of the current. Perceiving her danger, she took a bottle of rum she 
had with her, and drank the whole of it ; then lay down in her canoe to meet 
her destiny. She miraculously went through safe, and was taken out of the 
canoe quite intoxicated. Being asked how she could be so daringly impru- 
dent as to drink such a quantity of rum with the prospect of instant death 
before her, the squaw, as well as her condition would allow her, replied : 
" Yes, it was too much rum to drink at once, to be sure ; but I was unwilling 
to lose a drop of it, so I drank it, and, you see, have saved it all." 

Who but an " Englishman " could have written such a truthful, thrilling, 
historic account ? 

The scenery, both above and below this point, is of more than common 

interest and beauty, while the views from the surrounding hills, as well as from 

the banks of the river, are exceedingly attractive. At the base of the falls are 

engraved the Indian picture writings mentioned on page 57. Capt. Kidd, the 

pirate, traditions tells us, ascended the Connecticut in boats laden with 

treasure, to this point, where, it is asserted, he buried his ill-gotten gains ; 

but no discoveries have been made to authenticate the legend, nor to verify 

the old statement, — 

' ' Ever since the days of Captain Kidd, 
The Yankee's say there's money hid." 

The physical and geological structure of Rockingham opens a rare and in- 
teresting field of study for many of its characteristics in this respect are strongly 
marked. The rocks are mostly azoic, the principal veins being gneiss, calcif- 



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erous mica schist, clay slate and talcose schist, distributed in' parallel 
ranges, extending north and south, in the order as named, beginning on the 
west and varying in width from one to three miles. What is known as the 
fourth geological section of Vermont commences at Bellows Falls, and from 
this vicinity the following specimens have been placed in the State cabinet, at 
Montpelier : clay-slate, and clay-slate with garnets, hyaline quartz, argillo- 
mica slate, silicious limestone, mica schist \)2i?,?,\ng'\nto gneiss, red granite, horn- 
blendic gneiss, thick bedded gneiss, and hornblendic schist. While of minerals 
from Rockingham are the following : kyanite, wavellite, native alum, pittite, 
rubellite, staurotide, prehnite, chiastolite, adularia, black tourmaline, silver 
mica, indicolite, fiuor, feldspar, Jibralite, calcite, pinite, pyrope, stilbite and tre- 
molite. 

Great changes have taken place in the vicinity of Bellows Falls in past ages. 
The gorge at this point, which has been spoken of, lies between Kilburn, 
mountain, which rises precipitously from the eastern bank of the river, and land 
which rapidly rises on the west to the Green mountains. In examining the 
passage of the river, geologists have concluded that it has been worn out by 
the passage of the stream, and that the valley above must have formed a lake 
eight hundred feet in depth, its surface being seven hundred and twenty-two 
feet above the present level of Bellows Falls. At Saxton's river village there 
is found a bed of peat four feet in depth, and underlying it a bed of marl of 
unknown thickness proving that here once rested an immense body of water. 

The natural /d'/'A77<r^i' of Saxton's, Williams and Connecticut rivers, m Rock- 
ingham, are objects of common observation and interest to all who visit 
the locahty. Many of them are so clearly cut and finely formed as to be 
almost considered works of art, rather than the deft handiwork of nature. 
At the village of Rockmgham, on the tongue of land lying between Connecti- 
cut and Wilhams river, is an ancient sea beach, now lying nearly seven hun- 
dred feet above the level of the ocean. Above this point it is mostly worn 
away, and a sloping hill of gravel and sand takes its place. 

The freshets to which the town has been subjected from time to time in 
later years, have, without doubt, worked many changes in the land formations 
and alluvial deposits. In 1797 a freshet filled what was known as the 
" swamp hole " at Bellows Falls, with vast quantities of earth, so that land 
which had hitherto been utterly worthless was made valuable property, upon 
which is built many of the shops and mills of the village. The years 18 18, 
'28 and '39 are especially memorable for severe freshets. In 1841 the guard- 
gates of the canal gave way during a freshet, and the resultant flood excavated 
a place one hundred feet in width near the grist-mill, removing not less than 
7,000 cubic yards of earth, while the rise of the eddy below the falls was 
twenty-two and one-half feet. This highwater mark, however, was exceeded 
by that of the freshet of 1861. 

In 1880 Rockingham had a population of 3,797, and in 1882 had twenty- 
one school districts and twenty-one common schools, employing three male 

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and twenty-seven female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of 
$5,515.43. There were 692 pupils attending common school, while the entire 
cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $7,073.36, with 
S. H. McCollister, superintendent. 

Bellows Falls, one of the most important manufacturing villages in the 
State, is beautifully located in the southeastern part of the town, on the falls 
from which it derives its name, and which in turn were named in honor of 
Peter Bellows, one of the original proprietors of the town. It has six 
churches, (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Universalist, Episcopal, and 
Roman Catholic), a number of large manufactories, fine rows of business 
blocks, many elegant private residences, and about 3,000 inhabitants. 

The village is located on a plain about 172 feet above the bed of the river, 
and is laid out in streets pleasantly shaded by maple trees, while in the north- 
ern part is a beautiful grove of pine trees, a remnant of v.'hat was once the grand 
pine forest that covered the locality. Here a fine view of the Connecticut 
and the country way through to Ascutney mountain may be obtained. In 
1831 there was incorporated a society to be known as "The Bellows Falls 
Fire Society," the limits of whose jurisdiction was to be confined within the 
following bounds : — 

'^ Commencing at the southeastern corner of said town, running on the 
southern line of the same to the southwest corner of Solomon Hapgood's 
farm ; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Loran and James Mor- 
gan's farm ; thence easterly on the north line of_said farm to the Connecticut 
river; thence southerly to the place of beginning." 

Little, however, if anything, was done under this act, as in 1833 the village 
was incorporated under an act aj)proved January 30, 1834, the provisions of 
its charter including all purposes for which the first charter was granted. The 
village has grown materially since the railroads were built through this sec- 
tion, in 1849, though not so much as might have been expected in view of 
the magnificent water-privilege afforded here, and its location as a central 
point, there being now four railroads centered here, viz. : the Rutland & 
Burlington, Sullivan, Cheshire, and Vermont Valley (see page 43). 

MANUFACTURES. 

The Fall Moimtain Paper Co. is the largest paper making firm in this sec- 
tion of the country, its productions being furnished to a number of the large 
New York and Boston papers, and exported to a great extent. The company 
operate seven machines and manufacture news, glazed, rolled and sheet 
manila paper, and card middles. The company have selling agents in Bos- 
ton, at 53 Devonshire street. William A. Russell is president and A, N. 
Burbank treasurer of the company. The officers of the Fall Mountain Paper 
Company are also interested in the Bellows Falls Canal Company, and con- 
trol the water-power of the place. 

The Vermont Farm Machine Co., Nathan G. Williams, treasurer and man- 
ager, is the largest manufactory of farm machines in the country. Their 



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specialties embrace the Cooley creamer, the Davis swing churn, Eureka but- 
ter worker, and the improved evaporator for the manufacture of maple and 
surghum sugar. 

Osgood &= Barker s machine shop was established in 1873. At the death 
of Mr. Barker, in 1881, Mr. Osgood assumed entire control of the business, 
though it is continued under the original firm title. He employs about fifty 
men, manufacturing a large amount of paper machinery, and doing consider- 
able job work per annum. His foundry, located on Wells street, was built 
in 1873, destroyed by fire in November, 1881, and rebuilt the same year. 

Bacon Bros.' lumber-dressing 7mii, located on Mill street, was established 
in 1873, where the firm now employs five men. 

Moore, Arms &= Thompsoii s paper-mill was established by Moore &: Arms 
in 1870, Mr. Thompson being admitted to the firm in 1882. The firm 
employs about sixty hands in the manufacture of manila paper, turning out 
from eight to ten tons daily. 

John Robertson &= Son' s paper-jnill wzs established in 1 881, by Robertson, 
Moore & Co., commencing operations in January, 1882. Durmg this latter 
year Mr. Moore retired from the firm, the title being changed as it now 
appears. They manufacture tissue and medium manila paper, employing 
twelves hands and turning out 7,000 pounds per day. 

IVyman Blinl &^ Son's paper-mill gives employment to about fifteen hands, 
turning out 6,500 pounds of tissue and medium minila paper per day. 

iVorman S. Brock^uay manufactures and repairs target and sporting rifles, 
and deals in all kinds of fire-arms and ammunition. 

The Bellows Falls grist-mill, operated by Frank Adams & Co., was estab- 
lished in 1 86 1. It has the capacity for grinding 800 bushels of grain per 
day. 

George B. Wheeler's steam laundry was established about ten years ago^ 
coming into Mr. Wheeler's hands in June, 1883. He employs fourteen 
hands. 

The Bellows Falls bakery, H. L. Canady, proprietor, was established by 
John Partridge, in 1879. 

The Fall Mountain Paper Co.'s steam saw-mill, located on Green street, 
Simon D. McLeod, foreman, was established in 1880. It gives employment 
to thirty men, in sawing pulp wood for the company's mills. 

The Belloivs Falls marble works, Hiram King, Jr., proprietor, were estab- 
lished in 1874. They give employment to four men in the manufacture of 
all kinds of marble work. 

F. M. Barber's picture frame and molding mattufactory was established 
by George Underwood, in 1872. It gives employment to eight hands. 
IVillard Russell & Co. operate one sixty-two inch machine and manufacture 
wood manila paper ; they also run a pulp-mill in connection with their works- 

Orrin H. Whitmati's carriage and wagon shop was established by Mr. 
Whitman in 1874. He does about $2,500.00 worth of work per year. 



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Derby 6^ Ball are engaged in the manufacture of scythe snaths. Mr. Ball 
was engaged in this branch of manufacture at Springfield^ Vt., about thirty 
years, the factory there being destroyed by fire in 1872. 

The Beollws Falls Brewing Co., whose brewery is located just across the 
river, in Walpole, N. H., have facilities for brewing about 50,000 barrels of 
ale and beer per annum. The firm is Walker, Dewey & Blake, Mr. Walker 
being ar esident of Boston, Mass. The company was organized in 1877. 

John T. Moore' s paper-mill "^ds built in 1872. He employs about twelve 
hands in the manufacture of tissue, manila, and toilet paper, turning out 
about 1,500 pounds per day. 

BANKS. 

The Bellozc's Falls National Bank was chartered as a State institution in 
1832, with Daniel Kellogg, president, and William Henry, cashier. In 1866 
it was made a national bank, with a capital of $100,000.00, and Nathaniel 
Fullerton, president, and James H. WiUiams, Sr., cashier. In 1872 Mr. 
Williams was elected president, retaining the position until his death, in 1881, 
when his son James H. was elected to the vacancy, which position he still 
occupies. Preston H. Hadley is the present cashier, having been appointed 
to that office in August, i88r. 

Bellows Falls Savings Institution was incorporated November 23, 1847,. 
with Nathaniel Fullerton, president; Asa Wentworth, vice-president; Hugh 
H. Henry, 2d vice-president ; James H. Williams, treasurer ; and William F, 
Hall, secretary. The present officers are Henry C. Lane, president; John 
A. Farnsworth, vice-president ; and John H. Williams, treasurer. The Insti- 
tution has always enjoyed a high degree of confidence on the part of its 
depositors, and has done a flourishing business. 

EDUCATIONAL. 

The schools of the village are governed under a good system of graduation^ 
consisting of five departments, taught in two school buildings. The first 
building was erected at a cost of about $17,000.00, and was completedin 
the winter of 1867-68, the old school building on the same site having been 
destroyed by fire late in the autumn of 1866. Before the erection of this 
building the district schools were taught in two departments, in a building on 
School street, now the Roman Catholic church building. The second school 
building is located on land west of Atkinson street, erected in 1877. Both. 
buildings are brick, two stories high, and well finished. 

There are also select primary schools, and St. Agnes Hall, a seminary for 
young ladies, conducted under the auspicies of the Episcopal church. This 
school was first put in operation in 1869, by the late James H. Williams, 
president of the Bank of Bellows Falls, at the time of his death. The build- 
ing was originally the homestead of S. R. B. Wales, and is now the property 
of the Williams estate, and is under a lease for twenty years. The school 
will accommodate twenty-five boarders, under the immediate supervision of 
Miss Jane Hapgood, principal. 



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FIRES. 

Several destructive fires have visited the village at different times, the first 
of which we have any record occurring in May, 181 2, when a fine armory and 
the shops and manufactories on the canal were destroyed, entailing a loss of 
from $30,000.00 to $40,000.00. July 12, 1846, Flemming & Green's paper 
mill and other buildings were burned; loss $12,000.00 to $15,000.00. May 
20, 1849, two dwellings, belonging to Horace Baxter and Dr. Robbins, re- 
spectively, were burned; loss $5,000.00. September 25, 1849, the Island 
House burned; loss $10,000.00. In 1850 a machine shop burned; loss 
$1,500.00. In 1856 CooHdge's pail, and Flint's peg manufactories were 
burned. In November, 1857, the American House burned. In 1858 a 
building owned by Norman Harris, on Canal street, was destroyed. March 
14, 1870, however, occurred the most disastrous fire the village ever experi- 
enced. It originated in " Wood's block," and before it was discovered it had 
made such progress that Mr. Wood's family barely escaped from the burning 
building. By this fire was destroyed Wood's block, in which were the stores 
and dwelling of O. F. Wood, the barder shop of F. F. Streeter, the grocery 
and restaurant of Henry Russell, the postoffice, Arg2is oftice, and the law 
oftice of C. B. Eddy. The following buildings were then successively burned: 
A small dwelling next to the block ; a brick store owned by W. H. H. Barker, 
and occupied by A. S. Clark; the Bellows Falls hotel, Charles Towns, propri- 
etor; a livery stable, connected with the hotel; Gray & Alexander's store; a 
building owned by Jabez Hills, occupied by P. W. Taft, and south of it an- 
other small dweUing. The burnt district comprised the entire eastern side of 
the " square" and part of Westminster street. The fire was finally quenched by 
the aid of engines from Brattleboro, Charlestown and Keene. September 
22>, i860, a building belonging to Jabez Hill burned; a short time after this 
a large tenement north of Whightman'sHall was destroyed ; in the autumn of 
1866, the school house burned ; in July, 1868, a large frame building owned 
by O. F. Wood, occupying the "burnt district" of i860, burned, and at the 
same time there was destroyed a building that stood south of Wood's and 
King's block, occupied by J. C. Goodwin, where the fire originated. The fol- 
lowing winter the postoffice and the boot and shoe store of Elbridge Hap- 
good burned; March i, 1870, a frame building owned by Jabez Hill, in the 
location now occupied by Bingham's block, was destroyed ; in May, 1870, the 
dwelling of Joshua Webb, on Atkinson street, burned. There have been, in 
addition, several fires among the buildings of the railroad companies, and 
also some others that we have not mentioned, among the more recent of 
which is that of the Vermont Farm Machine Co.'s buildings. 

WATER SUPPLY. 

The Bellows Falls Water Co. was chartered in 1848, and the company 
was soon after organized, with James H. WiUiams, Asa Wentworth, George 
Slate, WiUiam Conant, and John Arms, directors. Water is obtained from a 



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pond about a mile and a half northwest of the village, having a head of about 
290 feet. The original cost of the construction of the works was estimated 
about $10,000.00, $5,000.00 of which was raised by stock subscriptions, and 
the remainder by the directors, on their own responsibility. The laying of 
the mains was finished in 1850, and in 1873 the works were sold to 
the village corporation for $22,000.00, since which time about $5,000.00 has 
been expended in improvements. At the organization of the company, 
James H. Williams was elected treasurer and Geoige Slate, superintendent, 
who held their respective offices until the sale of the works. Mr. Slate was 
also treasurer of the Connecticut River Mutual Fire Insurance Co., from 1869 
till the close of its business, in 1882. 

Saxton's River is a pleasant little post village located on Saxton's river, 
about four miles west of Bellows Falls. It has two churches (Congregational 
and Baptist), the Vermont academy, one hotel, several stores, a woolen 
manufactory, tannery, carriage manufactory, two grist-mills, two saw-mills, 
etc., and about 700 inhabitants. On January 5, 1820, the limits of the vil- 
lage were defined as follows : — 

" Extending west, on the road leading to Grafton, as far as the division 
line between Ebenezer Lovell's land and Samuel Ober's land; and north, on 
the road leading to John Pulsifer's, as far as the division line between Ebene- 
zer Lovell's land and Jonathan Barrow's land ; and north, on the road lead- 
ing from Saxton's River village to the center village, in said Rockingham, as 
far as the division line between Gates Perry's land and James Willard's land, 
and east on the road as far as Josiah Fay's house ; and also east, on the road 
to Bellows Falls, as far as the bridge, near Whitcomb's mill ; and south, on 
the road leading from Saxton's River to Westminster (West Parish), as far as 
the north line of the House farm, so-called ; and east, leading up Balle's hill, 
so-called, fifty rods beyond Joseph Elliott's house; and west, on the road to 
Samuel Mott's, as far as the top of Beaver Dam hill, meaning to include all 
the public highways within the extreme limits above mentioned." 

These limits, however, were enlarged August 21, i82i,as follows: "Be- 
ginning near Gates Perry's farm, on the road leading from Saxton's River, by 
Timothy Clark's extending as far as Hezekiah Rice's farm." 

THE VERMONT ACADEMY. 

Efforts towards the establishment of this institution were instituted by 
prominent Baptist clergymen of Vermont, in iS6g, and the institution was in- 
corporated in 1872. It was proposed to attempt to raise by subscription a 
permanent endowment fund of $100,000.00. The project met with good 
encouragement from the first, as Charles L. Jones, of Cambridge, Mass., 
being desirous of conferring a substantial benefit upon his native village, gave 
to the enterprise $20,000.00, while the citizens of Saxton's River added to 
it $30,000.00, on condition that the academy should be erected in this vil- 
lage, which was accordingly done. In 1873 the whole amount was made up. 
Soon after, nearly $10,000.00 was raised for the purchase of land and erec- 
tion of buildings. The school grounds consist of a plateau of thirty-five acres. 



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upon which are two brick buildings atid a ladies' dormatory and boarding- 
hall, all comfortably arranged and well adapted to the purposes for which they 
are intended. The present list of teachers is as follows : Horace M. VVillard 
A. M., principal; Mrs. Ruth B. Pulsifer, lady principal; Rev. E. J. Colcord, 
A. M., Major Charles H. Spooner, B. S., Miss S. Kendall, A. B., and Miss 
E. Bertha Whittaker, assistant teachers ; Mrs. C. H. Spooner, teacher of 
painting and drawing ; and Miss H. Estelle Woodruff, teacher of music. 

Cambridgeport, another pleasant little post village, is located about three 
miles west of Saxton's river, on the same stream, and lying partly in Grafton- 
It has one church (Union), several stores, a soapstone manufactory, etc., and 
about twenty dwellings. Its name is derived from J.T. Cambridge, who com- 
menced the clothier's business here in 1825, and so named by Esquire Weed, 
then of Saxton's River. 

The following facts relative to the early settlement of the village, were got- 
ten of Mr. Uzziah Wyman, when he was over eighty years of age: ''In 1792 
a Mr. Adams came from the settlement at Saxton's River, making his way by 
marked trees, to what is now Cambridgeport, and built a hut, moving his 
family thereto in the same year. He remained only a short time, however, 
a-nd for some years no other settlement was made. In 1810 some parties by 
the name of Bulling purchased a tract of 1,000 acres of land in this vicinity, 
including the present site of the village and extending over into the town of 
Athens, upon which they erected mills, where the village now is. In 18x2, 
Nathaniel Bennett purchased the mills, erected two dwellings, and the following 
year the first school house was built. In 181 4 Simeon Evans built the first 
store and commenced trade. During this year the first road was laid through, 
running east of the present factory pond, and over the hills to Grafton. Mr. 
Evans also built the old tavern, which he occupied a few years. He died in 1 8 1 9. 
In 1825 Mr. Cambridge, as before mentioned, commenced the clothier's 
business here, and soon after the mills were destroyed by fire, together with 
a quantity of dressed and undressed cloth. In 1838 the Union church was 
built called the Cambridgeport Union House, preaching being supplied by 
the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and Universalist denominations. Dur- 
ing this year, also, a factory was erected by Royal Earl, John Campbell, 
Josiah Stoddard, and Roswell Minard, who worked it a few years, when it 
fell into the hands of Ithamer Balls, who sold it to George Perry, Benjamin 
Scofield, and others. In i860 this factory was burned, though immediately 
rebuilt. In 1S66 the factory was sold to the Rockingham Woolen Co., and 
was afterwards owned by George Wellington. A Mr. Cochran was the first 
blacksmith in 1819. Mr. Mitchell, a hatter, came the same year. A man by 
the name of Howard opened a law office here about 1840, and died soon after. 

Rockingham, a small post village located in the central part of the town- 
ship, on a branch of Williams river, has one church (Congregational), the first 
erected in the town, an hotel, one store, a blacksmith shop, and about a dozen 
dwellings. This village is principally noted as having been the location of the 



296 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



town-house, and as the place where, in early times, the towns people con- 
vened for public worship. The old tavern here was noted for the thriving 
business it drove, being largely given up to the entertainment of teamsters in 
their journeys to and from the markets. Since the advent of the railroad, 
however, even though the station here is only half a mile distant, the village 
has declined in importance. 

Bartonsville is a small post village and station on the C. V. R. R., located 
about four miles northwest of Rockingham, on Williams river, in the north- 
western corner of the town. It has one general store, a blacksmith shop, 
cider-mill, and an old hotel (not in use), and about twenty dwellings. The village 
received its name from Jerry Barton, one of the first settlers in the locality. 
In times past it has been somewhat noted for its manufactures ; but the 
violent freshets it is subjected to at times, precludes much enterprise in this 
direction. In 1869 a freshet effected such a transformation in the locality 
that people are often at fault in locating old landmarks, or even in recogniz- 
ing the locality. The railroad depot was washed away, with many rods of 
track which is now laid several feet lower than its former level. 

Brockway's Mills, a hamlet located on Williams river, is a station on the 
Central Vermont railroad. It has a saw and grist-mill and tannery, and 
about ten dwellings. 

George R. FarnswortJi s grist-mill^ located at Saxton's River, was estab- 
lished in 1879. It has one run of stones, for grinding meal and feed. 

S. R. Earle's wagon shop, located at Saxton's River, was built by Elliot R. 
Osgood, and came into Mr. Earle's possession in 1879. 

Leonard C. Hubbard's grist and saw-mill, located at Saxton's River, was 
built in 1868. He manufactures about 150,000 feet of lumber per year, and 
grinds meal and feed. Mr. Hubbard was born in Walpole, N. H., and 
became a resident of the town in 1851. He has been a justice of the peace 
over twenty years, and a notary public fifteen years. 

Butterfield &= SmitJi s soap-stone tnannfactory, at Cambridgeport, was built 
about fifty years ago, and was rebuilt by the present firm about twenty-five 
years ago. They manufacture a large amount of goods, their quarry being 
located in Grafton. 

M. R. Lawrence s grist and saw mill and turning works, located on Wil- 
liams river, were originally built about one hundred years ago. He employs 
about fourteen hands. The grist-mill has three runs of stones. 

Barry &> Scofield' s 7vool-pulling and tanning establishment, located at Sax- 
ton's River, has been maintained by them since the autumn of 1877. The 
firm also deals extensively in wool, sheep pelts, hides, calf skins, etc. 

Farnsworth &= Co., manufacturers of fancy cassimeres, located at Saxton's 
River, operate 646 spindles and eight broad looms, employing about forty-five 
hands, and turning out 400 yards of narrow goods per day. The factory was 
established in 18.^7, by George Perry & Co. In 1869 the works were all 
washed away by high water, entailing a loss of $45,000.00. 





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IV. E. Knight 6^ Soris carriage manufactory, located at Saxton's River, 
was built by Ransom Farnsworth, in 1870, and has been operated by the 
present firm about two years. 

Saxton's River Hotel, Marshall A Wilder, proprietor, was built by Jonathan 
Barron previous to 1820. A. K. Wilder, the present proprietor's father, run 
the house from 1859 until his death, June i, 1865. 

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 

The precise date of the first settlement of Rockingham is not known, 
though Thompson, in his Gazetteer of Vermont, says " the settlement of the 
township commenced in 1753, by Moses Wright, Joel Bigelow and Simon 
Knight, who emigrated from Massachusetts." The Indians held undisputed sway 
in the territory of Vermont long after powerful settlements had been made in 
Massachusetts; and the Great Falls, as Bellows Falls was then known, being 
in a direct line of the trail taken by the northern tribes in their predatory 
incursions into the latter State, was always one of their principal halting 
places. This was doubtless largely due to the large numbers of fish that 
gathered in the eddy below the falls. It is said that at a much later date the 
river was at times almost packed with shoals of shad and salmon, so great 
was their abundance. Shad were not tound above this point, but the salmon, 
incredible as it may appear, would make their way up the falls to the level 
above. 

The first record we have of a white man's visit to the township occurrred 
in 1704. In March of that year the celebrated attack on Greenfield, Mass., 
was made, by 240 Canadian Indians. On their return to Canada with 112 
prisoners, the marauding party halted in Rockingham, near the mouth of 
Williams river, to allow their prisoners to rest. This halting place was about 
half a mile from the mouth of the stream, traditionally identical with the old 
Methodist camp-meeting ground. The day was the Sabbath, and among the 
unfortunate ones was the Rev. John Williams and his family, and he here 
preached a sermon, probably the first deUvered in the county, selecting as his 
text Lamentations i: 18: ''The Lord is righteous ; for I have rebelled 
against his commatidtnents. Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorroiv ; 
my virgins and my young fnen are gone into captivity." Some of Mr. Wil- 
hams's descendents became eminent citizens of Vermont. 

According to the conditions of the charter, the first legal meeting of the 
proprietors was held on the last Wednesday in March, 1753, Benjamin Bel- 
lows presiding as moderator, when, among other things, it was voted — 

" To lay out to each proprietor a house-lot, and that the seventy-two house- 
lots be laid out in three or more several places; that all the meadow or 
intervale lands, lying on Connecticut and WiUiams rivers, be divided into 
seventy-two lots, being one for each proprietor." 

Andrew Gardner, Benjamin Bellows, Jonathan Bigelow, Stephen Farns- 
worth and Asahel Stebbins were appointed a committee to lay out lands, and 



298 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



were authorized "to lay all ye meadow and intervale lands lying upon all 
ye small rivers into seventy-two lots, and take a plan of all ye lands in said 
town." And were further instructed " to couple all ye various lots into equal 
divisions, in all making seventy-two, so that ye drawing might be made at 
one time." 

Thus, each of the seventy-two proprietors would at once come into posses- 
sion of all his lands, each one receivmg a house-lot, a river lot and a lot on 
some small stream. The committee was also directed "to select and lay 
out six acres for a meeting-house place." Andrew Gardner, Salvenus Hast- 
ings, and John Grant were chosen assessors ; Benjamin Bellows, proprietors* 
clerk and collector of taxes. 

Gov. Benning Wentworth was interested in the settlement of Rockingham, 
on account of the excellent masting for ships obtained in this section, and 
came here personally to make examinations and to take measures " for better 
securing the masting trees from being cut and felled," as they had, by charter, 
been secured for " the masting of his majesty's navy." Through his instru- 
mentality the saw-mills were erected, one at the place now known as Brock- 
way's mills, and the other near the mouth of Saxton's river. 

The next meeting, called at the request of the legal inhabitants, was held 
at the house of Jonathan Bigelow, on Wednesday, the 29th of May, of the 
same year, Esquire Bellows presiding. This fact, together with his fortu- 
nate choice of lands, led to his becoming a man of great choice among the 
early settlers. The report of the committee to lay out lands was accepted, 
and the lands were drawn by lot, as laid out. Mr. Bellows took the lower 
meadow, with the lands around the same, for twenty-one house lots ; also 
lands on Saxton's river, in all forty-eight acres. He also had Hberty to pick 
five more three-acre meadow-lots, in any undivided meadow-lands, which he 
might choose. A part of the lower meadow is owned by his descendants to 
this day. But both he and John Kilburn, though owning these lands in 
Rockingham, resided just across the river, in Walpole, N. H. They were 
generous, public-spirited men, and deeply interested in the welfare of their 
own and adjoining settlements. When the inhabitants became alarmed in 
consequence of Indian depredations in the vicinity, they would at once seek 
the protection of these brave men. A fort, known as the " Bellows Fort," of 
which there yet remain indications, was erected on the summit of a hill north 
of the house afterwards occupied by the family, and was supplied with a heavy 
iron gun furnished by the royal government for the public protection, while 
Mr. Bellows usually had in his employ a large number of men, well-armed for 
defensive warfare. Mr. Kilburn's house stood further north, upon a terrace 
west of the Abenaqui Springs. Here occurred the " Kilburn Fight," in which 
400 Indians were repulsed by four men and two women, after which the 
Indians returned to Canada and never again appeared in Walpole. Mr. Kil- 
burn died in April, 1789, aged eighty-five years, and was buried in the Wal- 
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Benjamin Bellows was proprietor's clerk until 1760, when Joshua Webb 
was chosen town clerk. In 1761 Moses Wright was elected to this office. 
About this time some anxiety was manifested in regard to the charter, doubts 
perhaps arising as to whether all its provisions had been compHed with ; for, 
at a legal meeting held July 17, 1760, it was voted "that Benjamin Bellows 
get ye town charter renewed or lengthened out." But nothing further relative 
to the subject is found in the town records. At this meeting, also, it was 
voted to set off ninety acres of land to Michael Lovell, as encouragement for 
him to build a good saw-mill and to keep it in repair for fifteen years from 
date. This land was so set off, where Lovell had already begun the erec- 
tion of a mill. It was agreed that he should saw for the proprietors of 
the township at one-half the mercantile rate, or at their option for one 
half the boards, he receiving, as further remuneration, the lot of land No. 15. 
This saw-mill was located on WiUiams nver, and was probably the first 
erected in the town. The nearest grist-mill at this time belonged to Col. 
Bellows, in Walpole, N. H., was located on the small stream now known as 
Blanchard's brook. 

The first census of Rockingham, of which there is any account, was taken 
in 1771. There were then in the township 225 souls, fifty of whom were 
heads of families, or married men. The enumeration was as follows : forty- 
eight white males under sixteen years of age ; sixty-two over sixteen ; four 
over sixty; fifty-two white females under sixteen ; fifty-seven over sixteen ; one 
colored male and one colored female, whose ages are not known. These 
blacks were formerly slaves in Massachusetts, and were then in the employ of 
Mr. Lovell. From this time forward, however, the population rapidly in- 
creased, so that the next census, taken in 1791, shows the number of inhabi- 
tants to have been 1,235. 

The delegates from Rockingham to the first general assembly of Vermont, 
held at Windsor, commencing March 12, 1778, were Joshua Webb and Dr. 
Reuben Bowers. 

Dr. Reuben Jones was one of the early settlers of Rockingham, and for a 
time was the only physician and surgeon in the town. The doctor was a 
staunch Whig and a man of patriotic temperament. He was clerk of the 
meeting held in Westminster, April 11, 1775, "to devise means to resist the 
progress of oppression." He was a delegate, with Joshua Webb, to the Dorset 
convention, September 25, 1776, and was for three years a representative of 
Rockingham in the general assembly. At the time of the court troubles in 
Westminster, Dr. Jones mounted his horse aid rode hatless all the way to 
Dummerston, calling the people " to arms." He was very generous and 
hospitable, but so extremely extravagant that he became deeply involved in 
debt, and was confined in the debtor's prison in 1785. Effecting his escape, 
he was re-arrested, but was finally rescued from the officers by his friends. On 
the arrival of Dr. Cutler in town, Dr. Jones removed to Chester, and was 
a representative of that town in the general assembly. 



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Elias Olcott was born in Bolton, Conn., and came to Rockingham in 1763, 
at the age of nineteen years. He died October 29, 1794. He married Sibyl 
Button, who died August 27, 1802, aged seventy-five. His son Elias was 
born in Rockingham, and married Fanny Hastings, of Charlestown, N. H. 
He died in 1854, aged eighty-three or eighty-four. Elias Olcott, one of the 
latter's numerous children, was born in Rockingham, and married Charlotte 
Divall, of this town, who died April 7, 1858, leaving one son, Oscar D., who 
with his father, lives on Atkinson street, in Bellows Falls. The farm on which 
the elder Olcott settled has been in the Olcott family since 1763. 

Joshua Webb, a native of Windham, Conn., came to Westminster in 1766. 
In the following spring he removed to the northwest part of Rockingham, 
where he remained a year, when he returned to Westminster. In the spring 
of 1777, he again came to this town, and settled on road 30, on the farm 
which has since been owned by the Webb family^ six generations of which 
have lived upon it. He was the first representative of the town, and sus- 
tained that relation during fourteen or fifteen successive years. He married 
Hannah Abbe, of Windham, Conn., by whom he had eleven children, all of 
whom were born in Connecticut. He died here April 17, 1808, aged eighty- 
six ; and his wife, in 1815, in her ninetieth year. His son Calvin came with 
him to Rockingham, and settled on the farm now occupied by Joseph Carl- 
ton. Ethan B. Webb, son of Calvin, was born on that farm and spent his 
life there. He died March 15, 1872, aged eighty-eight. He married Fanny 
Burnham, of Chester, Vt., who died September 24, 1876, aged seventy-nine. 
Three of their children, Sarah, Carlton E., and Emily, live in this town. 
Another daughter, Fanny, lives in Walpole, N. H. Luther Webb, another son 
of Joshua, was three years old when his father came here. He had seven 
children, only two of whom art living, Joseph M. and Lucinda, both in this 
town, on the homestead farm, on which the former was born, September 23, 
1803. Lucinda is ninety years old. Joseph M. married Elizabeth Foster, of 
Whitestown, N. Y., by whom he had three children, two of whom, WiUiam 
J., who was born August 29, 1843, and Emma E., who was born July 30, 
1855, are living, both in this town, the latter with her parents. 

Ebenezer Allbee, a native of Massachusetts, came to Rockingham before 
the Revolution. His son John, who was born in this town, had twelve chil- 
dren. He died here at the age of fifty-eight. Samuel Allbee, son of John, 
was born here and lives on the farm on which his father died. He is now in his 
ninetieth year. Two of his sons, vSimon S. and Lewis, reside in this town, the 
former with his father, and the latter on road 7. Lewis married Sarah K, 
Thayer, granddaughter of Captain William Thayer, a native of Massachusetts, 
who came to Rockingham in 1789, and settled where Lewis Allbee now lives, 
where he died in May, 1830, in accordance with his prediction that he would 
die as soon as a stick on which he was whittling had been brought to a point. 
His son William Thayer, was born on the farm in question, in June, 1790, 
and died December 27, 1854. He was a captain in the State militia, and a 
member of the State legislature for two terms. 



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Ebenezer Locke, from New Hampshire, settled in Rockingham about 1780. 
He married Phebe Marcy and had nine children, one of whom, Lewis, is 
living in Chester, and another, Henry, who lived with his son, in Westminster, 
and died January 6, 1884, in his eightieth year. 

Jonas Proctor, a native of Stoddard, N. H., came to Rockingham in 1783, at 
the age of three years, and died in 1858. His son Nathan, who was born here in 
1809, is living on road 28. His wife was Harriet, daughter of Peter Dorand, 
and granddaughter of Solomon Wright, who was the first male child born in 
Rockingham. 

Jonathan Barry, who was a native of Lynn, Mass., removed thence to 
Rockingham, and was one of the first settlers in this town. He bought a large 
tract of land in the southwest corner of the town, which he divided among his 
sons, John, Asa, Joel, and Samuel. He and Samuel Ober were the first deacons 
of the old Congregational church, in the central part of the town. His son 
John married Thankful L. Cone, of Westminster. Joel, who was born in 
Rockingham, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Ober, and had three chil- 
dren, all of whom are living, Kendal P. in Saxton's River, Mary A. in 
Marlboro, N. H., and Lucius M. in Wardsboro, Vt. Kendal P., who mar- 
ried Clarissa Perry, a native of Hancock, N. H., has two sons living in this 
town, Lucius P. and Milton P. 

Peter Nourse, a native of Danvens, Mass., married Lydia Low, of Ipswich, 
Mass., and came to Rockingham from Jaffray, N. H., in 1791. He settled 
in the northwest part of the town and died in 1833 or '34, aged ninety-three. 
He had. eight sons and three daughters. His son Daniel, who was born in 
Fitchburg, Mass., and came to Rockingham with his father when twelve years 
old, married Nancy George, of Topsham, Vt., and succeeded his father on 
the homestead farm. He died at Saxton's River in 1865, aged eighty-three. 
George R. Nourse, son of Daniel G., grandson of Daniel, and great-grandson 
of Peter, the pioneer settler, has resided at Bellows Falls since 1867. 

Deacon Albee, an early settler in Rockingham, lived on the farm now 
owned by Walter Wiley. His son John, who was born here, married Sophia 
Smith and had a numerous family. They died here. Their son John, who 
is also a native of this town, married Belinda Prentiss, of Westminster, Vt, 
by whom he had eight children, six of whom are living. One son, Charles 
P., married Hattie L. Griswold, of Rockingham, and is Hving in this town. 

Robert Wiley married Abigail Campbell, of New Boston, Mass., and 
removed thence to Rockingham at an early day. They located where the 
widow of John Moar now lives, and both died here, he, January 27, 1826, 
aged fifty-eight, and his wife. May 6, 1844, aged sixty-nine. She fell into 
the fire-place in a fit and burned to death. Four of their eight children sur- 
vive them. One. Ira, lives in Westminster. John W., 2d, son of Robert, 
who is living in Greenfield, Mass., was born in Rockingham, and married 
Randilla Weaver, of this town. He had nine children, four of whom are liv- 
ing, two in Illinois, and two, H. I. and M. W., in Rockingham. H. I. lives 



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on the old homestead, where all the children were born, and M. W. at Sax- 
ton's River, where his father died, February lo, 1866. The latter married, 
October 2, 1S55, Eliza M. French, of Alstead, N. H., who died August i, 
1879, leaving two children, Corinne E. and Ernest. 

Samuel Ober, a native of Jaftray, N. H., came to Rockingham from Salem, 
Mass., at an early day, and crossed the Connecticut river on a raft of logs, 
in company with Messrs. Bellows and Lovell. He first settled at the Center, 
but subsequently removed to Saxton's River, where he bought 200 acres, and 
died at the age of eighty-eight years. He was for thirty years deacon of the 
first church organized in the town. His son Isaac was born in Rockingham 
and spent his life here, with the exception of a few years spent in Manchester, 
Vt., where he married Lydia Wilkins. He died here about 1859 or '60, aged 
sixty-seven years. Hezekiah, son of Isaac, was born in Manchester, Vt., and 
came to Rockingham when young. In 1839 he went to the north part of 
the State, to Canada, and various other places, returning in 1872 to Rock- 
ingham, where he now lives. He is a mason by trade. Patten B., another 
son of Isaac, was born here and now lives on road 51. He married Lucy A, 
Minard, by whom he has five children. 

James Walker came to Rockingham at an early day. He hewed the tim- 
ber for the first meeting-house built in the town. 

Samuel O. Adams, from Acton, Mass., removed in 1789 to Cavendish, Vt., 
where his eldest son, Mark W., was born. May 22, 1790. The family removed 
to Rockingham and settled on the meadows in the northeast part of the town, 
where Mark spent the remainder of his life, and died in 1835, aged seventy- 
eight. In 181 6 Mark married Philena AUbee, by whom he had three sons 
and two daughters, three of whom are living, Lucius W. and Mrs. L. A. 
Barry, of Rockingham, and Hiram E., of Burlington. 

John Davis lived and died in Rockingham. His son Eri L. was born 
here and lived where his son Hubbard B. now resides. He died in 1875, 
aged seventy-three. The old homestead has been owned by the Davis family 
for fifty years or more. 

Capt. Ebenezer Lovell, Jr., came to Rockingham from Worcester, Mass., 
at an early day. He was a recruiting officer in the war of 181 2, and was 
chosen captain of a militia company at Saxton's River when sixteen years old. 
He afterwards removed to Putney, where two of his sons, Henry M. and John 
B., now reside. He died in Walpole, N. H., in 1865. 

Henry Davis came to Rockingham from Groton, Mass., at an early day. 
He died in Grafton about 1853. His son Henry was born in Rockingham 
in 1784, and lived in Orange and Washington counties for a number of years, 
but returned to Rockingham, where he died about 1864, in his eightieth year. 

Levi Sabin came to Rockingham some time previous to 1800. He was a 
physician and a prominent man in the town. He had a large family. Dea. 
E. S. Sabin, of Saxton's River is one of his sons. Another son, William Cullen, 
was born in Rockingham, where he spent most of his life. He was for many 



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years a deacon of the Congregational church. He died in Westminster. He had 
four children, only one of whom, Henry W., is living. Another son, WiUiam 
J., was born in Rockingham in 1827, and lived there until 1857, when he 
removed to road 7 in Westminster, where he died in 1881. He married 
Adeline Knight and had three children, all of whom are living on the 
farm on which he settled in Westminster. 

John C. Wolf, a German and a farmer, was an early settler in Rockingham. 
He located about two miles from Saxton's River, and struck the first blow on 
the farm on which he Hved. He was twice married and had thirteen children, 
only one of the younger of whom, Ouida, is now living. She married George 
Willard, of Charleston, N. H., who died in Colorado in 1875. 

John D. Barry came to Rockingham from Massachusetts previous to 1800 
and settled where his son William S. was born and now resides, at the end 
of road 4o|^. He died here at the age of fifty-six. William S. married 
Annie Dickinson of this town and has five children, two of whom, Walter W. 
and Mary A., live in Rockingham. 

Brigadice Brown, from Cohasset, Mass., was one of the early settlers in 
Springfield, Vt., to which town he came with his young wife, on horseback, in 
company with a party of friends, in 1792. They camped in the forest while 
preparing log dwellings. Abel Brown, one of his younger sons, married Pris- 
cilla Hodgkins, of Chester, and had ten children, only two of whom are living. 
Ehas, a farmer in Grafton, and Amos H., of Bellows Falls. The latter was 
the youngest son. Born in Springfield, he lived with his father until he 
became of age. He then learned the trade of a machinist and pursued that 
business for ten years, also conducting the woolen business at Perkinsville 
until 1858. From that time until 1878 he did an extensive wholesale grain 
business, with headquarters at Caremont, N. H., where he owned a large 
mill. In 1878 he purchased the stove and tin business he now conducts at 
Bellows Falls, and took up his residence there. 

John Wiley came to Rockingham from Peterboro, N. H., about 1815, 
where he was born May 13, 1786, and settled in the central part of the town, 
where he pursued the vocation of a farmer, and died in 1861, aged seventy-five 
years. He married Mary Perry and raised twelve children, eight of whom 
are living, five in Rockingham, one in Springfield, Vt., one in Fitchburg, Mass., 
and one, Thomas W., in Westminster, Vt. Three of the children were born 
in Peterboro, — Samuel, in 1810, Mary J., Oct. 8, 1812, and Rodney, in March, 
1815. The nine children born here were Catherine, Thomas W., Frederick, 
Hamilton S., Sarah S., George, Harriet, Caroline and John. 

Xenophan Earle, a native of Chester, Vt., came to Rockingham about 
1812 or '13. He died here February 15, 1875, aged seventy-five. His son Ira 
L. was born in Rockingham and married Maria A. Graves of this town. He 
was a locomotive engineer for thirty-four years, but discontinued that busi- 
ness in March, 1882, and is now an ice dealer, residing on the street which 
bears his name. He has two children, Mary and Edward, the latter of whom 
is a locomotive engineer and lives in Windsor, Vt. 



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Samuel and Rufus Guild, twin brothers, and natives of Dedham, Mass., 
married sisters, Annie and Mary Hoadley, of New Hampshire, and in 1804 
removed to Bellows Falls, where they engaged in the lumber business. 
Samuel was killed in 1824 by a log which he was rolling into the river. His 
son Samuel, who was born in Langdon, N. H., where his father resided for 
ten or twelve years before his removal here, was a paper maker, and set and 
operated the first paper machine used in Vermont. He was foreman of one 
of the mills at the Falls for years. He married Roxanna Stevens, and died 
here at ay advanced age. Two sons and two daughters are living. One 
son, WilUam lives in Brattleboro, and the other, George O., is a dry goods 
merchant in Bellows Falls, in which business he has been engaged since i86r. 
George O. was born in Claremont, N. H. 

Theophilus Hoit was the eldest of the two sons of Theophilusand Sabrina 
(Shaw) Hoit. He was born in Westmoreland, N. H., February 19, 1813, 
and continued to reside with his parents in that town, attending school win- 
ters and working on the farm summers, until the June after he was fifteen 
years of age, when he went to Sharon, Vt., to learn the trade of wool carding, 
cloth dressing, and weaving ingrain carpets. Business of this kind was thriv- 
ing in those days, when every family sent their wool to be carded and had 
their cloth spun and woven from the rolls and then dressed, especially when it 
was designed for their best or " Sunday clothes." While at Sharon he also 
learned to manufacture cassimeres. In April, 1833, he entered the employ 
of Faulkner & Colony, of Keene, N. H., who were at that period quite exten- 
sive wool carders and cloth dressers. He remained there two years, when he 
tried to better his fortunes, by removal, in March, 1835, to Saxton's River, 
where he manufactured satinets for J. F. Butler, who soon failed. The busi- 
ness was continued, however, by Ami Smith, who soon formed a co-partner- 
ship known as Smith, Wentworth & Bingham. Mr. Hoit continued in the 
employ of these different firms until 1836, when, taking the little treasure 
that by honest industry and frugality he had laid up, he started for the great 
West, then, as now, the el Dorado of all who were seeking to improve their 
financial status. For the next few months we find him exhibiting those 
Yankee traits of industry and perseverance which have so often led to success. 
He worked on the streets of the infant city of Chicago, drove a freight team, 
worked as a carpenter, a farmer, and as a clerk in a store in Milwaukee 
during the second year of its growth. We then find him running a saw-mill 
near the present city of Niles, Mich., and here he invested his hard earned 
treasure in city lots, only to see it vanish in the panic of 1837. In April, 
1838, he determined to leave the illusive West, with its broad prairies and 
its flattering promises of easy fortunes, and return to sterile New England, 
which yields her fortunes only to those who woo her with constant toil and 
careful economy. He arrived at Saxton's River in May of that year, and 
again entered the service of Ami Smith in the old woolen factory, where he 
continued until the autumn of 1846, when he began the manufacture of 




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Stocking yarn, but sold out the business the next spring. In April, 1847, 
Smith's factory was burned, and the following May the water privilege and all 
of Smith's adjoining property was purchased by Mr. Hoit, George Perry and 
John A. Farnsworth. They immediately proceeded to erect the buildings at 
present known as the Woolen Factory and began the manufacture of black 
cassimeres, under the firm name of George Perry & Co. They prosecuted 
this business with marked success, and in February, 1857, determined to 
extend it by the purchase of the stone mill at Cambridgeport, fitting it up 
with new machinery. In pursuance of this plan they associated with them 
Fletcher Perry and Benjamin Schofield, and having put the mill in order, 
despite hard times and panics, began to manufacture the same class of goods 
as at the old factory. Prosperity attended this expansion, but in August, 
1858, the death of George Perry caused a dissolution of the partnership, 
resulting in Mr. Hoit's continuing in the business at Saxton's River with Mr. 
Farnsworth, under the firm name of Farnsworth & Hoit. This firm success- 
fully continued the manufacture of the same class of goods until August, 1866, 
when, owing to feeble health, Mr. Hoit sold his interest to John F. Alexander. 
Since that time he has led a quiet life at his home in Saxton's River, where 
he has resided since his marriage, March 13, 1839, to Mary D. Chandler,, 
daughter of Abel Chandler, of Petersham, Mass. This union has resulteil 
in the birth of two daughters — Ellen, born November 28, 1839, who was 
married to Henry D Holton, M. D., November 19, 1862, and Abby, born 
March 14, 1845, who was married June 4, 1867, to Charles L. Hubbard, who 
died January 2, 1876. Mr. Hoit has been a consistent member of the Bap- 
tist church for thirty-two years. His marked peculiarities of character are 
his conscientiousness, from which has resulted the strict integrity which has 
marked all his business transactions, and his extreme modesty, which has 
caused him to decline the many public trusts he has been urged to accept. 
His benefactions, although numerous, have been so unostentatious that only 
the recipients have recognized them. He, in conjunction with other citizens, 
secured the location of the Vermont Academy at Saxton's River, and also 
contributed to its funds, at one time, five thousand dollars. 

David Butterfield, youngest son of William Butterfield, was born in Dun- 
stable, (now Nashua) N. H., and came to Rockingham in 181 5. His father, 
though then but seventeen years old, was engaged in the battle of Bunker 
Hill, and his grandfather took part in the battles of Lexington and Concord. 
David carried on a meat market at Saxton's River for eighteen years. He 
married Almira W. Randall, of Springfield, Vt., who was fifteen years younger 
than himself, and died in 1879, aged seventy-two years. David and his four 
children, D. F., F. G., C. W., and Esther, survive him. 

Moses Ayer came to Rockingham from Millbury, N. H., about 1820 and set- 
tled in the northwest part of the town. He married Abigail Proctor, of Wash- 
ington, N. H., by whom he had thirteen children, nine of whom are living, 
the youngest being over fifty. He died July 19, 1868, aged seventy-eight. 
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His widow is still living with her three sons, in her ninety- seventh year, and is 
the oldest person living in the town of Putney. 

Elisha Livermore was born in Spencer, Mass., a few days after the death 
of his father. When he was three years old his mother and father's brother 
removed to Jamaica, Vt., where he lived until October 13, 1828, when he 
came to Rockingham, and married Roxana Whitcomb, of Ringe, N. I}., March 
2, 1829. March 4, 1829, he moved to the farm on which he now lives, on 
road 41, corner 35. His wife died September 19, 1883, aged eighty-eight 
years and eleven months, less six days. They had two children, Esther and 
Charles, the former of whom died August 3, 1853, aged twenty years. Charles 
married Etta B. Wilder, of Jamaica, and has two children, Virgil and Ella, 
all of whom are living on the old homestead, which has harbored three gen- 
erations of the Livermore family. 

Dr. Seth M. Blake, son of Joseph and Prudence (Shepherd) Blake, was 
born in Brookfield, Vt., August 21, 1817, and lived there until sixteen years 
of age, when he was apprenticed to William Clark, the publisher of the Fer- 
mont Patriot and State Gazette at Montpelier, where he learned the printer's 
trade. In 1839 he came to Bellows Falls and entered the office of the Bel- 
lows Falls Gazette^ published by J. W. Moore. This paper he purchased in 
connection with G. F. Bailey, in June, 1843, and published it in company one 
year, when he purchased Mr. Bailey's interest, and conducted it alone until 
1846, when he sold it out and connected himself with his brother, A. S. 
Blake, of Waterbury, Conn., in the dentistry business. In 1847 he returned 
to Bellows Falls and established a dental office, continuing in practice about 
thirty years. During these years his pen was not inactive, and both as a lec- 
turer and a writer his influence was manifest, particularly during the civil 
war. He married Martha J. Glover, of Concord, N. H., August 16, 1842. 
They have six sons and two daughters, George S., of Windsor, Helen L. 
(Mrs. E. E. Dewey), Charles M., Frederick J., Walter G., John F., Henry L., 
and Jennie S., who reside in Bellows Falls. 

OtisB. Arms was born in Deerfield,Mass., in 1816, and at the age of seven- 
teen was apprenticed to John Poole, a blacksmith, of Walpole, N. H., with 
whom he served five years. He then went to New Hartford, Conn., where 
he resided two years, and in March, 1840, removed to Bellows Falls. The 
following September his brother John joined him in establishing the black- 
smith business on what is now known as Mill street. In 1861 he purchased 
a third interest in the Bellows Falls grist-mill ; and in 1869, in company with 
his brothers John and Aaron, he engaged in the general hardware business in 
the Mammoth Block, under the firm name of Arms Bros. In 1872, in com- 
pany with his brother Aaron and three other partners, he formed the Rock- 
ingham Paper Co., and built the mill now owned by George K. Russell, the 
fourth mill erected of those now standing. Aug. 16, 1842, he married Sarah 
N. Watkins of Walpole, N. H., by whom he has one son and one daughter, 
Edward Arms, of the firm of Moore, Arms & Thompson, and Lizzie S., Mrs. 



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H. F. King. He is a member of the Congregational church, and has been a 
liberal supporter of all the projects for the social, educational and religious 
improvement of the community. 

George Slate, son of Obed and Susan (Doolittle) Slate, was born in Hins- 
dale, N. H., Aug. 15, 1814. He was brought up on his father's farm, but 
having a taste for other business, in 1839, he became proprietor of a hotel. 
In October, 1841, he came to Bellows Falls and engaged in the grocery busi- 
ness, which he continued twelve years. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 
1846, and performed the duties of that office until 1858, when he was elected 
sheriff of Windham county. About 1854 he became connected with the bank 
of Bellows Falls, as director and trustee, and with the Bellows Falls Savings 
Institution. His connection with one or the other of these institutions con- 
tinued until 1882, when he resigned, having been president of the latter in- 
stitution about two years. He was assistant U. S. district assessor for four 
years during the war and for a number of years held the office of assignee in 
bankruptcy. In 1S45 he married Frances A. Griswold, who died December 
2, 1879, leaving one son, William W. Slate. 

Marshall C. Ladd was born in Pomfret, Vt., where he lived until twenty-one 
years of age, when he went to Massachusetts and remained about two years. 
In 185 1 he came to Bellows Falls and carried on the business ot carpenter 
and builder until 1877, when, having lost a leg, he engaged in the book-bind- 
ing business. 

John F. Sakerwas born in London. In May, 1853, he came to Bellows 
Falls, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived five years. He learned in 
London the tailor's trade, and has followed the business of merchant tailor 
for thirty years. 

Silas W. Stuart was born in Grafton, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 
in 1853. After about two years he went to Windham, where he lived ten or 
twelve years, and subsequently to Grafton, where he remained two years. In 
186S he returned to Bellows Falls, where, as a carpenter and builder, he gives 
employment to ten or twelve men. 

Henry P. Wilson was born in Langdon, N. H., and married Lydia S. Mack, 
of Charlestown, in that State. They came to Bellows Falls about 1856. He 
was a carpenter and worked in the Rutland & Burlington railroad shops. 
He died of heart disease, July 19, 1882, at the age of sixty-six. His widow 
still hves in Bellows Falls. Their two children, Hattie J. (Mrs. Lucian R. 
Nourse), who died in Bellows Falls, October 15, 1873, aged thirty, and 
Harvey P., who died March 28, 1864, aged fourteen. 

Stratton W. Westgate was born in Cornish, N. H., and lived there till 
1857, when he was twenty-three years of age. For three years thereafter he 
was an itinerant M. E. minister, but faiUng health compelled him to engage in 
other pursuits. He is now a carpenter and joiner at Saxton's River. 

Alfred G. Kilburn was born in iVlstead, N. H., and came to Bellows Falls 
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Kilburn mountain, which was formerly called Fall mountain, received its 
name from his great-grandfather. 

Benjamin Fifield, born in Canaan, N. H., in 1820, lived there till 1862 or 
'63, when he came to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. He has 
worked at blacksmithing for the Central Vermont railroad for sixteen years. 

William MacLoud was born in Canada East (P. Q.), and Uved there till 
1864, when he came to Bellows Falls. He married Anna MacDonald, of 
Canada East, and has three children, Hugh Murdock, Mary and Sarah, all 
of whom live in this town. 

Barney Cannon, Jr., a native of Montreal, P. Q., came to Bellows Falls in 
the fall of 1865. He served three years and eleven months in Co. C, 6th 
Vt. Regt. He has lived at intervals in Ludlow and Brattleboro since his 
first arrival at Bellows Falls, where he finally located, January i, 1877, when 
he established his present business of carriage, sign and ornamental painting 
on Rockingham street. 

Ozias M. George was born in Acworth, N. H , and came to Bellows Falls 
in 1865, where he has since practiced dentistry, in the Union block on the 
Square, since 1870. He is a member of the Vermont State Dental Society 
and of the Connecticut Valley Dental Society. 

William A. Miller was born in Chester, Vt., and lived there most of the 
time until 1872. May 5, 186 1, he enlisted in Co. A, 3d Vt. Regt., and served 
in the army three years. He was wounded and is a pensioner. He came 
to Bellows Falls in 1872, and in 1882 engaged in the manufacture of tin, 
sheet iron and copper ware. 

Freeland E. Proctor was born in Maine and moved with his parents when a 
child to Jay, in that State. From there he removed to Island Pond, Vt., 
where he remained about eleven years. From thence he went to Gorham, 
N. H., and five years later to White River Junction. In December, 1872, 
he located in Brattleboro, and a year later came to Bellows Falls, where he 
has since resided. He is foreman of the Central Vermont railroad shop 
there. 

George K. Russell was born in Cabot, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 
1873. He is a member of the firm of Willard, Rassell & Co., papei makers. 
He enlisted in Exeter, N. H., in the T5th N. H. Vols., as orderly sergeant. 

Benjamin Scofield, son of Benjamin and Sarah Scofield, was born in the 
town of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, July 21, 1824. At the age of 
fourteen years he was apprenticed to the wool sorters trade, serving until 
May 22, 1845, when he came to America, arriving in New York city July 3d, 
after a voyage of forty-two days. He at once went to Boston, Mass., and 
upon his arrival there found his available assets to consist of his wardrobe 
and one silver dollar. From Boston he worked his way to Andover, Mass., 
where he made the acquaintance of one David Manox, who loaned him 
enough money to purchase a ticket to Vasselboro, Maine. At that place he 
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After a brief stay there he came to Saxton's River, his present place of abode. 
Here he did the wool sorting at the woolen mill of George Perry & Co. until 
April, 1857. In 1851 he married Alice B. Thompson, of Grafton, a most 
fortunate move, for she it was who, by her strict economy and wise counsel, 
laid the foundation of his future prosperity. It can well be said of her that 
she was a true helpmeet. In 1857 Mr. Scofield first started in business for 
himself, purchasing an interest in the woolen mill at Cambridgport, the firm 
name being John A. Farnsworth & Co. This partnership lasted but one 
year, when it was changed to Perry & Co. June 17, i860, the mill was 
burned, but was immediately rebuilt, started again under the firm name of S. 
Perry & Co., the members of the firm being Solon Perry, Benjamin Scofield 
and John F. Alexander, who continued successfully in business until 1866, 
when the mill was sold to Boston parties. In December, 1866, Mr. Scofield 
went to England to visit the home of his boyhood. After a brief visit there 
he returned to his Vermont home. During the year 1868 he had the man- 
agement of a woolen-mill at Leominster, Mass., and in the meantime pur- 
chased an interest in the woolen-mill at Saxton's River, after which the firm 
was known as John A. Farnsworth & Co, In the spring of 1869 he was 
called upon to pass through a deep affliction in the loss of his dear compan- 
ion for life. Mrs. Scofield had long been an invalid, but through the sad 
years of her suffering was never heard to complain. During their long mar- 
ried life Mrs. Scofield blessed her husband by the birth of two children, 
Jennie and Frank B. The daughter died at the age of ten years, and the 
son is at present a resident of Saxton's River. This was a most unfortunate 
year for Mr. Scofield, for quickly following his great bereavement the severe 
freshet of October of that year washed away his mill, and the savings of those 
twenty years were wrested from him in as many minutes. Nothing daunted, 
however^ the firm at once rebuilt the mill and soon were doing a prosperous 
business again. The partnership lasted until 1875, when Mr. Scofield sold his 
interest in the woolen-mill. Since his retirement from manufacturing pur- 
suits he has been an extensive dealer in wool. His dwelling is one of the 
handsomest in the Httle village of Saxton's River, the house standing on the 
site of the old historic homestead of the late Judge Kellogg, who was well- 
known throughout the county and State. To his credit may it be said, no 
deserving, needy person ever went from Mr. Scofield's door empty handed. 
He prefers the quiet of his pleasant home to the noise and din of the busy 
world, and takes an active interest in any movement tending to promote the 
welfare of the people and village in which he lives. 

Moses Miller was born in Langdon, N. H., where he resided till twenty- 
eight years of age. He then went to Michigan and bought 7,000 acres in 
Lapeer and Martin townships. He remained there five years, when he sold 
his land and removed to Iowa, where be bought 160 acres and staid there 
three years. He again sold out and went to Minnesota, where he took up 
100 acres, but remained only a year. He then went to Chicago and sold 300 



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head of cattle brought'from Minnesota, From thence he proceeded to Bos- 
ton, Mass., and thence to Clarksville, Tenn., in the employ of the govern- 
ment. Six months later he returned to Boston and engaged in building. He 
erected four tenement houses in Waltham. In 1873 he removed to Bellows 
Falls, where he has since resided. 

Moses P. Smart, son of Joseph, was born in Springfield, Vt., and married 
Delia Garland, of New York. After a residence of about four years in 
Hartford, Conn., and twelve years at Springfield, Vt., when they removed to 
Bellows Falls. He died January 20, 1879, aged forty-five years. His widow 
resides here. 

O. L. Slader was born in Acworth, N. H., and resided there until thirty 
years of age. He then went to Rutland, Vt., and kept the depot restaurant 
about eleven years. From there he went to Boston, Mass., where for nearly 
a year he kept the Broomfield House, at 55 Broomfield street. He then 
engaged in the restaurant business in the New London Northern depot at 
Palmer, Mass., and in June. 1877, came to Bellows Falls, where he has since 
kept the depot restaurant and dining rooms. 

Miss Clara D. Porter was born in Alstead, N. H., and removed to Ac- 
worth, N. H., where she married George F. Reed, of that place, who died in 
1875. In 1878 she came to Bellows Falls, where she is now practicing home- 
opathy, having graduated from the school of medicine of Boston University. 
Wayne T. Gibson was born in Windham, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls 
in 1878. He is a mason and contractor and employs ten to twelve men. 

Dr. Daniel Campbell, of Saxton's River, was born in Westminster, March 
8, 1820. His father, Edward R. Campbell, was a farmer. His grandfather, 
also named Edward R., but who was familiarly known as " Dr. Ned," was 
a direct decendent from the house of Argyle, Scotland. He was a physician 
of extensive practice in Westminster and vicinity during the first half of the 
present century. Daniel was also a relative of the late Dr. John Campbell, 
of Putney, and of Dr. Alexander Campbell, of Rockingham, both of whom 
practiced in this vicinity many years ago. He received his education in the 
common schools and at the Burr and Burton academy, at Manchester, N. H. 
His vacations he spent in teaching and working on the farm ; but his tastes 
soon led him to prefer clerking in a store, at Putney. His medical education 
was obtained at the Vermont Medical college, at Woodstock, and at the Berk- 
shire Medical college, of Pittsfield, Mass., graduating from the former institu- 
tion in 1842, and taking a degree at the latter, the followng year. He was 
demonstrator of anatomy at Berkshire college for a year or more, and was 
associated in practice with Professor H. H. Childs, at that time lieutenant 
governor of Massachusetts. After leaving Pittsfield he came to Westminster 
where he married Julia A. Hall, daughter of Captain Edward Hall, of that 
town. Her many virtues have materially aided him in his forty years of pro- 
fessional life, while the union has been blessed with eight children, six of 
whom are living. He remained in practice in West Westminster about ten 






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years, then removed to Saxton's River, where he has since resided. Several 
years ago he was offered the chair of Theory and Practice in Dartmouth col- 
lege, but declined the offer, his tastes leading him to prefer the bedside of his 
patients to a professor's chair. In politics, Dr. Campbell is a liberal Demo- 
crat. He represented Rockingham in the legislature of 1864-65, and was 
the Democratic candidate for speaker. He has several times been that party's 
candidate for county Senator, and in 1880 was Democratic nominee for 
congress, being defeated by James M. Tyler, of Brattleboro. He is at pres- 
ent somewhat interested in Texas property, in connection with his brother 
Colin, but from his brief visit to that State a few years since, it seems safe to 
say that he is well suited with his old Vermont home. Of his children, 
Charles, the oldest, died in infancy; Flora E. married Henry S. Frost, and 
resides in Bellow Falls ; Alice died in childhood ; Edward R. resides in Bel- 
lows Falls, following his father's profession, having been a successful practi- 
tioner of medicine and surgery for nine years ; William H. resides at Saxton's 
River, where his health having prevented him from completing his medical 
studies, he is engaged in the Uvery business, and in breeding fine horses ; Har- 
riet J. was married to Preston H. Hadley and resides at Bellows Falls ; Clara 
O. was married to George R. Wales, of Bellows Falls, where they now reside ; 
and Mary E., the youngest daughter, resides with her parents, at Saxton's 
River. The four elder children were born in Westminster, the others at 
Saxton's River. 

Edward W. Bancroft is a native of Windham county, and was for many 
years a member of the firm of H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York city, but 
faihng health compelled him to retire to the country. He is deeply interested 
in agriculture, and is said to have the most productive farm and the finest 
herd of cows in New England. His farm of seventy-five acres of tillable land 
is known as Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, and is located on Terrace Hill, 
in Bellows Falls. His herd of fifty comprises Durham, Holstein, and native 
cows, the milk from which is sold to regular customers in the village. 
He keeps Membrino and Hambletonian horses, six span being employed 
to do the work on the farm, besides fine blooded animals for breeding pur- 
poses. With the exception of grain, the fodder for the stock is raised on 
the farm, which last year produced 12,000 baskets of corn. Ten acres are 
under cultivation as a market garden, and a half acre is under glass. 

George Perry was one of the eight children of Gates Perry, who came to 
Rockingham, from Antrim, N, H., in 1807, locating upon the farm now 
owned by Rev. A. J. Leach, on road 34. Here Gates lived the life of a New 
England farmer, rearing his children to tread the paths of usefulness and 
virtue. George's seven brothers and sisters were Mary, who became Mrs. W. 
C Wiley, deceased ; Gates, Jr., deceased ; Clarissa, who became Mrs. K. 
P. Barry, and is now a resident of the town ; Fletcher, deceased ; Persis 
Ann (Mrs. J. S. Steele), of Keene, N. H.; Jane (Mrs. E. R. Osgood), of this 
town; and Saphronia, who became Mrs. A. Stimpson, deceased. In 1850, 



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Mr. Perry lost his esteemed consort, Mary Fletcher, and subsequently mar- 
ried Sally Wiley, who survived him. August 13th, 1858, he, too, passed into 
that " dreamless sleep, which knows no waking." George was born in Rock- 
ingham, on the 6th of March of the year his parents took up their residence 
here, 1807. His boyhood and youth were passed after the usual routine of a 
farmer's son, he receiving the customary amount of education, his hours of 
study being snatched from those of wearisome toil. At the age of twenty- 
one years, April 2, 1828, he married Hannah Chandler, daughter of Abel 
Chandler, and first began to stem alone the swift current of life, locating upon 
a farm on road 35. Here he remained three years, then removed to Saxton's 
River, and, in company with his brother Fletcher, commenced the manufac- 
ture of tinware, doing a large business in this line for several years. He 
finally sold out, however, in 1847, ^"^ ^^ company with J. A. Farnsworth 
and Theophilus Hoit erected the well-known woolen mill, carrying on an 
extensive business under the firm name of George Perry & Co. In this busi- 
ness he remained until his death, August 22, 1858. Mrs. Perry still survives 
him, residing with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Alexander. Their union was 
blessed with the birth of two children, Solon, born November 12, 1829, now 
engaged in business at Boston, Mass., and Mary P., born September 26, 1839, 
the wife of J. F. Alexander, of this town. Mr. Perry was not a member of 
the church, but was always an active, liberal supporter of the gospel. He 
evinced great interest in the welfare of his townsmen, and in the prosperity 
of the village wherein he resided. A man who always manifested a sense of 
strict honor, and a love for fairness in his dealings with all, and ever prone to 
willingly assist the needy, he was often called by his townsmen to fill positions 
of honor and trust. In 1857 he was elected State senator from Windham 
county, and would have been returned to the office, had ill health not pro- 
hibited his accepting the nomination. 

John F. Alexander, a member of the firm of Farnsworth & Co., was born 
in Chesterfield, N. H., from which place his parents removed to Brattleboro 
in 1851. February 21, 1838, he removed to Bellows Falls, and thence in 
i860, to Saxton's River. 

Levi Sabin was a noted physician in this town, but where he came from 
cannot be ascertained. He settled in the central part of the town, and was 
a selectman for many years. He died from overwork at the age of forty-five 
years, leaving a family of eight children. His widow lived to the age of 
ninety one years, and spent her last days with her son Elisha S. The sur- 
viving children are Lucinda. who married William Philo, of New York, and 
moved to Wisconsin, where he died ; Maria, who is the wife of Gilbert Hath- 
away of Illinois; and Elisha S., who married Sophia W. Hall, of Newfane, 
Vt., and resides in Rockingham. Elisha S. was a deacon of the Congrega- 
tional church. He has four children living, Elisha S., Jr., a merchant in 
Saxton's River ; George K., a miner in Colorado; Robert H., a physician in 
West Troy, N. Y. ; and Albert R., who is principal of the high school in 
Chicago, 111., and superintendent of schools in Lake Forest Co., 111. 





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Ira D. Burwell was born in Bridport, Addison county, and removed with 
his parents at the age of thirteen to Crown Point, N. Y., where he resided 
thirteen years. After a residence of fifteen years in Norwich, N. Y., and 
about twelve in Hinesburg, he came to Rockingham, where he now resides 
on road 40. He married Sarah Ann Hickok, of Fort Edward, N. Y., and has 
five children, Emma G., Almira J., William C, Harriet, Rhoda, and Fred- 
erick B. Mr. Burwell is a Baptist minister. He has preached for thirty 
years, and occasionally does so yet. 

Dr. Frank Whitman, of Bellows Falls, was born in Boston, Mass., and is a 
graduate of the Berkshire Medical college. He joined the army during the 
late war and went out as assistant surgeon of the 58th Mass. Infantry. He 
was appDinted surgeon in-chief of the ist Brigade, 2d division, 9th army 
corps. He is now president of the U. S. board of examining surgeons for 
pensions. 

John Carmody, of Bellows Falls, was born in Ireland, and came to Boston, 
Mass., in 1848, at the age of thirteen years. He lived in Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, and New Hampshire till 1852, when he came to Springfield, 
Vt., and married Mary Cobb, of that town. May 5, 1 861, he enlisted in Co. 
A, 3d Vt. Regt. He was detailed as orderly for Gen. William F. Smith, and 
at Fortress Monroe was detailed to carry mail for the 2d division of the 6th 
corps. At Stone House Mountain he was detailed by general order No. 6r, 
to take charge of the mail of the left grand division of the Army of the Poto- 
mac, which position he held during the existance of the division, when he 
returned to the 6th corps, with which he remained until the expiration of his 
term of service, participating in all the battles in which the corps was 
engaged, as orderly for Generals Smith, Franklin, Sedgwick, and Wright. 

Juhus A. Morrill was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt, and is a graduate of 
Amherst college, class of 1866. In 1863, he enlisted in the ist Vt. Artillery 
and served until the close of the war. In 1865 he went to New York city 
and was a stock broker. He was in the custom house in that city for seven 
years, and since 1878 he has been engaged with Charles Scribner's Sons., 
He married Sarah C. Bell, daughter of D. Cyrus Bell, and a graduate of 
Mount Holyoke Seminary, class of 1865. They have five children. Their 
home is in Bellows Falls. 

John A. Farnsworth was born in Boston, Mass., February 26, 1815. At 
the age of eight years his father died, and at the age of eleven his mother 
allowed him to go to Claremont, N. H., as an apprentice to the business of 
manufacturing woolen goods. Here he was to remain until twenty-one years 
of age, being allowed three months of each winter for attending school. At 
the age of nineteen, however, the firm who carried on the factory failed, 
and young Farnsworlh went to Putney, Vt., to complete his term of appren- 
ticeship. At the age of twenty-three years he came to Saxton's River, where 
he was engaged as overseer in the finishing-room of the woolen factory, re- 
maining here until 1844. He then went to Gilderland, N. Y., to accept a 



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similar position, and was subsequently in business there, from 1845 to 1847. 
He then returned to Saxton's River, entering into business with George 
Perry and Theopilus Hoit, under the firm name of George Perry & Co. This 
style was retained until Mr. Perry's death, in 1858, when the firm name was 
changed to Farn:<worth & Hoit, In 1866 J. F. Alexander purchased Mr, 
Hoit's interest, after which the firm was Farnsworth & Alexander, until 1868, 
when it was changed to Farnsworth & Co., the style it now bears. In 1839 
Mr. Farnsworth married Miss Mary J. Osgood, of Brookline, Vt. Their only 
child, Sarah R., died at the age of six years. Mr. Farnsworth has always 
taken a great interest in public afifairs, and his fellow citizens have shown 
their appreciation of his public spirit by electing him to many positions of 
honor and trust. In 1861-62, he represented the town in the legislature, has 
been a selectman and a justice of the peace, and now holds the office of 
county commissioner. He has been a director of the Bellows Falls National 
Bank twenty-two years, and vice-president of the Bellows Falls Savings In- 
stitution about twenty years, and is treasurer and a trustee of the Vermont 
academy located at Saxton's River, he having subscribed $10,000.00 towards 
its endownent fund of $100,000.00. He has been called upon to settle the 
estate of many deceased persons, and has largely increased the beauty of the 
village by erecting many fine buildings. 

Hon. Jabez Delano Bridgman, son of Benjamin H. Bridgman, of Grafton, 
was born in Grafton, June 10, 1828. He received an academic education 
and at the age of about twenty years entered the office of C. I. Walker and 
George B. Kellogg, at Saxton's River, as a student of law, and when Walker 
& Kellogg dissolved partnership, about one year later, Mr. Bridgman accom- 
panied Mr. Walker to Bellows Falls where he finished his studies and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1851. About the same time Mr. Walker accepted a 
professorship in the law school at Detroit. Mich., and Mr. Bridgman pur- 
chased his library and continued his practice in the same office which he still 
occupies. A few years subsequently he was united in marriage to Sarah E., 
•daughter of William Conant, of Bellows Falls. In 1857-58 was chosen rep- 
resentative to the legislature and was at about the same time State's attorney 
for two years. He enlisted in the i6th Vt. Vols., was chosen adjutant, and 
served a few months, when he resigned and returned to his practice. In the 
years 1880-81 he was a member of the State senate. In 1882 he admitted to 
partnership George A. Weston, who had studied law with him, and they con- 
ducted their legal business under the firm name of Bridgman &c Weston. 

James Henry Williams was born in Chester, Vt., January 16, 1813, where 
he early developed excellent business capacity in the store of C. M. Bingham, 
Esq. He came to Bellows Falls in February, 1834, and entered the employ 
of the Bellows Falls Bank, where he remained until June, 1839, when he was 
elected cashier of the bank at Woodstock, a position he held till June, 1841, 
when he was chosen cashier of the Cheshire bank, at Keene, N. H., then one 
of the largest institutions of its kind in this section. In 1847 he succeeded 



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Hon. William Henry, who was then elected member of congress from this 
district, to the position of cashier of the bank of Bellows Falls, and removed 
his family thither. Upon the death of Nathaniel FuUerton, Esq., in 1872, 
Mr. Williams was elected to the presidency of the bank, which position he 
held up to the time of his death, August 13, 1881. He was in reaUty the 
principal business manager of the bank for a period of over thirty years, and 
to his great financial acumen and wise management it owes its present repu- 
tation for soundness, which is second to none in the State. He was also 
mainly instrumental in the formation in 1847, and in the subsequent prosper- 
ity of the Bellows Falls Savings Institution, of which he was treasurer for many 
years. He was largely instrumental in the development of all the various 
local enterprises of Bellows Falls for the thirty-five years prior to his death, 
among which may be mentioned the introduction of the present excellent 
supply of water for domestic purposes, the establishment of the Episcopal 
school, St. Agnes Hal), and the erection of Union and Centennial blocks, 
two of the principal business blocks of the village. At the time of his death 
he was an officer in every railroad running into the place and had been a 
director of the Rutland R. R., from its establishment. He was a communicant 
of the Episcopal church and helds everal official positions in the Diocese 
of Vermont, among which was that of trustee and member of the executive 
committee of the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Burlington. 

REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

Rockingham was a strong Whig town, and the people were very decided 
in their opposition to the Tories, being among the first to resist the king's 
officers; for the Rockingham militia, consistingof over forty men, led by Capt. 
Stephen Sargent, aided in expelling the court officers from the court-house at 
Westminster, on the memorable 13th of March, 1775, where some of them 
were wounded. Philip Safford, lieutenant of the company, fought bravely 
while surrounded by the Tories, and though severely wounded by the sword 
of sheriff Patterson, is said to have " knocked down ten of his adversaries 
with his bludgeon, making good his escape and daring the whole posse of 
King George to combat ihe Rockingham mihtia." In July, 1775, a com- 
mittee of inspection, consisting of Moses Wright, Joseph Wood, William 
Simonds. Oliver Lovell and Ebenezer Fuller, was chosen, and at the same 
time the following military officers were appointed : Joseph Wood, cap- 
tain ; Charles Richard, lieutenant ; and Isaac Stowell, ensign. The com- 
mittee met at the house of Jehiel Webb, innholder, and voted "to deal sum- 
marily with all who should speak against the common cause. This com- 
mittee, however, was afterwards dismissed several times, and as often chosen 
again, there seeming to have been considerable opposition to its existence. 

In February, 1777, there was a meeting held to consider means for levying 
men to fill Col. Warner's regiment, or to raise money for that purpose, when 
it was voted "to do our equal proportion in maintaining and supporting the 



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just war of America." At a subsequent meeting, June 23d, the town decidecj 
to receive ammunition of the committee — powder, lead and flints — sent from 
the State of New York. Up to this date the names of fifty-five men are re- 
corded as having taken the oath of allegiance. 

The following are the names of the soldiers recorded " who marched for 
Ticonderoga :" Capt. Josiah Wood, Lieut. Richard, Lieut. Preston, Ensign 
Ebenezer Fuller, John Fuller, Nathan Wright, William Stearns, John Pulsi- 
pher, John Titus, John Whitney, Isaac Stowell, Nathan Arid, Jonathan Barr, 
Fairbanks Moore, Jr., Gardner Simonds, WiUiam Tagert, Elisha Knights, 
Abijah White, Dr. Reuben Jones and Timothy Clark ; while the following 
additional list is recorded of those having " marched to Manchester," Levi 

Davis, Josiah White, Ebenezer Pulsipher, Abel White, Samuel Barr, , 

Solomon Wright, Philip Safford, Joseph Dutton, Silas Dutton, John Wait, 

Andrew Simonds, James How, Capt. Josiah Wood, Walker, John Lovell, 

Elisha Walker, Samuel Richardson, Leonard Read, David Campbell, James 
Campbell, Josiah Read, and Thomas Read. 

THE WAR OF THE UNION. 

The history of Rockingham during the dark days of the great Rebellion is 
not materially different from that of many other of its sister towns. The exer- 
tions of its people in enlisting troops, in raising money for bounties, the 
private subscriptions, the efficient aid of its women in furnishing soldiers with 
clothing and hospital supplies, and the general expression of patriotism of its 
citizens were identically the part taken by other towns of Vermont in helping 
to swell the ranks of the National army, and giving to their country's service 
the "Vermont Brigade." At a meeting held at Bellows Falls on the 24th of 
April, 1 86 1. The following resolution was passed : — 

" Resolved, That we, citizens of Bellows Falls, here in meeting assembled, 
do pledge to every patriot of Bellows Falls, who will volunteer to defend our 
country from the assaults of rebels, that we will see that his wants and the 
wants of his family, while he is engaged in the service of his country, are 
supplied." 

LTnder the spirit of this resolution the town furnished 269 men, thirty-nine 
of whom were substitutes, while thirty-two citizens paid commutation. The 
first of the "Bellows Falls boys" to fall was Jack Russell, only sixteen years 
of age. He went into the army as a servant of Maj. Holbrook, though he 
had been in the service before becoming attached to the Seventh Regiment, 
and had proved his bravery at the battle of Bull Run. At the battle of 
Baton Rouge he procured arms and went to one of the flanks of the regi- 
ment, near Col. Roberts, and fell at the same time with him, shot through 
the groin. Maj. Holbrook spoke in the highest terms of young Russell's 
bravery, saying, in a letter to the dead boy's mother, — " He fell in front of 
our lines, where he had bravely gone. ***** a braver deed was 
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CHURCHES. 

In 1770 a Congregational church was organized, and the Rev. Samuel 
Whiting was settled as its pastor in 1773. Mr. Whiting continued in Rock- 
ingham until 1809. The first general convention of ministers held in the 
State was at his house, in Rockingham, on the 3d Tuesday in June, 1796. He 
had much to do with forming the Vermont Missionary Society. At the time 
this church was organized there were but four others of the same denomina- 
tion in the State, viz. : At Bennington, organized in 1762 ; Newbury, organ- 
ized in 1764; Westminster, 1767; and Windsor, in 1768. The old church 
erected by this society stood near the site of the one now standing in " Old 
Town," by some thought to have been located near the present burying 
ground, by others, to have been directly south of the present house, partially 
in the Olcott orchard. In 1793 it was decided to sell this old meeting-house 
and to use the receipts towards defraying the town's expenses. 

Immanuel Protestant Episcopal church, located at Bellows Falls. — In 1798 
Dr. Samuel Cutler, who had been educated a churchman, conceived the idea 
of organizing a parish in Rockingham, and articles of association were signed 
by seventeen persons. The society for several years met for public worship 
under the leadership of a lay reader — availing itself also of the ministrations 
of transient clergymen — being too feeble to support a rector. There are no 
records showing the labors of clergymen prior to 1 810. It has been ascer- 
tained that occasional services were rendered by the Rev. J. C. Ogden, Rev. 
Bethuel Chittenden, Rev. Daniel Barber, and a few others. The articles of 
association having been lost by fire, March 18, 1809, the parish was reformed 
under new articles, drafted by Cutler, and signed by prominent and influ- 
ential citizens. No new signatures were added until 1813, and during that 
interval the parish existed but feebly, destitute of a pastor^ without a house 
of worship and gaining no strength. 

Until 18 16 the meetings of the parish were held at the center of the town- 
ship. March 20, 1816, a meeting w^s held at Bellows Falls, "to devise means 
to procure funds for building a church building." This step marked an era 
in the history of the society. It was evident that the church would not 
flourish while it remained where it was located, while circumstances indicated 
that the village of Bellows Falls must become a place of considerable popu- 
lation. No denomination of Christians had yet located in this village, so it 
was thought expedient to try what could be done towards erecting a church 
here. Several church famihes resided in the village, besides others well dis- 
posed towards the church, and ready to assist in building an edifice. For 
the purpose of procuring funds, a committee, consisting of Dr. Cutler, Ed- 
ward H. Campbell, and William Atkinson, was appointed, and from this time 
the society has been located at Bellows Falls. 

On January 15, i8i7,the church was named " Immanuel church," and Rev. 
George T. Chapman was requested to became its rector, and during that year 



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a church building was erected, leaving a heavy debt on the parish. On July 
I, 1863, it was decided to erect a new church edifice. Plans and specifica- 
tions for a gothic church of stone to seat about 500 persons, were obtained 
and work was at once begun. On the 25th of December, 1867, the new 
church was opened for service for the first time, and the congregation rejoiced 
in the possession of a house of worship of beauty, durability and conven- 
ience, erected at a cost of about $30,000.00, and which is now valued, in- 
cluding grounds, at $50,000.00. 

The society has had numerous changes in rectors, which, with its fluctu- 
ating fortunes, we have not space to mention. It now has r8o members, the 
rector being Rev. Warren H. Roberts, B. D. 

The Baptist church of Saxton's River. — An eftbrt to establish religious 
worship in Saxton's River, was made as early as the year 1807. On the 18th 
of June, 1812, a church was organized, called The Baptist church of Christ, 
in Westminster and Rockingha?n. It consisted of ten brethren and si.x sisters, 
and was recognized on that day by an ecclesiastical council convened at West- 
minster, West Parish. The first pastor was Rev. James Elliot, who officiated 
from 18 1 4 to 1822, and from 1827 to 1830. In 1844 the name of the society 
was changed to The First Baptist Church of Saxton's River Village, and again, 
in 1877, to the one it now bears. The society now numbers 115 members, 
with Rev. William H. Randall, pastor. The church building will comfortably 
accommodate 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds and parsonage, 
at $8,000.00. 

The Congregational church, located at Saxton's River, was organized with 
nineteen members, June i, 1825, by its first pastor, Rev. Sereno Taylor. 
Dea. E. S. Sabin is the only one of the original members now living. Their 
church building was erected in 1836, a wood structure, capable of seating 
300 persons, and valued, including grounds, at $2,000.00, its original cost 
being $1,550.00. The society has at present eighty-one members, with Rev. 
George F. Chapin, pastor. 

The Methodist Episcopal church of Bellows Falls was organized by the 
society's first pastor. Rev. Elijah Mason, in 1836, consisting then of forty-two 
members, including persons from Rockingham and Bellows Falls. During 
that year they erected their church, which is still in use, though greatly 
altered and improved, in i88o-8r, so that it will now accommodate 400 per- 
sons, and is valued, including grounds, at $10,000.00, in addition to which the 
society has funded bequests to the amount of $1,500.00, the interest of which 
is devoted to the " support of gospel preaching in Bellows Falls." The church 
has now 168 members, and is steadily growing in influence and members, it 
having received fifty of the latter during the past two years, and has now 
eight probationists. Rev. H. F. Austin is the present pastor. 

St. Charles Roman Catholic church, located at Bellows Falls, was organ- 
ized in 1857, with one hundred members, by Rev._Z. Druon, the Rev. Charles 
O'Reilly being the first pastor. Their church building is the old public 



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school-house, on school street, which has been remodeled so as to accommo- 
date 300 persons, and is valued at $9,600.00. This building, however, has 
become altogether too small for the accommodation of the congregation, and 
the society has a fine brick church in process of erection. Rev. Edward Rey- 
nolds, the present pastor, has 800 members under his charge. 

The Spiriiualist church, located at Bartonsville, was organized in 1872 
with eighty or ninety members, Mrs. Sarah A. VVilley, the present incumbent, 
acting as pastor. Their church building was erected during the year, at cost 
of $1,500.00, about its present value. The society now has 150 members. 

The First Vniversalist Parish of Bel/o7vs Falls was organized January 12, 
1879, by Rev. J. H. Farnsworth, the State missionary, who also acted as the 
society's first pastor. The growth of the society has been unusally rapid and 
vigorous, there being at present 100 members. The church building was erected 
in 1880, a wood structure capable of seating 350 persons, at a cost of $9,000,00, 
and is now valued, including grounds, at $13,000.00. Rev. J. N. Emery is the 
present pastor. 



SOMERSET is a small town located in the western part of the county, 
in lat. 42° 58' and long. 4° 8', bounded north by Stratton, east by 
Stratton and Dover, south by Searsburg, in Bennington county, and 
west by Glastenbury, of the same mentioned county. The township was 
chartered by Gov. Benning Wentworth, of New Hampshire, September 9, 
1761, containing an area of 23,040 acres, or a tract of six miles square. But 
November 5, 1838, a part of its territory was annexed to Wardsboro, and 
again, November 11, 1854, an act of the legislature set off a tract about two 
miles in width extending the whole length of the eastern portion of the town, 
four miles of which, in length, was set to Wilmington, and since annexed to 
Dover, while the other two miles of land were annexed to Stratton. Thus the 
township's area has been curtailed until it is now only about four miles by six, 
embracing a territory of 15,360 acres. 

The surface of the town is not very uneven, except in the eastern part, where 
there is a range of high hills or mountains, the highest point being Mac. moun- 
tain, and the highest part of that lying in Dover. The soil is mostly a black 
loam, producing excellent crops of grass, oats and potatoes, and affording fine 
grazing farms. The original growth of timber is spruce, hemlock, fir, birch, beech 
and maple, interspersed with black cherry, black ash and white ash. There 
are many streams, affording good mill privileges, the principal being the east 
and west forks of Deerfield river, which flow a southerly course into Searsburg. 
Gneiss is the principal rock entering into the geological structure of the terri- 
tory, though quite a bed of granite exists in the central part of the town. 
Traces of gold have been found in the western part of the town, and there is 
said to be a good marble quarry on Mac. mountain, though it has not been 
opened, owning to its distance from railroads. 



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In 1880 Somerset had a population of sixty-seven, and in 1882 had two 
school districts, and two common schools, employing two female teachers. 
There were sixteen pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of 
the schools for the year ending October 31st, was $87.00, with J. W. Rice, 
superintendent. 

Somerset, the postofifice of the town, is located in the dwelling of Hollis 
Town, on road 2, there being no settlement in the township worthy of the 
title of village. 

F. D. Chase's saw-mill and chair-stock factory, located on road 2, was 
built by the present proprietor in 188 1. The mill is operated by water-power, 
is furnished with a circular saw and a rotary bed planer, and turns out about 
300,000 feet of lumber and a large amount of chair-stock per annum. 

Reuben B. Groufs sazv-niill, located on road 6, was built by Hollis Town, 
in 1870, and now manufactures about 250.000 feet of lumber per annum. 

The Tudor satv-mill, located on road 6, was built by Clark Harris and 
George Hartwell, about sixteen years ago, and is now owned by S. T. Dav- 
enport, of Wilmington, though now operated by WilHam and John Tudor, 
under lease of eight years from 1882, who now manufacture about 250,000 
feet of lumber per annum. 

The first settlement in Somerset was made by Daniel Rice, in June, 1776. 
He located in the eastern part of the town, in the portion now belonging to 
Dover. Mr. Rice built a log house here and occupied it alone for about 
three years. He was the first representative of the town in the general assem- 
bly, and the first justice of the peace, being elected to both offices in 1799. 
On the 15th of August, 1777, Mr. Rice, while in Wilmington, heard that there 
was a battle raging at Bennington. Hastening home he procured his rifle 
and started off through the wilderness for the scene of the conflict, arriving 
in time to take an honorable part in the strife. Some years after, having 
gotten his farm cleared and well enclosed, Mr. Rice purchased another tract 
of land, for which he was to pay in neat stock. But a rabid dog, or fox, 
having gotten among his cattle, he lost a large part of them and was thus 
unable to meet the obligation. A warrant was issued against his body, which 
the sheriff" attempted to serve. The hardy pioneer, however, took to the 
mountains, where he was suppled with food, from time to time, by members 
of his family, while the sheriff remained in the vicinity of the premises, watch- 
ing for the refugee's return. Tiring of this seige at length, a son of Mr. Rice 
donned some garments belonging to his father, and started on a run across 
the fields, as if endeavoring to escape. The sheriff", supposing it was his 
coveted prisoner, started in pursuit. The young man, however, managed to 
keep a long, deep ipire-hole between himself and the minion of the law, who, 
at last, in attempting to cross the same, became hopelessly mired, and at the 
same time discovered the ruse that had been played on him. Extricating 
himself from the mud-hole as best he could, the discomfited sheriff took 
himself off, never to return. Mr. Rice soon after effected a settlement for 



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the land, and thenceforward enjoyed peaceable possession. Mr. Rice, after 
a long and useful life, died August 28, 183 1. 

Ephraim Rice, son of Daniel, was born here February 20, 1792, married 
Virtue Johnson, of Dover, September 11, 1814, and reared a family of eleven 
children, only one of whom, George E., occupying the old homestead, is liv- 
ing. Mr. Rice was an active, influential man ; he represented the town in 
the legislature a number of terms, was town clerk eleven years, a justice of 
the peace many years, and held many other of the town trusts. 

In 1779 ^^'^^ settlement was increased by the arrival of Zera Palmer, John 
Kelley and others, and in 1791 the population had increased to in souls. 
The warning for the first town meeting reads as follows : — 

" M^/tereas, Application hath been made to me, as the law directs, to warn 
a meeting of all the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Somer- 
set, for the purpose of chosing officers ; These are, therefore, to notify and 
warn said inhabitants of Somerset to meet at the dwelling house of Oliver 
Kimpton, in said Somerset, on Monday, the 19th day of instant November, 
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act as follow, viz : ist, To choose a 
moderator to govern said meetmg. 2d, To choose a clerk. 3d, To choose 
selectmen of said town. 4th, To choose a treasurer. 5th, To choose one 
or more constables. 6th, To choose listers, if found necessary, and to trans- 
act all other business for the proper organization of said town. 

"Wilmington, November r, 1792. 

Isaac Wheeler, Justice of the Peace." 

This meeting duly met, as warned, when James Parmelee was elected town 
clerk; John Parmelee, Perez Rice and Bezaleel Waste, selectmen; James 
Parmelee, town treasurer ; Perez Rice, constable ; Vv^'ilham Lawton, grand 
juror; Daniel Rice, tythingman ; Silas Crosby, Jacob Wellman, and Jonathan 
Richardson, surveyors of highways ; John Parmelee, sealer of weights and 
measures; and Ephraim Hodge, Joel Wellman and Daniel Rice, petit jurors. 
No further business seems to have been transacted at this meeting. The first 
freemen's meeting on record was held at the house of Daniel Rice, on the 
first Tuesday in September, 1799, when Daniel Rice was elected to represent 
the town in the general assembly. The /ote for governor was unanimous for 
Isaac Tichnor, there being eleven votes cast. The first church erected in the 
town was a log structure, built in 1785, and was located on land belonging to 
Daniel Rice. The first services were conducted by Elder Clark, a Baptist 
clergyman, from Halifax, and later were conducted by Elder Mann, of Dover. 
There is now, however, no church building in the township. The first saw 
and grist-mill was erected by Daniel Rice, near what is known as Somerset 
great meadows. This mill did not prove a great success, however. The first 
birth is said to have been that of Gale Cobb, November 28, 1787. 

Hollis Town came to Somerset about the year 1828 or 1829. He married 
Louisa Pike, October 27, 1830, and reared a family of four children, only one 
of whom, Holhs, Jr., residing on road 2, is living. Mr. Town represented 
Somerset in the legislature more times than has any other man, except 
Ephraim Rice, was town clerk thirty-one years, justice of the peace a much 

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longer period, and, in addition, held the offices of selectman, lister, constable, 
and many other of the town trusts. He built, at different places, as many 
as three saw-mills, and was ever ready to lend his aid and influence to any 
measure that was likely to prove of public benefit, or lead to the improve- 
ment of his town. He died October 20, 1881, aged seventy-three years. 

Mr. Town, when a young man, was fond of hunting, and many were the 
stories he related of his adventures with bears and other wild animals. One 
of his adventures is related as follows : Arising before daybreak, one 
autumn moring, he started for the enclosure where his cattle were corralled 
about half a mile distant from his dweUing. As he neared the enclosure he 
became aware of an intense excitement existing among his cattle, and heard 
one of the calves bleating as though in mortal terror. Mr. Rice immediately 
surmised that the unfortunate bovine was in the clutches of some beast of 
prey, and so immediately returned to the house for his rifle. On his return, 
the bleatings of the calf and the excitement among the cattle seemed to have 
increased during his absence ; but within the thick shade of the forest, it was 
still impossible to make out more than the outhnes of the animals. Creep- 
ing up to a slash fence that divided the clearing from the forest, however, he 
raised his rifle and fired at the dimly discernable form of the intruder. Up to 
this time he had taken no thought of the danger his own person might be in ; 
but now, the thought that he had fired at a ferocious beast that was only a 
few feet distant, together with the plaintive and terrified bellows of the un- 
fortunate calf, and the weird shadows cast by the surrounding brush and forest 
trees, in that dim light that immediately precedes the break of day, all com- 
bined in striking a terror to his heart that his nerves were unable to control. 
At least his nerves failed to control his legs, for he fled, with the speed that 
terror lends, to his nearest neighbor's, Mr. Prentiss Putnam's. Arriving there, 
his evident agitation and incoherent explanation thereof only succeeding 
in tickling the mirth of the neighbor, who, laughingly, told him that had he 
' fired at the side of a barn, he could nut have hit it, he was so terribly 
frightened.' They started for the corral in company, however, and there, in 
the gathering light, found an immense bear, pierced through the heart by the 
ball from Mr. Town's rifle. 

During the late war of the Union, Somerset furnished the following list of 
fourteen soldiers, while two of its citizens were drafted and paid commuta- 
tion : John M. Pike, Otis H. Pike, Ahaz P. Pike, Edward Lincoln, WiUiam 
Pike, Sordis C. Stone, Timothy O. Vegus, Deliverance Pike, Asa Burnap, 
Oscar Pike, Lewis Corse, Edward Rice, Daniel Bennett, and Eli Holt. All 
of these, except Daniel Bennett, lived to return to their homes. 



STRATTON lies in the northwestern corner of the county, in lat. 43° 
3' and long. 4° 8', bounded north by Winhall, in Bennington county, 
east by Jamaica and Wardsboro, south by Dover and Somerset, and 
west by Sunderland, in Bennington county. It was chartered by New Hamp- 



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shire, July 30, 1761, to Isaac Searl and sixty-two others, in sixty-nine shares, 
containing an area of 23,040 acres. On October 28, 1799, however, Stratton 
Gore was annexed. 

The surface of the town is extremely irregular and mountainous, so much 
so, indeed, as to be in some places unfit for habitation. The cultivated 
farms are mostly in the eastern and southern portions, where there are tracts 
of arable land that well repays the toil of the husbandman. Deerfield river 
rises in the central part of the town, flowing south into Somerset, its principal 
tributary in this town being Black brook, which has its source in Bennington 
county. Pond brook has its source in Grout pond, and flows a southerly 
course, uniting with Meadow brook, which also flows south, into Somerset. 
Several other small streams flow east into Wardsboro, and several flow north 
into Winhall. A number of good mill-privileges are afforded. Grout pond, 
covering an area of about 100 acres lies in the southern part of the town, 
North, or Jones pond, lies in the northern part, and Muskrat, or Bowen 
pond, lies on the line between Stratton and Sunderland. The rocks are 
almost entirely of gneiss formation. 

In 1880 Stratton had a population of 302, and in 1882 had five school dis- 
tricts and four common schools, employing two female teachers, to whom was 
paid an aggregate salary of $303.12. There were seventy pupils attending 
common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending 
October 31st, was $322.60, with E. H, Willis, superintendent. 

Stratton is the only postoftice, it being located a little south of the center 
of the town, on the old stage road from Arlington, there being no village in 
the township. At the junction of this road and the road from the northern 
part of the town there is located a church, an hotel, and one dwelling. A 
little distance west of the old stage line is a blacksmith shop and the post- 
office above mentioned, while just beyond the postoffice there is a cluster of 
about four houses. In the extreme southeastern part of the town there is a 
small hamlet called the Pike settlement, having been first settled by the Pike 
family, and has had members of that family there ever since. 

Joe/ J^. Grout 6^ Sons' saw atid shingle-mill and chair-stock factory, located 
in the extreme western part of the town, was purchased by Mr. Grout 
in 1880, of E. W. Bowker. The mill was built about ten years ago, by 
Osmer Fitch, upon the site of a mill erected in 1838, by Phineas White, 
of Putney. 

R. Lyman dv Satis saiv-viill, located on road 1 8, has the capacity for turn- 
ing out about 5,000 feet of lumber per day. Mr. Lyman purchased the prop- 
erty of William Pike, in 1844, though there has been a mill on this site about 
sixty years, the first having been erected by Levi Knight. The present 
structure was built by Mr. Pike, in 1835. 

Alexander H. Pike's saw-?nill, located on road \%, manufactures all kinds 
of lumber, and shingles, and is also supplied with planing and matching 
machinery. Mr. Pike built the mill in 1844. 



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The settlement of the town was not commenced until 1784, by Timothy 
Morsman. Others of the same name followed soon after, and also a family by 
the name of Patch. In 1791, the settlement had increased to ninety-five 
souls. The town was organized and the first town meeting held, in 1788 
when Asa PhiUips was chosen town clerk ; Joseph Patch, constable ; and 
Timothy Morsman, Solomon Gale and Benjamin Hobbs, selectmen. The 
first birth was that of Asa PhiUips, Jr., in 1785. 

WiUiam G. and Jonathan Pike, two brothers, came to Stratton, with their 
mother, in 1795. He erected a log house on the farm now owned by William 
Henry Eddy, on road 17, and a year later the brothers were joined by their 
father, Samuel Pike, who was born at Hopkinton, Mass., in 1728. He died here 
November 15, 1815. Mrs. Pike died February 20, 1825, aged eighty-five 
years. They reared four children, William G., Anna, Jotham and Rhoda. 
Jatham reared ten children by his first wife, and eleven by his second. Alex- 
ander Hamilton, the sixth of his ten children, built the saw-mill he still owns, 
in 1844. He married Elvira Rice, who bore him four children, three of whom 
are living, Viola and Elvira, in Brattleboro, and Lovina with her father. 

Rodolphus Lyman, born in 1790, died here in 1866. He married Bethiah 
Robbins, in Northfield, Mass., April 24, 1820. and came to Stratton in 1837, 
locating upon the farm now owned by William Henry Eddy, on road 17, 
Rufus, one of their twelve children, born September 3, 1815, married Tryphe- 
nia Pike, the youngest child of William G. Pike. One of their four children, 
William R., married Emma Whitman, of Jamaica, and now operates a saw- 
mill in company with his father. 

Stephen Forrester came to Stratton about 1820, locating on road 15, upon 
the farm now owned by his son, Roderick B. Roderick has held several of 
the town offices. 

Samuel Willis, from Mendon, Mass.,' came to Stratton about 1806, locating 
on road 18. He reared six children, Sylvia, Amy, Ruth, Roxey, Chloe and 
Daniel. Hilon E. WiUis, residing on road 16, has served the town as select- 
man. Herbert F. Willis, residing on road ir, married Flora Allen and has 
reared three children. 

T/ie Union Congregational church, located at the corner of roads 10 and 11, 
was organized at an early date. Rev. Chester Prescott being the first and 
only settled pastor the society has ever had. The first house of worship was 
erected in 1809, and gave place to the present structure in 1849, which will 
seat about 200 persons, and isvaluad at $300.00. The society now has about 
fifteen members, with no regular pastor. 



TOWNSHEND lies in the northern-central part of the county, inlat. 43" 
3' and long. \' 24', bounded north by portions of Athens, Grafton and 
Windham, east by Athens and Brookline, south by Newfane and a 
part of Brookline, and west by Jamaica and a part of Wardsboro. It was 
chartered by New Hampshire, June 20, 1753, to John Hazeltine and sixty- 



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three others, with an area of 23,040 acres; but the area was increased by the 
annexation of the small town of Acton, October 29, 1840. Acton was char- 
tered by Vermont to Moses Johnson and thirty-two others, February 23, j 782, 
by the name of Johnson's Gore, containing 5,045 acres, and comprising what 
is now the northern "leg" of Townshend. January 2, 1801, it was incor- 
porated by the name of Acton, but without the right of a representative in 
the legislature, only in connection with Townshend ; but in 1823, it being dis- 
covered by the inhabitants that the law provides that every "organized town" 
has the right of representation in the legislative body, they proceeded, in the 
next year, 1824, to elect Ebenezer Huntington to that office. 

The surface of Townsend is very broken and uneven, many of the hills 
being high and steep. There are, however, especially along the valley of West 
river, large areas of good farming land. West river flows a southeasterly 
course through the town, entering about the center of the Jamaica line, and 
leaving on the line between Brookline and Newfane. Negro brook joins it 
from the south, and Simpson, Joy and Acton brooks from the north. The 
principal rocks are gneiss and talcose-schist, the former predominating and the 
latter being found only in the western part of the territory. In the northern 
part is also a bed of sacchroid azoic limestone and a bed of steatite in the 
eastern part, of which Mr. Davis L. Bemis has a valuable quarry on his farm. 

In 1880 Townshend had a population of 1,099, and in 18S2, its ten school 
districts contained nine common schools, employing four male and fourteen 
female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,187.34. There 
are 230 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools 
for the year ending October 31st, was $1,300.15, with J. K. Batchelder, 
superintendent. 

Townshend is a little post village in the southern part of the town, lying 
in a valley that is girted about by abrupt and rocky hills, one of which. Peaked 
mountain, rising from the east, attains an altitude of 750 feet above the vil- 
lage common. This common, or park, lies in the center of the village, being 
occupied by the Congregational church. It was leased to the town in 1803, 
for " so long as the town shall maintain the church which stands thereon." 
At that time at was such a rough, rocky piece of wild land that "an ox cart 
could not be drawn across it without being capsized." It is now, however, a 
beautiful level green, shaded by handsome maples. To the east of this stand 
Leland and Gray seminary, and the Baptist church. The balance of the vil- 
lage is made up of two general stores, two millinery stores, a drug store, tin 
shop, harness shop, blacksmith shop, marble shop, hotel, and about fifty 
dwellings. Aside from the facilities afforded by the Brattleboro & Whitehall 
railroad, the village is connected by daily stages with Bellows Falls and Graf- 
ton. 

West Townshend, a post village, lies about eighty rods from the west line 
of the township, on the northern bank of West river. It has one church 
(Congregational), two general stores, a luraberjand chair-stock factory, palm 



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hat manufactory, grist-mill, carriage shop, jobbing shop, tin shop, harness 
shop, etc., and about thirty-five dwellings. The village was called Townshend 
before the establishment of the postoffice at the other village. 

Harmonyville, a small village located in the southern part of the town, 
has a grist-mill, chair-stock factory, and about fifteen dwellings. Its name 
was derived through somewhat ridiculous circumstances, as follows : About 
1828 or '30, the little village was at the zenith of its glory. William R. 
Shafter was in trade where B. D. Pratt's dwelling now stands, having suc- 
ceeded Emery Cathan, who erected the building, and Jacob Fish carried on 
a custom saw, grist and flouring-mill, while the little settlement throughout 
had a general air of sprightliness and progress. Townshend village, only a 
half-mile distant, being somwhat tinged with jealousy, dubbed the little village 
" Tin Pot." The imputation suggested by this title the aggressive hamlet 
could not brook, so it retaHated by naming Townshend village " Flyburg," 
and called a council of war, at which it was decided to give their own village 
a name worthy of its merits. Accordingly, after much debate, Harmony- 
ville was decided upon as the proper appellation. Emery Cathan painted 
two signs bearing this legend, naiUng one to each end of the bridge that 
crossed the river. They were soon pulled down by youths from the rival vil- 
lage, however, though not until the name had become estabHshed, which has 
always clung to the place. 

J. H. Fiillerton, located at West Townshend, is extensively engaged in the 
manufacture of palm-leaf hats. He furnishes employment at hat braiding for 
1,600 to 2,000 persons in this and neighboring towns during their leisure hours, 
and manufactures from 15,000 to 20,000 dozen hats per annum. 

L. W. Hastings's grist-mi//, on road 32, was built by Elijah Wilkinson, 
about forty years ago, on the site formerly occupied by Elijah and Elisha 
Allen's mill. The mill has one run of stones and does custom work. 

7^ W. Eddfs saw-mill, grist-mill, atid chair-stock factory, located on road 40, 
was built by W. H. Willard, in 1866. The saw-mill cuts 200,000 feet of 
lumber per annum, which is worked into chair-stock. The grist-mill, for 
grinding the coarser grains, does custom work. 

E. A. Holmes's grist-mill, located at West Townshend, grinds about 2,500 
bushels of merchant and 5,000 bushels of custom grain per year. 

A. A. Goodell 6^ Co.'s lumber and chair-stock factory, at West Townshend, 
employs eight men and turns out about $6,000.00 worth of work per annum. 

Daniel Harris's carpenter and jobbing shop and cider-mill, at West Town- 
shend, is fitted with machinery for sawing and matching lumber and for man- 
ufacturing sash, doors, etc. The cider-mill turns out about 400 barrels of 
cider annually. 

C. H. Willard, 2d, located at Townshend employs five men in the manu- 
facture of shingles, rakes, chair-stock, and lumber. 

Harrison Chamberlain' s saiv-mill. — Daniel Barnes built a clothier's-mill in 
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Chamberlain's saw-mill now stands. It was used for this purpose as late as 
1830, about which time it was converted into a soapstone-mill, by F. Hol- 
brook, C. Farr, and B. Dyer. About 1843 C. Farr purchased the privilege 
and put up the saw-mill Mr. Chamberlain now operates. 

Leland and Gray Seminary, located at Townshend, was incorporated by 
the legislature, October 31, 1834, as "The Leland Classical and English 
school of Townshend." A board of trustees was elected January 5, 1835, 
with Hon. Peter R. Taft, president. The name of the institution was changed 
in i860, to the one it now bears, in honor of Dea. Samuel Gray, who made 
an endowment of $500.00 to the institution. The building, a substantial 
brick structure, was erected in 1835, Chapin Howard and John Blandin 
being the building committee. Among those who have served the institu- 
tion as principal appear the following honored names : Professors Smith and 
Lyford, of Colby University, H. L. Wayland, D. D., Rev. C. B. Smith, Rev. 
Horace Burchard, Rev. E. C. Judson, and others. The present board of trustees 
is as follows : Hon. Abishai Stoddard, president ; Hon. Ira K. Batchelder, 
vice-president; Hon. Ormando S. Howard, treasurer; and Hon. James H. 
Phelps. The present teachers are F. B. Spaulding, principal, and Hattie E. 
Colburn, assistant. 

The settlement of the town was commenced in 1764, by Joseph Tyler, 
from Uptown, Mass., who drew his effects on a handsled from Brattleboro. 
He v/as soon after joined by John Hazeltine and others, from the same town, 
who in turn were joined by emigrants, between that year and January, 1781^ 
to the number of 136, thirty-three of whom were males under the age of 
sixteen years, forty between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and one over sixty, 
thirty-five were females under the age of sixteen, twenty-six over sixteen and 
one black female. In 1791 the population had increased to 676 souls. This 
growth of the town could hardly have been presaged from the rather discourag- 
ing first attempts of the proprietors. They sent a committee on to survey 
and plat the township, who returned, reporting that it was impracticable to 
attempt a settlement of the territory on account of its rocky and mountainous 
character. The grantees then endeavored to have their charter transferred 
to lands located elsewhere; but, failing in this, they sent Ebenezer Waters, a 
surveyor, to the township, who laid out a range of fifty-acre lots along West 
river. This survey was disregarded, however, the proprietors selling portions 
of their rights under agreement that the purchasers should locate upon any 
unappropriated land, under the direction of a committee of the proprietors 
and a surveyor, have the lines run, and recorded by the town clerk. This 
gave rise to the greatest irregularity in the form of farms or lots taken up or 
purchased. 

The first town meeting was held May 30, 1771, when Joseph Tyler was 
chosen town clerk. Mr. Tyler was also the first justice of the peace, an 
office he held for nearly a quarter of a century, he being for many years one 
of the most prominent and public spirited men in the town. He was a dele- 



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gate to the county committee at Westminster, in company with Samuel 
Fletcher, in June, 1776, and was made a major of militia in 1775. The first 
representative was Gen. Samuel Fletcher, in 1778, serving three sessions. 
The first constable was Timothy Holbrook, and the first treasurer John Dyer, 
both elected in 1781, while the first listers elected that year were Ephraim 
Barnes, Caleb Hayvvard, and Joshua Wood, Jr. The first birth was that of 
Mary Hazeltine, August 5, 1766. The first death recorded is that of Eleazer 
Fletcher, April 6, 1771. The oldest person recorded as having died in the 
town was Jane, widow of Col. John Hazeltine, February t6, 18 id, aged 104 
years. 

The first settlers in the old town of Action, were Riverius Hooker, John 
Hooker, Ruel Hooker, Noah Fisher, Eleazer Fisher, and Ebenezer Bivins, in 
1 78 1, the latter three of whom became the first permanent settlers, as the 
others returned to their homes in Athens. None of the original proprietors 
of the town, except Ebenezer Bivins, Noan Fisher, Amos Haile, 2d, and Phil- 
emon Holden, ever resided in the township, though many of them were resi- 
dents of Athens, Dummerston, Jamaica, Putney, Townshend, and West- 
minster, while others lived in New Hampshire. Among the first additions to 
the settlement was that of the family of Philemon Holden. whose descend- 
ants and those of the Fisher family, still reside within the hmits of the old 
town. The first framed building erected in Acton was put up by Philemon 
Holden, and the second by Deacon Isaac Fisher. The first saw-mill was built 
by Eldad Granger, where M. A. Coven's mill now stands. There was never 
a church edifice erected, though religious meetings were held in dweUings and 
barns. No schools were sustained, except in private houses, by voluntary 
contributions. The first roads were mere bridle-paths through the forest, 
though some of these were afterwards enlarged and became the highways of 
the present day. The town was organized March 3, 1801, Waitstill Clark 
being the first town clerk.. The town was annexed to Townshend in 1840, 
the union being celebrated February i, 1841. 

General Samuel Fletcher was one of the most prominent of the early set- 
tlers of the town. Thompson, in his Gazetteer of Vermont, speaks of him as 
follows: "Samuel Fletcher was born at Grafton, Mass., in 1745. At the 
age of seventeen he enhsted as a soldier in the contest between the British 
and French colonies, in which service he continued one year. On his return 
he learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed about four years, 
when he married a young lady with a handsome property, and, resigning the 
sledge, removed to Townshend to wield the axe among the trees of the forest. 
In 1775 '""^ joined the American standard at Bunker Hill, with the rank of 
orderly sergeant. He returned to Townshend in January following, where 
he was made a captain of militia. He was, at this time, principal leader in 
the county convention, and was ordered, as captain, to raise as many minute 
men as possible in his vicinity, who were to hold themselves in readiness to 
march at the beat of the drum. His whole company volunteered, and in 




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1777 they marched to Ticonderoga for the purpose of relieving the American 
army, which was then beseiged. On this expedition with thirteen volunteers, 
he attacked a British detachment of forty men, killed one and took seven 
prisoners, without sustaining any loss himself. He soon after received a 
major's commission, and continued in the service until after the capture of 
Burgoyne. After his return, he rose through different grades of office to that 
of major-general of militia, which office he held six years. He was several 
years a member of the executive council, and in 1788 was appointed high 
•sheriff of Windham county, which office he held eighteen consecutive years, 
and was also a judge of the county court three years. He died September 
15, 1 8 14, aged about seventy years." 

The Taft family were among the early settlers of Townshend. During the 
winter of 1 798-99, Aaron Taft came from Uxbridge, Mass , and bought the 
farm where Peter Hazelton lived, on Taft hill. Jesse Murdock, son-in-law 
of Aaron, negotiated the purchase. On March 9, 1799, the family started 
from Uxbridge for their new home in Townshend. The household goods 
were loaded upon a sled, which was drawn to West Townshend by two yoke 
of oxen, and the snow here was so deep that it took nineteen yoke to move 
the effects from the West village to the end of the journey. At that time the 
snow at Uxbridge was not over three inches deep, while in the woods here 
it was six feet deep on a level. 

Peter R. Taft, then fourteen years of age, accompanied the family. He 
came all the way on foot, and drove the cow. In the winter, like other 
farmers' boys, he did chores, helped prepare wood for the fire at home, and 
went to the district school. During the other months he spent his time in 
helping his father carry on the family homestead. His education, however, 
was under the oversight of his father, who was a college giaduate. Fondness 
for mathematics resulted in his becoming a land surveyor, and receiving 
the appointment of county surveyor. The accuracy of his work in establish- 
ing disputed lines, and in making divisions of real estate, brought him into 
public notice and gave him much employment in every part of the county. 
The duties of this office often made necessary a long attendance on his part at 
the terms of our county court. On such occasions he was a willing as well as an 
attentive listener, and so gained a knowledge of many legal principles which 
a person of his parts would be apt to apply correctly in unfolding the twist of 
a complicated law-suit. From his first experience as a trial justice, the entire 
public had great confidence in him as a magistrate; and, in one capacity or 
other, he was often called upon to decide matters in dispute between litigants. 
While pursuing his studies, he devoted a portion of his spare moments to 
reading, a habit which grew with his advancing years. Later in life he was 
indeed a great reader. In early manhood he taught for a number of years 
the winter term of the common school in his district, and was employed 
as long as he could be hired by the district for that service. As a teacher 
he had an excellent reputation. No person was oftener called upon to fill 



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induced his father to go West with him and invest in real estate in Kalamazoo 
and adjoining counties, at the same time making investments from his own 
earnings. He was thus instrumental in adding largely to his father's estate, and 
at the same time laid the foundation of his own fortune, making Michigan 
the center of the business transactions of his life. March 9, 1841, he was 
married to Hannah E., daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Stevens) Cobb, of Wind- 
ham, and settled in Townshend village, where he resided until 1858, when 
he moved to Chester, Vt., remaining there ten years, or until after the death 
of his mother, when he purchased the homestead and returned to Townshend. 
The love for his native town and State overpowered the attractions of his 
business relations in Michigan so far as to induce him to retain his old home, 
to which, for many years, he made annual visits, only spending a month or two 
:n and about Kalamazoo. Mr. Howard's excellent judgment, together with 
his conservative and cautious habits, which led him to thoroughly investi- 
gate all matters that came under his care, rendered him a safe counselor in 
business affairs, whether relating to public or private interests. He was highly 
esteemed by his townsmen and acquaintances, not only on this account, but 
also for his genial and social quaUties, which were prominent traits in his 
character. This regard was manifested in the resolutions passed after his 
decease by the directors of the People's Bank, and the trustees of Leland 
and Grey Seminary, speaking of the high opinion in which he was held by 
the prominent business men who were associated with him in the manage- 
ment of responsible trusts. He used his wealth to secure the comforts and 
conveniences of life, but made no display of magnificence, never failing to 
cordially recognize the poor as well as the opulent in his daily intercourse, 
and at his death bequeathed a legacy of $10,000.00 for the benefit of the 
poor of his native town. He was never ambitious for public office or for 
pubhc favors of any kind, though he loved the esteem of his fellow men, and 
was entrusted by them with many weighty responsibilities in the towns where 
he resided. He represented Townshend in the legislature of i846-'47, and 
Chester in 1859-60, and was also a member of the constitutional convention 
of 1870. He was a man of even temper, never allowing passion to move 
him to indiscretion. Possessins strict integrity, honest himself in his deal- 
ings in small as well as large things, he required of others his just dues. He 
was never duped by flattery, nor moved by threats. To secure his aid in 
matters of public or private interest it was necessary to convince his judg- 
ment. Never lavish of his wealth, he nevertheless rendered substantial aid 
to the religious and educational institutions cherished by his parents and 
family, particularly during the latter years of his life. Nor were the poor and 
unfortunate overlooked by him. He was a believer in the Christian religion, 
and when in health a regular attendant upon pubHc worship. In August, 
1877, he had an attack of apoplexy while at Brattleboro, after which he had 
several other slight attacks, from all of which he speedily recovered, but on Sat- 
urday, the day preceding his death, he had a more severe attack, from which 



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he did not rally to consciousness. His widow, two sons and one daughter 
survived him. /i vi^m A^I f^j^t-T-o!^-/ ' p 

Rev. Mark Carpenter, of the Carpenter- family mentioned on page 203, 
was born in Guilford, September 23, 1802, and died in Townshend, Monday, 
November i^, 1882, after an illness of two days. Before he became of age, 
Mr, Carpenter had had but three months of schooling. On attaining his 
majority, however, he set to work in earnest to acquire an education, and in 
April, 1827, united with the Baptist church, being licensed to preach soon 
after. He spent five terms in the academy and college at Amherst, taking 
his last year and graduating at Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1830, 
and, after a three years' course at Newton Theological Institution, he settled 
in Milford, N. H., where he was ordained February 26, 1834. From that 
time until his death he was actively engaged in the gospel work, taking up 
his residence in Townshend in 1875. Mr, Carpenter's first wife, and the 
mother of his seven sons, was Catharine A. Howard, daughter of the late 
Chapin Howard, of Townshend. His second wife, who survives him, was 
Mrs. Sarah B. Jenkins, for many years a missionary connected with the 
Hansom Place Baptist church, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

David Lindsey came to Townshend about 1775 and settled on the West 
river, near the center of the town. He sold his farm before peace was de- 
clared, and took his pay in Continental money, which was worthless before he 
could invest it. He left Townshend and was gone several years, when he 
returned to Jamaica and died there. Peter was the only one of his six chil- 
dren who settled in this county. He married Betsey Crow and located in 
the west part of the town of Jamaica and engaged in farming. In 181 1 he 
moved to the west part of Brattleboro and settled on road 22, where he died 
September 30, 1818. James, the eldest of his twelve children, was a soldier 
in the war of 181 2. He settled in Broome county, N. Y. Only three of the 
children are living, Susan, wife of I. Blood, who resides in Cavendish, Vt. ; 
Polly, widow of Hosea Barrett, who lives in Jackson, Penn. ; and Willard, 
the youngest son, who was born in Jamaica, February 12, 1808, married 
Mary Butler, and settled in Brookline, where he Hved until 1873, since which 
time he has hved in Brattleboro. But four of his eight children are now 
living, 

James Nichols settled in Athens, just north of the Townshend line, on road 9? 
previous to 1778, He was a miller by trade and for many years conducted the 
mining business at Harmonyville, in Townshend, where he died at an advanced 
age. He had four sons and a daughter, all of whom, except one son, reared fami- 
lies, butaU except Reuben and Jonathan removed from the county. Reuben, 
the eldest, was born in Athens, March 9, 1778. He married Sarah Holbrookand 
bought the homestead on road 20, in Townshend, where Hollis Nichols now 
lives. There he spent his life, and died at the early age of thirty-eight years. His 
wife survived him many years. She died October 27, 1874, at the advanced 
age of ninety-nine years. They had three children, all of whom are living. 



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who was born March 29, 1773, and had six children, two sons and four daugh- 
ters, all of whom lived to marry, except two who died in infancy. 

William Harris settled in Townshend at an early day. He had a saw-mill 
and was also engaged in farming. He raised five children, three of whom 
are now living. One, Jonah^ lives in Westminster ; another, Christopher, in 
Cayuga county, N. Y. R. A. Harris, son of Christopher, was born in Town- 
shend. He enlisted in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols., January 13, 1862, and served 
till the close of the war. 

Ebenezer Taft enlisted in the Continental army at the age of seventeen, 
and went from Upton, Mass., his native place, to the battle of Bunker Hill. 
After the dose of his service he bought a farm in Chesterfield, N. H., but 
sold it and came to Townshend, where he worked for a Mr. Howard. He 
subsequently bought the farm at the coiner of roads 12 and 13. In 1780 
he married Susan, widow of Dr. Timothy Tyler, who bore him two sons and 
two daughters, viz.: Josiah, Lewis, Polly, and Betsey. He was a member 
of the Congregational church at the village. He died at the age of eighty- 
nine years. Josiah married Olive, eldest child of Ohver Wilkinson, and 
raised eight children, of whom Josiah W., the eldest, lives on road 12, in 
Townshend ; Lucius C, in New Hampshire, and Royal E., in Jamaica. Of 
the daughters, Laura A. Field is a resident of Chesterfield, N. H.; Susan F., 
married William Wilbur, of Londonderry. Sophia O.. wife of D. H. Harris, 
Mary E., and Sarah J., widow of Frank Thompson, reside at West Town- 
shend. 

Jonas Warren moved from Upton, Mass., to Newfane, about 1782, and 
subsequently located in Townshend. He raised twelve children, of whom 
Hannah, the sixth, who married Riba Holland, is the only one living. She is, 
at the age of one hundred years, the oldest person living in Townshend. 

Lemuel Farwell was born in Chesterfield, N. H., in 1780, and about 1805 
removed to Acton, now Townshend, where he died in 1866. He took an 
active part in town affairs ; was justice of the peace many years, selectman, 
town clerk thirty years, and represented the town in the legislature. He was 
also extensively engaged in farming. He had ten children, all of whom lived 
to maturity. One son, Jason A., resides on road 44, in Westminster. Two 
daughters live in Townshend. 

Caleb Garfield was born in Royalton, Mass., July 12, 1786, and came to 
Townshend in 1813. He settled on the place now^ owned by his son Oscar 
R. He was a hatter by trade, and worked at that business until he was sixty 
years of age. He died January 6, 1864. He married Pattie Robbins, of 
Massachusetts, and had four children, three of whom lived to maturity. 

Deacon Barnard Salisbury was born in Dummerston, Vt., March 30, 1786, 
and married Arathusa Duncan, of that town, August 3^ 1806. About 1807, 
they came to Townshend and located on road 39, on what is called West 
Hill. He cleared 130 acres. He was left an orphan at the age of three 
years, and was brought up by a Mr. Hadley. He received a common school 



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education and fitted himself for the duties of a teacher, which he performed 
in several schools prior to his marriage. After his settlement in Townshend 
he was honored with many public trusts. He was a magistrate for about 
twenty-five years, and a deacon of the Congregational church for an equal 
period, serving on the committee to whom was entrusted the erection of the 
parsonage, &c. He died in 1854. He was twice married. His youngest 
child, Henry Salisbury, the present postmaster and clerk of Townshend, 
was born in this town July 6, 1829. He married Alice Harrington in 1857, 
and has always resided here. He has held the office of town clerk and post- 
master since 1869, He represented this town in 1868-69. 

Charles Phelps, a son of Timothy Phelps, was born in Marlboro, Vt., Sep- 
tember 13, 1 78 1. During his childhood and youth he was taught at home 
and in the common schools of the district where his father resided. In early 
manhood he attended the academy at Chesterfield, N. H., and at Brattleboro. 
At the June term of court, 1807, he was admitted to the bar of Windham 
county, and commenced his residence in Townshend on the 7th of the fol- 
lowing September. A pair of saddle-bags, with apparel therein, and the colt 
upon whose back he rode, constituted the sum total of his property. This 
horse was a docile and hardy animal, but after a few months, the business of 
its owner made necessary the purchase of another. His office was erected 
by Thomas Sumner, in 1807. By the close of 1810 he had purchased the 
and which became his homestead. He boarded with Lemuel Marsh until 
some time in 181 2, and then at Benjamin Rider's hotel for about a year. As 
soon as his dwelling-house was completed he went to house-keeping. Prior 
to his marriage, his sister Anstis had charge of his domestic aff"airs. He mar- 
ried the daughter of James Houghton, of Guilford, July 21, 18 14, and had 
six children. His wife and four children survived him. He was elected 
a member of the Vermont Council in 1820, '21, and '22 ; judge of probate for 
the district of Westminster in 1821, '22 and '24; and a judge of Windham 
county court in 1832, '^;^, and '34 ; holding each of the above named offices 
for three years. Of his discourses on public occasions, there were printed 
the address at Townsend, July 4, 181 1; the lecture before the Windham 
county Bible Society, July 4, 1826 ; the address before the Windham County 
Bible Society at its annual meeting in August, 1830 ; and the lecture on tem- 
perate drinking delivered at Wardsboro in June, 1832. To the close of Mad- 
ison's administration, he was a zealous and active Democrat. Many politi- 
cal articles which appeared in the newspapers of that day were written by 
him, and he often spoke in defense of the party to which he belonged. During 
the presidential campaign of 1824, he supported Mr. Adams, and was in ever 
increasing sympathy with him while he was so honorably earning his noble title 
of " the old man eloquent." On receiving Mr. Garrison's prospectus for pub- 
lishing T/ie Liberator^ he became a subscriber, commencing with No. i of 
Vol. I, of that paper, and renewing his subscriptions yearly so long as he 
Hved. For the anti-slavery cause he was an ever wilHng writer and speaker. 

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Before the darkness of slavery had passed away he was summoned from the 
world ; but in his last days he was confident that emancipation morning was 
near, and the belief gladdened his heart. In the management of town af- 
fairs he was often called to take part. By his official services he proved him- 
self sagacious, energetic, prudent, true to his trust, and at the same time just 
to all. Popular education always found in him a ready and earnest supporter. 
It was his practice to visit the public schools and speak words of advice 
and encouragement to those in attendance. By personal efforts, to which he 
contributed his full share, many subscription and select schools were kept in 
the school district where he resided. By the purchase of warrants issued to 
soldiers of the Revolution and located in Illinois, he became owner of nu- 
merous tracts of land in that State. . Nearly all of these lots, amounting to 
many thousand dollars in value, were given to Knox college a few months 
before his death. Down to 1830, his books and dockets contains abundant 
evidence to show that Jiis professional practice was large and remunerative. 
At that time his private affairs claimed, and thereafter occupied the greater 
part of his time. His religious training l^egan with the dawn of understand- 
ing. By the time he could read he had learned the shorter catechism, and 
through life could repeat the same frorn beginning to end. He was well in- 
structed in the essential doctrines of Christianity, and always led a moral and 
exemplary Ufa. In 1838 he became a member of the First Congregational 
church in Townshend. Then he erected the family altar, and during the rest 
of his life, made daily supplications to the Heavenly Father for the doing of 
" His will on earth as it is done in heaven," for daily bread, for forgiveness, 
for deliverence from temptation and evil, and for light and guidance through 
the wickedness and misery of this world to a future life of holiness and hap- 
piness. Neither bad habits nor crooked practices cast their blighting and de- 
pressing influence upon him. At all times he had the cheerful, open, manly 
countenance borne by the just and pure. The libraries, lectures, public meet- 
ings, and religious privileges of a superior order, which are so common in 
cities, were strong inducements for putting an end to a country life. The resi- 
dence of a daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio, decided the question. In the 
autumn of 1845 he removed with his family to that city, where he died on 
the 19th day of November, 1854. 

James H. Phelps, son of Charles Phelps, was born in West Townshend, 
September 6, 181 7, where he has always made his home. After graduation 
at Middlebury college, in 1835, he studied law with his father, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar by Windham county court in 1839. About this time his 
father decided to close his business in Vermont, and remove from the State. 
Settlement of his affairs, which consisted largely of financial transactions, 
were placed at first, partly, and then wholly in charge of the subject of this 
notice. But the matters to be handled were many, and were of such char- 
acter that they could not be concluded short of a term of years. A business 
thus prolonged, and which suited the person conducting it, could not easily 



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be abandoned, even when the cause of its beginning had ceased to exist. 
Hence it soon became a chief means of support, and has continued to the 
present day. The town offices which the people of his native town have con- 
ferred upon him need not be mentioned. They are many, and cover nearly 
the whole period since he became a voter. He was register of the probate 
district of Westminster, from December i, 1842, to December i, 1846; a 
judge of Windham county court, from December i, 1846, to December 1, 
1848; he represented Townshend in the general assembly of 1848, 1849, 
1867, and was a State senator in 1854 and 1856. He married Miss Sophia 

A. Robbins, November 7, 1844. Their children are Eliza Sophia (Mrs. 
Pierce), born June i, 1851, and Sarah Jane, born October 20, 1853. 

Archelaus Bixby was born in Thompson, Conn., December 21, 1784. Sep- 
tember 21, 1807, he married ParmeUa Blanding, of Brookline, Vt., to which 
town his father removed when he was a youth. In 1819 he removed to 
Townshend and bought the farm now owned by J. D. Derry, where he resided 
till his death in 1869. He was for many years a deacon of the Baptist church 
of Townshend, of which he was one of the founders, as was his daughter 
Sarah T., wife of James D. Derry^ who belonged to the church about fifty-four 
years. She died October 15, 1869, aged sixty-six. Mr. Bixby's other daugh- 
ter, Parmelia A., married Solomon F. Whitney, and died, leaving one daugh- 
ter. His only other child, a son, died in infancy. 

Joseph Haywood was born in Holden, Mass., and married Polly Robinson 
of Winchenden in that State. About 1790 he settled in Brattleboro, where he 
raised a family of eight children, the oldest of whom is Mrs. Sally, widow of 

B. F. Harris, of Brattleboro. About 1820-23, he removed his family to 
Townshend, where he spent the rest of his life, and died November 9, 1857, 
at the age of ninety years. Mrs. T. J. Holland, of Townshend, is the only 
other survivor of his family. 

Deacon Joseph Bradley Ware was born in Putney, Vt., February 2, 1809, 
and was the second of twelve children born to Dr. Joseph and Lucinda 
(Kathan) Ware. He was early compelled to shift for himself, and grew to 
manhood with only such scholastic advantages as were afforded by a limited 
attendance at the district schools. At the age of eighteen he was one of fifty 
boys from Windham county who went to Lowell and worked on the carpet 
factory then being built there. After a year spent in Lowell he went to Bos- 
ton, where he remained two years in a furniture store. He then came to 
Townshend and engaged in farming. March 13, 1839, he married Mary H., 
daughter of David Plummer, of Brattleboro, by whom he had four children, 
only one of whom, John J. H. Ware, of Townshend, is living. During the 
major portion of his life Mr. Ware has dealt in live stock, and in pursuit of 
that business has traveled over Windham county and Southern Vermont. In 
1836, he became a member of the Congregational church, and in 1855 or '56 
was elected a deacon therein. He represented Townshend in the legislature 
in 1880-81. 



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Rev. Horace Fletcher, A. M., D. D., son of Hon. Asaph and Sarah (Green)- 
Fletcher, was born in Cavendish, Vt., October 28, 1796, and fitted for col- 
lege under the instruction of Rev. Jonathan Going, D. D., of Vermont, and 
his brother, the later Hon. Richard Fletcher, of Boston, who was then prac- 
ticing law in Sahsbury, N. H. In 1818 he 
entered the Vermont University at Burling- 
ton, and pursued his studies there until the 
college building was required for the use of 
the arm.y. In the spring of 18 15 he entered 
the sophomore class of Dartmouth college, 
from which he was graduated with the high- 
est honors in 1817. He taught in the 
Franklin county academy at New Salem, 
Mass., for one or more years, and then 
read law with Hon. William C. Bradley, of 
Westminster, Vt. He commenced the prac- 
tice of law at Proctorsville, Vt., in 1822, 
(REV. HORACE FLETCHER.) but after fifteen years practice abandoned 
the law, and studied theology with Rev. C. W. Hodges, of Bennington, 
Vt. He was ordained pastor of the Baptist church in Townshend, Jan- 
uary 25, 1844, and sustained that relation till his death, November 27, 
1 87 1. Mr. Fletcher married Harriet, daughter of Eleazer May, of West- 
minster, Vt., March 12, 1823, and reared a numerous and highly respected 
family. In September, 1855, he was elected to the legislature of Vermont. 
He received the degree of D. D., from Madison University, Hamilton, N^ 
Y., in i860. 

James O. FoUett came to Townshend in 1849 ^^^ settled where he now 
hves. He married Clara, daughter of Orison H. Kimball, of this town. His 
father, Samuel W. FoUett, who married Eliza, daughter of David Bemis, of 
Westminster, died when James was a year old. His grandfather, James Fol- 
lett, removed from Hubbardson, Mass., to Jamaica in 1803, and settled on 
what is called Turkey mountain. William FoUett, who is a lawyer in Reads- 
boro, Vt., is a son of his. 

Abishai Stoddard, judge of probate, and son of Ezra Stoddard, was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1845, and in that and the two succeeding years he rep- 
resented the town of Grafton. In 1855 he removed to Townshend, which 
he represented in 1859 and '60. He was a member of the convention of 
1850. He is also judge of probate, clistrict of Westminster, and resides in 
Westminster. 

Adelbert A. Mason, who was born in Newfane, April 4, 1841, is a son of 
Russell Mason, of Newfane, and grandson of Anthony Mason, who was an 
early resident of Brookline. He is one of a family of eight children, all of 
whom are living. He has resided in Townshend for twenty years. He 
married Phebe Ella Holland, and has three daughters. 



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Hon. Ira K. Batchelder, son of Edmund, was born in Mt. Vernon, N. H., 
Dec. II, 1811, and removed to Vermont in 1819, locating in Peru, Benning- 
ton county, which town he represented in 1849. ^^ ^^s a State senator 
trom Bennington county in j850-'5i, and was elected county judge in 1864- 
'65. He was a very successful farmer in Peru. In 1869 he sold his farm 
and moved to Townshend. He married Nancy Brainard of Peru in 1840, 
and has three children — Julia E., who was graduated from Mt. Holyoke semi- 
nary, and married Rev. E. J. Ward of Grafton, Vt.; James K., who gradu- 
ated from Middlebury college and the Albany law school, and established 
himself in the practice of his profession in Arlington; and Edward B., who 
married Anna Sakin, and settled as a farmer on road 39 in Townshend. 

Emery Cathan came here from Dummerston, his native town. His father 
died when he was seven years of age and he went to live with an uncle in 
Newfane. He married Mary Hall, of this town, and settled on road 38^, 
where his son Lucius H. now lives. He died May 10, 1849. His widow is 
still living at the age of eighty-nine years. He had one other son, Theodore 
E., who died at the age of twenty-eight years. 

Joab Holland was born in 1797, and removed when young from Barre, 
Mass., to Brookline, where he worked for his brother Lot, on the farm now 
owned by Luther Osgood. There he became acquainted with Phebe, daugh- 
ter of Alonzo Stebbins, whom he married. He came to Townshend and 
bought the farm on road 36 now owned by Bela B. Brigham, where he 
brought up nine children, all of whom are living except Ozro, who was killed 
by hghtning in Minnesota, where four others now reside — Alonzo, the young- 
est son, who served in the civil war; Jotham, who joined the regular army 
and served in the war against the Sioux Indians; the eldest daughter, who 
married Curtis Carey; and Joab Jr. The eldest son Hves in Winchendon, 
Mass. The remaining three daughters are Mrs. Ella P. Mason, Mrs. Mary 
Evans, and Mrs. Harriet Holbrook, all living in Townshend. Joab Holland 
was a substantial farmer. He was a member of the Baptist church and 
among the foremost in promoting its interests. He was one of the com- 
mittee who erected the church edifice, and was connected with the establish- 
ment of the Leland and Gray seminary of Townshend. He died February 
14, 1873, aged seventy-six. 

Thomas Simpson was a drummer in the Revolution and removed from 
Sturbridge, Mass., to Wardsboro, when a young man. He was a stone- 
mason and farmer. He married Susan Plympton and had ten children. He 
and his wife died at the advanced ages of ninety-four and ninety-seven years 
respectively. Their son Orrin, who married Asenath Willard, settled in 
Townshend, where he spent his life and brought up two sons and two daugh- 
ters, all of whom live in the town. He belonged to the Congregational church 
of Townshend for thirty-five or forty years. An Enghsh saber and a powder 
horn picked up by Thomas Simpson on the battle ground of Bunker Hill are 
still treasured heir-looms of his descendants. 



304 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Col. Jonas Twitchell was born in Winchester, N. H., March 3, 1804, and 
came to Townshend and learned the blacksmith trade of his uncle, Samuel 
Wright, who had a shop near where Carlos C. Johnson lives. He then 
opened a shop at West Townshend, but later returned to Winchester, where 
he became colonel of militia. He returned to Townshend in 1831 and set- 
tled where Thomas Evans now lives, where he died in 1879, aged seventy- 
five years. He was often called upon to settle estates ; was for many years 
a member of the board of town officers ; and represented the town in the 
legislature in 1862. He was for several years president of the Windham 
County Savings bank at Newfane. He married Eliza Robbins, of Jamaica, 
by whom he had one son and four daughters. He had also one son and two 
daughters by a second marriage. Lucius N. Twitchell, who resides on road 
38, in Townshend, is his eldest son ; and Mrs. A. A. Townsend and Mrs. 
Moses Randall are his daughters. 

Thomas Evans was born in Manchester, Vt., but when five years of age 
he came with his parents to Townshend. He married Miriam Holland, Sep- 
tember 19, 1848. She was a milliner and he a tanner by trade. In 1855 
he became landlord of the hotel built by Capt. Taggart, at Townshend, and 
conducted it five years, when he went to Fayetteville, where he had charge 
of the jail for nine years, and kept hotel during the same period. For 
twenty-five years he kept hotel in Windham county, but in 1881 he retired 
from that business and purchased the Col. Twitchell farm on road 38, in 
Townshend, where he now resides. 

John Blandin, son of John S. Blandin, was born in Brookline, Vt., in 1791. 
He was brought up on a farm with but limited opportunities for acquiring: 
an education. He was, however, a man of extensive reading, and early became^ 
a member of the Baptist church. He possessed great financial acumen, and 
was called upon to exercise it in various positions of trust in Townshend, 
both as a town officer and as one of the trustees of Leland and Grey Sem- 
inary, which he v/as largely instrumental in establishing, and in the settlement 
of estates. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-one years. In 1839 
he erected the present residence of C. Q. Stebbens, on road 38, where he kept, 
hotel for twenty years. He was twice married. His first wife was Jerusha 
Jewett by whom he had three sons and one daughter. All the sons received 
a collegiate education, but died, as did the daughter, between the ages of 
twenty-three and twenty-seven. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. 
Samuel Kingsbury, who was the first pastor of the First Baptist church at 
West Townshend. The fruit of this union, which was consummated Decem- 
ber 20, 1827, was five children, only two of whom are living, viz. : Martha 
F., wife of C. Q. Stebbins, and Mary E., wife of Rev. J. D. Colburn, both of 
whom reside in Townshend. John Blandin died September 3, 1865, aged 
seventy-four years. 

Philemon Holden, from Shirley, Mass., was one of the original proprietors 
of the old town of Acton, then called Johnson's Gore, settling in that town^ 



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about 1782. He married Huldah Davis and reared six sons and one daugh- 
ter. He was a member and a firm supporter of the Congregational church 
of Windham, and died at the age of fifty years. Dennis Holden, his son, 
born here in 1784, occupied the old homestead several years, then moved 
on to the farm now owned by R. Hewes, on road 8. Squire Holden, Dennis's 
brother, purchased the home farm and occupied it until his death. Dennis 
married Achsah Gates and reared seven children, of whom Philemon, now 
residing on road 19, at the age of seventy-six years, Ira Holden, of Perkins- 
ville, Sabra Purdy, of Manchester, Vt., and Mrs. D. Richardson, are living. 
Squire Holden married Lucy Chafinn and reared four sons and five daughters, 
of whom two sons, Zenas D. and George K., and two daughters, Mrs. David 
Stiles and Mrs. Elvira Harris, of Grafton, are living. Zenas D. taught school 
when a young man, and spent ten years in Lawrence, where he married Mrs. 
Mary Welch, and now resides on road 6. Hollis J., another son of Squire 
Holden, married Adelia Puffer, and of their children Arthur J. and Ida reside 
on road 37, in Grafton. Philemon, who resides here, married I^aurintha 
Davis, of Reading. Three of his seven children are livmg, Mrs M. A. Covey, 
Mrs. Alverdon O. Richardson, and Mrs. L. F, Cobb. His eldest son, Adel- 
bert D., was a member of Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols., and died at Fortress Mon- 
roe. The family of Zenas D. are Willie W., and Charles, of Elgin, 111. 

Asa, Eli, Elias and Ezra Holbrook, four brothers, came to Townshend 
from Sturbridge, Mass., previous to 1773. ^^""^ located upon the farm now 
occupied by J. A. Churchill, and subsequently cleared the farm now owned 
by J. L. Nichols, on road 20. One of his seven children married Reuben 
Nichols, who became the father of Hollis and J. L. Nichols, who own the 
homestead. Abner, the eldest son, married Sarah Lee and settled where 
A. B. Greenwood now resides. Four of their seven children are living, 
though only one, Harvey P., in Vermont. Abner Holbrook built a saw-mill 
on his farm, which he operated until his death, at the age of seventy-four years. 
Harvey P. married Orrissa Bailey, in 1836, and has one daughter, Mrs. B. B. 
Brigham. Hugh H. "Holbrook, now residing on road 32, is a son of Aaron 
and great-grandson of Ezra. He served as a non-commissioned officer in 
Co. D, 1 6th Vt., Vols., during the late war. 

In January, 1784, when the militia was called out to subdue the Yorkers, 
at Brattleboro. The following company went from Townshend : Josiah Fish, 
captam; Ezra Holbrook and Philip Rutter, lieutenants; and Thomas Barnes, 
Daniel Blanchard, Seth Briggs, Ebenezer Burt, Alfred Chaff"ee, Charles Chaf- 
fee, Israel Chapman, Henry Chase, Moses Cook, Rosebrook Crawford, Luther 
Doolittle, Thomas Dunton, Calvin Ewings, Asa Fay, Ephraim Fuller, James 
Gamble, James Gleason, James Gray, John Griffith, Isaac Hart, EH Hay- 
ward, Paul Hayward, Thaddeus Hazeltine, Amos Holbrook, Eli Holbrook, 
Timothy Holbrook, Benjamin Howe, Peter Howe, John Johnson, Abner Lee, 
John McMaster, John Oak, Seth Oak, Ebenezer Ober, Baily Rawson, Ste- 
phen Rawson, George Ray, Moses Robertson, Jeremiah Richardson, Phineas 



304 



TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Smith, Amariah Taft, Ebenzer Taft, Benjamin Tainter, Samuel Tainter, 
James Tyler, Darius Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, Joseph Wilder, Samuel Wis- 
well and Timothy Wood, privates. 

The following summary gives the number of men and amount of funds fur- 
nished by the town towards the suppression of the great rebellion: — 



Nine-months men, - 25 
One-year men, - - - 13 
Three-years men, - - 59 
Results of draft, - - 9 
Subtitutes, - - - - 14 



Bounty paid nine-months men, - - $1,875.00 
Bounty paid one-year men, . - - 5,177.00 
Bounty paid three-years men, - - 9,000.85 

Commutations paid, 2,400.00 

Paid substitutes, - 11,500.00 

Paid services and expenses of agents 

to procure men, ------ 1,060.86 



Total, - - 120 Total, ----- $31,013.71 

The First Congregational church of To7vnshend, located at Townshend 
village, was originally organized at a very early date, probably between the 
years 1770 and 1777. This organization became extinct, however, and in 
1792 was reorganized, with fifteen members. This second organization seems 
to have been given up, and in 182 1 the present church society was organ- 
ized. Rev. Nicholas Dudley was the first settled minister, the records say 
in 1777, though there are records of marriage ceremonies performed by him 
as early as 1770. He was born in Epping, N. H., graduated from Harvard 
in 1767, received the ministerial right of land here, and was pastor of the 
society until about 1780. The first house of worship was built about 1770, 
located near where Joy brook crosses road 38. When the present church 
building was erected we cannot state ; but it was standing, in 1803, at which 
time the land belonging to it was leased to the town by Ephraim Wheelock, 
February 28th, for a term "so long as the inhabitants shall maintain the 
house." It will comfortably seat about 350 persons, and is valued, including 
grounds, at $5,000.00. The society now has seventy-five members, with Rev. 
H. H. Acterian acting pastor. 

The Second Baptist churchy located at Townshend village, was organized 
June 15, 1827 , with twenty-four members, the Rev. J. M. Graves being the 
first pastor. The church building, erected in 1838, is valued, including 
grounds, at $4,200.00. The society now has 206 members, with Rev. Rich- 
ard S. Mitchell, pastor. 

The Congregational church, located at West Townshend, was organized by 
an ecclesiastical council, in 1850, with twenty-two members. Rev. Philetus 
Clark being the first pastor. The church building was erected as a Union 
church in 18 1 7. It will seat about 300 persons, and is valued, including 
parsonage and grounds, at $2,900.00. The society now has about fifty-six 
members, with no regular pastor. 



TOWN OF VERNON. 3^4 



VERNON is a small, irregularly outlined town, lying in the southeastern 
corner of the county, in lat. 42° 46 , and long. 4^ 28', bounded north 
by Brattleboro, northeasterly by the west bank of Connecticut river, 
south by Bernardston and Northfield, in Massachusetts, and west by Guilford. 
The township was originally a part of the old town of Hinsdale, which in- 
cluded lands on both sides of the Connecticut, and was granted by Massa- 
chusetts at a very early date, deriving its name from Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdell, 
or Hinsdale, who was probably one of the original proprietors. Even after 
the river had been declared the boundary line between the province of New 
Hampshire and New York, and the township had in this manner been 
divided, the different parts, although under distinct organizations, still retained 
their original name, and were thus known until the 21st of October, 1802, 
when the name of Hinsdale, in Vermont, was changed to that of Vernon. 
The date of the first grant is not accurately known. In a petition, still extant, 
from Samuel Hunt, by his attorney, Ohver Willard, which was presented to 
the provincial government of New York, on the 3d of November, 1766, it is 
stated that the tract of land comprised in this township, " was purchased of 
the native Indians, and granted by the province of the Massachusetts Bay, 
near one hundred years ago, and was soon afterwards cultivated and settled ; 
and that it was afterwards found to be in the province of New Hampshire, 
and was then confirmed to the proprietors by power dated the 3d of Septem- 
ber, 1753. The " power " referred to was the charter issued by Governor 
Banning Wentworth, by which the township of Hinsdale including land on 
both sides of the river, was regranted to Ebenezer Alexander and ninety-four 
others. An alteration, however, was made in this charter, or a new one was 
issued, September 26, 1753, by which the grant was divided into two tovvns, 
the west bank of the Connecticut forming the line of separation, and each 
town retaining the name of Hinsdale until 1802, as before mentioned. Por- 
tions of what is now Vernon were also chartered by New York, under the 
name of Hinsdale and Fall Town Gore. 

A large portion of the territory is mountanous, with a dry, stony, thin soil ; 
but in the eastern part, in the Connecticut valley, there is fine intervale land, 
where are located many excellent farms, with an arable, easily cultivated soil. 
The streams are all small, the largest being Fall river, which flows a southerly 
course along the western border ot the town. Lily pond, a neat little body 
of water covering about 100 acres of land, lies in the southern part of the 
township. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory 
are principally of the hornblende-schist, clay -slate, and gneiss formation, the 
later underlying the eastern, and the two former the western and central 
parts. 

In 1880 Vernon had a population of 652, and in 1882 had seven school 
districts and six common schools, employing three male and eight female 
teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $820.25. There were 11 1 
pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the 



304 TOWN OF VERNON. 



year, ending October 31st, was $1,112.57, with Thomas Goodwillie, superin- 
tendent. 

Vernon (p. o.), a hamlet located in the eastern part of the town on the 
New London Northern railroad, has one church (Universalist), an hotel, store^ 
a saw-mill, grist-mill, and about ten dweUings. 

South Vernon is a hamlet located in the southeastern part of the town on 
the Massachusetts line. It has a depot and freight-house, hotel, grist and 
saw-mill, and about twelve houses. A postoffice (West Northfield) and a por- 
tion of the village are located just over the line, in Massachusetts. 

The South Vernon House is a well equipped hotel, built by the Priest Bros., 
in 1872. It has accommodations for about forty guests, with R. F. Smith, 
proprietor. 

The Verno7i Hotel, built in 1849, is a well-equipped summer hotel, with 
William A. Squires, proprietor. 

The South Vernon grist and saw-mill, T. W. & W. D. Johnson, proprietors, 
has one run of stones and will cut 6,000 feet of lumber per day. 

W. A. Franklin's cider-mill, located on road 4, has the capacity for making 
ten barrels of cider per day. 

Tyler L. JohnsoiH s (of Guilford) saiu-mill, located in the western part of 
this town, manufactures 100,000 feet of lumber per annum. 

H. W. Fairmaii s grist-mill, located on road 9, has one run of stones and 
does custom work. 

Charles H. Newton's cider-mill, located on road 17, has the capacity for 
manufacturing 600 barrels of cider per annum. 

In a "narrative of tht controversy" between New York and New Hampshire, 
by Ethan Allen, reference is made to the early history of Hinsdale in these 
words : " This township had first been granted by the government of the 
Massachusetts Bay, and upon the settlement of the boundary Une between 
the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, in 1739, '^^ fell within the latter, 
and by that government was granted and fully ratified to the inhabitants and 
proprietors, who. in addition to their title, had also the Indian right." The 
earHest inhabitants were emigrants from Northfield and Northampton, Mass. 
They encountered with spirit and resolution the dangers to which they were 
exposed from their enemies, the Indians, though of their names, etc., little is 
known except as given in the annexed biographical sketches. In 1771 the 
town had a population of 107 souls. It was early organized, but the loss of 
the records by fire, in 1789, precludes the possibility of obtaining accurate 
data. By old deeds found, and re-recorded, however, it appears that John 
Bridgtnan was town clerk as early as 1785, and was the first one elected, 
though probably some years previous to 1785. He served until 1803, the 
year of his death. Mr. Bridgman was also judge of the county court many 
years. The first representative was Arad Hunt, in 1780, who was also the 
first justice of the peace, in 1786. At the Cumberland county committee 
of safety, in its sessions held from the nth to the 21st of June, 1776, Mr. 
Hunt was also a delegate from Vernon, in company with John Bridgman. 



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In 1740 Sartwell's and Bridgman's forts were built, the former by Josiah 
Sartwell, on what is now known as the Howe homestead, and the latter by 
Orlando Bridgman, just opposite the present Hubbard farm, both of which 
are spoken of on page 60. On the 24th of June, 1746, a party of twenty 
Indians came to Bridgman's fort, attacked a number of men who were at 
work in a meadow, killed William Robbins and James Parker, wounded M. 
Gilson and Patrick Ray, and made prisoners of Daniel Howe and John Bee- 
man. Howe killed one of the Indians before he was taken. In the autumn 
of 1747 they burned Bridgman's fort, killed several persons, and made others 
prisoners. The fort was soon after rebuilt, on an enlarged and more secure 
plan. But on the 27th of June, 1755, the most disastrous affair occurred. As 
Messrs. Caleb H. Howe, Hilkiah Grout and Benjamin Gaffield, who had 
been hoeing corn in the meadow, were returning to the fort a little before 
sunset, they were fired upon by twelve Indians, who had ambushed their path. 
Howe was on horseback, with two of his young sons behind him. A ball, 
which broke his thigh, brought him to the ground. His horse ran a few rods 
and fell, and the two boys were taken by the savages. The Indians, then, 
coming up to Howe, pierced his body with a spear, tore off his scalp, truck a 
hatchet into his head, leaving him in this terrible condition. He was found 
alive the morning after by a party of men from Fort Hinsdale, N. H. ; and 
being asked by one of the party whether he knew them or not, he answered 
"yes, I know you all." These were his last words, however, though he did 
not expire until after his friends had arrived with him at Fort Hinsdale, 
Grout was so fortunate as to escape unhurt; but Gaffield, in attempting to 
wade through the river, at a place which was indeed fordable at that time, 
was unforunately drowned. The families of the sufferers, who were in the 
fort, had heard the firing, but were ignorant of its cause. Anxiously await- 
ing the return of their companions, they heard, in the dusk of the evening, a 
rapping at the gate, and the tread of many feet without. Supposing by the 
signal which was given that they were to receive friends, they too hastily 
opened the gate, and, to their surprise and anguish, admitted enemies. The 
three families, consisting of Mrs. Jemima Howe and her children, Mary and 
Submit Phips, William, Moses, Squire and Caleb Howe, and a babe six 
months old ; Mrs. Submit Grout and her children, Hilkiah, Asa and Martha, 
and Mrs. Gafiield, with her daughter Eunice, fourteen in all, were made pris- 
oners. After plundering and firing the place the Indians proceeded about 
a mile and a half and encamped for the night in the woods, then took their 
course by the way of Crown Point and Lake Champlain to Canada. Mrs. 
Howe, after a series of adventures, was finally redeemed with three of her 
children, through the intervention of Col. Peter Schuyler, Major (afterwards 
General) Israel Putnam, and other gentlemen, who had become interested in 
her welfare on account of the peculiarity of her sufferings and the patience with 
which she had borne them. Of the children, the youngest died, another was 
given to Gov. de Vaudreuil, of Canada, and the two remaining ones, who 



304 TOWN OF VERNON. 



were daughters, .vere placed in a convent in that province. One of these was 
afterwards carried to France, where she married a Frenchman named Cron 
Lewis, and the other was subsequently redeemed by Mrs. Howe, who made 
a journey to Canada for the express purpose of procuring her release. Mrs- 
Howe afterwards became the wife of Amos Tute, who was for several years 
one of the coroners of Cumberland county. She died March 7, 1805, aged 
eighty-two years. At the close of three years' captivity Mrs. Gaffield was 
ransomed and went to England. The fate of her daughter Eunice is uncer- 
tain. On the 9th of October, 1758, a petition, signed Zadok Hawks, was 
presented to the general court of Massachusetts, praying them to use their 
influence to obtain the release of Mrs. Grout, the petitioner's sister. At that 
time she and her daughter were residing with the French near Montreal, and 
her two sons were with the Indians at St. Francis. It is probable that their 
release was not long delayed, as one of the sons, a few years later, was a resi- 
dent of Cumberland county. 

John Fairman came to Vernon from Soniers, Conn., about 1788, and lived 
and died in the town. Of his family of ten chfldren Elijah is the only one 
living. Joab, son of John, was born in this town and married Betsey Cald- 
well, of Northfield, Mass. After her death he married Mary Ann Sheldon, 
of Bernardston, Mass. Of his family of ten children only one lives in this 
town, D. S., who resides on road 10. 

Isaac Pratt came to this town after the Revolution, in which he took an 
active part, and settled on the farm now owned by W. A. Franklin, on road 
4. He died in Sudbury, Mass. George, his son, married Tirzah Thomas, 
of Hinsdale, N. H., and lived in that town for a few years. He then came 
to Vernon and settled on the farm now owned by Isaac Eddy, who married 
his daughter, Lucy S. Two of his sons, Lawren and Henry, live in Fitch- 
burg, Mass., and another daughter, Cordelia S., who married Gilbert D. Bug- 
bee, lives in Boston. 

Nehemiah Houghton was an early settler in Vernon. He located on the 
farm now owned by his grandson S. B. Houghton. His son, Major Alba 
Houghton, was born on the old homestead. He married Thankful Stebbins, 
of this town, where he spent his life. He was a major in the militia, and an 
upright man. He died in 1873. His wife lives in Worcester, Mass., with 

Iff 

her son, C. C. Houghton. 

Ebenezer Scott was the first white male child born in Bernardston, Mass. 
He and his mother and two brothers were carried as captives by the Indians 
to Quebec and sold to the French, when he was eight years old. He 
returned to his father's home, and subsequently served in the Revolution, for 
which service he drew a pension. He came to Vernon at an early day and 
died here at the age of eighty-three. His son Eleazer was born in this town 
in 1788 and married Sarah Strickland, of Gill, Mass., by whom he had six 
children, four of whom are living, Elvira, who married N. Greenwood, in 
Nashua, N. H., Alva E. and Eleazer G., the latter of whom married Sarah 



TOWN OF VERNON. "304 



D. Noyes, of this town, in Vernon, and Lucinda, who married A. Hov^land, 
in Albion, N. Y. 

Nathaniel Brooks was an early setler in Vernon. He located on the farm 
now owned by his grandson, Lewis Brooks, on road lo^. He was a farmer, 
and died in the town. His son Nathaniel married Lizzie Robinson, of this 
town, and settled near him. He died here, spending his latter years where 
his grandson, George M. Brooks, now lives. He had three children, Polly, 
who married Emerson Preston, Vinal, who died young, and Nathaniel, 
who was born in 1805, married Harriet Lee, and settled and still lives 
where his son George M. Brooks now resides. Samuel, another son of the 
pioneer Nathaniel, settled on the farm now owned by his son Lewis, where 
he raised a family of eight children, of whom only one other besides Lewis 
is living, viz.: Sally, who married Levi Bishop, and resides in Wiscon- 
sin. Lewis married Mary Clark and had two sons, Addison L., who lives 
with his father, and Marshall C., who died in 1870. Samuel Brooks 
Jr., married Lucretia Puler, of this town and settled on road 10, where his 
son L. C. now lives, and where both he and his wife died. Three others of 
his seven children are Hving, — Mary Ann, who married Edward Fairman, 
Uriah, in this town, and Henry R,, in VVinconsin. 

Sylvanus Harris, from Richmond, N. H., settled at an early day near the 
center of the town and cleared up a farm. Not one of his children is living. 
His son Ziba married Polly Lee, of Vernon, and raised five children, of whom 
Charlotte H., widow of Samuel Clark, is the only one living. Sylvanus Har- 
ris, Jr., came to this town with his father when a child and lived and died here. 
His first wife was Rachel Puler, and his second, Nancy Johnson, of Vernon, 
by whom he had nine children, six of whom are living. One son, Charles S., 
lives on road 10. He was born in 18 13 and married Lovina Colgrove, of 
Guilford. He had one child, Charles S., who enlisted in Co. I, loth Regt. 
Mass. Vols., was taken prisoner at Fair Oaks and confined in Libby prison. 
He died after his release, at Newport News, Va.,of disease contracted in prison. 

John Lee, son of Jesse Lee, married Polly Puler and settled on the farm now 
owned by his son G. W. Lee, where he spent his days, dying at the good old 
age of ninety-six, and his wife at the age of ninety-seven. He had nine chil- 
dren who lived to maturity. Seven of them are still hving, three of them in 
this town, viz. : George W., who married Harriet Ehure for his first wife 
and Edith E. Root for the second one, and resides on the homestead , Rachel, 
who married David Streeter; and Lucy who married J. G. Weatherhead. 

Jonah Titus came to Vernon from Sutton, Mass., in 1812. He carried 
on shoemaking and was also engaged in mercantile business at the center of 
the town. He died here. His son Capt. Sumner Titus, was born in Sutton, 
Mass., in 1805, and came to Vernon with him. He, like his father, was a shoe- 
maker, which business he followed for some time. He was also engaged in 
boating on the Connecticut river between Bellows Falls and Hartford. For 
several years he was a captain, and for some time a pilot. He was also cap- 



304*° TOWN OF VERNON. 



tain of a militia company, and from this connection derived his title. He 
was a justice of the peace for some years, and also held other town offices. 
He was twice married. His first wife was Marcia Lee, of this town, by 
whom he had seven children, six of whom are living. His second wife was 
Sophronia Stebbins. 

Sidney S. Miller, son of Ebenezer Miller, was born in Dummerston, Vt., 
August 9, 1808, and came to Vernon in 1820, in company with his father, 
who settled on the farm on which Sidney now lives. Sidney S. Miller has 
been selectman and lister for some time. He married Lucy Barber of North- 
field, Mass., by whom he had four children. His son, Marshall M., was killed 
by the cars at South Vernon, October 2, 1865. His daughter Augusta L. 
married John A. Butler, of Jamaica, and died in this town. Another son, 
Horatio S., lives in Fitchburgh, Mass., and a third, George B., in Springfield 
in that State. 

Ebenezer Miller, son of Marshall Miller, was born in Dummerston, Vt., 
and came to Vernon in 1820. He settled on road 19, on the farm now 
owned by his son S. S., where he was engaged in blacksmithing and farming. 
He died September 29, 1829. He married Anna Farr, who died February 
13, 1866, having borne him eight children, of whom only one other besides 
the son named is living, viz.: Jerusha H., who resides with her brother. 

Col. Erastus Hulbard came to Vernon from Sullivan, N. H., in 1829, and 
settled on the Fort Bridgeman farm, where he died. He married Fanny 
Frost, by whom he had three children. His son, George H., was born May i, 
1843, and enlisted in Co. E, nth Vt. Regt., or ist Heavy Artillery, July 21, 
1862. He was promoted to ist corporal and subsequently to sergeant, in 
which capacity he served until the close of the war, when he returned to the 
farm on road 3. He has served two terms each as lister andselectman. He 
married Hattie, daughter of Chester W. French, and has two children, Wal- 
ton G., an adopted son, who came to live with them when five years old, 
and E. G. 

Lewis E. Rice was born in Guilford, and came to Vernon in 1829, when 
nine years of age. He married Harriet M., daughter of Noah Clark, who 
still lives in this town. He was drowned while fishing in the Connecti- 
cut river in 1851. But one child survives him, Estella J., who married D. S. 
Fairman, and lives in Vernon. 

William Heard came to Vernon from Montague, Mass., about 1830, and 
bought the farm on road 9, which was the place of residence of Gov. Hunt, 
He died in 1875. Three children survive him: Jane, who married Henry 
Herrick and lives in South Carolina ; Sarah A., who lives on the homestead 
with her brother ; E. M., who married Lilian E. Davis, daughter of Charles 
E. Davis, of Vernon, and has three children. 

Jarvis F. Burrows, son of Amos, was born in Leydon, Mass., in 181 2, and 
came to Vernon in 1836. He married Beulah M., daughter of Zadock 
Wright, and settled on the farm now owned by his wife's father. He built 



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the Vernon hotel, which was known as the Burrows House. He moved into 
it in 1850 and kept it for twenty-five years. He represented Vernon in the 
legislature several terms ; he held most of the town offices, and was deputy 
sheriff for some years. He was widely known throughout the State. He 
died in 1875. His widow still lives in Vernon. Only one of his children 
lived to maturity, Hunt W., who married Isabella J. Warren of North 
Bernardston, Mass., and died in 1874, leaving two boys, J. F. and W. W. H. 

Lewis F. Gould was born in Bernardston, Mass., in 1813, and came to Ver- 
non in 1836. He married Lucy Streeter of this town and settled on the 
farm on which he and his son now reside, on road 18. His wife died October 
8, 1879. His son Gilbert F., married Aurora B., daughter of Nelson Dunk- 
lee, and lives on the old homestead. He has been selectman, Hster and 
overseer of the poor. 

Charles E. Davis was born in Winhall, Vt., in 1835, and came to Vernon 
about 1853. He married Fanny F., daughter of L W. Johnson, Jr., and has 
four children, Lilian E., Ada F., Charles I., and Ahce J. 

Nelson Dunklee, son of Johathan, was born in Marlboro in 181 2, He 
married Sarah C. Doolittle, of Townshend, and settled in that town. In 1856 
he came to Vernon. In that year also his wife died, having borne him three 
children. His second wife was Martha A. Farr, who died in 1861, and his 
third, OrsaUne K. Harvey, by whom he has two children, who live at home. 

Alonzo Newton was born in Vernon and married Lavina Frost, of this 
town. He settled at the center of the town and carried on the business of 
shoemaking. His son William A., who resides on road 18, is the only mem- 
ber of his family who lives in this town. He married Sarah Tyler of Vernon 
and had four children, three of whom are living. For his second wife he 
married Celina Cook of Hinsdale, N. H., all of whose four children are liv- 
ing at home. 

Isaac Eddy, who married Hannah Parker of Oxford, Mass., moved from 
that State to Newfane in 1803, and settled on the farm where Warren R. Hil- 
dreth now lives. In 1861 he removed to Vernon, where he died the follow- 
ing year. His wife, who bore him six children, died in 1852. His son Arte- 
mas lives in Guilford, and Isaac, another son, on road 2^ in Vernon, where 
he has resided since 1861. 

Wilder H. Fairman, son of Zira K. Fairman, who was born in Northfield, 
Mass., in 1817. He married EUzabeth, daughter of Capt. Benajah Dudley, 
and settled on the farm now occupied by Henry N. Brooks. After a {qw 
years' residence there he removed to the farm now owned by Michael Baker, 
on road 9^, where he died September 11, 1876. He represented the town in 
the legislature in 1867-68; was selectman and lister several times, and held 
other town offices. 

John Jacob Peeler came to Vernon among the early settlers. He was 
pressed into the English service, deserted, was retaken and whipped, and 
finally served the Americans in the Revolutionary war. Of his descendants 
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James Streeter, a blacksmith, came to Vernon among the early settlers,, 
locating in the southern part of the town. His son Paul, born November 
9, 1778, married Anna Dresser, January i, 1800, and reared twelve children, 
four of whom are living, Luther, in Chicopee, Mass., Noyes and Jerusha, in 
Vernon, and James P. in Massachusetts. Benjamin A., son of Paul, born 
July 14, 1810, married Mary Green and reared nine children, seven of whom 
are living, as follows: Mary L., B. A., Phebe A., Lovisa S., P. A., Hannah 
E., and U. N., only one, B. A., in this town. 

Stephen Johnson, from Southboro, Mass., came to this town at an early 
date, locating in the southwestern part, whence he subsequently removed to 
the central part of the town. He reared eleven children, and died in 1837. 
His son William married Harriet AlHs, of Deerfield, Mass., and reared eight 
children, five of whom are living, viz: Mrs. Lucy E. Slate, Leonora H. (Mrs. 
John Hunt), Mary J. (Mrs. H. H. Dickinson), Sarah M. (Mrs. S. B. Hough- 
ton), and F. W. The latter was born in 1834, married Thankful White, of 
Wardsboro, and has three children, William F., Bertha H., and Guy C. He 
has held most of the town offices, and was representative in 1882-83. His 
mother resides with him on the homestead. WiUiam represented the town in 
the legislature of 1854-55, and in 1868-69, ^"^^ ^^^o held most of the town 
trusts. He died June 15, 1870. I. W. Johnson, son of Stephen, mar- 
ried Fanny Elmer and settled upon the farm now owned by his son Dwight. 
Four of his six children are living, L W., Dwight, E. P., and Fanny (Mrs. F. 
Baker). He died in 1869. 

The Second Advent church, XoczXt^ on road 20, was organized by its first 
pastor. Rev. Solomon Cook, with fifteen members, in 1874. The church 
building, erected in i860, will seat 150 persons, and is valued at $1,600.00. 
The society has thirty-four members, with Rev. J. Hemenway, pastor. 

The Union Universalist church, located at Vernon Center, was organized 
by its first pastor, Rev. M. H. Harris, with twenty-nine members, July 27, 
1879. The church building, a wood structure erected in 1845, '^^^ seat 300 
persons and is valued at $3,000.00, The society now has thirty members, 
with Rev. E. W. Whitney, pastor. 



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'ARDSBORO lies in the western part of the county, in lat. 42° 59', 
and long. 4° 11', bounded north by Jamaica, east by parts of Town- 
shend and Newfane, south by Dover and west by Stratton. It 
originally contained an area of about 23,040 acres, chartered by Vermont to 
William Ward, of Newfane, from whom its name was derived, November 7, 1780. 
On October 18, 1788, an act was passed by the legislature dividing the town 
into two districts, called North and South Districts, making two separate and 
distinct towns, and on October 30, 1810, the South District was incorporated 
into a new town, and named Dover. November 5, 1838, a part of Somerset 



TOWN OF WARDSBORO. "3"4 



was annexed to the township, and November ii, 185 1, another part from 
the same town was added. 

The surface of the territory is very uneven, and in some places quite 
rocky, there being a high range of hills between it and Dover. The soil is 
better adapted to grazing than tillage, though there are some tracts of land 
having a very arable soil. It is watered by Whetstone brook and its tributa- 
ries, a large branch of White river affording some good mill-sites. The rocks 
entering into its geological structure are o( gneiss and fa/cose-sc/iisfjonmition, 
the former being found in the western and the latter in the eastern parts. 
Among the rare minerals found tremolite and zoisite are the most im- 
portant. The former is in fine crystals, sometimes six inches long, penetrat- 
ing quartz, while the latter is in prismatic crystals, sometimes a foot in length, 
and from one to two inches in width. 

In 1880 Wardsboro had a population of 766, and in 1882 was divided into 
seven school districts and had seven common schools, employing three male 
and eight female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $833.53. 
There were 188 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the 
schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $930.19, with H. M. Hopkin- 
son, superintendent. 

Wardsboro is a post village, familiarly known as " Wardsboro City," 
located in the northern part of the town, on a branch of West river. It has 
two churches (Methodist and Congregational), a hotel, two general stores, a 
hardware store, grist-mill, saw-mill^ cabinet shop, blacksmith shop, harness 
shop, boot and shoe shop, etc., and about 150 inhabitants. 

West Wardsboro, a post village located in the western part of the town, 
on the same stream as the above village, has one church (Baptist), a hotel, 
a general store, a school-house, saw and grist-mill, two blacksmith shops, etc. 
South Wardsboro, a post village, lies in the southeastern part of the town, 
It has two churches (Congregational and Union), a saw-mill, blacksmith shop, 
shingle-mill, etc. 

Unionville is a hamlet located near the central part of the town, on the west 
branch of Whetstone brook. It has a grist-mill, blacksmith shop, butter-tub 
factory, and about a dozen dwellings. 

E. D. Flimptotis grist-mill, located on road 7^, was built by Waldo Con- 
verse, about thirty-eight years ago. 

He7-bert E. Kidder' s saiv-mill and chair-stock factory, located at South 
Wardsboro, turns out, aside from the lumber, about 200,000 shingles, and 
200,000 chair posts per annum. 

M. V. B. Wait 6^ Son's saw-mill and chair- stock factory, located on road 
40, turns out about 1,500 chair posts and 5,000 feet of lumber per day. 

J. C. Estahrook's tub manufactory, located at Unionville, turns out about 
twenty-five tubs, buckets and pails per day. 

Sno7v &= Stevens's grist-mill, at Unionville, grinds a hundred bushels of 

grain per day, 
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304"° TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 



J. W. Ramsdell (5n Son's saw-f/tin, located on road 24, was built about 
forty-four years ago. 

Brow}i &= Skipman's grist and smv-mill, located at West Wardsboro, has 
the capacity for manufacturing 2,000 shingles, 6,000 feet of lumber, and 2,000 
chair posts, and grinding 150 bushels of grain per day. 

Edrvard R. Hotve's saw-mill and chair-stock factory, located at Wardsboro, 
has the capacity for turning out 2,500 chair posts, 5,000 feet of lumber, and 
20,000 shinies per day. 

The settlement of the town was commenced in June, 1780, by John Jones, 
Ithamer Allen and others, from Milford and Sturbridge, Mass., and eleven 
years later, according to the census of 1791, the population had increased to 
753 souls, only thirteen less than it has to-day. March 14, 1786, the town 
duly organized, Aaron Hudson being elected town clerk, who was elected 
the same year to represent the town for the first time in the legislature, and 
who was also the first justice of the peace. This meeting was held at the 
house of John Jones, on road 48, the other ofificers chosen being as follows : 
Ithamer Allen, John Ganson, Abner Holbrook, Ebenezer Sears, and Jacob 
Chamberlain, selectmen ; Thomas Jewett and Abner Slade, constables ; 
James Wallis, Abner Perry and Roger Birchard, listers ; Samuel Davis and 
Edward Walker, grand jurors; Abner Allen, supervisor; Samuel Bryant, 
leather sealer ; Elijah Baldwin and John Jones, tythingmen ; Bezaleel Glea- 
son, horse brander; John Ramsdell, sealer of measures ; John Ganson, Silas 
Wright, Elkanah Woodcock, Thaddeus Wright, Samuel Davis, John Jones 
and Abner Perry, highway surveyors; Joseph Dix, Nathan Ganson, Elijah 
Baldwin, Edward Walker, Noah Sherman, John Jones, Abner Perry, and 
William Bradley, petit jurors ; and Thomas Jewett and Roger Birchard, 
haywards. 

John Ramsdell came from Warwick, Mass., in 1786, and lived with his 
family of eight children in a log house situated on road 18, near where Icha- 
bod Chase now lives. He bought a thousand acres of land about his home, 
on which his children spent part of their lives, but some of them subsequently 
removed to other localities. The children were Robert ; Farrington, who 
died in Washington, Vt. ; John, Jr., who died in Shoreham, Vt. ; Job, who was 
born in 1779, and died in 1870, and who, in May, 1803, married Abigail 
White of Wardsboro, who died in 1844 ; Gideon, who moved to Ohio ; Eunice, 
who married Ebenezer Eaton ; Sally, who married Nathaniel Fitts ; and Anna 
who married Peter Cleveland, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. A daughter 
of John, Jr., is still living in Shoreham, Vt. Five of Job's eleven children are 
living, viz. : Joseph, who is seventy nine years old, on road 18; Sylvia, who 
married Erastus Ramsdell, in Wisconsin ; Chester, in Minnesota ; Harriet, 
who married for her first husband Leonard Cook, by whom she had two chil- 
dren, one of whom lives in Wilmington and the other in Vernon, and for her 
second husband Alden Wakefield, and who is now living on road 37 ; and 
Roena, who married David H. Eager, and lives on road 20. Laura, one of 



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Sally's six children, who married Willard Johnson, is living with her son-in- 
law, John B. Sage, Jr., on road 26. 

Gen. Daniel Read, who was born in 1761, married, December 6, 1782, 
Sarah Brigham, of VVestboro, Mass., whence he removed to Wardsboro about 
1787. He was a tanner as well as farmer, and had a large tannery in the 
eastern part of the town. Each of his seven sons learned the tanning busi- 
ness. He derived his title of general from his connection with the military 
organizations in this vicinity, when each town had its company and Wards- 
boro had two. The general muster was held at Townshend, and Gen. Read 
was inspector for the whole regiment. He died August 31, 1845, ^.ged 
eighty-five. His wife died June 27, 1836, aged seventy-two. Their eight 
children were Joseph, who died November 3, 1849, aged 65; David, who died 
November 20, 1859, aged 73; Daniel, who died March 25, 1869, aged 73 ; 
Charles P., who died September 14, 18 14, aged 16; Edmund B., the only sur- 
vivor, who was born February 6, 1802, and still works his little farm on road 
7^, and who has been steward and sexton of the M. E. church for fifty years ; 
Hamilton, who died February 5, 1872, aged 68; Elijah, who died April 4, 
1864; and Sarah, who died July 8, 1851, aged 68. Davis Read married 
Lucinda Davis and had eight children, six of whom are living — Austin C, 
who was born March 30, 181 7, has had three wives, and now resides 
on road 7^; Eliza L., who married Judge Cook, and lives in Jamestown, 
N. Y. ; Addison B., who is living with his second wife in Nebraska; Albert 
G., who is married and lives in California; Jerome P., who was born April 
23, 1833, married Gracia Bixby, and lives on road 16 ; Marietta, who is mar- 
ried and lives in Baltimore, Md. ; and Hamilton, who is living with his sec. 
ond wife. Elijah Read married a lady in Boston and lived and died in New 
Hampshire. Sarah married Simeon Fisher, and moved to Randolph, N. Y., 
■where her husband died, when she returned to Wardsboro and died here. 

Nathaniel Fitts was born August 5, 1759, and died June 13, 1849. He 
•came to Wardsboro from Dudley, Mass., about 1790, and in 1793, married 
Sarah Ramsdell of Wardsboro, who died April 18, 1837. Their seven chil- 
dren were: Levi, who was born January 10, 1795, married Artene Clark, 
of Jamaica, November 19, 1822; Nathaniel B., who was born March 25, 
1797, and died in June, 1808; Amasa, who was born July 23, 1800, 
married Ehza Ward, April 2:5, 1825, lived in South Wardsboro, and died in 
January, 1883; Ebenezer, who was born November, 2, 1802, married 
Matilda Morse of Newfane, Vt., December 6, 1827, and died July 19, 1847; 
Sarah, who was born February 3, 1805, married Joseph E. Knowlton, and 
hved in Wardsboro and Jamaica; Joanna, who was born August 28, 1808, 
married Abner White, May 30, 1855, and died May 15, 1864, without issue ; 
and Laura, who was born June 11, 181 1, married Willard Johnson, and lived 
in Dover and South Wardsboro. Most of them had large families. Three 
of Levi's five children are living in West Wardsboro, viz. : Lawretta L., who 
was born November 37, 1828, and married Darwin A. Hammond ; Osmer 



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TOWN OF WABDSBORO. 



C, who was born August 13, 1830, married Abbie M. Twitchell, June 4, 
1864, and is i)ostmaster of West Wardsboro ; and Pliilura M., who was horn 
February 26, 1833, and married Thomas F. Johnson, May 21, 185 1. Of 
Amasa's nine children, Augustine M. was born January 30, 1828, and married 
Hiram B. Kidder, of Wardsboro; AJbert was born August 16, 1831, married 
CerinthaKilburn, August 21, 1864, and moved to Dummerston, Vt.; Mary was 
born January 26, 1835, and married Spencer Robinson September 27, 1854; 
and ICmily S. was born July 30, 1840, and married Charles H. Rice, Sep- 
tember 15, 1864. Henry N. T'itts, one of Kbenezer's seven children, was 
born November 24, 1828, married Jane T. Newell, May 10, 1849, and still 
Hves in Wardsboro. 

Fbenezer Wakefield came from Massachusetts in 1794 and settled on the 
farm where his son Alden now lives, on road 37. He had eight chil- 
dren by his first wife, of whom William, who resides in Kansas, is the only 
one living. His second wife was ICledica Plympton, by whom he had two 
children. One of these is Aldcn, who lives on the homestead farm. Alden 
married Elizabeth Knowllon, by whom ho had one child, who is now living 
with his father. He subsequently married Harriet A. Ramsdell, who bore 
him no children. 

Archibald Pratt, who represented one of the oldest families in Wardsboro, 
came from Royalton, Mass., and after a few years' residence in Stratton 
removed to Wanlsboro. He built a frame house on road 7.;^, which still stands, 
though in i)Oor condition. Three ot his eleven children still live on road 7^, 
viz. : Clarinda, who married George Wilder, Chandler, and Betsey, who mar- 
ried Richard W. Smith. A fourth, Lucretia, married and lives on road 8. A 
fifth, Diantha, is married and lives in Hinsdale, N. H. Several descendants 
of the family live in Wardsboro. 

Nathaniel Hammond, from Massachusetts, was one of the earliest settlers 
in Wardsboro. He located on the farm now owned by Martin Wait. He 
married Mary Rogers in Massachusetts prior to his coming here, and had five 
sons and two daughters, who mostly removed from the town and State. His 
daughter Jemima married Elijah Newell, and lived on the farm now owned 
by Lucius Lyman, on road 22. Of their children, Linus lives in Grafton 
Mass.; AUwred, in Brattleboro ; Oscar.who married Rosetta Plimpton, on road 
4, in Wardsboro ; Ozro, in Brattleboro ; Fanny, who married Horace liissell, 
on road 17, in Wardsboro; Lucretia A., who is dcatl, but leaves one daughter, 
Adeline, who married Martin Plimpton, and lives on road 36; and Jane, who 
married Henry I'itts, and lives on road 18. The latter have a son and a 
daughter, the former of whom, l^lwin, is married and lives on road 17, while 
the latter, named Cora, resides at home. 

Nathaniel Kidder came with his brothers, Jedediah, Richard and Samuel, 
from Massachusetts about 1800, anil settled on tiie farm now owned by Myron 
Shine. He had thirteen children, all of whom are dead, and all of whom 
moved to New York State, except one, who went to Massachusetts. Three 



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of the sons entered the ministry, one as an Episcopalian and two as Congre- 
gationalists, while a fourth, also of Congregational persuasion, studied for the 
ministry, but died before his studies were completed. Foster Kidder, one of 
Jedediah's five children, all of whom are dead, lived and died in Wardsboro. 
Two of the others moved to New York, and two to Massachusetts. Richard 
had three sons and three daughters, of whom Moses, who removed to Massa- 
chusetts, is the only survivor. One, Asa, moved to Newfane, and Theda died 
unmarried in Wardsboro. Sylva and Celista married and moved to New 
York. Richard, Jr., married Mary Johnson andHved and died on the farm 
now owned by Mary's brother, Nathaniel B. Johnson. They had three sons 
and two daughters, four of whom survive — Henry, who married Marietta Hig- 
ley, of Dover, and resides on road 14; Herbert, who married Selina Ryder, 
and lives in South Wardsboro ; Richard, who moved to Worcester, Mass.; 
and Rosella, who married Henry Kenny and lives in Newfane. Samuel died 
after being in the town only a few years. 

Oliver Willard and wife came here from Dudley, Mass., about 1803. He 
died in 1815, aged fifty-five. He had ten children, most of whom removed 
to distant States. All are dead, except Ada, who married John Widwell, and 
removed with her husband and four children to Illinois, accomplishing the 
entire journey with a two-horse wagon. Eli, son of Oliver, married Lucy 
Frost and lived on the farm on which A. Eddy now resides, of which he was 
the first occupant. He had five children, but not one is here, those who are 
living having removed to other localities. Oliver, another son, married and 
lived on the homestead ; but his children have moved to other parts. Asenath» 
daughter of Oliver, Sen., married Orin Simpson, and her children, Willard, 
Louisa, Charles and Oliver, live in Townshend. All are married, except 
Louisa, Hosea, son of the pioneer Oliver, was born in 1795 and died in 1877. 
He married and had three children, viz.: Mary, who married Henry Bruce, 
and lives with her two children on the farm formerly occupied by her grand- 
father, Oliver Willard; Warren H., who married and lives in Townsliend, and 
has one son ; and Wales, who married Mary Dexter, has two children, and 
lives in Wardsboro village. One child, Silas, married and lives in Baltimore ; 
the other, Cora, married William Gleason, and lives in Jamaica. 

Walter Morse was born October 24, 1794, and) came from Woodstock, 
Conn., about 1825. He settled on the farm now owned by Asa Eddy on road 
15. He subsequently lived in various places in the town, and for three years 
in Jamaica. His last place of residence was where Charles Rice now lives, 
on road 16. He died there in 1844. In 1827 he married Laura Taylor, of 
Wardsboro, who was born September 30, 1801, and died in June, 1848. 
Their seven children are Samuel F., who was born March 9, 1829, married 
Abigail Rice, of Wardsboro, lived on a farm off road 4, and died August 21, 
1883, leaving a wife and two children; Abial T. , who was born May 21, 
1830, married Juliette Ramsdell, of Jamaica, in which town he lives, and has 
eight children : Edward S., who was born February 11, 1832, married Phi- 



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linda M. Haskins, of Wardsboro, and is a Methodist minister, having received 
his first appointment in 1858, and preached continuously in this county until 
1879, when ill health compelled him to leave his pulpit; AdaHne D., who was 
born January 21, 1834, is a maiden lady, and lives in Jamaica; Hosea F,, 
who was born October 6, 1836, married Minnie Witherell, of Boston, Mass., 
where he died in September, 1866, and where his widow, who remarried, still 
lives; Sarah M. who was born in September, 1838, and married Oliver Spafiford, 
of West Ballston, Mass., where he still resides, and Mary A., who was born in 
1 814, married Eaton Ryther, of Dover, Vt., and still lives there. 

Josiah Gleason, Jr., was born April 21, 1803, and came herefrom Jamaica 
in 1830. He settled on the farm on which his son Martin J. now lives, on 
road 7, and died March 7, 1873. He married Susan R. Morse, of Newfane, 
October 6, 1830, and had five sons and one daughter, \-iz.: Martin J., who 
lives on the homestead farm, where he was born October 31, 1831, and has 
one son named John, who resides with him ; James M., who was born Octo- 
ber 6, 1833, is engaged in the life insurance business, in Boston ; Edson G.. 
who was born June 21, 1835, and died July 20, 1854; Sarah M., who was 
born February 13, 1838, and died April 10, 1843; William Henry, who was 
born April 25, 1840, and died March 26, 1841 ; and William Henry, 2d, who- 
was born November 15, 1843, is married and lives in Chicago, where he has 
a wholesale jewelry store, and is a deputy sheriff. His (Josiah's) wife was 
born September 6, 1803, and died January 9, 1866. 

Asahel Watson was born in 18 16, and came to Wardsboro, from Jamaica, 
in 1840. He owned and operated for several years the saw-mill now owned 
by E. R. Howe. During the last twenty years of his life he owned and 
kept the Wardsboro House. He died in January, i88r, aged sixty-four. 
May 22, 1840, he married Adelphia Jackson, by whom he had eleven children, 
who were born between the years 1841 and i860, all of whom are living, 
except the youngest, who died in infancy. Marion E. is married and lives in 
Newfane ; Isadore A. is married and lives in Westmmster ; Victoria J. is mar- 
ried and lives in Barton, Vt., and like Marion and Isadore, has four children;. 
Charles C. is single and lives in Chicago ; Lydia J., who is also single, is a 
dressmaker in Wardsboro village ; John H. is married, and is practicing law 
in Bradford, Vt.; Royal A. is married and lives in Ripon. Wis.; Rosella J. 
married H. P. Higgins, and lives on road 25, in Wardsboro ; Wales J. is mar- 
ried and is a hotel-keeper in Charleston, S. C: Ella A. married Fred Under- 
wood, of Jamaica, in 1883, and with him keeps the hotel formerly owned by 
her father, in Wardsboro village. 

John D. Watson, brother of Asahel, came here from Jamaica, in 1850, and 
has since resided here. 

Dr. Franklin Martin came to Wardsboro, from Weston, Vt., in 1847, and 
has since practiced medicine here. He had nine children, two of whom, 
Emeline and Joseph, are dead. Darius is married and lives in Milwaukee, 
Wis.; Addison is married and is a miller, and resides on road 6, in Wards- 



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boro ; Charles lives with his father ; Maria is married and Hves in Beloit, 
Wis.; Betsey is married and lives in Bridgehampton, Long Island, N. Y.; 
Albeit and James are in Colorado. 

David May was born in Brookfield, Mass., and moved, when a young man, 
to Wilmington, where he lived and died. His son Amos married Elizabeth 
Estabrook, of Brattleboro, and lived on Higley Hill, in Marlboro. He died 
at the age of fifty-four years. Elvin, son of Amos, married Nancy Hastings, 
of Marlboro, and lived on the homestead farm after his father's death. He 
is still living with his son Erasmus, on Higley Hill, in Marlboro, and is eighty- 
five years old. Lyman, another of Amos's sons, married for his first wife. 
Miss Bellows, of Marlboro, and for his second, Pattie Jones, of the same 
town. Amos's daughter Rosana, married Harvey Copeland, of Dover, and 
died a year after her marriage. Sally, another daughter, was a maiden lady, 
who lived in Marlboro, and died in Springfield, Mass. Danford, another of 
Amos's sons, married Susan Underwood, of Wardsboro, and has since lived in 
this town and Jamaica. His son Madison married Lucy Ellenwood, of Hub- 
bardston, Mass., and had a son who is now in the mercantile business in New 
York city. Amos May, Jr., married Martha Underwood, of Jamaica, and now 
lives in Brattleboro. Silas married Mary Batcheller, of Massachusetts, who 
died a year after her marriage. For his second wife he married Mary His. 
cock, of Springfield, Mass. William married Alsina Marsh, of Brattleboro, 
and lives in Wardsboro. His second wife was Lucy Warren, of Brattleboro. 
Siby married Madison Harris, of Dover. Betsey married Harvey Copeland, 
of Dover. Louisa died when eighteen years old. Amos married Lucy (War- 
ren) May, of Brattleboro ; and Melinda, Henry Rice, of Dover. 

Daniel Harris, from North Worcester, Mass., came to Wardsboro about 
1780. Three of his eight children are living, — Arathusia, widow of Oliver 
Carpenter, resides in Brattleboro, at the age of ninety-three years ; David, 
born in 1800, resides in Wardsboro; and Alice, widow of Henry Miller, re- 
sides in Richland, N, Y., aged ninety years. 

George Pond, from Keene, N. H., removed to Dover in 1834, and from 
there came to Wardsboro. In 1833 he married Lorinda Baldwin, of Dover, 
who bore him ten children. She now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Albert 
Fitts, of Dummerston, at the age of seventy-four years. George Pond died 
in Wardsboro, November 7, 1874. Five of the children are living, — Mrs. 
Albert Fitts and Mrs. Mary May, in Dummerston ; Emery, in Newfane; and 
George W. and Henry H., in Brattleboro. 

Silas Waite came to Wardsboro from HoUister, Mass., about 1780, making 
the first clearing upon a tract of land in the eastern part of the town, where 
he lived alone several years. He married Susannah Vinton, of Sturbridge, 
Mass., in 1785, who bore him four children, Joseph, Joshua V., Thomas F., 
aud Mehitabel B. Joseph was a lawyer and settled in Jamestown, N. Y. 
Joshua V. married Julia Ames and settled in Dover. Thomas F. married 
Evalina Orcutt, reared eight children and died in 1846. Mehitable never 



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married, and died in 1856. Four of Thomas's children are living, Alfred, 
Silas M., and Lucretia E., in Brattleboro, and Henry in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Nathaniel Cheney came to Wardsboro from Orange, Mass., in 1803, built the 
first hotel here, and was a merchant until 181 2. In 18 13 he went to Jamaica, 
where he built the Jamaica House, which is still used as an hotel. He was 
twice married, to Betsey Hudson and to Hannah Reed, of Worcester, Mass., 
reared seven children, and died at Jamaica, October 30, 1844. His second 
wife died in i860. Samuel T. R., youngest son of Nathaniel, was born in 
Wardsboro, June 29, 1805. He married first, Mary E. Kellogg, of -Jamaica, 
who bore him two sons, and second, Martha A. Brown, of Jamaica, who bore 
him four children. He lived in Jamaica a number of years, and in i860 he 
removed to Brattleboro, where he has been engaged in farming and garden- 
ing. He represented Jamaica in the legislature five years and was town clerk 
twelve years. Nathaniel, Jr., was born in Orange, Mass., in 1799, and came 
to Marlboro with his father. He married Maria Morse, of Newfane, and 
reared four sons. He was a merchant here several years, then removed to 
Jamaica, kept a store there, was also a merchant in Townshend, and died in 
Brattleboro. 

Joseph Twitchell, son of Timothy and Sarah (Adams) Twitchell, of HoUis- 
ter, Mass., was one of the early settlers of the town, coming here from Barre, 
Mass., about 1786, settling upon the farm now owned by M. White. Between 
1788 and 1790 he married Lucy Rice, who bore him eleven children, ten of 
whom reared families of their own. Two only are now living, Hollis, in 
Jamaica, aged eighty-nine years, and Jotham, in Boston. Joseph was one of 
the founders of the first Congregational church in Wardsboro, and his brother 
Timothy helped build the first house of worship. He died in 1835, S'ged 
seventy-two years. Hollis Twitchell married Charlotte Rugg, of Windham, 
March 23, 1820, and settled in Jamaica, though he subsequently, in 1836, 
purchased the farm now occupied by his son Adams, otif road 23 in that town. 
Three of eight children, Adams, Ehza and Lucy, are living. David, son of 
Joseph, settled in Jamaica and reared three sons and three daughters, of whom 
two of the sons are living. Mrs. Flora S. Rawson is one of the daughters. 
David died in 1881, aged seventy- three years. Appleton, another son of 
Joseph, spent his life in Jamaica. 

The Congregational church of South Wardsboro. — The first Congrega- 
tional church was organized May i, 1793, over which the Rev. James Tufts 
was ordained November 4, 1795. In 1796 they built a church building about 
half a mile west of West Wardsboro, at what is known as the "old common,'' 
a wood structure, which did good service until 1840, when it was decided to 
change the church site. The building was then torn down, while the society 
was divided, some to help build a church at South Wardsboro, and others to 
build a church at Wardsboro. Thus, the South Wardsboro people date the 
organization at the time of the original organization, while the people at 
Wardsboro date their church organization at the time their church building 



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was completed, in 1842. The church at South Wardsboro has at present 
fifty-six members, with Rev. Nathaniel Richardson, pastor. The church 
building is a wood structure, valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00, and 
will comfortably seat 350 persons. 

T/ie Baptist church of West Wardsboro was organized by a council con- 
vened for that purpose, in 1793, Elder Stephen Choat being settled as their 
pastor, in 1806. Their church building, a wood structure built in 1795, will 
comfortably seat 225 persons and, is valued, including grounds, at $2,000.00. 
The society now has seventy-six members, under the charge of Rev. Henry 
M. Hopkinson. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wardsboro, was organized in 
183 1, by Revs. Guy Beckley and James M. Fuller, with six members. Rev. 
Guy Beckley being installed as first pastor. Their church building was 
erected the following year, at a cost of $800.00. It will seat 350 persons, and 
is valued, including grounds, at $2,500.00, while they have, in addition, a 
parsonage valued at $1,000.00. The society has at present ninety-eight 
members, under the pastorial charge of Rev. William A. Bryant. 

The Congregational church of Wardsboro, located on Main street, was 
organized in November, 1842, with ten members, Rev. Willard Brigham 
being the first pastor. Their church building was erected in 1842, at a cost 
of $1,300.00, and dedicated in 1843. It is a wood structure capable of seat- 
ing 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00. The soci- 
ety has at present twenty members, with no regular pastor. 



WESTMINSTER lies in the northeastern part of the county, in lat. 
43" 5' and long. 4° 32', bounded north by Rockingham, east by 
the west bank of Connecticut river, south by Putney, and west by 
Brookline and .Athens. The town was originally granted by Massachusetts, 
about 1735. The circumstances leading to this grant, and the history of the 
early settlement, are well detailed by Hall, in his History of Eastern Vermont, 
as follows: — 

" Many petitions having been presented to the general assembly of Mass- 
achusetts, in the year 1735, P''^y''''g foi" grants of land on the Connecticut and 
Merrimack rivers, that body, on the 15th of January, 1735 or '36, ordered a sur- 
vey of the lands between the aforesaid rivers, from the northwest corner 
of the town of Rumford on the latter stream to the Great Falls on the 
former, of twelve miles in breadth from north to south, and the same to be 
laid out in townships of six miles square each. They also voted to divide 
the lands bordering the east side of Connecticut river, south of the Great 
Falls, into townships of the same size; and on the west side, the territory 
between the Great Falls and the Equivalent Lands into two townships of the 
same size if the space would allow, and if not into one township. Eleven 
persons were appointed to conduct the survey and division. Twenty-eight 
townships were accordingly laid out between the Connecticut and Merri- 
mack rivers, and on the west bank of Connecticut river, township Number 



304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



One, now Westminster, was surveyed and granted to a number of persons 
from Taunton, Norton, and Easton, in Massachusetts, and from Ashford and 
Killingly in Connecticut, who had petitioned for the same. 

" The terms upon which the grant of Number One and of the other town- 
ships, was made, were these : Each settler was required to give bonds to 
the amount of forty pounds as security for performing the conditions enjoined. 
Those who had not within the space of seven years last past received grants 
of land were admitted as grantees; but in case enough of this class could not 
be found, then those were admitted who, having received grants of land else- 
where within the specified time, had fulfilled the conditions upon which they 
had received them. The grantees were obliged to build a dwelling house 
eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, on their respective house 
lots, and fence in and break up for ploughing, or clear and stock with EngHsh 
grass five acres of land, and cause their respective lots to be inhabited within 
three years from the date of their admittance. They were further required 
within the same time to build and furnish a convenient meeting-house for 
the public worship of God, and settle a learned orthodox minister. On fail- 
ing to perform these terms their rights became forfeit, and were to be again 
granted to such settlers as would fulfill the above conditions within one year 
after receiving the grant. Each township was divided into sixty-three rights 
— sixty for the settlers, one for the first settled minister, another for the second 
settled minister, and the third for a school. The land in township Number 
One was divided into house lots and 'intervale' lots, and one of each kind 
was included in the right of every grantee. As to the remainder of the un- 
divided land, an agreement was made that it should be shared equally and 
alike by the settlers when divided. 

" Capt. Joseph Tisdale, one of the principal grantees of Number One, hav- 
ing been empowered by the general assembly of Massachusetts, called a 
meeting of the grantees at the school-house in Taunton, on the 14th of 
January, 1736 or '37, A committee was then appointed to repair to the new 
township for the purpose of dividing the land, according to the wishes of the 
grantees. They were also required to select a suitable place for a meeting- 
house, a burying-place, a training-field, sites for a saw-mill and a grist-mill, and 
to lay out a convenient road. The proprietors held a number of meetings, some- 
times at Capt. Tisdale's, at other times in the old school-house, and not unfre- 
quently at the widow Ruth Tisdale's. A sufficient time having elapsed, the allot- 
ment of the sixty-three rights was declared on the 26th of September, 1737, 
and proposals were issued for erecting a saw-mill and a grist-mill at Number 
One, which was now familiarly called New Taunton, in remembrance of the 
town where the majority of the proprietors resided. At the same time, a 
number of the proprietors agreed to undertake the building of the mills, and 
by the records of a meeting held July 8, 1740, it appeared that the saw-mill 
had been built, and that means had been taken to lay out a road from it to 
the highway. Other improvements were made at this period by Richard 
Ellis and his son Reuben, of Easton, who, having purchased eight rights in 
the new township, built there a dwelling house, and cleared and cultivated 
several acres of land. Some of the settlers were also engaged at the same 
time in laying out roads and constructing fences, who, on their return to 
Massachusetts, received gratuities for their services from the other propri- 
etors. 

"The grantees were preparing to make other improvements, having in 
view particularly the construction of a road to Fort Dummer, when, on the 
5th of March, 1740, the northern boundary line of Massachusetts was settled. 



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On finding by this decision that Number One was excluded from that prov- 
ince, they appointed an agent on the 5th of April, 1742, to acquaint the gen- 
eral assembly of Massachusetts of the difficulties they had experienced, and 
of the money and labor they had expended in settling their grant, and to ask 
from that body directions by which they might firmly secure their rights, 
although under a different jurisdiction. The meeting at which this^appoint- 
ment was made, was probably the last held by the proprietaries under Mass- 
achusetts, and there is but little doubt that the settlement was abandoned 
upon the breaking out of the 'Cape Breton War,' [in 1744]. 

•' In the spring of the year 1751 John Averill, with his wife, and his son 
Asa, moved from Northfield, in Massachusetts, to Number One. At that 
time there were but two houses in the latter place. One of these, occupied 
by Mr. Averill, was situated on the top of Willard's or Clapp's hill, at the 
south end of Main street. The other below the hill, on the meadow, and un- 
occupied, was probably the house built by Mr. Ellis and his son in 1739. In 
the house into which Mr. Averill moved there had been Hving four men, one 
woman and two children. The men were WiUiam Gould and his son John, 
Amos Carpenter and Atherton Chaffee. Of these, Gould and Carpenter 
moved their families from Northfield to Number One during the summer of 
the same year. The first child born in Westminster was Anna Averill. Her 
birth took place in the autumn of 1751. 

" On the 9th of November, 1752, Governor Benning Wentworth, of New 
Hampshire, re-granted Number One, and changed its name to Westminster. 
The first meeting of the new grantees was held at Westminster, New Hamp- 
shire, in August, 1753, at the house of Major Josiah Willard, whose father^ 
Col. Josiah Willard, of Fort Dummer, was at the time of his death, by pur- 
chase from the original Massachusetts grantees, one of the principal proprie- 
tors of Number One. A subsequent meeting was held at Fort Dummer, in 
the same year, at which permission was given to those proprietors who had 
purchased rights under the Massachusetts title and then held them, of locating 
their land as at the first. Further operations were suspended by the breaking 
out of the French war, and the familes above enumerated were the only in- 
habitants of Westminster until after the close of that struggle." 

In 1760, for the purpose of resuscitating the settlement of the town, Col. 
Josiah Willard, Jr., formerly of Fort Dummer, obtained a renewal of the 
charter, on the nth of June, and warned a proprietor's meeting. • In accord- 
ance with the warning a meeting was held on the 4th of February, 1761, 
at the house of John Averill, in Westminster, at which Benjamin Bellows, of 
Walpole, N. H., presided as moderator. Means were taken to apportion the 
land satisfactorily, and preparations were made for permanent settlement on 
the broad and fertile plains, which now constitute so much of the beauty of 
the village. At a subsequent meeting, held May 6th, several valuable lots of 
land were voted to Col, Willard, in addition to those he then held, provided 
he should build a saw-mill and a grist-mill within the limits of the town. At 
the same time a tax was laid on the proprietors, in order to raise a fund from 
which to reward him for the various services he had rendered them. These 
efforts to multiply inducements to settlers from the older provinces, were 
not without success, and before the close of the year 1766, more than fifty 
families were located in Westminster. According to the census of 177 1, 
taken by the order of Governor Dunmore, of New York, the town was the 



304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



most populous in what is now Windham county, and, indeed, in this part of 
the Province, the whole number of actual residents being 478. In 1791 the 
population had increased to 1,601 souls, or about 224 more than it has to- 
day. It is unknown when the town was organized. Elkanah Day was 
town clerk, and Medad Wright, constable, in 1777, however, and there is 
traditional proof that they had been such for a number of years. October ig, 
1787, the town was divided into two parishes, Westminster East Parish, and 
Westminster West Parish, and by a stipulation it was agreed that the town 
clerk should be changed yearly to the other parish. The first justices of the 
peace appointed by the State were John Norton and Elijah Ranney, in 
1786. The first representative was Nathaniel Robinson, chosen in March, 
1778. The erection of Westminster into a shire town, the removal of the 
court-house to Newfane, etc., have all been mentioned in connection with 
the chapter on courts and county buildings, on page 31. 

The surface of the town is, in general, quite rough and mountainous, 
though there are large tracts of level land with an arable soil, especially in 
the vicinity of Westminster village. This brokenness of surface, though it 
in many places precludes profitable cultivation, greatly enhances the pictur- 
esqueness of the scenery, which is proberbial for its beauty. There are no 
streams of importance in the territory, though there are many brooks and 
minor streams, making the town a well watered district. In the western 
part of the town the streams flow both to the north and to the south, while 
those of the eastern part find their way in an easterly direction to the Con- 
necticut. The timber is that common to the towns throughout the county. 
The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are calciferous 
mica schist and clay-slate, lying in two parallel ranges, the former underlying 
the western, and the latter the eastern portions. 

In 1880 Westminster had a population of 1,377, and in 1882 it had eleven"^ 
school districts and twelve common schools, employing two male and seven- 
teen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,623.80. 
There were 257 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of 
the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $3,230.01, with John B. 
Morse, superintendent. 

Westminster, a handsome little post village located in the eastern part of 
the town, has one church (Congregational), three stores, a carriage shop, 
blacksmith shop, school- house, and about fifty dwellings. It Hes amost 
entirely on one broad street, though its limits occupy a plain about a mile in 
diameter, lying thirty or more feet above the Connecticut, one of the beauti- 
ful terrace formations of a former geological epoch, common along this stream. 
The "street" mentioned was laid out in the reign of King George II., in 
1737, and was called the " King's Highway." It was originally ten rods wide, 
though now but six, and two miles in length, and was designed and used as 
a training-ground for the early military companies of this section, About 
this street, now so quiet and restful, are clustered some of the most rare and 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "'304 



Striking legends of Vermont's historic lore Here the first newpaper in the 
State was published (see page 49), and it was here that, January 16, 1777, 
was held the convention that declared the New Hampshire grants a " free 
and independent State." Here the old church still stands, built in 1770, 
which in its early days housed a generation of worshipers who bore a prom- 
inent part in the struggle of the State and Nation for independent. Near the 
northern end of the street lies the old burying-ground which entombs the 
bones of the fathers, and among them those of the young and ardent patriot, 
William French, to whom history accords a place as the first martyr of the 
Revolution. A few rods distant from the cemetery, almost at the brow of a 
gentle hill, is the site of the old court-house (see page 23) where French was 
shot, in 1775, ^^d where, two years later, the memorable convention above 
named was held. One prominent historic relic, the famous Tory Tavern, 
was demohshed a few years since, to make room for another building. This 
tavern was the redezvous for the Tory faction who came here to attend court, 
and in it was performed the ceremony which united in marriage Gen. Ethan 
Allen and Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Buchanan, strange to say, being the daughter- 
in-law of the arrant Tory, Crean Brush. A one-sided glimpse of this lady's 
character may be caught from her mdignant reply to a bantering query of the 
Tory Tavern proprietor, as to whether or not she would marry Ethan Allen, 
if an opportunity should arise : " What, marry the devil and become queen 
of Hell? No!" 

About a mile from the site of the Tory Tavern may still be seen, with its 
weather beaten sides and gambrel roof, the public house of the other faction^ 
the People's Tavern. The old church mentioned above is well preserved, as 
it has, within a few years, been entirely remodeled inside and^converted into 
a commodious town hall, the pulpit and a square pew and seats being removed 
to an upper portion of the building, where they are preserved as historic 
relics. 

The facts relative to the famous massacre of 1775, though doubtless famil- 
iar to all, are briefly as follows : The stated session of the Cumberland county 
court was to be held at Westminster, March 13, 1775. Much dissatisfaction 
prevailed in the county because New York had refused to adopt the resolves 
of the Continental congress, and exertions were made to dissuade the judges 
from holding the court. But, as they persisted in doing it, some of the inhab- 
itants of Westminster and the adjacent towns took possession of the court- 
house at an early hour in order to prevent the officers of the court from enter- 
ing. The court party soon appeared before the court-house, armed with 
guns, sw^ords and pistols, and commanded the people to disperse. But, as 
they refused to obey, some harsh language passed between them, and the 
court party retired t6 their quarters. The people then had an interview with 
Judge Chandler, who assured them that they might have quiet possession of 
the house till morning, when the court should come in without arms, and 
should hear what they had to lay before them. But, contrary to this declara- 



304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



tion, about eleven o'clock at night, the sheriff, with the other officers of the 
court, attended by an armed force, repaired to the court-house. Being 
refused admittance, some of the party fired into the house and killed one 
man, William French, and wounded several others. The wounded men they 
seized and dragged to the court-house cells, with some others who did not 
succeed in making their escape. By means of those who escaped the news 
of this massacre was quickly spread, and before noon the next day a large 
body of armed men had collected. A jury of inquest brought in a verdict 
that the man was murdered by the court party. Several of the officers were 
made prisoners and confined them in the jail at Northampton, in Massachu- 
setts. But, upon the application of the chief justice of New York, they were 
released from prison and returned home. 

These proceedings aroused the spirit of opposition to New York throughout 
the grants on the east side of the mountains. A meeting of committees from 
the several townships was held at Westminster, April 11, 1775, at which a 
number of spirited resolutions were adopted relative to the "late unhappy 
transactions," Among other things it was voted, " That it is the duty of the 
inhabitants, as predicted on the eternal and immutable law of self preserva- 
tion, wholly to renounce and revisit the administration of the government of 
New York, until such times as the lives and property of the inhabitants may 
be secured by it." A committee was also appointed, of which Ethan Allen was 
one, to remonstrate to the court of Great Britain against that government 
and to petition his majesty, " to be taken out of so off"ensive a jurisdiction 
and to be either annexed to some other jurisdiction, or incorporated into a 
new one." This was the inception of the sturdy stand taken at Lexington 
and Bunker Hill, resulting in our glorious Union. In November, 1872, an 
appropriation was made by the Vermont legislature to erect a monument 
to the memory of William French. The monument was erected and the 
original slate slab that stood at the head of his grave, now occupies a niche in 
the interior wall of the " Old church." Upon it is traced the following in- 
scription : — 

" In memory of William French, 

Son to Mr. Nathaniel French, Who 

Was shot in Westminster, March ye 13TH 

1775, BY the hands of Cruel Ministerial tools 

OF George ye 3D in the Corthouse at a i i o'Clock 

AT Night in the 220 year of his Age. 

" Here William French his Body lies. 
For Murder his Blood for ^'engance cries. 
King George the third his Tory crew 
Tha with a bawl his head Shot threw. 
For Liberty and his Country's Good 
He Lost his Life his Dearest Blood." 

The French family and their early settlement in Brattleboro is spoken of 

on page 177. In addition we would say, F. F. French, who now occupies a 

part of the old homestead, married Sophia S. Doohttle, of Vernon, and has 

three sons, Wilhs F., Percy E. and Edward F. Jesse French, brother of 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 



William, served in the Revolution and died of disease contracted in the ser- 
vice August 22, 1777. In the same cemetery where He the bones of the patriot 
French, also are buried the bones of Judge Thomas Chandler, whose duplicity 
proved a large factor in provoking the trouble. From that time forward 
he slowly sank into obscurity, and was finally imprisoned for debt in the 
old court-house cells, where he died, and where his body was left, owing to 
some legal technicality, until in a loathsome condition, and then thrown 
into a rough box, dragged to the jail wall and thrown into a hole that was 
dug in a slanting direction into the fcemetery. 

Westminster West is a post village located in the western part of the 
town. It has one church (Congregatioaal), a school-house, several mechanic 
shops, etc., and about a dozen dwellings. 

West-MINster Station (p. o.)is located in the eastern part of the town on 
the Vt. V. R. R., and has a depot, postoffice, and a few dwellings. 

Sidney Gage dy^ Co^s saiv-mill and basket shop, located on road ii, gives 
employment to about thirty hands, turning out 250,000 feet of lumber per 
year and fifty dozen baskets per day. 

The Forest Woolen Company's ;/«'//, located on road 11, employs ten hands 
manufacturing shoddy flock. 

The Fall Afountain Paper Co.'s saw-mill, on road 9, employs thirteen 
hands and manufactures 1,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. 

Ira Smith's sa7v-i?nll, on road 37, operated by Peter Mayo, cuts 30,000 
feet of lumber per annum. 

H. G. Harloiv's sa7v-mill, on road 40, the only one in the West parish, 
cuts about 100.000 feet of lumber per year. 

Peter May d s grist mill, on road 37, has two runs of stones, and grinds 
about 6,000 bushels of grain per year. 

Joseph F. Ward's brick yard, on road 30, employs ten men and has the 
capacity for turning out 1,500,000 bricks per year. 

John McChire' s brick yard, on road 35, turns out about 300,000 bricks per 
annum. 

The Westt?ii?ister carriage factory, Byron F. Atcherson, proprietor, turns 
out about $4,000.00 worth of carriages and sleighs per year. 

Horace E. Welhnan, on road 39, manufactures about 200 sleighs per 
annum. 

Capt. Azariah Wright came to Westminster from Northfield, Mass., about 
1762, and located on the place where Mr. Newcomb now lives. He was a cap- 
tain in the Revolutionary war, and fought bravely for the rights and privileges 
which his descendants now enjoy. His son Joseph came with him and Hved 
in the town till his death in 1805. He left four children, of whom only 
one, Joseph H., is now Hving. He resides on road four and is in his eighty- 
third year. 

Elihu Wright came here from Massachusetts some time between 1760 and 
1770. He died in 1832, on the farm on which Joseph H. Wright now lives. 



304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



Medad Wright came from Northfield, Mass., previous to 1770 and took 
up land where his grandson Daniel C. Wright now lives. He held a lieuten- 
ant's commission at the time of the massacre at the court-house. He carried 
on farming and shoemaking, and was obliged to carry his grain to a mill in 
Northfield, Mass. He died in the town. His son HoUis was born February 
22, 1780, and spent his life upon the homestead, where he died at the age of 
eighty-three. His son Daniel C. now occupies the homestead on which he 
was born, and has built a fine residence on the site of the home of his ances- 
tors. He married Sarah Cragin, of Westminster, and has two sons and a 
daughter. He has been selectman and justice of the peace. 

John Morse came to Westminster, from Massachusetts, sometime previous 
to 1770, and lived at East Westminster, where the Congregational church now 
stands. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution 
of Vermont. He died herein 1843. He raised five sons, two of whom are 
now living, one, John R., who was born in 1813, in this town, where he has 
always resided. He now hves with his son, on road 23, where they own 
about a thousand acres of land. He had two children, only one of whom is 
now living. 

Charles Rice was one of the first settlers in Westminster. He came here 
with a family named Burke, at the age of three years, and died here many 
years ago. His son Eliakim was born in Westminster, and resided in this 
town and Rockingham till his death, in 1868. He had six children, only 
three of whom are living, all in this town, one, Luke L., on road 25 ; another, 
Porter, on road 44 ; and the third, Mrs. Evahne Morse, at Westminster street. 

James Richardson came to Westminster, from Haddam, Conn., about 1770, 
and settled on road 42, about two miles from the Connecticut river. He died 
in i8ig, aged seventy-five years. He married Molly Dodge, by whom he had 
nine children. His son John was born in 1770, and resided in this town till 
his death, in 1836. He took an active part in town affairs, and was honored 
with town trusts. He married Betsey Goodridge, and had four children, of 
whom John C, who was born in 1807, and now resides at Westminster street, 
is the only survi/or. Nathaniel D., another of James's sons, was born in 
Westminster in 1778, and died here. He married Sally Colburn, and had one 
child, Deiastus, who was born in 1797, and always lived in Westminster. In 
182 1 he married Eleanor Lane, by whom he had eight children, four of whom 
are living, Lewis C. and Mrs. T. W. Wiley, in this town, and the other two, 
John D. and Mrs. J. S. Fish, in Charlestown, N. H. One son, Ithamar, was 
accidentally shot while gunning, when thirty-two years old ; and one daughter, 
Amarilla, died in 1861. 

Francis and Charles Holden, brothers, came to this town from Shirley, 
Mass., in 1754, and were the first settlers in the west part of the town, on the 
farm now owned by Jerome Holden. Francis served three years in the war 
for independence, and took part in the battle of Bennington. He raised a 
large family of children, and died in the town. His son Timothy was born 



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in 1781, and resided here till his death, in 1853. He was a soldier in the war 
of 18 1 2. He was twice married, and had eight children, three of whom are 
now living. One son, Jerome, now owns the old homestead, and is engaged 
in breeding Merino sheep, Durham cattle, &c. 

Edward R. Campbell was born in Westminster, about 1765. He was a 
physician, and resided in this town tillWs death, in 1830. He married Anna 
Norton, and had seven children, two of whom are still hving. One son, 
Sidney, resides in Chesterfield, N. H., and a daughter, Matilda, widow of 
Grant W. Ranney, resides at Westminster West. His son Edward R. was 
born about 1790. He was a farmer, and married Clarissa Chamberlain, by 
whom he had seven children, who lived to maturity. He died of cholera, in 
Pittsburgh, Pa. His eldest son, Charles C, who was graduated from Yale 
college in 1838, resides at Westminster street. He has been engaged in 
teaching, and in mercantile business, and in farming in Mississippi. In 1871 
he returned to his native town. Another son, Daniel, is a physician at Sax- 
ton's River, and a third, Collin, resides in Texas. His daughter Mary is 
the wife of Clark S. Lake, of Saxton's River. Another daughter, Sophia, is 
the wife of Wendell Williams, of Rochester, Vt. Another son became the 
Hon. George Campbell. 

Ichabod Ide was the first occupant of the farm on which Freeman Gor- 
ham now lives. He came here about 177 i. None of his descendants of thai 
name now reside in the town. 

John Goold, from Massachusetts, was one of the first settlers in West- 
minster. He located in the East parish, and raised a large family of children. 
His son Aaron was born, lived and died in the town. He had eight children, 
four of whom are living, two in this town, Reuben C, who resides at West- 
minster West, and a daughter, Mrs. Zenas Lord, who lives in the east part of 
the town. 

Ephraim Ranney came to Westminster, from Middletown, Conn., some 
time previous to the Revolution. He came up the Connecticut river in a log 
canoe, and settled near that stream in the east part of the town, in which 
locality he became one of the most prominent residents. When Mr. Ranney 
first came here there was no grist-mill nearer than Northfield, Mass., and 
thither he took his grain to mill in a canoe. He was one of the first deacons 
"of the Congregational church. He had eight or nine children, some of whom 
filled important niches in social, business and official circles. Two of his 
sons settled in the east part of the town, and two in the west part. One son, 
Ephraim, was a prominent man in the town, and was a justice of the peace 
for many years. Another son, Elijah, settled in the south part of the West 
parish, and was at one time the wealthiest man in that part of the town. He 
was a successful farmer, and a deacon of the Congregational church. Two 
of his sons, like their father, were men of great prominence, and were honored 
with important town trusts. One, Elijah, was a deacon of the church for 
many years; the other, Joseph, was for many years a justice of the peace. 

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A number of their descendants are still living in the town. A daughter of 
Ephraim Ranney married Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue. Three of her sons 
are living here. The second wife of Squire Ephraim Ranney was a very 
daring and athletic woman. When the first bridge was being built across the 
Connecticut river, she tripped across upon the stringers. It is also said that 
she could lift a barrel of cider by the chimes, and drink from the bung-hole. 

Jabez Goodell came here from Chapell, Conn., previous to the Revolution, 
and settled in the north part of the town, where he died in 1799. ^'^ ^^^ 
Asahel resided in this town during his life, and raised eleven children, three 
of whom are living. His son Asahel was born in Westminster, in 1799, and 
spent his life in this town, where he died in 1875. He had three children, all 
of whom are living, two, a son and daughter, E. R. and Gracie E., in this 
town. 

Silas Burk came to Westminster at an early day, previous to the Revolu- 
tion, it is thought. He lived on the farm now owned by Joseph Clarke, and 
which had been previously owned by his father, whose name could not be 
ascertained. He died in 1825. He had eight children, all of whom are 
dead. His daughter Sarah married Timothy Clarke, of Rockingham, and had 
ten children, three of whom are living, Joseph, who has lived on the Burke 
homestead for forty-four years ; Albert, who lives in Rockingham ; and Ben- 
jamin, in Iowa. 

John Grout was born in Spencer, Mass., March 14, 1765, and married 
Elizabeth Upham of the same place. He came to Westminster, probably 
before the Revolution, in which he took part, and settled in the southwest 
part of the town. He had thirteen children. Sylvester settled in Westmin- 
ster. John, who was born in Westminster in 1788, married Zuba Dunklee, 
of Brattleboro, and settled in Newfane. In 1847 he moved to West Brattle- 
boro, where he died October 16, 1851. He had eight sons and one daughter, 
six of the former of whom are living, — Rev. Lewis, in West Brattleboro ; Syl- 
vester B. and Chester B. are farmers in Kansas; Isaac, a fruit grower in 
California; Henry M. is a Congregational minister in Concord, Mass.; and 
John M. is a traveling salesman, living in Medford, Mass. 

Calvin Chaffee was born in Westminster, in r78o, and when thirty years 
old married EHzabeth Hall and went to Hartford, N. Y., where their chil- 
dren, Calvin C. Jane, and James C. were born. They then returned to West- 
minster, where Susan, Roxana, Chester and Charles were added to their 
household. Calvin Chaffee died in 1853. Dr. Calvin C. Chaffee is a resi- 
dent of Springfield, Mass., from whence he has been sent to congress three 
terms. Jane (Mrs. Nathan Robbins) and James C. are residents of Town- 
shend. The latter married Luceba Smith, of Westminster, in February, 1842, 
and has three sons and a daughter in the West, and a daughter in Town- 
shend. 

EUsha Hitchcock came to Westminster from Springfield, Mass., about J 776, 
and settled in the northwest part of the town, on the farm on which his grand- 



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daughter, Ruth M. Hitchcock, now lives. He died in 1839, aged eighty-six. 
His son Amos was born on the farm on which he settled in 1784, and resided 
here till his death in 1878, with the exception of a few years spent in Westfield, 
Vt., about 181 1. Six of his eleven children are living, two in this town, 
William H., on road 17, and Ruth M., on road t8. 

Levi Peck was born in Wrentham, Mass., April 14, 1757, and lived thete^ 
till the commencement of the Revolutionary war. He served as a soldier 
about three years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and came to Vermont 
from Providence, in the latter State, about 1780. He taught school in Brat- 
tleboro, Windsor and Weathersfiekl. September 27, 1785, he married Han- 
nah Stoddard^ of Westminster, and settled on and cleared the farm now 
owned and occupied by Thomas Ashwell. He died September 17, 1835. 
He had five children. His son Shubal was born on the farm on which he 
settled, in 1795, ^^""^ lived thereon till his death in 1872. He married Thirza 
Wheeler, by whom he had six children, five of whom are living. Three, 
Orestes F., Charles C. and Mrs. Thomas Ashwell, reside in Westminster; 
Sanford L. lives in Elkader, Iowa ; and Mrs. Lester Woodford, in Bloom- 
field, Conn. 

Seth Arnold came to Westminster from East Haddan, Conn., soon after 
the Revolution, in which he took part, and settled on road 30. He died in 
1849, 3.t the advanced age of one hundred and one years. He had four sons 
and four daughters, only one of whom is living, Phebe, wife of Isaac Holton, 
in Illinois. 

Eleazer May came to Westminster in 1789 and opened the first store in the 
town in the front part of his dwelling. He built and occupied the brick, 
store now occupied by Austin Goodridge, in which he also kept a bank. He 
continued the mercantile business till his death, in 1845. He married Cynthia 
House, of Connecticut, and had ten children. His son James was born in 
this town in 1797, and was associated with his father in the mercantile busi- 
ness. He died April 13, 1877. He married EveUne Moore, of Bath, N. H., 
and had two children, James, who died September 13, 1863, and Belle, who 
resides with her mother on the old homestead. 

Levi Wilder came here from Massachusetts about 1790 and settled in the 
southwest corner of the town, on the farm now occupied by Mr. Reed. He 
died about 1856. He had four children, all of whom are dead. His son 
Hiram was born in Westminster in 1800, and li/ed in the town, many years. 
In 1844 he removed to Rockingham and resided there till his death, in 1882. 
He had five sons, all of whom are living, one, Leman A., in this town, and 
three in Rockingham. 

Joel Page was born in Westminster in 1791, and married Rebecca Clawson 
in 1 81 2. He had seven children, five of whom are living. Three sons, 
Michael G., Henry and Bradford P., reside in this town. One daughter, Mrs. 
Sarah Spencer, lives in Weathersfield, and another, Mrs. Harriet Hadwin, in 
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Samuel Chiptnan came from Connecticut in 1794, and in 1797 built the 
house in which his daughter Sophronia now lives. He had twelve children, 
only two of whom are living. Charles lives in Wisconsin. Samuel Chipman 
died in i860, aged eighty-eight. 

Capt. Matthias Gorham came here from Yarmouth, Mass., in April, 1798, 
making the journey with three yoke of oxen in thirteen days. He crossed the 
Connecticut river into Putney at Robinson's ferry, and thence proceeded to 
Westminster, arriving on the 2d day of May. For the farm on which he set- 
tled he paid $4,000.00 in gold and silver. The farm has since remained in the 
Gorham family, and is now owned by Freeman Gorham. Capt. Gorham's son 
David was eleven years old when they came to Westminster. He lived on 
the homestead farm and died there January 25, 1882, aged ninety-five. He 
took an active part in town affairs and held various offices. He had eight 
children, three of whom are living. Two reside in this town, Freeman on 
the homestead, and D. C. off road 38. Freeman has been selectman and has 
held other town offices. D. C. is a selectman at present. 

Matthew Miller settled at Westminster street at an early day. He was a 
cabinet maker by trade, and died in Rockingham. Only one of his six chil- 
dren is living, viz., William, in Chester, Vt. A grandson, James M., lives on 
road 23 in Westminster. 

Capt. John Braley, who was a sea captain, came to Westminster from 
Rhode Island at an early day and settled in the West parish. When he 
came the bears were so numerous that he had to chase them away from 
his calf pen with a fire brand. His son John was born in Westminster in 
1780, on the farm on which his father settled, and lived in the town during 
his life, with the exception of a few years spent in Rochester, Vt. He 
died in 1853. His son W^illiam was born here in 1810 and resided here 
till his death in 1881. Three of WiUiam's children reside in this town and 
one in Putney. 

Thomas Ranney, from Connecticut, was an early settler in the southwest 
part of the town. His sons Thomas and William, who came with him, and 
Stephen, who was born here, spent their lives in the town. The latter had 
eight children, five of whom are living, one, A. F., who was born in 181 7, and 
has spent his life in the town, off road 60. 

Nathaniel Robinson came to Westminster at an early day, and reared a 
large family here, though none of them now reside in the town. His son 
Titus married Susannah Gibbs and also reared a large family. He was a 
carpenter by trade and died at New Orleans, La., while there at work on a 
church building, in 1820. Only one of his family is now living, Anna, wife of 
Christopher Crowell, of Walpole, N. H. 

Capt. Levi Crowell came to Westminster about 1800, locating in the West 
parish, where he reared a family of seven children, and died in 1848. Three 
of his children are now living, Surviah, Betsey, and Christopher, the latter 
in Walpole, N. H. 




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Ebenezer Goodell, from Connecticut, came to Westminster with his father 
some time prior to the Revolution, and settled in the northwest part of the 
town. His son Alvin, who was born here in 1801, and resided here till his 
death about 1863, took an active part in the affairs of the town, which he 
represented four times in the legislature. He was a constable for twenty- 
years and a selectman for many years. Four of his six sons are living, two in 
Westminster, Loren A. and Charles C. Cyrus, another of Ebenezer's sons, 
was born in this town and spent most of his hfe here. He died in 1856, aged 
fifty. Both of his children are living, one in Ohio, and the other, F. H., on 
road 56 in Westminster, where he is extensively engaged in farming. 

Zadock Hitchcock came here from Brookfield, Mass., at an early day, and 
located on the farm now occupied by Roswell Powers, whose wife is his 
daughter. 

David Wells, from Hatfield, Conn., was an early settler near the central 
part of the town. His daughter Saloma resides in Keene, N. H. His son 
David, who was born here in 1805, and resided here till his death in 1875, 
had two children, both of whom reside in this town, Henry A., on road 42 
corner of road 43, and Mrs. A. S. Watkins. on road 30. 

Scott Clark came early from Cape Cod and settled in the central part of 
the town. His son Perez came with him and lived on the same place till his 
death about 1855. The latter's son Fessenden was born here in 1801, and 
resided here till his death in 1877. He had ten children, only three of whom 
ar ing, two in this town, and one in New Jersey. One son, J. Hunt, lives 
n_^. V^estminster West. 

Joseph Fairbrother came to Westminster at an early day and died about 
1843. His son Eliakim came with him and resided here till his death, in 
1 88 1. Two of the latter's sons reside in this town, George H., on road i, and. 
Dighton H., on road 45. 

Jonathan A. Phippen was an early settler on road 42, on the farm now 
owned by John E. Ellis. He came with an elder brother and married a 
daughter of Asa Averill, who was an early settler at Westminster street, and 
built the house now occupied by Moses Moulton. Mr. Phippen had seven 
children, one of whom, Samuel, now lives in Burke, Vt. Another son, 
David A., was born in Westminster in 1798, and resided on the farm on 
which his father settled, till his death in 1865. Only four of David's eight 
<:hildren are living. Two of them, Mrs. John L. Collins and Mrs. Sidney 
A. Spencer, reSide in Westminster. Nearly all of Averill's descendants are 
gone. 

Capt. Michael Gilson, who served in the Revolutionary war, came to 
Westminster at an early day and lived where Bradford Page now resides. He 
died in 1823, aged ninety-two years. None of his descendants bearing his 
name are left in the town. 

Calvin Dunham came from Mansfield, Conn., to Walpole, N. H., and from 
thence to Westminster previous to 1800. He spent the remainder of his life 



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here. His son F. O. Dunham, who was born October 8, 1808, and has been 
engaged in carriage making, is still residing in the town. 

George Smith came to Westminster from Rhode Island about the beginning 
of the present century, and was engaged in farming in the north part of the 
town, where he reared a large family and died about 1843. Otis and Curtis 
Smith, who were born in Rhode Island, and were youths when the family came 
here, bought the farm near their father's, now owned by Joseph Smith. Otis is 
still Hving, at Saxton's River, in his eighty-fifth year. Three of his sons 
Joseph, Jonathan E. and Ira, live in Westminster. One, Judson C, lives in 
Chester, Vt. ; another. Ransom E., at Saxton's River ; while a daughter, 
Mrs. Lyman C. Aldrich, also lives in this town. Curtis married Lydia 
Wright, who bore him eight children, all uf whom are living, and six of whom 
have families. He died in 1S52, aged fifty-six. His widow is now the wife 
of Ralph Whitney, of Brookline. Of his children, Fannie (Mrs. Samuel Wood), 
resides in Charlestown, N. H. ; Ora F., in Rhode Island ; Luceba(Mrs. J. C_ 
Chaftee), in Townshend ; Clara (Mrs. F. Wiley), in Rockingham ; George, in 
Athens; Mary (Mrs. H. Loveing), in Marlboro, N. H. ; and Roderick R., in 
Westminster. 

Ira Goodhue, the third son of Dea. Ebenezer and Mrs. Lydia (Ranney) 
Goodhue, was born at Westminster, December 20, 1803. He is also a grand- 
son of Rev. Josiah Goodhue, the first settled minister of Putney, and a great- 
grandson of Dea. Ephraim Ranney, who emigrated from Middletown, Conn., 
at an early day, and settled in Westminster. The father of Ira Goodhue was- 
a farmer, settled in the West Parish of Westminster, and the subject of this 
sketch has always resided therein, and followed the same occupation, as his 
principal business. He had the privileges of the common schools in his boy- 
hood, and also two terms at Chester academy, Vermont. At eighteen years 
of age he commenced teaching school, teaching thirteen terms in all. In 
T832 he married Miss Almira Sawyer, of Heath, Mass. He has held nearly 
all the town offices, such as school superintendent, selectman, justice of the 
peace, etc., for many years, and has also settled quite a number of estates, 
being frequently chosen guardian of minor children. He has been a member 
of the Congregational church sixty years, senior deacon thirty-seven years, and 
was a member of the Congregational council at Boston in 1865. He served 
the town as representative in the general assembly of Vermont in 1843, '45 
and '47, was a State senator in 1852 and '55, and in 1859 was elected one of 
the assistant judges of Windham county court, holding the ofifice five years ; 
was a member of the council of censors to revise the State constitution in 
1861 ; was elected county committee in i860, under the prohibitory liquor 
law of the State, holding the oftice seven years. He is now (1884) over 
eighty years of age and still hale and hearty, and able to attend to his own 
farming business, though business for others was given up by him several 
years since. The children of Ira and Almira S. Goodhue, are as follows: 
Henry A., a graduate of Dartmouth college and Andover seminary, and pas- 



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tor of the Congregational church in West Barnstable, Mass., over twenty 
years ; Martha E., wife of Mr. Reuben Miller, a well-to-do farmer in West- 
minster; Charles E., formerly a merchant of Townshend, and who was a ist 
lieutenant in the i6th Vt. Regt., and died in 1865, of disease contracted in the 
service ; Wayland P., formerly a merchant in the city of Polo, 111., now sec- 
retary of the Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Co., of Stillwater, Minn.; 
and Julia A., a graduate of Mt. Holyoke female seminary, and a teacher 
therein, also at Sackville, N. B., and Drew seminary, N. Y. She is now the 
wife of Prof. S. H. Trowbridge, of Glasgow, Mo. 

Homer Goodhue, son of Dea. Ebenezer Goodhue, was born at Westmin- 
ster, March 4, 181 1. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty 
years of age, when he went to Charlestown, Mass., and was connected with 
the McLean asylum for the insane for twenty-one years, the most of the time 
as supervisor. He returned to Westminster in 1853, was married here in 
1855 to Miss Delyra Tuthill, of Westminster. He was town clerk and town 
treasurer several years; was elected town representative in 1863 and '65 ; 
was elected to the State senate in 1866, and re-elected in 1867, and also held 
the office of county commissioner for several years; was appointed by the legis- 
lature as commissioner of the insane in 1866, and re-appointed in 1867. In 
1882 he was chosen one of the board of supervisors of the insane, whose duty 
it is to visit the hospital at Brattleboro every month, which office he holds at 
the present time. 

Horace Goodhue, another of Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue's sons, was born 
in Westminster in 1805 and has always lived in this town. In his younger 
days he was a school teacher, but latterly he has been engaged in farming. 
He now resides on road 38. 

Eldad H. Harlow, whose father, Levi Harlow, was one of the early settlers 
of the town, was born in Westminster in 1803. He lived here during his Hfe, 
and died October 17, 1883. His son H. G. resides on road 40. 

Charles Church, who was a soldier in the Revolution and served three and 
a half years in the colonial army, came to Westminster from Westmoreland, 
N. H., in 1807, and settled on road 10. He purchased 700 acres of land, 
which was heavily timbered with pine, and engaged in lumbering and farming. 
He built three saw-mills and did an extensive business. His farm, now 
known as Riverdale farm, is one of the best in the town. The house now 
occupied by M. W. Davis was built by him. He died in 1836. He was twice 
married and had twenty-three children, only three of whom are living, — T. W., 
in Westminster, where he was born in 1808; James C, who lives in Towns- 
hend ; and Emma, wife of Lyman Hapgood, of Bellows Falls. His son Har- 
mon was born February 15, 1799, and died February 7, 1877. His widow, 
Betsey, daughter of John Farnsworth, Jr., was born in Coventry, Vt., in 1806^ 
and still resides in Westminster. Five of his eight children are living — Martha, 
Mary, and Rebecca, with their mother on road 10, Charles on road 13, and 
Frances, wife of Charles E. Watkins, in Walpole, N. H. Charles has been 



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engaged in breeding Merino sheep since 1869, and thoroughbred short-horn 
cattle since 1879. He is one of the prosperous farmers of the town. 

Zaccheus Cole came to this town from New Hampshire, in 1808, when 
seventeen years old. He married Annis, widow of Giles Marvin, and settled 
on the farm now owned by Benjamin F. Richmond, who married his daughter 
Frances. He was a silver plater by trade, and carried on that business for 
many years. He died October 12, 1882, aged ninety-one and one-half years, 
and his wife, September 3, 1877. 

George Campbell was born in Westminster in 1818 and always lived on the 
homestead now occupied by his sons, Fred G. and Charles H. He was 
largely engaged in sheep breeding and took the premium at the world's fair 
at Strasburg. He married Adeline Wilcox, of Westminster, and had four 
children. He died in 1882, and his wife, July i, 1883. His son Edward re- 
sides near Fort Edward, N. Y., and a daughter is the wife of C. Horace 
Hubbard, of Springfield, Vt. 

William Whittle was born in Claremont, N. H., where his father, Samuel 
Whittle, was one of the first settlers, December 24, 1783. When a young 
man he moved to Walpole and carried on the wheelwright business there. 
He was a resident of Westminster for over fifty years. He built a saw-mill 
and grist-mill one and one-fourth miles west of the village. He was a captain 
of the militia. He married Electa Rugg, of Swanzey, and had nine children, 
five of whom are living, — George W., Hannah E. Kimball, and Abby A,, 
wife of Moses S. Moulton, in Westminster; Phineas R., in Shelburne Falls, 
Mass., and James C, who carries on the carriage business in Keene, N. H. 
He died in May, 1871, and his wife, in November, 1847. 

John Minard, whose father, Isaac Minard, was an early settler in Rock- 
ingham, was born in that town in 1798. He came to Westminster some 
fifty years ago and settled on the farm now occupied by his son John B., who 
is a lister of the town. He took an active part in town affairs and held the 
offices of selectman and lister. He died in 1882. Five of his six children 
are living. 

Levi Kimball came to Windham from Amherst, N. H., about 1820, and 
to Westminster about 1835, locating on the farm now occupied by his son 
Harry H. He had ten children, none of whom are living. He died about 
1870. 

John B. Keech was born in Westminster in 1840, and is now living on road 
37. He enlisted in Co. F, ist Vt. Cav., and served about a year. He was 
disabled by paralysis, caused by a fall from his horse, which fell upon him. 

Rosvvell Powers was born in Athens about 1808, and came to Westminster 
about 1845, locating where his son Joseph M. now lives. His father, Stephen 
Powers, was an early settler in Athens, to which town he removed from 
Chesterfield, N. H., and resided there till his death, about 181 1. 

Peter Mayo was born in Milton, Chittenden county, in 1815, and came to 
Westminster in 1843. He now resides on road 37, and is engaged in milling. 



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Prof. LaFayette Ward was born in Wardsboroin 1824, and graduated from 
Dartmouth college in 1847. He taught successfully at Saxton's River, Bel- 
lows Falls and Westminster, and at Bernardston, Mass. He was superin- 
tendent of schools at Northampton, Mass. He made his home in Westmin- 
ster from 1853 until his death, in 1882. He represented his town in the leg- 
islature, and was a member of the board of education. His widow and son 
reside on road 34. 

Pliny Fisher was born in Townshend, September 10, 1803, and resided 
there till i860, when he came to Westminster and settled on road 31. He 
married Mary A. Farr, who died June 30, 1880. His three children are O. L., 
who resides with his father; Rollin B., who lives in Boston; and Ellen M., 
wife of Clark Chase, who resides at Bellows Falls. 

M. W. Davis, son of Micha Davis, was born in Athens, March 30, 1822, 
and resided there until 1862, when he settled on road 10, in Westminster, on 
the farm he now occupies, which is known as Riverdale farm, and is one of 
the finest in the town. It was first settled by the Church brothers. Mr. 
Davis has been a surveyor for the last forty years. He represented the town 
of Athens in 1856, and has been a member of the State board of agriculture 
for the last four years. He married Mary S. Crowell. of Westmoreland, and 
has three children living, Sherman M., in Kankakee, III, Seymour A., in 
this town, and Flora A., also in this town with her father. 

George W. Newcomb was born in Bernardston, Mass., February 22, 1800. 
January i, 1824, he married Martha Burrows, and raised a family of twelve 
children, nine of whom are living. He was once an extensive and prosperous 
farmer in this town. He died here March 27, 1884. 

Ephraim Spencer was born in Westminster, his father having come to this 
town from England some time previous to the Revolution. Ephraim lived 
near the Connecticut river, on the farm now occupied by Morton A. Snow, 
and died about 1856. He was twice married and had thirteen children. His 
son Mark was born in this town in 1807, and resided here till his death, about 
1853. Five of his seven children are living. One son, Sidney A., resides on 
road 49, in Westminster. 

William B. Cutting was born in Guilford, November 20. 1827, and came 
to Westminster in 1871. He has filled different town offices, and in 1882 
was elected State senator. He married Mary A. Ranney, by whom he has 
six children. His grandfather, Jonah Cutting, came to Guilford, from Massa- 
chusetts, and settled near Green river. He built an oil mill, which he operated 
for a time. Samuel Cutting, father of William B., was in Guilford in 1791, 
and carried on business at Green river, having a paper-mill, store, and farm. 
He died at the age of fifty-one. 

Henry F. Bond, who resides on road 11, caine to Westminster in 1872. 
He is engaged in the business of slate roofing, and also deals in furs of all 
kinds, giving employment to five men. 

George R. Harlow was born in Westminster, and went to Massachusetts 
in i860, returning to this town in 1867. He enlisted in Co. E, 39th Mass. 



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Vols., and served in the army two and one-half years. He was in the battle 
of the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania, and at Gettysburg. He represented the 
town of Westminster in 1882-83. 

Jonathan Houghton came from Bolton, Mass., and settled on the farm on 
which A. D. Kerr now lives. He was a farmer and a noted hewer of timber. 
He was a Revolutionary soldier and was wounded in the battle of Benning- 
ton. His son Asa spent his life on the homestead. The latter's son, F. J. 
Houghton, was born and still lives in the town. 

Nathan G. Pierce was born August 19, 1810, and has spent most of his 
hfe in this town. He was left an orphan at an early age, and lived with his 
maternal grandfather Pierce. He has been a prominent citizen and is widely 
known as a propagator of seed corn. 

Robert Miller settled in the west part of the town near where D. C. Gor- 
ham now lives. He was a farmer and had eleven children, only three of 
whom are now living, all in the West. He died in 1830, at the age of 
seventy-seven. Mary, his wife, lived to the age of one hundred and one years. 
His son John was born in Westminster in 1786, and lived in the town most of 
the time till his death, in 1867. Three of his seven children, a son and two 
daughters, are living, all in this town. Reuben, the son, resides on road 62, 
on what is known as Maple Wood farm. 

Jethro and Asa Coombs, brothers, came to Jamaica from Cape Cod. The 
former died in New Hampshire in 1876. His son Talman T. Coombs was 
born in Jamaica in 1820, and now resides on road 54, in Westminster. He 
served in the late war. Rev. WiUiam N. Wilbur was born in Griswold, Conn., 
in 1825, and was graduated from Madison University in New York in 1856^ 
in which year he removed to Saxton's River and engaged as a teacher in the 
seminary in that place. At the expiration of fifteen months he became pastor 
of the Baptist church, which relation he sustained for fifteen years, when he 
became the financial agent of the Vermont academy, a position he occupied 
for ten years. He has retired from public life to engage in agricultural pur- 
suits. He has lately removed to Newport, Vt. 

Rev. Timothy Field, brother to David Dudley Field, Cyrus W. Field, and 
Judge Stephen Field of the Supreme court, was born in Guilford, Conn. 
After preaching seven years at Canandaigua, N. Y., he came to Westminster 
West, where he served a thirty years' pastorate of the Congregational church. 
He died about 1843. He was twice married and had six children, five of 
whom are Hving. His son William now resides on road 17, in Westminster. 

The Cofigregatiotial church in Westminster, East Parish, was organized 
June II, 1767, with nine members. Rev. Jesse Goodell being the firstpastor. 
The first church building, erected in 1869-70, is still standing, as previously 
mentioned. The present structure, built in 1835, is a fine, comfortable 
edifice, capable of seating 300 persons. The society now has 108 members, 
with Rev. John L. Sewall, pastor. This was the third Congregational church 
organized in the State, the only older ones being those of Newbury and Ben- 
nington. 



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The Second Congregational church of Westminster. — This church, located 
at Westminster West, was organized as the Second Congregational church of 
Westminster, October 31, 1799, by twelve members from the first church in 
Westminster. The first pastor was Rev. Reuben Emerson, ordained Feb- 
ruary 18, 1800. The second pastor, Rev. Timothy Field, was installed in 
1807. The third pastor, Rev. Preston Taylor, was installed March 31, 1835, 
The fourth pastor, Rev. Jubilee Wellman, was 
installed March 6, 1838. The fifth pastor, Rev. 
Alfred Stevens, commenced his labors with the 
church April 20, 1842, and was ordained Feb- 
ruary 22, 1843. Rev. Amos Foster, of Boston, 
preached the sermon. Mr. Stevens is the pres- 
ent pastor. He is the son of Nehemiah and 
Deborah (Goodell) Stevens, born at Waterford, 
Vt., July 30, 1810. He worked twenty-one 
years with his father, on the farm, fitted for 
college at Kimball, Union, and Peacham aca- 
demies, and was graduated at Dartmouth col- 
lege in 1839, and at Andover Theological (rev. Alfred sievens) 
Seminary, 1842, receiving the honorary degree of D. D., in 1874. He is 
still the pastor, after forty-two years of ministeral work with the church. 
He has ofliciated at all the funerals in the parish in that time, with only four 
exceptions. So far as the ministry is concerned, he is responsible for the 
religious and moral character that has gone from the parish for forty-two 
years. He has followed to the grave more of his parishoners than there are 
living in the parish at the present time. He has preached the "old Calvin- 
istic doctrines." He has never attempted to change or improve the church 
as he found it in 1842. It is as good as new to-day. God has blessed the 
church work during all its history. A large number of professional men 
have left the parish in the mean time, that are well know as clergymen, law- 
yers, and physicians in this and foreign lands, and professors in colleges and 
other higher institutions of learning; and many daughters of the parish are 
now the virtuous women in a multitude of the homes in the land. He has 
never quarreled with his deacons, or with the singers. He has never asked 
his parish to increase his salary. He has had forty-two years of very pleas- 
ant history in his parish. He has reason to know that he has been appre- 
ciated, as a citizen. For twenty-five years he was the superintendent of the 
schools in town, and knew all the children in town by name, and in 1872 
was, by the vote of the town, honored with a seat in the State legislature. 
The fortieth anniversary of his ordination was observed February 22, 1883, 
with thanksgiving and praise to God for his great blessings upon the pastor 
and people. The good times of the past were talked over, and greetings 
from those that have been taught from the pulpit and in the Sabbath- 
school, and gone out into the world, were received to cheer his old age with 



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the assurance that he is not forgotten. He was married first, August ri. 
1844, to Eliza W. Farrar, of Troy, N. H.; second, June 23, 1846, to Mary 
Ann Arnold, of Westminster; third, August 25, 1858, to Harriet N. Wood, 
of Millbury, Mass.; fourth, May 28, 1876, to Mrs. Catharine (Miller) Slate, 
of Brattleboro, Vt. 

The first church building of this society was erected about 1775, which 
gave place to another in 1827, and that in turn to the present structure in 
1876. It will seat about 300 persons, cost $4,300.00, and is now valued, in- 
cluding grounds, at $5,000.00. The society has eighty members, and is in 
a flourishing condition. 



WHITINGHAM lies in the southwestern corner of the county, in lat. 
42° 47' and lone. 4^^ 9', bounded north by Wilmington, east by 
Hahfax, south by Rowe and Heath in Massachusetts, and west by 
Readsboro in Bennington county. There are four grants extant given by 
New York to different persons, under the name of Cumberland, one grant 
being dated December 3, 1766, and the others April 23, 1767. One, or all 
of these, probably, was for the lands now known as Whitingham ; but when 
Whitingham had been organized a century, no person residing in the town 
knew by what authority its charter was granted, and it was an open question 
as to whether any charter of the town existed. On the i8th of August, 1880, 
the charter in the possession of the town at the present time (which is a copy 
of the original among the land records of at Albany, N. Y.,) was presented 
to the town by Clark Gillson, Esq., while delivering the Centennial address 
in the old church on the hill near the center of the town. From it we learn 
that the town was chartered March i, 1770, to Nathaniel Whitingham (from 
whom the town received its name) and his nine associates, by King George 
III., in the tenth year of his reign, "By his Commissioners, Cadwallader 
Colden, Esq., Andrew Elliot, Esq., Alexander Colden, Esq." 

The surface of the territory is uneven, though there are many level tracts, 
the soil being generally of a good quality and quite easily cultivated. The 
native timber is beech, birch, ash, spruce and hemlock. Deerfield river flows 
through the western pait of the town, watering some excellent tracts of 
meadow land, while there are many other smaller streams in different parts 
of the town. Sadawga pond lies in the central part of the town, a handsome 
little sheet of water, so named in honor of an old Indian who formerly lived 
near it, and who is supposed to have been drowned while passing down Deer- 
field river. There are also three other small bodies of water lying in the 
northeastern part of the town, called Jacksonville, Rider and Roberts ponds. 
The geological structure of the town is made up almost entirely of rocks of 
gneiss formation, except in the eastern part, where they are of talcose-schist 
formation. There are, however, several beds of litnestotie which has been 
manufactured into lime to a considerable extent. The mineral springs known 



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as Sadawga springs, located near the pond of that name, were discovered in 
1822. Their waters are largely impregnated with lime, magnesia and iron, 
and are said to prove exceedingly efficacious in cutaneous diseases. Lead 
and silver ores are said to exist in the southwestern part of the town. 

In 1880 VVhitingham had a population of 1,240, and in 1882 had fifteen 
school districts and contained sixteen common schools, employing nine male 
and twenty female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of 
$2,012.14 There were 352 pupils attending common school, while the entire 
cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $2,213.20, with A. 
A. Butterfield, superintendent. 

Jacksonville is a beautiful little post village located in the eastern part of 
the town. It has two churches (Methodist and Universalist), an hotel, dry 
goods store, drug store, tannery, grist-mill, two saw-mills, two butter box 
manufactories, cider-mill, and about fifty dwellings. The beautiful glen in 
which the village is situated attracts many summer tourists and interested 
visitors. 

Sadcnvga Springs (Whitingham p. o.), is a small village located about a 
mile west of the center of the town, at the foot of Sadawga lake. It has two 
churches (Baptist and Universalist), two hotels, one store, two saw-mills, black- 
smith shop, wagon shop, about twenty dwellings, and the famous Sadawga 
springs, whence the village deri\es its name. As early as 1822 it was dis- 
covered that the waters of these springs possessed unusual curative qualities, 
especially in diseases of a cutaneous nature. This led to a scientific analysis 
of the water, discovering the following minerals held in solution; muriate of 
lime, carbonate of lime, muriate of magnesia, and carbonate and peroxide 
of iron. 

Sadmvga Springs wool-carding mill, was built by Calvin Baker in 1870, 
where he now carries on the business of wool carding and general jobbing. 

Z. Wheeler's grist-mill, located at Sadawga Springs, was built by Hough- 
ton Sawyer, about fifty years ago. 

G. L. Albee' s steam chair factory, located at Sadawga Springs, was built 
about twenly years ago. Mr. Albee, since that time, has manufactured about 
20,000 chairs. 

Lincoln H. Sawyer'' s sa7v-mill, located at the foot of Sadawga lake, was 
built by Mr. Sawyer's father, J. W., in 1859. He now manufactures 300,000 
feet of lumber per annum, though the mill has the capacity for turning out 
1,000 feet per hour. 

George S. Goodnow is largely engaged in the manufacture of lumber in 
Whitingham, turning out about 4,000,000 feet per year, and giving employ- 
ment to about fifty hands. 

A. J. HulFs saiv-mill and chair-stock factory, located on road 26, was 
built about seventeen years ago. 

George Porter's saw-mill, butter-box, and chair-stock factory is located at 
Jacksonville, where he carries on a large business, which was established in 



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1880. Herbert G. Porter leases shop of George and makes butter boxes, 
and grain measures. 

Stetson Bros\ butter tub and chair-stock factory and cider-mill, located at 
Jacksonville, was established hy George Porter in 1856. They manufacture 
50,000 butter boxes, 1,000 barrels of cider, and 3,000 butter tubs per annum. 

Edwifi E. Putnam' s bntter box manufactory^ at Jacksonville, was established 
by Willard Foster, in 1830. He manufactures about 100,000 butter packages 
per year. 

A railroad is being built from Hoosac Tunnel to Readsboro, passing through 
the southwest corner of this town, by the bank of Deerfield river. 

The settlement of Whitingham was commenced in 1770, by a Mr. Bratton 
and Silas Hamilton. Mr. Bratton's son John was the tirst child born in the 
town, where his father settled on road 4, where C. Wheeler now lives, and his 
father received a grant of land in consideration thereof. John lived and died 
on the old homestead. The settlement thus started, according to the census 
of Cumberland county, taken in 1771, increased during that year and the year 
177T, to fourteen souls, three of whom were males under sixteen years of age 
four over sixteen, three females under sixteen, and four over sixteen, making 
seven males and seven females. In 1773 the settlement was increased by the 
arrival at Messrs. Angel, Gustin, Nelson, Lamphier and Pike, emigrants from 
Massachusetts and Connecticut. Mr. Pike, among the early inhabitants of 
the town, had a family of twenty-eight children. The town was organized 
March 33, 1780, Eliphalet Hyde being chosen the first town clerk. Silas 
Hamilton was the first justice of the peace, and also the first representative, 
m 1778. The house now occupied by Addison C. Tainter, on road 29, built 
by Eli Starkwell, was the first framed house built in the town. Benjamin 
Dix, aged eighty-five years, is the oldest man in the town, and Sally King, 
aged ninety-six years, is the oldest woman. Brigham Young, the Mormon 
saint, was born in Whitingham, on road 40, near the center of the town. A 
part of the cellar walls of the old log house mark the place of his birth. His 
father was a poor basket maker. 

Absalom Pike settled at an early day on road 41, in Whitingham, and 
raised twelve children, four of whom are now living, Josiah, Sylvanus, Wil- 
lard and Eunice. Josiah is located on a farm adjoining the homestead, and 
has five sons who are living in this town. 

Nathaniel Davis came to Bennington, Vt., from Ware, Mass., in 1762. He 
removed to Whitingham at the age of sixteen years and settled on road 22, 
where he resided till his death. He built the first log house on the farm on 
which he settled, and raised ten children, only one of whom is living, Mrs. 
Phebe Baily of Readsboro, Vt. His eldest son, Ebenezer, was born in Ware, 
Mass., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He lived on the home- 
stead farm in Whitingham and raised seven children, two of whom are living, 
Freeborn G. and Hannah, the former on the homestead farm. Ebenezer 
Davis was a minister. He commenced preaching at the age of twenty, and 



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during the first twelve years of his pastorate was connected with the M. E. 
church. He then united with the Wesleyan Methodists and continued his 
ministerial labors in that denominational fold until his death, July 28, 1875. 

Ira Davis, now dead, was a native of Whitingham. He married Polly 
Perry, of Woodstock, Conn., and settled on a farm on road 23, on which he 
cut the first tree and built the first log house. He had six children, Arad E., 
Jotham B., Perry N., Hannah I., Arad A., and Agnes T., four of whom are 
living. Arad A., who married Rosetta P. Bishop, of Readsboro, resides on 
the homestead farm. 

Jonathan Dix was born on road 35 J, in Whitingham, in 1789. July 5, 181 2, 
he married Polly Reed, and resided in this town in various locations till his 
death in i860, except two years spent in Stamford, Vt. He had eight chil- 
dren, five of whom are living, Alvira, Sybil, John P., Fauna and Lestina P. 
One son, Freeman, lived many years on road 41. He was killed instantly 
beneath a load of logs. Two of his three children are living, Polly and 
Joseph, the latter on the homestead farm. 

Abraham Chase came to Whitingham, Mass., about 1798, and settled on 
road 35^, where he remained two years, when he removed to road 17, on 
which he resided till his death, at the age of eighty-two. He was a volunteer 
soldier in the war of 181 2 and drew a pension. He married Betsey Rich, of 
Massachusetts, and had five children, David, Samuel, Jacob, Ellis and Elliot. 
Jacob and Elliott are still living. David, the eldest son, married Irene Kings- 
bury of Fairfax, Vt., and has five children living, — Betsey Upton, Joseph K., 
CaroHne Wheeler, Adaline Hatch, and George A. Joseph married Caroline 
Beeman, of Fairfax, Vt., and settled on the homestead farm, where he still 
remains. David Chase held many offices of trust in the town. 

Joshua Newell came to Whitingham in 1790, and after a residence of two 
years on road 50, in the east part of the town, and of one year on road 41, 
he located on road 46, on the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, 
Chester B. Newell, where he resided till his death. His children were Frank, 
Baxter, Samuel, Joshua, Dwight, Mary, Luna, Sarah, and Martha, of whom 
Samuel, Baxter, and Martha are living. 

Zachariah Wheeler was born at Stowe, near Boston, November 15, 1777, 
and came to Whitingham shortly before 1800. He located on road 22 and 
made the first improvements on the farm on which he settled. He married 
Susanna Bratton, by whom he had two children. Whitman and Susanna, both 
of whom are dead. Whitman married Polly Faulkner, of Whitingham and 
settled on road 3, on the farm now occupied by his son Cyrus W., who mar- 
ried Lestina L. Wheeler, December i, 185S. Four others of Whitman's eight 
children are living. 

Daniel Wheeler, a native of Massachusetts, came to Whitingham in 1800, 
and settled on road 25. He subsequently removed to road 42, where he 
resided till his death. He had ten children, five of whom are living, Char- 
lotte, Elizabeth, Lucy, Daniel, and Zachariah, the latter of whom owns and 



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occupies the homestead farm. Zachariah married Caroline J. Allard, of Wil- 
mington, in which town her father was a physician of long practice, and her 
grandfather a pioneer settler. 

Oliver Reed was a pioneer in Whitingham, and was born on raod 27^. 
He settled and lived for forty years on road 41. He then removed to Stam- 
ford, in Bennington county, where he spent the remainder of his days. Two 
of his eight children are living, Marcena, and Nancy Peck. His son Thomas 
was a lifelong resident of Whitingham. Of the latter's nine children, Henry, 
the eldest son, who resides on road 41, is the only one left in Whitingham. 
Henry married Fanny Atherton and has eight children living. 

Deliverance Wheeler is said to have come from England in pioneer times, 
with two brdthers, and first located on a farm in. the town of Stowe, near 
Boston, whence he removed to Whitingham and located on road 25, where 
he remained till his death. Not one of his nine children survives. His son 
John married Hannah Jewell, of Whitingham and settled on road 2, making 
the first clearing and building the first log-house on his farm, on which he 
resided till his death. He had numerous children, six of whom are hving, 
Ephraim, Roby F., Eli J., Harriet M., Henry F., and John. Ephraim lives 
on road 16 adjoining the homestead farm. 

Benjamin Jewell, who was a hatter by trade, was an early settler in Whit- 
ingham. He enlisted at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and 
served till its close, when he returned to Whitingham. He married Olive 
Lamb and settled on a farm on road 41, on which he built the first log-house 
in district No 9. After a few years he removed to road i, where he continued 
to reside till his death. He was a member of the State militia during the 
war of 181 2. His children were David, Jonas, Samuel, Daniel, Aaron, Sally, 
Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary. Samuel, Daniel, and Aaron never married. 
The latter two, imbued with the martial spirit of their father, were in the 
Florida war, and died there. David was born November i, 1794, married 
Susan Faulkner, by whom he had nine children, pursued the vocation of a 
farmer, and died in October, 1870. His wife died in December, 1869. 
Jonas married Cynthia Harris, of Massachusetts, and lived in Whitingham a 
few years. He moved to Minnesota and died there. 

John Fuller came to Whitingham at an early day, from Douglass, Mass., in 
company with eight or nine families, most of whom settled in the north part 
of the town. Mr. Fuller located on road 10, and made the first improve- 
ments on his farm, on which he resided till his death. He raised seven chil- 
dren. His son John married Polly McKnight, of Douglass, Mass. Two of 
his seven children, Alfred and Polly, are living, the former on the homestead 
farm on road 8, on which he has resided from birth. He married Philinda 
Hatch, of Halifax. He has been a representative of the town two years. 
Two of his four children, Edward L. and Eliza W., are living, the former of 
whom, residing with his father on the homestead farm, is president of the 
Wilmington Savings Bank and has held many ofiices in the town of Whit- 
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Jacob Porter was an early settler on road 38 in Whitingham, and made 
the first improvements on his farm, on which he opened the first hotel in the 
town. His son Jacob was a resident of this town for twenty-five years. 

Willard Faulkner was born on road 9 in Whitingham. He married Roxana 
Bo)'d, of this town, and settled on a farm on road 5, on which he made all 
the improvements. The homestead farm is now owned and occupied by his 
son Willard R., who married Hattie Howard, of Wilmington. 

William Faulkner, several of whose descendants now live in Whitingham, 
came to this town from Massachusetts about the year 1800. He reared five 
daughters and three sons, and died at the age of sixty-five years. Shepherd 
D., his youngest and only surviving child, is now residing on road 34, at the 
age of sixty-five years. He has always resided in town, and has been chosen 
to various town offices. His wife was Miranda Green, daughter of Alfred 
Green, of Whitingham, and they have one son, WiUiam A., who is cashier of 
the People's National Bank of Brattleboro. Their only daughter, Emma M., 
married Henry H. Holbrook, and died December 16, 1882. 

Ansel E. Toby, now living on road 42, is a native of Whitingham, and has 
four children now living, Henry A., John L., Ella F., and Cassius E. Henry 
A. enlisted as a private in the late war, January 7, 1862, was mustered 
into service February 18, 1862, and discharged June 27, 1862, by reason 
of disease, which renders him a cripple for hfe, and for which he draws 
a pension. 

Phineas H. Sawyer came to Whitingham from Massachusetts about eighty 
years ago and settled on a farm on road 21. He operated for about twenty 
years the first saw-mill built in the town, in the vicinity of the present village 
of Sadawga, and at the expiration of that time was succeeded by his son 
Houghton, who occupied it about twenty-five years. During that time 
Houghton Sawyer built the grist-mill how owned and occupied by Z. Wheeler. 
He was a life-long resident of Sadawga village, and became a leading citizen, 
holding many of the town offices a great part of the time. He died in 1872, 
aged sixty-seven. Only three of his nine children survive him, John W., 
Mary J., and Mattie A., the former of whom occupies the fine homestead at 
the foot of Sadawga lake. 

Timothy Jillson was born in Guilford, Vt., and March 11, 1796, married 
Sylvia Ogden, of Whitingham, locating upon a farm on road 46, where they 
reared eight children, three of whom are living, Samuel C., David and Daniel. 
Five were soldiers in the late war. Joseph died in Libby prison. James 
resided on road 41 until his death, rearing seven children, six of whom are 
living, EU J., Ellen L., Uberto C, Emma S., Unray E., and Newton S. He 
married Lestina P. Dix, who now lives on the homestead. 

The Chase family in Whitmgham, and mostly throughout Windham county, 
are descendants of one of the oldest families of England, the records of which 
go back to about the year 1000, at which time they occupied what was known 
as the Lord Townsley estate, one of the largest in England, and held many 

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offices of more or less importance, under the English government, among 
them that of sergeant -at-arms to King Henry VIII. 

Three sons of this family came to America in 1639. Among them was 
Aquila, who was born in 16 18, and first settled in Hampton, N. H., but soon 
moved to Newbury. David Chase, a descendant of his in the fourth genera- 
tion, was born April 17, 1752, and married Jemima Humes. He served in 
the war of the Revolution in and about Boston. In February, 1815, he, in 
company with his five sons, came to Whitingham from Douglass, Mass., and 
settled on road 35^; and by their energy, industry and untiring perseverance 
contributed largely to the present prosperity of the town. He died October 
20, 1841. His sixth son, Benjamin, who married Mary Sprague, and came 
here from Douglass with his father, located on road 20, where he died April 
27, 1863, leaving six children, the fourth of whom, Abraham, was born Jan- 
uary 5, 1820, married Catherine Reed, of Whitingham, April 23, 1844, and 
has resided nearly all the time on road 21. He had five children, four of 
whom are living, as follows : Oscar R., a farmer, on road 19 in Whitingham; 
Augustus L., a physician, living at present at Randolph, Mass. ; Augusta L., 
wife of Gilbert A. Boyd, of Wilmington, Vt. ; and Charles S., attorney at law, 
who married Carrie E. Brigham, of Boston, Mass., January 19, t88i, and now 
i-esides on road 27^ in the village of Sadawga. 

J. K. Stafford came to Whitingham from Coleraine, Mass., about sixty 
years ago, and has pursued the vocation of a farmer. Russel A. Stafford, 
now residing at Sadawga, is the only one of his six children living. 

Waters Gillett, M. D., was born in Wilmington, Vt., in December, 180 1. 
He removed at the age of four years to Dover, and thence at the age of four- 
teen to Wilmington, where he attended school. He attended medical college 
at Castleton, Vt., and commenced the practice of medicine in Readsboro, 
Vt., in 1834. In 1840 he removed thence to Whitingham, where he has 
since practiced his profession. His grandfather, Timothy Gillett, came to 
Dover in this county about 1792, and was noted for turning woodenware from 
knots for family use. 

Nathan D. Sherman, who was formerly from Massachusetts, came to Whit- 
ingham in 1840, and settled on the farm on which he now resides on road 
61. He commenced preaching in the Universalist church in 1855, and has 
continued to officiate in that capacity to the present time. 

Parley Starr was born in Colchester, Vt., August 20, 1813, and brought 
up in Milton. At the age of twenty-one he left home, and by energy and 
perseverance has won an enviable success. He found employment at the 
tanning business in the village of Jacksonville, and in 1837 became propri- 
etor of the establishment. He continued the business till 1873, and on the in- 
corporation of the People's National Bank, at Brattleboro, Vt., he was elected 
president of that institution, which position he retains to the present time, 
with his home in Brattleboro. He enjoys, in a marked degree, the respect 
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in the Vermont legislature, in 1832, '56 and '72, and to the State senate in 
1859 and '60. He was justice of Windham county eleven years, trustee of 
the Windham Provident Institution for Savings five years, and a director of 
the Brattleboro bank seventeen years. In 1862 he opened a recruiting oflice 
for volunteers, and was appointed State agent to look after and provide for 
the families of soldiers absent in the war. 

Edwin C. Starr is a native of Milton, and has been a tanner and merchant 
at Jacksonville, Vt., since i8<^o. 

Calvin Baker came to Sadawga in 1848, from Templeton, Mass., in which 
State his father, Luther Baker, was a pioneer. 

Jesse Hull came to Whitingham, from Boston, and settled near the center 
of the town, on road 38, where he resided till his death. His son William, 
was a hfe-long resident of Whitingham. He married Samantha Hall, October 
25, r825, and raised eleven children, five of whom are living, Sanford, Martha, 
Azuba, Horace, and Andrew Jackson, the latter of whom resides on road 26, 
and is a farmer and manufacturer of chair stock. 

Horatio N. Hix, who resides in Whitingham, is a son of Gideon Hix, who 
was born in Richmond, N. H., February 9, 1793, and removed to Readsboro 
in 18 16, residing there till his death, in 1859. Horatio N. Hix has practiced 
law for twenty-nine years, and during two years of that time was State's 
attorney. He was a representative one term, and a justice of the^peace for 
thirty consecutive years. 

CHURCHES. 

The old church on the hill at Whitingham Center was cut down October 
14, 1883, by some citizens residing in that vicinity. It was built by the town 
in 1798, but was not finished till 1806. It was a strong, thoroughly built 
edifice, and was occupied by different religious denominations. In 1833 a 
belfry was built by subscription, without regard to sect or creed, a bell was 
procured and hung therein, and there remained for many years. At length it 
was taken down rather surreptitiously, as was thought, and concealed for 
long time. A church was built at Sadawga by the M^ethodist, now owned by 
the Baptists, and by some arrangement the old bell was placed upon that 
church, where it has since remained. Since the business left the center of the 
town, the old church has been denuded of its outward and inward finish by 
different persons, and for some thirty years has been in a dilapidated condi- 
tion, though occupied much of the time for town meetings. It has withstood 
the violence of the tempest for well nigh a century, and stood as a monu- 
ment of the architectural skill and strength of former days. At the centen- 
nial celebration of the town, August 18, 1880, a portion of one side having 
been removed and extensive seating arrangements made in and about the 
building, the largest assembly ever convened at the old, honored edifice was 
gathered from this and adjacent towns and distant places, and the interesting 
exercises well-nigh proved obsequies over the revered relics of by-gone years ; 
and this old-time landmark is now among the things that were. 



304" TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 



The Baptist churchy located at Whitingham, was organized by its first 
pastor. Rev. Paul Holmes, in October, 1808, with twenty-one members. Their 
first church building was erected in 1834, and the present house in 1850, at a 
cost of $1,500.00. The society has at present forty-two members, with Rev. 
Origin Smith, pastor. 

The Jacksonville Universalist churchy located at Jacksonville, was organized 
by twelve or more of the citizens residing in the vicinity of Jacksonville, 
December 31, 1849, Rev. H. F. Ballou, being the first pastor. The church 
building, which is a wood structure capable of seating 250 persons, was 
erected in 1850. at a cost of $1,200.00, and is now valued at $1,500 oo. The 
society has about fifty members, under the pastoral charge of Rev. Jeremiah 
Gifford. 

The First Methodist church of the Jacksonville and Sadawga charge, located 
at Jacksonville, was organized by its' first pastor. Rev. Moses Spencer, with 
fourteen members, in 1858. Their church building, a wood structure capable 
of seating 300 persons, was built in 1865-66, and dedicated in December, 
1866. It cost $2,200.00, though it is now valued at only $1,800.00. The 
society has at present thirty-three members, with no regular pastor. 

The Universalist Society of Sadawga, located at Sadawga, was organized 
by its present pastor. Rev. Jeremiah Gififord, in 1862, with twenty members. 
The church building, however, which will accommodate 225 persons, was 
built in i860, and is now valued at $2,000.00. The society has at present 
forty members. 



WILMINGTON lies in the southeastern part of the county, in lat. 42° 
52', and long. 4° 9', bounded north by Dover, east by Marlboro, 
south by Whitingham, and west by Searsburg and Readsboro, in 
Bennington county. This town was originally chartered by New Hampshire, 
April 29, 1751, to Phineas Lyman and fifty-seven others, in sixty-four shares, 
and containing an area of 23.040 acres. But as the conditions of the grant 
were not fulfilled by the grantees, the charter, by its own provisions, became 
void. On the 17th of June, 1763, the township received its second charter 
from New Hampshire, its name being changed to Draper, and its proprietors 
being "His Excellency Francis Barnard" and sixty-six others. The name 
Draper being disHked, however, it was subsequently changed to Wilmington 
again. A few years since the northern part of the town, known as "Wilming- 
ton Leg," was annexed to Dover. 

The surface of Wilmington is uneven and broken, though it has, especially 
in the valleys of the several streams, many fine tracts of level land, possessing 
an arable and easily cultivated soil. The east and west branches of Deer- 
field river, two quite prominent streams, unite in the western part of the town. 
There are several other good sized streams, the largest of which are Cold and 
Beaver brooks, the former in the northern and the latter in the southern part 



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of the town. Ray pond, a handsome Httle sheet of water, lies in the eastern 
part of the territory, while Sylvan lake and Crystal pond, two other small 
sheets, lie in the northwestern part. The rocks entering into the geological 
structure of the territory are mostly of ^/^mi- formation, >except in the extreme 
eastern part, where they are of the takose-schist variety. Beds of azoic lime- 
stone are also found in the western part. 

In 1880 Wilmington had a population of 1,130, and in 1882 had thirteen 
common schools, employing six male and twenty-one female teachers, to whom 
was paid an aggregate salary of $1,565.21. There were 265 pupils attending 
common schools, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending 
October 31st, $1,839.13, with E. A. Fitch, superintendent. 

Wilmington, a handsome post village located in the central part of the 
town, is the only village in the township. It was incorporated about twenty- 
five years ago, and now has four churches (Congregational, Methodist, Bap- 
tist and Universalist), one hotel, the Vermont House, P. G. Wilder, proprie- 
tor, three dry goods stores, a drug store, grocery store, two tin shops, two 
blacksmith shops, a grist-mill, saw-mill, planing-mill, about seventy-five dwell- 
ings and 300 inhabitants. Located in a lovely valley surrounded by verdant 
hills, the village is one of the most picturesquely beautiful to be found in the 
county. Its well-kept streets, neatly painted houses, and the general tidy 
appearance of the place, impresses the stranger with the idea of thrift and 
culture among its inhabitants. Annual fairs are held at the village which are 
well attended by people from this and Bennington counties. 

The Wilmi/igton Saz'iugs Bank was incorporated December 6, 1853, with 
E. L. Fuller, president \ Clark Chandler, vice-president • and Hosea Mann 
Jr., treasurer. 

Charles C. Clark's saw-mill, located on road 27, was built by F. J. Stowe, 
in 1848. It has the capacity for sawing 1,000 feet of lumber per day. 

Morris 6^ Hai-ris' s grist and saw-7nill, located at Wilmington village, was 
built by Richard Waste, in 1836. 

P. Haynes ct^ Son's sa^v-mill, located on road 31, was built by Samuel E. 
Haynes, in 1807. 

Adams &^ Haynes are manufacturers of patent Uquid holders, watering 
troughs, gathering tubs, sap e vapor itors, etc. 

The insecurity of land titles, owing to the town having two charters, (or, as 
Deming, in his "Vermont Officers" claims, three charters, one from New 
York,) greatly retarded, probably, the settlement of the town. Still, as early 
as the close of the year 1765, seven families had become inhabitants of the 
township, and others not yet residents had cleared and improved many acres 
of land, inceptive measures which gave great promise of future enterprise 
and activity. But, alas, the promise was not fulfilled, for in 177 1, the town 
only had a population of seventy-one souls. In 1791, twenty years later, this 
population had increased to 645 persons. The first town meeting on record 
was held January 19, 1778, when Caleb Alvord was town clerk. The first 



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meeting for the choice of otficers on record was held Marcii 2, 1778, when 
Caleb Alvord was chosen town clerk; John Pierce and Caleb Alvord, consta- 
bles; and John Gibbs, Phineas Smith, Samuel Murdock, Elihu Bascomb, 
and Eleazer Goodman, a "committee of safety." April 9, 1778^ John Gibbs, 
Phineas Smith, Bezaleel Waste, Josiah Locke, and Eleazer Goodman, were 
chosen selectmen. The first justice of the peace was Jesse Cook, in 1786. 
The first representative was Elijah Alvord, in March, 1778. The first birth 
was that of Rev. Zephaniah Swift, January 20, 177 1. It is related that one 
evening after Mr. Swift had retired a couple came to his door in the midst of 
a heavy thunder shower to be married. He called them to the window, from 
which he^ had thrust his head in answer to their knock, and performed the 
ceremony with the following brief form : — 

" Under this window, in stormy weather, 
I join a man and woman together ; 
Let none but Him who made the thunder. 
Ever put this man and wife asunder." 

Mr. Swift received as a birthright the two hundred acres of land set apart 
when the town was originally surveyed as a reserve for the first birth. 

Dr. Jeremiah Parmelee, a native of Killingworth, Conn., and a Revolution- 
ary hero, came to Wilmington in 1780, locating on road 45. on the place now 
occupied by T. F. Dix, where he resided till his death, August 24, 1833, aged 
sixty-four years. He raised a family of nine children, — seven sons and two 
daughters. Among his numerous descendants are a granddaughter, Lucre- 
tia, widow of Frederick Stanley, residing in Wilmington village, and grand- 
sons, Loring G. and Henry W. Parmelee, of Boston, Mrs. O. B. Lawton, of 
Wilmington, Mrs. H. V. Pinder, of Middleburg, N. Y., and Ashley M. Parme- 
lee, who now occupies his father's homestead farm on road 45 in this town, 
are others of his grandchildren. 

Abram Boyd is said to have been one of the first five who settled in Wil- 
mington. He located on road 56 and made the first improvements and 
raised six children, on the farm on which he was successively succeeded by 
his son Robert, James M. Boyd, and the latter's son E. M., the present occu- 
pant. He was a soldier of the Revolution and participated in the battles of 
Bunker Hill and Bennington. His son Robert made the first improvements 
on the farm now occupied by his son Warren, a grandson of the pioneer, on 
road 57. Abram Boyd, another grandson of the pioneer, settled and lived 
some thirty-five years on the farm now occupied by J. Graves, on road 69. 
He subsequently removed to road 66, to the farm now occupied by his son 
Gilbert A., where he died May 12, 1868. Seven of his eleven children sur- 
vive him. 

Chipman Swift was a pioneer settler of Wilmington, and is said to have 
been one of the first nine to locate in the town. He commenced a clear- 
ing on the farm where Newland M. Haskill now lives, on road 39, and there 
cut the first tree, and built the first log-house, which he shingled with spruce 
bark. He evinced the same patriotism as the other hardy pioneers of this 



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region, and with many other volunteers started for the seat of war at the bat- 
tle of Bennington. He raised a family of eight children, all of whom are 
dead. Alanson Parmelee, who married his daughter Cynthia, succeeded to 
the homestead farm, on which he resided till his death. May 17, i860. Two 
of the latter's seven children survive him, Clancy, a resident of New Jersey, 
and Chipman S., who married Achsa O. Haskins, a resident of Wilmington 
from her birth, residing in this town. 

The Childs family is numerous throughout the town and State. Free- 
man, in his " History of Cape Cod," speaks of Richard Child as the son of 
Samuel Child, while Savage regards him 
as the brother of Samuel. If Richard 
were born in America, as the record of 
his birth (1624) would indicate, then 
we must conclude that Freeman is cor- 
rect, and that Samuel Child was the 
emigrant and the first of the name who 
came to the colony of Massachusetts. 
In that case the Samuel Child slain 
by the Indians March 26, (Freeman 
says 25th,) 1675, would probably have 
been a brother of Richard, as the 
father would then have been too aged 
to go into battle. Obscure as Richard ("^^aj. a. b. childs.) 

Child's ancestry is, it is quite probable that he was allied to the Roxbury 
and Watertown line of descendants. A large line of descendants are traced 
directly from his son, Richard, Jr., who are found in western. Massachusetts 
and in Vermont. As Plymouth colony was first settled, in 1620, Richard 
Child, if born in 1624, must have had for his father an emigrant of the Ply- 
mouth colony, and Freeman states him to have been Samuel Child, slain 
by the Indians. As no other person competes for the paternity of Richard 
Child, we must, therefore, accept Samuel Child as the head of this long Barns- 
table, Mass., line. Richard Child, the accepted son of Samuel, was born in 
1624, married Mary Linnett, of Barnstable, October 15, 16149. O"^ son, 
Richard, Jr., was born to them. He married Elizabeth Crocker. Free- 
man gives Richard, Jr., a second wife, and ranks him among Barnstable's 
most prominent citizens. He died January 15, 17 16. Dea. Samuel Child, 
eldest son of Richard, Jr., and Elizabeth (Crocker) Child, was born in Barns- 
table, November 6, 1679, and married Hannah Barnard, July 7, 1709. She 

died May 16, 1727. He married again, about 1729, Experience , who 

died May 25. 1744. For his third wife he married, according to one record, 
Sarah Phihp Mattoon Field, widow of Zachariah Field, of Northfield, Mass. 
She died March 21, 1752, aged sixty-three years. Dea. Samuel Child died 
March 18, 1756, aged seventy-seven years. At an early period he removed from 
Barnstable to Deerfield, where he was esteemed as a man of high character and 



304*^ TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 



influence. He was the father of eight children, all born in Deerfield. Jonathan 
Childs (in the Deerfield records the name is written with the terminal "s "), a 
twin brother of David, was born March 23, 17 18. He married Rebecca Scott, 
about 1739, ^"<^ removed from Deerfield to Hardwick, Worcester county, 
where he died March 18, 1793, aged seventy-five years. His wife Rebecca, 
was a woman of marvelous health and strength, and died at the advanced 
age of 102 years. Twelve children were born to them. Major Jonathan 
Childs, the fifth son, was born in Hardwick, October 24, 1756. He married 
Deliverance Freeman, who died December 30, 1775, aged twenty-five years. 
In 1786 he married Anna Thompson, who died October 3, 1838. Major 
Childs left Massachusetts when quite young, and settled in Wilmington, Wind- 
ham county. His pioneer home was the now productive 'farm upon the 
" lower intervale " and Deerfield's bank, two miles north of Wilmington vil- 
lage, since occupied by Dea. Ruel Smith, deceased, and now by his son 
Francis R. Smith. Major Childs planted the stately, graceful elms which 
render the place so attractive and restful. It was in this house that he dwelt 
the remainder of his long and active life, embracing the most thrilling and 
soul-stirring period in the history of the American Republic, when passing 
from colonial dependence upon Great Britain to the independent position of 
a separate and unique nationality. He possessed strong mental forces which 
made themselves felt for good. A true patriot. Major Childs took a most 
decided stand for the liberties of the young confederacy of American colonies. 
Possessed of the warm enthusiastic temperament characteristic of the name, 
Major Childs made his country's welfare his own, and was one of the " Green 
Mountain Boys" whose patriotism was a proverb. His commission as ser- 
geant of the 5th company of Vermont Infantry, Judah Moore, captain, and 
Josiah Fish, colonel, in command of the 3d regiment in the 2d brigade, is 
sacredly cherished by his venerating grandchildren. Major Childs had two 
children by his first marriage, of whom but little is learned beyond the fact 
that the daughter became a Mrs. Sage. There were seven children (seventh 
generation) by the second marriage, namely: Betsey, born May 6, 1787, 
married Thomas Wait, February 9, 1815 ; Jairus, born February 19, 1790, 
married Betsey Jones; Clarissa, born February 5, 1792, married Spencer 
Alvord, April 13, 1814; Jonathan, Jr., born August 4, 1794, married Cynthia 
Lusk, June 2, 1822; Freeman, born February 17, 1797, married Elizabeth 
Root, December 18, 1833; Adna B., born February 3, 1799, married Han- 
nah Lamb, March 9, 1826; and William, born July 8, 1802, married Marilla 
Lamb, May 10, 1829. The last of the above named children of Maj. Jonathan 
Childs, "Uncle William," as he was familiarly called, died February 26, 1882, 
while the many grandchildren of Maj. Jonathan Childs are following varied 
occupations and are respected residents of the diff'erent States. 

Maj. Adna B. Childs the fourth son and eighth child of Maj. Jonathan 
and Anna Thompson Childs, born in Wilmington February 3, 1799, mar- 
ried Miss Hannah Lamb, daughter of Maj. Jonathan and Hannah Ham- 



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ilton Lamb, March 9, 1862. So admirable a sketch was given of the man 
and of his position in Hfe, at the time of his decease, that we feel we can- 
not improve upon it, and can only say that such characters will not portray 
in words. The look and tone so frequent with humor and true-hearted sun- 
shine, must have been seen and heard to be known. We give entire, there- 
fore, the article referred to : — 

" Major A. B. Childs departed this life at his residence in Wilmington, on 
the 8th day of January, 1874, aged seventy-four years, eleven months and 
five days. The deceased was a native of VVilmington, and has been one of 
its most noted and influential citizens. He was the first merchant in the vil- 
lage, a prominent Free Mason, for fifty-three years, postmaster under every 
Democratic administration, beginning with President Jackson's, and holding 
the office twenty-four years. He was also deputy sherift" many years, and 
holds other places of trust, in all of which he performed his duties with great 
exactness and perfect fidelity. But in his social connection more especially, 
we feel to regret his loss. He was one of the original founders of the Uni- 
versalist society in Wilmington, and afterward of tlie church connected there- 
with. He was decided, but not bitter, in his religious and political senti- 
ments, and Catholic in his bearing toward all, strictly honest in his business 
transactions, and temperate in his personal habits. His home has been a 
favorite resort of bright and pleasant people, and there the penniless wanderer 
found abundance of cheer. His intercourse with the community was always 
cheerful and peculiarly genial. Mr. Childs married young, to a most estim- 
able lady. Miss Hannah Lamb, also a native of Wilmington, whose death 
preceded his in August, 1870. They were blessed with a family of twelve 
children, ten of whom still survive to mourn their departure. In his family 
none could set better examples, or manifest more devotedness to the interests, 
moral and pecuniary, of all its members, and these children now rise up and 
bless his memory. Without a murmur or complaint, in perfect resignation to 
the Providence of God, and full of hope and faith in the universal redemp- 
tion of the race, he passed away like one who folds the drapery of his couch 
about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. The appreciation, in which the 
subject of this notice was held, was fully evinced by the multitude that 
gathered to pay their tribute of respect on the occasion of his obsequies. The 
Childs homestead in Wilmington village, where two members still reside, is 
still owned and cherished, for its sacred association, by the family." 

Medad Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, was one of the first settlers in 
Wilmington. He located on road 12, m the north part of the town. His 
son Sylvester, a retired farmer, lives on road 42. 

Jonas Haynes, formerly of Sudbury, Mass., came to Wilmington by marked 
trees soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. in which he served as 
captain of a company, and was pensioned. He was the first occupant of the 
farm now owned by H. H. Winchester, on road 12. His son Asher, who 
bought the homestead from his father, married Lovina Maynard of Marlboro, 
Mass., and raised ten children, six of whom are still living. 

Abraham Haynes, a hero of the Revolution, was a native of Sudbury, 
Mass., and married Abigail Carr of the same place. About 1790 he removed 
to Wilmington and cut the first tree and raised the first log-house on road 19, 
on the farm now occupied by the youngest of his seven children, Ophir. He 



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soon after installed a hog in an adjacent pen ; but, like many of the early 
settlers whose stock suffered from the predatory raids of the.wild beasts which 
infested the surrounding wilderness, his claim to this addition to his worldly 
goods was soon disputed by a large bear, which entered the pen and earned 
off its porcine occupant in the presence of Mr. Haynes's wife, who was power- 
less to prevent the bold theft. Henry L. Haynes, son of Abraham, married 
Lydia Phelps, of Sudbury, Mass., and on his removal to Wilmington, likewise 
settled on road 19, near the Temple homestead, making the first clearing on 
his farm. He had nine children, three of whom are living. 

Benjamin Haynes made the first improvements on road 28, on the place 
now owned and occupied by Lorin P. Harris, who married Mary Jane Haynes 
and purchased the farm of the Haynes estate. Mr. Harris's father, Samuel 
F. Harris, was called from church to take part in the battle of Bennington. 
He was elected drum-major and served till the end of the war. He soon 
after came to Wilmington from Rowe, Mass., and settled on a farm on road 
53, on which he lived twenty-five years, when he removed to a farm on road 
28, which is also owned and occupied by his son Lorin P. Harris. Here the 
elder Harris died. He also took part in the war of 181 2. 

Reuben Haynes, whose descendants are residents of Wilmington, was from 
Gardner, Mass., and a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He participated 
in the battle of Bunker Hill. 

Daniel Cutting was a native of Sudburv, Mass., soon after the close of the 
Revolution, in which his energies were enlisted. He married Mary Willis and 
removed to Wilmington, locating on road 11, making the first clearing on 
the farm which is still in the possession of his descendants. The fruit of his 
marriage was eight children, none of whom survive. 

Amos Fox, who was a native of Connecticut, settled in Wilmington at an 
early day and built, on road 59, the first frame house in the town, thus marking 
an important era in its history, where the harsh environments of pioneer life 
began to give place to the more commodious projections of thrift, skill and 
intelligence. Of his eleven children, Moses D. married Harriet Lowden and 
reared eight children, one of whom, Morris K., married Joanna E. Houghton, 
and resides on road 38. 

Madison Dickinson was a pioneer in Wilmington. He settled on road 54, 
on the most southwesterly farm in the town, which is now occupied by his 
son Orlando, and there resided till his death. 

Levi Dickinson was a soldier in the war of 181 2, and took part in the battle 
of Plattsburgh. For this service he received a pension, which is now drawn 
by his widow, Alma D., who is ninety-three years old. 

Oliver Wilder was an early settler on road 71. His son William was a 
soldier in the Revolution, and took part in the battle of Bennington. Their 
descendants still reside here. 

James Corse, a native of Massachusetts, early settled on road 63, where his 
grandson, OUver P. Corse, now lives. He came in company with two brothers. 
He reared nine children, all of whom are dead. 



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George Williams was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He soon after came 
to Wilmington and located a farm on road 69. He erected his log-house 
where J. Graves now lives, and in that vicinity built a saw-mill, which is said 
to have been the first in the town. 

James Smith, a native of Suffield, Conn., came to Wilmington at an early- 
day. He married Sally Austin of this town and settled on road 16. making the 
first improvements on his farm. He raised eight children and is still repre- 
sented here by his descendants. 

David May was the first occupant of the farm on road 15. He was twice 
married, first to Mary Stoddard, whose seven children are all dead, though 
some of their descendants survive. 

Nathaniel Adams, formerly of Connecticut, came to Wilmington at an early 
day. He married Abigail Miller of this town, and raised six children, only 
one of whom survives, John, the youngest son, who married Lorinda A. Fox, 
of New York State, and after various settlements in the town located on road 
28, where he now resides. John's eldest son, Newell, married Victoria M. 
I.awton and occupies the old homestead. 

Thomas S. Stowe was a farmer in Wilmington. He settled on road 32, on 
the place now occupied by Stowe & Miller, where he built the first circular 
saw-mill. 

Jonathan Haskins was born at New Salem^ Mass., January 7, 1757, and 
served in the Revolutionary war. He married Keziah Bangs, by whom he 
had six children, and early removed to Wilmington, settung on road 35. 
Freeman, his youngest son, married Louisa Dickinson, of Springfield, Mass., 
and settled on road 29. He raised one child, Louisa, who married Jonathan 
H. Corbett, now located on road 21. 

Joel May was a native of Spencer, Mass. June 21, 1804, he married, the 
fruit of his marriage being eleven children, four of whom are living, — Henry, 
Samuel, Harriet and Hahnemann. Samuel and his son Horace E. occupy 
the homestead farm on road 22. 

Thomas Haskell came from Hardwick, Mass., at an early day, and was the 
first settler on the farm on road 67, where David Ballon now lives. He raised 
three sons, Thomas, Roger and Andrew, the latter of whom served during the 
Revolution under Washington. Hiram Haskell, son of Andrew, who had 
eleven children, was born in 1800, and now Uves on road 36, in this town. 
He is the oldest surviving member of the family, which has numerous de- 
scendants. 

Leonard Reed, (son of Joseph Reed, who was high sheriff of Belchertown, 
Mass., which office he held for thirty consectutive years in Northampton 
county,) married Almira Strickland, of Greenfield, Mass., and settled in Wil- 
mington, where he pursued the vocation of a farmer till his death, which 
occurred May 16, 1874. Six of his seven children are living. January i, 
1863, his daughter, Emma S., married Curtis R. Bartlett, who carried on 
shoemaking for many years until his death. May 4, 1863, in Wilmington vil- 
lage, where his widow now lives. 



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George Robinson, a native of Massachusetts, was of Scotch descent. He 
was a Baptist minister at the age of twenty years, and was a soldier in the 
Revolution. He married Aseneth Carpenter, by whom he had three boys, 
William, George and Sanford, the latter of whom married Mary Stetson, of 
Wilmington, and settled on road 16, where H. M. Fitch now resides. He 
raised ten children, five of whom are living. 

John Adams, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Miller) Adams, of Ashburn- 
ham, Mass., a resident of this town, married Lorinda A. Fox, of Broadalbin, 
N. Y., in 1839. Their children are Newell, Nelson and Henry. Henry 
married Sarah J. Smith, of Wilmington, March i, 1866, and has two children 
living, Walter and LesHe. Newell married Victoria Lawton, of this town, and 
has two children living, Harry L. and Dulcena R. 

John Wheeler, a native of Whitingham, settled on road 2, and made the 
first improvements on his farm, where he resided till his death. He married 
Hannah Jewell and reared twelve children, six of whom are Hving, two in 
Whitinham and four in Wilmington. 

Arial Ware was a native of Wilmington. He was twice married, first to 
Esther Chandler, by whom he had three children, and subsequently to Lovisa 
Boyd, who bore him five children. He settled on road 46, where Henry 
Pease now lives, and made the first clearing on his farm. Three children and 
many descendants survive him. Among the latter are Orrin O. Ware, a dry 
goods merchant and the postmaster at Wilmington village. 

Stephen Boyd was an early settler on road 55 in this town. He married 
Lucy Cushman, of Wilmington, and leaves many descendants in the town. 

Supply Clark, of Southampton, Mass., had four children. Sylvanus, his 
second son, married Content Field, and reared eight children. John L., Syl- 
vanus's youngest son, married Eliza Phipps, of Wilmington. They have reared 
six children — all living — Sylvanus, Luther, Zetta, Almina, Alta and Charles 
C, the latter of whom married Mary Ann Buffum, of this town, and has five 
children, John, Frank, Willie, Jessie, and Chester. 

William. Stowe, a Revolutionary hero, was a native of Boston, Mass., and 
married Lucy Jennings, of Brattleboro, Vt., where he first settled. John 
Stowe, one of his two surviving children, married Rachel W. Whitney, of 
Massachusetts, and made the first improvements on road 32, where Thomas 
Miller now lives. John H., the only surviving child of John Stowe, now re- 
sides on road 34 in this town. He enUsted during the Rebellion, in 1861, 
for three years, and participated in the battles of Port Hudson, Camp Bisland, 
and Fort Donaldson, receiving an honorable discharge at the expiration of 
his term. 

Robert Boyd was born in the town of Wilmington. He married Susan 
Wheeler, of Whitingham, and settled on road 57, where E. T. Butterfield now 
lives, making the first improvements on that farm. He started in hfe with 
an ax, and, to use the expression of his descendants, "one lousy calf;." but 
besides raising a worthy family of seven children, by intelligent industry he 



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carved out a fortune, which, at his death, was worth $50,000. His grandson, 
Lorenzo M., son of James M., married first, Ruth Crawford, and second, Jane 
M. Parker, of Bennington, and resides on road 52. 

Chester Hubbard was a native of Amherst, Mass. He married Dorothy 
Kellogg, of the same place, and soon after, about 1800, removed to Wilming- 
ton. He settled on road 59, and here spent the rest of his life, rearing six 
children, three of whom, Horace M., Frederick G. and George C, are liv- 
ing, the latter of whom, with his sons Porter and Chester, now occupy the old 
homestead. 

William Haskell was a native of Harvard, Mass. He married Mercy 
Farnsworth, of Groton, in that State. He was a Revolutionary soldier, serv- 
ing at Bunker Hill and under Washington. In 1806 he came to Wilmington 
and settled on road 32, where H. and B. Howard now reside. Here he re- 
mained till his death, in 1828. He had one son and three daughters, the 
former of whom, Ephraim F., married Salina Stetson, January 9, 1823, and 
first settled on the homestead farm. He removed thence in 1836, and after 
two subsequent removals located on road 36, where he still resides. William 
B., one of Ephraim F. Haskell's four surviving children, is a merchant at 
Wilmington village. 

Jonathan Temple, a native of Worcester, Mass., married Sarah Haynes, of 
Gardner, Mass., and about 1808 removed to Wilmington. He located on 
road 22, removing three years later to road 19, where he remained till his 
death. Willis H., his youngest son, married Dolly A. Merchant, of Mon- 
tague, Mass., June 5, 1850, and settled on the homestead farm, where he 
still resides. 

Rev. Jeremiah Gififord, pastor of the Universalist church at Jacksonville, 
married Jane Stafford, of Monroe, Mass., January i, 1844. Two of their six 
children, Russell C. and Eva A. (Mrs. Hosea Mann, Jr.,) are living. His son 
Eben enhsted in the war for the Union in 1861, and re-enlisted in 1863. He 
was said to be the best shot in the regiment, and was the only man from his 
company selected at Port Hudson to serve as a sharp-shooter. He was taken 
prisoner at Salisbury, N. C, and in three months starved to death. Russell 
C. married Etta T. Avenll and resides here. 

Jabez Smith, of Ashford, Conn., eldest son of Barak Smith, was born at 
Dover, Mass., August 13, 1784, and March 5, 1807, married Chloe Richards, 
of Dedham, Mass., with whom, in 18 16, he removed to the town of Wilming- 
ton, locating the farm on road 11, where D. Spencer now lives. His children 
were Mary, Ruel, Francis, Lewis, Isaac, Catharine E., and Chloe L. Francis 
R.Smith, son of Ruel, who was born in Ashford, Conn., April 19, i8ir,and 
married Lucinda Adams, of Wilmington, was born January 30, 1839, married 
Elsie J. Powers, of Marlboro, Vt., February 12, 1862. He is a properous 
farmer and successful breeder of Durham cattle on the " Elm Shade Farm," 
on road 36, where he has lived for thirty-two years. The other children of 
Ruel were Mary A., WiUiam Henry, and Lewis N. Barak's father was Caleb 
Smith, born at Needham, Mass., in 1720. 



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Horace Alvord, a life-long resident of the farm he occupies on road 63, 
aged eighty-nine years, is the oldest male resident of the town of Wilming- 
ton. Miss Nancy Cook, who resides on road 55, is the oldest resident of the 
town. She is a native of Douglass, Mass., and was ninety-three years old 
October 12, 1883. 

John Rice, of Hard wick, Mass., married Sarah Swift, of Wilmington, July 
13, 18 1 7, and reared two children, Oliver M. and John S. John S. married 
Sally Bruse, of this town, October 5, 1847. Mr. Rice is a prosperous farmer 
on road 37. For his second wife he married Fanny C. Cummings, of Col- 
orado. 

Josiah Stearns married Lucy Allen, of Princeton, Mass., in 1800, and came 
to Wilmington, from Hubbardston, Mass., bringmg his wife on horseback 
from Marlboro to their new home. His wife died about 1853. He married 
for his second wife, Eunice Torry, of Jamaica. He died January 16, 1867, 
aged ninety-four years. Three of his nine children are living, two daughters 
in the west, and a son, Rufus, at West Brattleboro. Rufus was born in 
Wilmington, September 3, 1804. He married Jane M. Ross, of Massachu- 
setts, and had six children, four of whom are living, three daughters in Brat- 
tleboro, and a son, Henry R., in Illinois. 

David Winslow came to Wilmington in 1789, and built on Beaver Dam 
Brook, about a half mile east of the village of Wilmington, the first grist-mill 
erected in the town. After operating it several years he sold it and built 
another at Wilmington village. That he also sold after conducting it several 
years, and built a third one at the outlet of Ray Pond, which he operated till 
his death. He had two sons and a daughter. His son Tisdale was born 
July 7, 1785, and came to Wilmington with his father. He married Philena 
Thrasher, and had six children, two of whom are living, George T., in 
Plymouth, Conn., and William, in Brattleboro. 

Silas Pettie came to Wilmington, from Hinsdale, N. H., about 1800. He 
was a miller, and built a grist-mill at the outlet of Ray Pond, in the north 
part of the town, about 181 2. He was also a blacksmith, and had a small 
shop near his grist-mill. He had four sons and four daughters. His son Silas 
was born in Wilmington, in 1803, and lived here until 1839, when he removed 
to Townshend. He died in Guilford in 1870. Another son, Anson L., was 
born in Wilmington, in 1808. He graduated at Middlebury college, June 10, 
1835, and practiced medicine about forty years. He was an eminent physi- 
cian and enjoyed an extensive practice. He died in 1879. He married 
Clarissa Smith, by whom he had two children, A. L., who lives in Brattleboro, 
and H. C, who resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Rev. Mansfield. Bruce was born in Grafton, Mass., April 11, 1781. He 
united with the Congregational church, at Newton, West Parish, December 
2, 1804, and in 1806, joined the Baptist church of Marlboro and Newfane, in 
which he served as deacon until September, 1809, when he was ordained as 
an evangelist. He soon after became the pastor of that church. He settled 



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as pastor in Wilmington, in 1819, and served a useful and successful pastorate of 
twenty-four years. He was an humble, devoted christian, and an able, sound, 
and energetic preacher. His sermons were instructive and practical. He 
was esteemed as a man, christian, and able minister of Christ. He married 
Grace Goddard, by whom he had nine children. He died of hydrocephalus, 
February 5, 1843. 

Levi Field was born at Leverett, Mass., 1780. He was graduated from 
Williams college in 1799, ^^^ licensed to preach May 4, 1802, but never 
ordained. He studied law and practiced that profession in Wilmington, 
where he died July 12, 1820. 

Rev. Origin Smith was born in Wilmington, April 9, 181 2. His father was 
Azor Smith, a farmer, schoolmaster, and justice of the peace, who died in 
Worcester, Mass. His grandfather Medad Smith, was one of the first five 
settlers in Wilmington, he came at the age of eighteen years, guided by 
marked trees, carrying a bushel of meal and a five-pail iron kettle upon his 
back from Coleraine, Mass., a distance of seventeen miles. His mother was 
Betsey, daughter of Thomas Haskell. He united with the Baptist church of 
Wilmington November 13, 1831, and was licensed to preach September i, 
1833. May II, 1837, he married Betsey, daughter of Rev. Mansfield Bruce, 
who died October 4, 1882, aged seventy-three. Her mother was Grace 
G. Bruce, who died on her ninety-first birthday, in 1875. Mr. Smith was 
ordained as an evangelist. May 17, 1837, and for seven years served as mis- 
sionary to the Isles of Shoals under the patronage of the society for " propo- 
gating religious knowledge among the American Indians and others," the first 
missionary society formed in America. For nine years he was unable to labor 
in the ministry by reason of sickness. July 6, 1852, he commenced to labor in 
Dover, Vt., and for twenty and one-half years was pastor of the Baptist 
church in East Dover. He resided during this time in Wilmington, where 
for seventeen years he was engaged in the drug business. April i, 1873, he 
commenced preaching in Guilford, Vt., and was pastor of the Baptist church 
six years. During the succeeding four years he was pastor of the Baptist 
church in Whitingham, Vt. March 29, 1883, he removed to Brattleboro, Vt., 
where has since made it his home with his only son. Irenius O. P. Smith, at 
22 Canal street. 

Wells H. Ford, now of this town, son of Stillman Ford, who was a native 
of Rowe, Mass., married Sophronia P. Pike, of Readsboro, October 24, 1857, 
and has five children now hving. Ambrose Pike, grandfather of Mrs. Ford, 
was a soldier in the war of 181 2. He was a native of Whitingham. 

James White, of Petersham, Mass., was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, 
being present at the battle of Bennington. His grandson, James L. White, 
now resides in this town, on road 55. 

Rev. Hosea F. Ballou was born at Dana, Mass., April 4, 1799, and died 
at Wilmington, May 20, 1881. His parents were Rev. Hosea and Ruth 
(Washburn) Ballou. No Wilmington citizen was ever held in more genuine 



304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 



esteem than this lamented gentleman. In every home his distinguished, 
blameless life is enshrined in the hearts of all who love nobility of character 
and still hold fast to manhood's best traits. Although adhering with unswerv- 
ing fidelity to his chosen faith, UniversaHsm, he mingled with every sect and 
creed, and his bearing was notably catholic toward all. During his long 
ministry, of some forty-five years, he attended from twenty to seventy-two 
funerals a year in more than twenty towns, and in the aggregate probably as 
many as 1,600. He preached a sermon at fully nineteen-twentieths of that 
number. It is estimated that he meantime officiated at 600 weddings. His 
physical activity kept apace with his mental faculties, and both make a record 
of usefulness which his multitude of acquaintances and associates may ever 
refer to with pride and supreme satisfaction. His valued and exceptional life 
covered the occupations of farmer, trader, and clergyman, and honorable 
laborer in other departments of life, in all of which he displayed manhood's 
first qualification — industry. He was Whitingham's town clerk for seventeen 
years ; a justice of the peace fourteen years; a member of the legislature for 
two terms, and of the State constitutional convention for three septeneries. 
He was superintendent of schools twenty-one years, and with all his various 
cares and duties brought up a large family to usefulness. To the youth of the 
land Father Ballou's life offers an example and enforces many precepts which, 
if followed, would surely bring an abundant reward of usefulness. 

The Union Congregational church, located at Wilmington village, was or- 
ganized by Thomas Haskell, Edward Foster, Perry Swift, and Nathan Foster, 
in 1780, Rev. Winslow Packard being the first settled pastor. The first house 
of worship was erected that year, while the present house was built in 1883, 
(replacing the house burned in 1882,) at a cost of $4,500.00. It is capable 
of seating 225 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $5,000.00. The 
society now has eighty members, with Rev. H. R. Titus, pastor. 

The First Baptist church, located at Wilmington, was organized by its first 
pastor. Rev. Eli Ball, with forty members, September i, 1806. A church 
building was erected the same year, which gave place to the present structure, 
in 1833, which will seat 300 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at 
$3,000.00. The society now has 100 members, with Rev. A. W. Goodnow, 
pastor. 

The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wilmington, was organized 
about 1825. The church building was erected in 1828, in the northern part 
of the town, and was removed to its present site in 1835. It will seat 250 
persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,500.00. The society now has 
eighty members, with Rev. H. F. Forest, pastor. 

The Universalist church, located at Wilmington, was organized by its first 
pastor. Rev. H. F. Ballou, with fifty-one members, in 1835, The church 
building was erected the same year. It will seat 250 persons, and is valued, 
including grounds, at $3,000.00. The society now has eighty-two members, 
with Rev. W. N. Barber, pastor. 



TOWN OF WINDHAM. "304 



WINDHAM lies in the northwestern part of the county, in lat. 43° 11', 
and long. 4° 19', bounded north by parts of Andover and Chester, 
in Windsor county, east by Grafton and a small part of Townshend, 
«outh by portions of Townshend and Jamaica, and west by Londonderry. 
Windham was originally a part of Londonderry, which was chartered by New 
York, February 23, 1770, under the name of Kent. In 1792 Londonderry 
was divided, the eastern part thereof becoming the township of Windham, 
though the boundary line was not established at that time, but was supposed 
to be near the base of Glebe mountain, which is a long ridge of highland, 
forming a natural barrier between the towns, and which, from this fact, was 
largely a factor in producing the change. In 1795, however, through the 
influence of Esquire Arnold, in the legislature, the division line was 
established, ranging with the summit of Glebe mountain, and the portion 
to the east thereof, in connection with a small gore of land called Mack's 
Leg, was on October 2 2d, formally incorporated into the township of Wind- 
ham. Again, October 21, 1797, a part of Windham was re-annexed to 
Londonderry. 

The surface of the township is uneven. Glebe mountain extending nearly 
the whole length of its western border, while Turkey mountain lies in the 
southern portion, and high hills are found in the northern and eastern parts. 
Through the central part it is more level. There are, however, notwith- 
standing this brokenness, many tracts of level, arable land, affording some 
excellent farms. The territory is well watered, though the streams are_small, 
consisting of branches and tributaries of Williams, Saxton's and West rivers. 
The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are principally 
of talcose-schist formation, though there are considerable beds of hornbletide- 
schist and gneiss in the extreme eastern parts, and also gneiss in the extreme 
western part. Beds of limestone, serpentine and steatite are also found 
throughout the town. The most important minerals found are actynolite, 
ciorite, garnets, serpentifie, steatite and tak. Gold is also said to exist in small 
quantities in the southern part of the town. 

In 1880 Windham had a population of 536, and in 1882 it had six school 
districts and six common schools, employing eleven female teachers, 
to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $669.84. There were 165 pupils 
attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, 
ending October 31st, was $722.78, with Mrs. A. M. Goodell, superin- 
tendent. 

Windham, a post village located in the central part of the town, has one 
church (Congregational), a postoffice, telegraph office, and a general store. 

South Windham, a post village, located in the southeastern part of the 
town, near the Jamaica line, has one church (Baptist) a store, postoffice, and 
shoe-shop. 

North Windham (p. o.), is the name given a hamlet located in the north- 
eastern part of Londonderry. 

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TOWN OF WINDHAM. 



The principal manufacturing carried on in the town is at a Uttle hamlet on 
Mill brook, where are located a grist-mill, chair-stock factory, and a black- 
smith shop. 

Ezra Fierce' s grist-mill. — The first grist-mill erected in the town was built 
by a Mr. Hamilton, on road 29, upon the site now occupied by Pierce's mill. 
Mr. Hamilton run the mill a number of years, during which time it burned 
to the ground, and was rebuilt. He was finally killed by a fall from the bridge. 
Captain Daniel Cobb, son of Colonel Daniel Cobb, and father of Mrs. William. 
Harris, subsequently purchased the property, running the business about ten 
years, when he, too, was killed, or died of wounds received by being caught 
in some of the machinery. Mr. Pieice, the present proprietor, has enlarged 
the mill so that it now has three runs of stones, with the capacity for grind- 
ing 15,000 bushels of grain per annum, and has also lately put in machinery 
for manufacturing chair stock. 

Albert O. Masoiis saiu-mill, located on road 29, has the capacity for saw- 
ing about 50,000 bushels of grain per year. 

As Windham was a part of Londonderry until after 1792, the sketch of its- 
early history is necessarily identical with that of the early history of that town, 
as detailed on page 238. Among its early settlers, however, may be men- 
tioned John Woodburn, Deacon Edward Aiken, and James McCormack. 
The town was duly organized, March 14, 1796, when James Aiken was chosen 
town clerk ; Peter Aiken, constable ; and James Aiken, John Burnap, and Ben- 
jamin Pierce, selectmen. The first justice of the peace was James Aiken, in 
1797, and John Aiken was the first representative, in 1805. The first set- 
tled minister was Rev. John Lawton, who received the ministerial grant, 
which includes a part of the present site of Windham village. The first 
house that could be called an hotel was that of John Woodburn, where L. 
S. White's residence now stands, for in it most of the early settlers made their 
home until they could erect a log habitation. 

Deacon John Woodburn, Jr., did not attain an advanced age, though he 
did much for the advancement of the town in its early days. His bones rest 
in the little cemetery near where the old church stood. Deacon John, Jr., 
settled upon the farm now owned by Samuel Mack. His wife was Mercy, 
daughter of Moses Davis, and reared a large family. Capt. Samuel Wood- 
bum was born in 1781, married Lucy Wilkins and reared eight children. He 
was captain of a militia company, whose traming ground was upon the Aikin 
farm. Samuel Clark Woodburn, residing on road 20, is the only one of his 
children now living, and who, in 1878-79, represented the town in the gen- 
eral assembly, and has also held most of the other town trusts. Deacon 
David Woodburn, youngest son of John, Sr., was the first postmaster in the 
town, and bore his share of the town trusts with credit and fidelity. 

Benjamin Pierce, from Westmoreland, N. H., came to Windham, about 
1783, in company with Abial Whitman, and both located in the southeastern 
part of the town. Mr. Pierce made his pitch and erected a log-house on road 



TOWN OF WINDHAM. "304 



37. In T789 he married Lucinda Cobb, of Westmoreland, N. H. His life 
was spent here where he reared a family of nine children,only twoof whom are 
now living — Nathan, aged eighty-three years, in West Townshend, and Benja- 
min M.,who owns the old homestead, on road 28, in this town, aged seventy- 
four. Benjamin was a justice of the peace for many years and several times 
represented his town in the State legislature. He was captain of the miUtia 
company, and a member of the Baptist church. He died at the age of eighty- 
six years. 

Jonathan Brintnall, a native of Massachusetts, born September 21, 1750, 
married Mary Williams, of Roxbury, Mass., July 12, 1781. They located 
in this town about 1785, on the place now owned by H. A. Cook, on road 9. 
Their union was blessed with eight children, three of whom settled in this 
town and Joseph on the homestead. 

Abial Whitman, of Westmoreland, N. H., came to this town about 1788, 
and located on road 37. All of his eight children attained over seventy years 
of age. His son Asa now occupies the old homestead farm. 

Archibald Mack, from Londonderry, N. H., came to this town about 1790, 
and settled where his grandson, Albert Mack, now resides. 

James Stearns married Sarah Chase, of Warwick, Mass., January 22, 1799, 
and brought his wife to this town durmg that winter, though he had settled 
here some years previous. He reared sons and daughters, of whom Sally 
married M. R. Farr. Another daughter, PoUis, never married, and now 
resides with her brother Clark. James married Achsah Burnap, for his first, 
and her sister for his second wife. 

John Gould, from Westminster, located in Windham in 1800, on the farm 
now occupied by Charles Wiggins. He married Nancy Graves and reared 
eleven children. Many of his descendants are living here and elsewhere. 

Abraham Adams, a native of Connecticut, married Fanny Sumner, of 
Spencer, Mass., and settled in Townshend, at an early day, where he made 
the first settlement on the William Lawrence farm. He subsequently re- 
moved to Jamaica, where he died, in 1S58, aged eighty-five years. He 
reared ten children, several of whom emigrated to Pennsylvania and New 
York. George, one of the sons, married Miranda Butler and spent most 
of his life on the old homestead, now owned by his son, Wayland G., 
grandson of Abraham. George now resides on road 28 in this town, aged 
seventy-five years. Of George's daughters, Mrs. Addie M. Goodell and 
Mrs. Homer Brown reside in this town, and Mrs. Dr. Spring resides in 
Holliston, Mass. 

Ephraim Lawrence, from Jaftrey, N. H., settled in Windham on road 8, 
about 1804. Here he reared to maturity a family of seven sons and three 
daughters. Three of these are now living, Eli, on the homestead farm, George 
in Grafton, and Henry, in Michigan. Ephraim died at the age of sixty-six 
years. Eli married Harriet Hastings, from Marlboro, N. H., and has reared a 
family of three sons and one daughter. 



TOWN OF WINDHAM. 



Jonathan Upham, Sen., from Thompson, Conn., came with his wife and 
five daughters to Guilford in 1796, where three sons, Gardner, Jonathan, 
and Asahel, were born. In 1804 the family moved into this town and 
took up land on the southern base of Glebe mountain. Here Ebenezer was- 
born. Asahel Upham, residing on road 31, is a descendant of this family. 

Nathan Hastings, born March i, 1776, in Warwick, Mass., married Esther 
Woodward, of North Orange, in that State, and settled in W^indham in 1806,. 
on the farm now owned by his son, Charles W. Nathan reared ten children 
who grew to manhood and womanhood, and three others died in infancy. Seven 
children now living are all farmers. Charles W., residing on the old home- 
stead, married a daughter of Dea. Hart B. Abbott, and has reared a family 
of eight children, of whom four are now living. He has been a deacon of 
the Congregational church since 1865. 

Samuel Moore, from Hardwick, Mass., settled on road 25 in this town in 
1813. He married Elizabeth Leonard and reared nine children, five boys 
and four girls, to maturity. Sarah M. married Jonathan Upham who settled 
where his son Asahel now lives. Elizabeth married Hart B. Abbott, and 
both lived and died in this town. Samuel afterwards married Laura J.. 
Holman, of Springfield, Vt. Their son Charles F. made the first clearing on 
the farm now owned by Samuel Moore. 

Wilder Moore, born in Warwick, Mass., November 12, 1790, was a son of 
Capt. Mark and Sally Moore, whose English parents settled in Sudbury, 
Mass. At twenty-one years of age Wilder went to Champlain, N. Y., and 
during the war of 181 2-' 15, he carried the mails from Champlain to Charlotte, 
riding on horseback sixty miles per day. His route passed the lines of the 
American army, and on one occasion at night, being overcome with sleep, 
he nearly lost his life, awakening just in time to give the countersign as his 
horse passed the sentinel. He married Sally Sheparson of his native town in 
1816, and in September of that year settled in Windham. They had eleven 
children — eight sons and three daughters. He united with the Baptist church 
in 1824, and for fifty-two years was sexton of the Center cemetery, having 
during the time dug over 300 graves, the last one when he was eighty-one 
years old. He died October 15, 1872. Of his children now living Louisa 
and Nathan are on the home farm, and Mark and Henry are also in this town. 

Hon. William Harris, born at Brattleboro, November 8, 1797, settled in 
Windham in November, 1823. He held the office of town clerk and treas- 
urer twenty-three years, and was justice of the peace forty years, assistant 
judge of the county court five years, town representative six years. Stale sen- 
ator two years, and was president of the West River national bank of Jamaica 
for several years, until his death, January 15, 1880. His son, William 
Harris, of this town, is now president of the same bank, and a merchant at 
Windham. 

George Person, a native of Massachusetts, came to Windham county, from 
Lunenburgh, Mass.^ in 1792, locating in Windham, where he married Abigail 



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304 



Amidon, in 1796. and soon after located upon a farm just over the line in 
Jamaica. He had a family of eleven children, three of whom are now living, 
viz. : Ebenezer, born in 1797, now residing on Western avenue, in Brattleboro ; 
Samuel, born in 1799, now residing in Zumbrota, Minn. ; and George resid- 
ing on Chase street, Brattleboro. The latter, until obliged by age to discon- 
tinue labor, worked at masonry from the age of sixteen. He was employed 
at his trade for many years at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane. 

Edward Banks, whose father was one of the early settlers of the town, was 
born here in 1810. He has three children, Warren, residing in Brattleboro, 
George N. and Mrs. Charles C. Peck, in Westminster. Edward now resides- 
in Brattleboro, at the age of 73 years. 

Enoch Goddard, from Orange, Mass., came to Windham about 1803, 
locating a Uttle south of the center of the town, where he jeared nine children, 
and died in 1867, aged about eighty-five years. Eight of his children are 
living, one, Daniel, in Westminster West. 

William Hewitt, born in Sutton, Mass., August i, 1778, came to Windham 
about 1 813. About 1836 he removed to Westminster and finally to Wil- 
mington, where he died, February 15, 1858. Two of his nine children now 
reside in the county, Mrs. Lurana Densmore, of Jamaica, and Alexis B., of 
Putney. 

The First Congregational church, located at Windham, was organized by Rev. 
William Hall and James Tufts, with nine members, September 9, 1805, Rev. 
John Lawton being the first pastor. The church building, a wood structure 
erected in 1802, will seat 300 persons, and is valued at $3,500.00. The 
society has 118 members, with Rev. Amos Holbrook, pastor. 

The South Windhain Baptist church was organized January 12, 1807, with 
thirty-three members, Rev. Thomas Baker, settled September 12, 1807, being, 
the first pastor. The church building was erected in 1825-26, under the 
pastorate of Rev. Samuel Kingsbury. It is capable of seating about 250' 
persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $1,600.00. The society now 
has 100 members, with Rev. H. V. Baker, pastor. 




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EX PL.A.TVATIOJVS. 

Directory is arranged as follows : — 

i-=— Name of individual or firm. 

i — Postoffice address in parenthesis. 

3 — The figures following the letter r indicate the number of the road on which the party resides, and will 
be found by reference to the map in the back part of this work. Where no road number is given the party is 
supposed to reside in the village. 

4 — Business or occupation. 

5 — A star (*) placed before a name indicates an advertiser in this work. 

6 — Figures placed after the occupation of a farmer indicate the number of acres owned or leased. 

7 — Names in CAPITALS are those who have kindly given their patronage to the work, and without 
whose aid its publication would have been impossible. 

^^^Jt'or ndditiunal names, covrections and chnnges, see Errata . 

Abbreviations. — Ab., above; ave., avenue; bds., boards; bet., between ; cor., corner ; F,., east; h 
house; manuf, manufacturer; N., north; n., near; opp., opposite; prop., proprietor; reg. , registered 
as applied to live stock ; S., south ; W., west. 

The word siieet is implied. 



ATHENS. 



Railroad station is Bellows Falls, 9 miles northeast. Daily stage. 

Alexander Lyman, (Athens) r i, retired farmer, aged 84. 

Baisley Michael M., (Athens) r 10, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 100. 

Ball Amos T., (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer no. 

Ball Ceylon J., (Athens) r 15, workman at scythe-snath manufactory. . 

Ball Lucy A., (Athens) r 15, widow of Dustin C, resident. 

Ball Melinda C, (Athens) r 16, widow of Timothy H., sugar orchard 400 

trees, fruit grower, farmer 120. 
Ball Willis M., (Athens) r 15, works in scythe-snath manufactory. 
BARNES MILLARD F., (Athens) r 17, butcher, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

fruit grower, wool grower 75 sheep, farmer 100. 
Beals George F., (Athens) r 15, farmer. 
Bemis Nial, (Athens) r 9, stone mason, sugar orchard 4,000 trees, fruit 

grower, farmer 700. 
Bemis Simeon N., (Athens) r 9, sugar orchard 600 trees, stone mason, farmer 

100. 

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TOWN OF ATHENS. 



Bridges Granville F., (Athens) r 4, stone cutter, farmer 100. 

Bridges William W., (Athens) r 9, foreman at soap-stone quarry, sugar 

orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 240. 
Brown Jarnes, (Athens) r ri, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 155. 
Brown NelHe E., (Athens) r i:, teacher. 
Clark Mary, (Athens) widow of Herbert, teacher, 
demons Robert R., (Cambridgeport) r i, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool 

grower 25 sheep, dairy 10 cows, farmer 180. 
Colburn Marietta, (Athens) r 12. hand lot. 
Colton Albert G., (Athens) r 7, farmer, with his father Elias. 
Colton Charles E., (Athens) r 7, axe-helve manufacturer, farmer, with his 

father, Albert G. 
Colton EUas, (Athens) r 7, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, farmer 125. 
Davis Curtis W., (Athens) r 4, stone cutter, farmer 120. 
Davis Wayland S., (Athens) r 12, farmer, owns with his mother and sister 

140. 
DePatron George H., (Athens) r 15, farm laborer. 
DEVOLL LAURA L. T-, (Athens) r 15, widow of Lovett, farmer 50. 
DEVOLL WILLIE S.," (Athens) r 15, son of Laura L. J. 
Dodge Edward A. C, (Athens) r 3, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 90. 
Dunham Charles H., (Athens) r 13, mechanic, farmer 40. 
Dunham David O., (Athens) r 12, manuf. of soap-stone goods, and 

mechanic. 
Dunham Fred P., (Athens) r 3, workman at soap-stone quarry, farmer. 
Dunham Josephus, (Athens) r 12, ox-bow manuf., farmer 60. 
Dunham William O., (Athens) r 13, workman at soap-stone quarry, me- 
chanic, farmer. 
Edwards Othniel R., (Athens) r 15, M. E. clergyman, sugar orchard 500 

trees, fruit grower, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer 150. 
Edwards Prentiss O., (Athens) r 3, mechanic, farmer 2. 
Farr Carlton L., (Athens) r 6, farmer. 

Farr David S., (Athens) r 6, sugar orchard 350 trees, fruit grower, farmer 176. 
GLYNN WILLIAM T., (Athens) r i, stone mason, sugar orchard 325 

trees, fruit grower, wool grower 45 sheep, farmer 190. 
Goodnow John M., (Athens) r 7, sugar orchard, 400 trees, farmer 200. 
Hazen John S., (Athens) r 2, farm laborer, owns 7 acres. 
Hitchcock David J., (Cambridgeport) r i. tin peddler, farm laborer, h and 

lot. 
Hitchcock Julius A., (Athens) r 3, farmer, owns h and lot. 
Hitchcock Loran E., (Athens) r 10, farmer. 
Howard George M., (Athens) r 10, farmer 150. 

Hudson Mary, (Athens) r 15, widow of James B., resident, owns saw-mill. 
Jenkins Mima. (Athens) r 20, rents house of W. W. Bridges. 
Keefe Cornelius, (Athens) r ii, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 158. 
King Elihu F., (Athens) r 15, town lister, sugar orchard 300 trees, fruit 

grower, farmer 115. 
Kingsley Eugene S., (Athens) r 14, town clerk, painter, gardener, mechanic. 
KINGSLEY JEROME O., (Athens) r 14, wool grower 50 sheep, breeder of 

thoroughbred Cotswold sheep, farmer 200. 
Martin Henry E., (Athens) r 15, teamster for A. S. Powers. 
McGowan James, (Athens) r to, farmer 100. 
Oakes Franklin, (Athens) r 17, fruit grower, farmer 50. 
Oakes John, (Athens) r 17, fruit grower, farmer 160. 



TOWN OF ATHENS. 



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Ober Fred E., (Athens) r 20, works with his father, George N. 
Ober George N., (Athens) r 20, overseer of poor, wool grower 20 sheep, fruit 
grower, lumberman, farmer 225. 

OBER WILLIS G., (Athens) r 14, prop, of Morgan stallion "Ned," horse 
tiainer, breeder of Cotswold sheep and Poland China swine, farmer 
owns with his father, Geo. N., 50, and leases 24. 

O'Connor Michael, (Athens) r 10, farmer, leases of Nial Bemis 65. 

Parkhurst Alvan, (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, farmer 
200. 

Perham Daniel S., (Athens) r 15, carpenter and joiner. 

Powers Alonzo S., (Athens) r 15, 2d selectman, highway surveyor, contrac- 
tor for wood used at Fall Mountain paper mill, at Bellows Falls, Vt., 
teamster, three teams, sugar orchard 600 trees, wood land and pasture 50. 

POWERS JERRY M., (Athens) r 15, town representative, town treasurer, 
and lister, scythe-snath manuf , been engaged in teaching pubhc school 
for 15 years, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer no. 

Powers Jerry M. Mrs., (Athens) r 15, has taught school 34 terms in Wind- 
ham and Windsor Co.'s 

Powers Merrill J., (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, fruit grower, farmer 
100. 

Ranney Stephen C, (Athens) r i, postmaster, wool grower 50 sheep, grower 
of fruit, leases on shares to W. C. Robbins 150 acres. 

Redfield Joel C, (Athens) r 15, teamster, farmer in Townshend, 70, and 
leases of J. R. Ball 30. 

Robbins Eugene W., (Athens) r 15, merchant, sugar orchard 400 trees, 
farmer 55. 

Robbins William C, (Athens) r i, job printer, farmer, leases on shares of S. 
C. Ranney. 

Sherwin Joseph H., (Athens) r 6, farmer with his father, Nathan T., 100. 

Sherwin Nathan T., (Athens) r 6, workman at soap-stone quarry, sugar 
orchard 500 trees, farmer, owns with his son, Joseph H., zoo. 

SMITH CHARLES A., (Athens) r i, farm laborer. 

Smith Fred L., (Athens) r 14, mechanic, farm laborer for his father, George. 

Smith George, (Athens) r 14, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 130. 

Smith James H., (Athens) r 19, wood chopper, farmer 40. 

Springs Sabin L., (Athens) r 15, sailor, butcher, farm laborer, owns 96 acres 
in Chester, Windsor Co. 

Stevens Abram, (Athens) sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder of thoroughbred 
Merino sheep, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 182. 

Swan George A., (Athens) r 15, farm laborer. 

Thomas Marian V., (Athens) r 7, widow, retired milliner, owns in Winhall, 
Ben. Co., farm 20. 

Upton Eva A. Miss, (Athens) r 14, school teacher. 

Upton Melvina S., (Athens) r 14, widow of S. J. M., owns farm 7 carried on 
by her son, Melvin W. 

Upton Melvin W., (Athens) r 14, works in scythe-snath manufactory, farmer. 

WHITNEY HERBERT H., (Athens) r 14, works in scythe-snath manufac- 
tory, peddler, farmer 31. 

Whitney Irene, (Athens) r 18, teacher. 

Whitney Jessie, (Athens) r 18, teacher. 

Whitney Ralph, (Athens) r 18, carpenter and joiner, sugar orchard 250 trees, 
fruit grower, wool grower 60 sheep, farmer 230. 

Witherell Richard L., (Athens) r 7, sewing machine agent, and farmer. 



3o8 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

Woodard Russell H., (Cambridgeport) r i8, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer, 

leases on shares 250. 
WooUey Daniel, (Cambridgeport) off r i, laborer. 
WYMAN ANDREW A., (Cambridgeport) r i, assistant judge, conveyancer,. 

justice of peace, wool grower 300 sheep, farmer 400. 



BELLO^ATS FALLS. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM 



{For explanations, etc., see page 305.) 

Abbott Harry, brakeman, Cheshire R. R., h 86 Atkinson. 

ADAMS FRANK, (F. Adams & Co.,)h 57 Atkinson. 

ADAMS FRANK & CO., millers and dealers in grain, meal, feed, etc^ 

Mill St. 
Adams Horace, prop, of Bellows Falls grist-mills. Mill St., h 57 Atkinson. 

(Died October 18, 1883.) 
ADAMS JOSEPH K., flagman, Vt, Val. & Conn. R. R. R., SuUivan division, 

bds Fall Mountain boarding-house. 
Adams Lucia E., dressmaker, rooms 12 School st. 
Adams Norman L., milk peddler for Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h 5, 

Terrace. 
Adams Olive, widow of Horace, resident, 57 Atkinson. 
Aher John, carpenter and joiner, h Mammoth Block, The Square. 
Albee George H., teamster, h t^t^ Rockingham. 
Albee James B., carpenter and joiner, h Rockingham. 
ALDRICH CHARLES S., (Hapgood & A.,) bds 9 School. 
Aldrich Martha C, (Mrs. Niles,) resident, 6 Henry. 
Alexander Hugh, law student, bds Terrace. 
Alexander Solon N., lumber dealer, h Terrace. 
AUbee Elmore S., alio, physician and surgeon, 13 Bridge, h do. 
AUbee Lewis L., highway suyveyor, h 11 Atkinson. 
AUbee Zina H., attorney and counsellor at law, Union Block, The Square,. 

bds 13 Bridge. 
Allen Charles T., clerk for Royce & Dewey, bds 100 Atkinson. 
ALLEN GEORGE W., served in Co. I, 9th N. H. Vols., h Terrace cor 

West. 
Allen Theodore, freight conductor, Cheshire R. R., h 100 Atkinson cor 

Williams. 
Allison Azro, brakeman, C. V. R. R., bds 34 Canal. 

AM ADON FRED L , jeweler, and dealer in watches, clocks, silverware, fancy- 
goods and musical instruments, 3 Times Block, The Square, h 7 School. 
Amadon Henry M., jeweler, and dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, No.. 

17 The S(iuare, bds Rockingham village. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 309 

Amadon Sarah H., widow of Leander, resident, 7 School. 

Amsden Merrick H., butcher, h 72 Atkinson. 

Andrews George, laborer, h 7 Bridge. 

Angier Dana S., butcher, h School cor Westminster. 

Archer Lucena A. Miss, dressmaker. Centennial Block, The Square, bds 4 

School. 
Arms Edward, (Moore, Arms & Thompson,) h 2 School. 
Arms Mary J., widow of Anson, resident, 2 School cor Church. 
ARMS OTIS B., retired merchant and paper manufacturer, h 3 Church cor 

School. 
Atwood Frank W., paper maker, bds Wilson Block. 
Austin Harvey F., pastor M. E. church, h 73 Atkinson. 
Averill Hattie E., widow of Cliarles, resident. Depot st. 
Babbitt Frederick H., agent for U. S. & Canada Express Co., depot, h 19 

Henry. 
Babbitt George H., supt. of U. S. & Canada Express Co., and agent for 

American Express Co., depot, h Henry cor South. 
Babbitt George H., Jr., clerk for U. S. & Canada and American Express 

Cos., bds Henry cor- South. 
BACON BROTHERS, (H. C. & G.,) dealers in lumber and manufacturers 

of builders' finish and packing boxes, and lumber dressers, Mill st. 
BACON GEORGE, (Bacon Brothers,) h 61 Atkinson. 
BACON HENRY C, (Bacon Brothers,) h 12 Atkinson. 
BAILEY HENRY H., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 45 

Rockingham. 
Baird Samuel E., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. 
Baker Holden D., mason, h Atkinson cor. Wells. 
Baker Willard, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 33 Canal. 
Baldwin Alton F., clerk for H. M. Redfield, boards Henry st. 
Ball Franklin P., (Derby & Ball,) Vermont Snath Co., of Springfield, Vt., 

R. T. Johnson & Co., of Springfield, Vt., and The Dominion Snath Co.> 

Sherbrook, Que.) h 128 Atkinson. 
Ball George F., book-keeper for Derby & Ball, bds with F. P. Ball. 
Ball Mary A., widow of Thomas C, resident, 22 School. 
Ballinger Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. 
Ballou Warren F., merchant tailor, 6 Westminster, h 28 School. 
Bancroft Edward W., prop, of Terrace Hill stock and milk farm r20, Terrace 

Hill. 
Barber Calvin L., dealer in pianos, organs and music, cor. Atkinson and 

Henry, owns in Rockingham and Grafton 1,000 acres, h 52 Atkinson 

cor. Henry. 
Barber Fred M., manuf of picture frames and moldings, packing boxes, &c., 

lumber dresser and dealer in lumber. Mill, h 7 Center. 
Barber S. Adaline, widow of Lysander, resident, cor Atkinson and Henry. 
Barbour Fred W., harnessmaker for N. H Cook, bds South. 
Barker AHce E., widow of William G., resident, h 28 School. 
Barker Charles, clerk of New American Hotel, Richfield Springs, N. Y., h 

Pine Hill. 
Barker Charles W., machinist, bds 7 School. 
Barker Frederick L., boarding, h 48 Canal. 
Barker Tyler E., clerk at Blue store, bds. 48 Canal. 
BARNARD HENRY W., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Henry 

Sabin's, near Terrace. (Moved to Springfield since our canvass.) 



3IO WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 

Bellows Falls Times^ 

\ IESTJ^BXjTSHIEID 1856, ! 

^PUBLISHEU EUERY THURSDRY MDRNING^ 



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Editor and Publisher, 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 311 



Barney Patrick, laborer, h Buck. 

Barrett Edward, boss machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co h North 

Walpole, N. H. 
Barry Daniel K., owns farm 500, h 69 Atkinson. 

Barry Jeremiah, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near Bridge. 
Barry Luthera A., (Mrs. D. K.,) farmer 130, h 69 Atkinson. 
Barry Mary A., teacher in Bellows Falls high school, bds 69 Atkinson. 
Bean Henry E., yardmaster C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 
Beaton Alexander, piper and engineer Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds West- 
minster St. 
Beaton Angus, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson Block. 
Beaton Daniel, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 40 Henry. 
Beaumont Edward, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. 
Bell Ed, employee Derby & Ball, bds with John. 
Bell George, 2d hand on paper machine Fall Mountain Paper Co., 'bds 

Lovell. 
Bell John, laborer, h Lovell. 
BELLOWS FALLS BAKERY, H. L. Canedy, prop., bread and pastry 

baker, 5 Canal. 
Bellows Falls Canal Co., Wm. A. Russell, of Lawrence, Mass., pres. ; James 

H. Williams, treas. 
BELLOWS FALLS GRIST MILLS, Frank Adams & Co., props.. Mill st. 
BELLOWS FALLS MARBLE WORKS, Hiram King, Jr., proprietor, rear 

of L. G. & C. E. Howard's hardware store. 
Bellows Falls Savings Institution, Henry C. Lane, president ; John A. Farns- 

worth, vice-president ; John H. Williams, treas. ; Centennial Block, The 

Square. 
*BELLOWS FALLS TIMES, A. N. Swain, editor and pubHsher, The 

Square. [Card on page 310.] 
Bennett Clara, employee of W. Flint & Sons, bds Fall Mountain boarding 

house. 
Bennett Levi L., mason, hi; Henry. 
Bennett Oliver, invalid, h Russell. 
Bennett Samuel L., machinist, h Fleming Place. 
Benoit Oliver, invalid, h 4 Whitman's Block, Canal. 
Berry Samuel C, foreman for C. H. Williams, h 32 Green. 
Bessom. James E., barber, with S. D. Harriman, champion backwards 

walker, bds 44 Canal. 
Bigelow George S., car repairer, C. V. R. R., h Atkinson. 
Billing Helen M., widow of John, resident, h 14 School. 
Billing Henry, miller, h 4 Cherry. 

Bishop Lucia A., widow of Alonzo, resident, 7 Terrace. 
Bissell Augustus H., clerk O. F. Woods, h 14 Atkinson. 
Bixby Frederick C, fireman, h 70 Westminster. 
Black Carroll W., clerk Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 79 Atkinson cor. 

Oak. 
.Blake Charles M., (Walker, Dewey & Blake) h Bridge. 
Blake Emma E., dressmaker, bds 9 Green. 

Blake Fred A., painter and glazier for J. F. Day, h Westminster. 
Blake Frederick J., photographer, Westminster, bds with Walter G. 
Blake John F., engineer at brewery, bds 75 Atkinson. 
Blake Seth M., dentist, bds 75 Atkinson. 
Blake Caroline T., widow of Edmund, h 9 Green. 



312 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

BLAKE WALTER G., wholesale and retail dealer in tobacco and cigars, 
fish and oysters, and bottler of lager beer, restaurant, etc., 7 Bridge, h 
South. 

Blanchard Charles P., employee of Derby & Ball, h 30 Cherry. 

Blanchette Henry, employee, Fall Mountain Paper Co., Canal, h 6 Whit- 
man's Block. 

Blodgett Walter, carpenter, bds Westminster Court. 

Blondin Francis, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. 

Blood John R., brick mason, contractor, bds Wilson Block. 

BLUE STORE. THE, Robinson & Gannon proprietors, dealers in cloth- 
ing, gents' furnishing goods etc., Union Block, The Square. 

Bolles Francis A., town clerk, attorney and counsellor at law. Union Block, 
The Square, h 56 Green. 

Boorn George H., machine tender for John Robertson & Son, h School. 

Booth R., employee W'yman Flint & Sons. 

Bosley Elijah, laborer, h Wells, 
oston & Northern Telephone Company Central Office, W. A. Ingham, 
Lowell, Mass., pres. ; Loren N. Downs, manager, Lowell, Mass. ; J. B. 
Hunt, supt., Greenfield, Mass.; G. M. Rossman local manager; 

Boucher Adolph, laborer, h Wells. 

Boucher Joseph, carpenter and joiner, h Lovell. 

Bowen Albert J., carpenter and joiner, emp. Vermont Farm Machine Co., 
Manufacturer of Green Mountain gold and silver polish, also White 
Mountain gold and silver polish, h Prospect, New Terrace. 

BOWEN CHARLES A., house painter, bds School. 

BOWEN C. LOUIS, house painter in all its branches, and paper hanger, 
h Prospect, cor. Gove. 

Bowers Mary L., widow of Joseph S., h 27 Henry. 

Bowman Oscar, tinsmith, emp. Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Bridge. 

Bowtell George, railroad engineer, h'43 Rockingham. 

BOWTELL HENRY E., freight agentfor Vermont Valley and Sullivan R.R., 
bds Depot. 

Bowtell Josiah, conductor, Rutland division C. V. R. R., h Depot. 

Bowtell Mary A., dressmaker, bds Depot st. 

Bowtell Willie E., works in scythe-snath manuf., bds 43 Rockingham. 

Boynton Allen M., clerk for H. H. Davis, bds School cor Atkinson. 

Brennan E. John, plumber for A. H. & F. H. Brown, bds at Island Hall. 

Brennan Michael, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 14 Oak. 

Brickley William, helper in C. V. R. R. rail shop, bds off" Bridge. 

Bridge George, employee of Fall Mountain Co., h 106 Atkinson. 

BRIDGMAN JABES D., (Bridgman & Weston) real estate agent, h Center. 

Bridgeraan & Weston, (J. D. Bridgman and George A. Weston) attorneys at 
law, office Mammoth Block, The Square. 

Brockway Jesse P., retired millwright, h Atkinson. 
Brockway Norman S., gunsmith, Henry st., h 42 Atkinson. 

Broderick John W., (McGreen& Broderick) h 13 Center. 

Brosnahan Daniel J., engineer for Conn. R. R. R., h 54 Westminster. 

Brosnahan Daniel W., dealer in groceries and provisions, crockery and glass- 
ware. The Square, h alley from School to Henry, 

Brosnahan Ellen, widow of John, h 52 Westminster. 

Brosnahan Mary, widow of Dennis, h Bridge. 

Brosnahan Thomas, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 52 Westminster. 

BROWN A. H. & F. H., dealers in stoves and tinware, and plumbing, 27 
Union Block, The Square. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 313 

BROWN AMOS H., (A. H. & F. H.) h 23 Henry. 

Brown Charles W., locomotive engineer, Conn. R. R. R., h 4 Rockingham. 

Brown Edith, teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. 

Brown Frank H., (A. H. & F. H.) water commissioner, h 23 Henry. 

Brown George, laborer, h 44 Canal. 

Brown George A., notary public, attorney and counsellor at law, and real 

estate agent. Union Block, The Square, h 12 School. 
Brown Hattie E., teacher of instrumental music, bds 28 Canal. 
Brown James M., house painter, and paper hanger, h 28 Canal. 
Brown John E., shoddy manufacturer, h 9 Center. 

Brown Nellie A., bookkeeper for A. H. & F. H. Brown, teacher of instru- 
mental music, organist at Universalist church. 
Brown Nellie J. Miss, clerk for J. C. Day, bds 28 Canal. 
Brown Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch, 
Bryan James C, laborer, h Center. 
Bryan John, laborer, h Center. 
BUCKMAN ROSWELL H., billiard hall, dealer in cigars, Westminster, 

bds do. 
Buell Frank, laborer, h Lovell. 

Bullock Frank E., e.xpressman, and furniture finisher, h 16 Green cor Oak. 
Bundy Robert W., ticket agent for C. V., Conn. River, and Cheshire R. R., 

bds 7 School. 
Bunker Jessie, widow of Paul, h Green cor Oak. 

Burge Frank A., hostler at C. W. Towns' livery stable, bds Towns' Hotel. 
Burlingame Darwin, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 7 Bridge. 
Burnham Fred E., carpenter and joiner, bds New Terrace. 
Burnham Orestes E., paper maker, h New Terrace. 
Burns Mary, widow of Timothy, h Westminster. 
Burnside George L., travelling agent for Smith, Doolittle &: Smith, of Boston, 

Mass., h Pine Hill. 
Burrows Isaac H., house painter, h Farr's block, Rockingham. 
Burt & Lyndon, employee of E. W. Bancroft, bds 48 Westminster. 
Bush John A., carpenter and joiner, h 19 South. 
Buss Rodney, gardener, bds Island House. 
Busted John, wall layer, h Green. 
Butler John T., carpenter and joiner, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., 

bds Fall Mountain boarding house. 
Butler Theodore, tinsmith, employee, Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 

Canal. 
Butterfield Charles E., carpenter and joiner, h near Gove, New Terrace. 
*BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., florist, gardener, seedsman, prop, of Fall 

Mountain poultry yards, breeder of pure Langshan fowls, and ice dealer, 

94 Atkinson, h School. [Card on page 326.] 
BUTTERFIELD DAVID, gardener and florist, h 1x3 Atkinson. 
Buxton Benajah C, Jr., carpenter and joiner, h North Walpole, N. H. 
Byrons John, clerk V. V. Sz S. R. R. freight office, bds Westminster. 
Caldwell Coburn, baggage master, Cheshire R. R., h 11 Green. 
Cameron John C, tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Fall 

Mountain boarding house. 
Campbell Edward R., alio, physician and surgeon. Centennial block, h 21 

Henry. 
Canary Michael, laborer, h Rockingham. 
CANEDY HARVEY L., prop, of Bellows Falls bakery and boarding house, 

dealer in confectionery and cigars, 5 Canal. 



314 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

CANNON BARNEY, Jr., carriage, sign and ornamental painter, served in 
6th Vt. Vols, as Serg't. -Major 47 months, Rockingham, h 10 Cherry. 

CAPRON CHARLES E., merchant tailor and agent for the New Howe 
sewing machine and Fitchburg dye house, The Square, h Terrace. 

Cardigan John, brakeman, Cheshire R. R., h Oak. 

Carey Rufus J., employee of Derby & Ball, h 121 Atkinson. 

Carey Sumner D., employee of Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h Terrace. 

CARMODY JOHN, dealer in fruit, confectionery, canned goods, tobacco 
and cigars, No. 2 Farr's block, Rockingham, bds Rockingham. 

Carroll Harvey W., employee Wyman Flint & Son, h Center. 

Carroll John, switchman Vt. Valley R. R., in North Walpole, N. H., h 31 
Green. 

Carruthers Fletcher, paper finisher for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson 
cor. Hapgood. 

Casey Patrick, laborer, h Center. 

Cashen James A., teamster, h Fleming Place. 

Caskin George E., division clerk Conn. R. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Cass Lovinia, widow of James M., 78 Atkinson. 

Cauger, James W., paper maker, bds Wilson's block. 

CHALMERS CHARLES M., mason, bds 26 Henry. 

Champagne Oliver, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 5 Whitman's block 
Canal. 

Chapin Charles C, ice cream, fruit, confectionery, etc., tobacco and cigars, 
Westminster, h 39 Henry. 

Chapin Herbert B., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds depot restaurant. 

Chapman James, laborer, h 8 Back. 

Chapman Lewis M., dealer in tea, coffee and spices, bds 70 Westminster. 

Chase Clark, dealer in furniture, carpets, crockery, glassware, Eddy's refrig- 
erator, also undertaker, The Square, h 22 School. 

Chase E. Barney, employee, h Westminster. 

Chipman John H., carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 71 Atkinson. 

CHURCH HOLLAND W., foreman John Robertson & Son's paper mill, 
h 5 Hapgood. 

Church John C, paper finisher for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster 
Court. 

Church John G., freight clerk C. V. R. R., bds 6 Center. 

Church Lyman H,, foreman of Fall Mountain Paper Co.'s saw-mill in West- 
minster, bds 12 Atkinson. 

Church Marcia M., widow of John W., h 48 Westminster. 

Church William K., paper finisher, Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 12 Atkinson. 

Clair James, employee of C. V. R. R., bds Westminster. 

Clair John, freight clerk, C. V. R. R., bds Westminster. 

Clark Albert, carriage repairer and jobber, rear of 10 Rockingham, h 78 
Atkinson. 

Clark Harvey S., clerk for J. F. Mitchell, bds School. 

Clifford Ernest P., engineer, Cheshire R. R., h 30 Green. 

Clough George D., h 116 Atkinson. 

Cobb Alfred R., general blacksmith, with Fred R., Rockingham st. 

Cobb Emily, widow of Samuel, resident, h Canal. 

Cobb Fred R., carriage ironer and general jobber, blacksmith and horse 

shoer, Rockingham st. 
Colburn Alice K., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. 
Colburn Howard S., teamster, h Wells. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, 3I5 

CoUey Fred, stone cutter, bds Wilson block. 

Collins John L., emyloyee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Canal. 

Conant William J., cabinet maker and upholsterer for C. Chase, h 27 South. 

Connor Anna, widow of Thomas, h Bridge. 

Conway Caroline, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 75 Green. 

Conway John H., clerk at Keene Cash Grocery, bds 10 West st. 

CONWAY WILLIAM E., manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in 

fine Havana and domestic cigars, and smokers' articles, School cor 

Westminster, bds 4 Cherry. 
COOK NORRIS H., manufacturer of harness and trunks and dealer in 

vehicle tops and shades, robes, blankets, whips, etc.. The Square, h South. 
Cool Truman, molder, h South. 

Coolidge Arthur, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 23 School. 
Coolidge Samuel, teamster, h 25 School. 
Coolidge Samuel J., machinist in Charlestown, N. H. 
Corcoran Charles, laborer, h North Walpole, N. H. 

Corcoran Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. 
Corcoran Thomas, laborer, bds Westminster. 
Cordan Richard, railsmith helper C. V. R. R., bds Canal. 
Corey S. D., employee Wyman, Flint & Sons. 
Costello John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Back. 
Costelloe John, employee of Bellows Falls Canal Co., bds Canal. 
Costine Patrick, paper maker, bds 12 Back. 
Cota Eugene C, carpenter and joiner, bds Back. 
Cota Ezra, employee Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. 
Coy Dana N., jeweler for F. L. Amadon, bds Atkinson. 

Coy Simon T., paper manufacturer at West Claremont, N. H., h 5 Atkinson. 
Cram DeWitt C, saw filer, for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 125 Atkinson. 
Cram Louis F., house painter, h 11 Center. 

Crandall Herbert F., brakeman Conn. River R. R., bds 90 Atkinson. 
Cray Eugene E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Elm. 
Cray James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 9 Bridge. 
Cray John E., paper maker, h 41 Henry. 

Cray John H., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back cor School. 
Cray John S., laborer, h Oak cor Back. 

Cray Patrick E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back. 
Cray Stephen E., clerk for D. W. Brosnahan, bds 41 Henry. 
Crevier John, laborer, h Wells. 
Crevier Joseph, laborer, h Wells. 

Cross Albert W., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 104 Atkinson. 
CROSS WILLIAM CURTIS, foreman of yard for Fall Mountain Paper 

Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. 
CROSSETT AUGUSTUS P., overseer for C. L. King, h 5 Terrace. 
Crowley John A., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. 
Crowley William, freight conductor on Cheshire R. R., h alley from School 

to Henry. 
Cummings Jessie, employee of W. Flint & Sons, bds Fall Mountain board- 
ing house. 
Cutler Frank F., carpenter, h 10 School. 

Damon H. Lincoln, house, sign and carriage painter, bds Rockingham. 
Darby Carrie, widow of Edward A., dressmaker, bds Wood's block, The 

Square. 
Darby Edward A., clerk for C. Chase, bds 22 School. 



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Darby Mabel J., dressmaker, with Carrie, bds Wood's block. 

Darling Addison J., employee Cheshire R. R., h 36 Green. 

DARLING FRANK L., fireman Conn. River R. R., bds 36 Green. 

Darling George, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 36 Green. 

Davis Bethnel, Jr., car inspector, h 30 School. 

Davis Charles L., clerk for M. M. Whitney, bds 13 Back. 

Davis Henry H., dealer in drugs, paints, medicines, stationery and fancy 
articles, Westminster, h 34 School cor Atkinson. 

Davis Hiram E., wood molder, h Terrace. 

Davis Solon C, tinsmith, employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 6 
Center. 

Davis William C, employee Derby & Ball, h Atkinson cor Williams. 

DAVIS WILLIE O., millwright, em.ployee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., 
bds 48 Canal. 

Dawes Hiram R., laborer, bds Center. 

Dawes Nelson W., machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Center. 

Dawes WilUam, milk dealer, h 36 Center. 

Day J. C. & Co., dealers in dry and fancy goods, The Square. 

Day James C, (J. C. & Co.) h 52 Atkinson cor Henry. 

*DAY JOEL F., dealer in doors, windows, blinds and glass, stairs, rails, posts, 
and baluster, glaziers and repairers. Canal, h 82 Atkinson. [Card 
on page 326.] 

Day Osmond A., employee of Moore, Arms & Thompson, h Rockingham. 

Deal Ralph, paper finisher, bds 33 Rockingham. 

Deal William B., paper maker, h 56 Atkinson cor Fleming place. 

Dean Charles, foreman for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain 
boarding house. 

Densmore Orvlle S., tinsmith for A. H. & F. H. Brown, 29 Henry and At- 
kinson. 

DEPOT RESTAURANT AND DINING ROOM, Orville L. Slader, prop , 
Depot. 

Derby Albert, (Derby & Ball) h 24 School. 

Derby & Ball, (Albert Derby, F. P. Ball) manufs. of scythe-snaths, Wells. 

Deslieuriers Napoleon, fireman at paper mill, h Wells. 

DEWEY EDSON E., (Royce & Dewey) (Walker. Dewey & Blake) manager 
Bellows Falls Brewing Co., in Walpole, N. H., h 25 Henry. 

Dewey Fred, laborer, h Canal. 

Dickinson Orrin A., fireman, Cheshire R. R., h Williams. 

Diggins James, truckman, h 14 Green. 

Diggins Michael, engine wiper, h Williams. 

Dodge Randolph, job teamster, h 6 Center. 

Dodge William, brakeroan on switch engine, C. V. R. R., bds Rocking- 
ham. 

Dolan Jerry, works for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. 

Dolan John, works for J. E. Brown, bds Westminster. 

Donnegan Thomas, laborer, h 34 Canal. 

Donnegan Thomas, laborer, bds Rockingham. 

Donnelly Charles, brakeman, Cheshire R. R. 

Donnelly William, brakeman on Cheshire R. R. 

Donnovan John C, machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h alley from 
School to Henry. 

Doolittle Barbara, widow of Oliver C, boarding house, 7 Bridge. 

Dow Alfred, passenger conductor. Conn. River R. R., h 67 Atkinson cor. 
School. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 317 

Doyle Cornelius, laborer, bds 1 1 Back. 

Doyle Jeremiah, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. 

Driscole Jane, widow of Cornelius, h 24 South. 

DriscoU Thomas, fireman. Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 11 Back. 

Drislan Dennis W., teamster for L. G. & C. E. Howard, lives in West- 
minster. 

Dugan Thomas A., freight clerk, Cheshire R. R., bds Westminster. 

Dunlap George, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson cor Wells. 

Earl Edward L., locomotive engineer, bds Earl. 

Earl Frank, salesman for A. F. Holden, bds Terrace. 

EARL IRA L., ice dealer and truckman, owns 4 acres, h Earle. 

Earle Henry C, locomotive engineer, Cheshire R. R., bds 11 Green. 

Eaton Edgar A., dealer in hardware, coal, paints and oils, Canal cor Rocking- 
ham, h 61 Atkinson. 

Eaton Julius A., tinsmith, h 36 Henry. 

Eaton Willie J., jeweler apprentice for F. L. Amadon, bds 36 Henry. 

Eddy C. B. & C. F,, attorneys and counsellors at law, Centennial block, 
The Square. 

Eddy Charles B. Hon., (C. B. «Sc C. F.) register of probate, chairman of 
board of bailiffs, h 26 Green. 

EDDY CHARLES F., (C. B. & C. F.) town school superintendent and 
district clerk, h 53 Green. 

Eddy Earl G., carpenter and joiner, 34 Canal. 

Eddy Fred. H., paper finisher for Moore, Arms & Thompson, bds Towns 
Hotel. 

Edwards Lysander, employee, Derby & Ball, h 118 Atkinson. 

Elliott Harry C, clerk in Conn. R. R. R. freight house, bds 31 School. 

Embo Cyrille, baker, Russell, h do. 

Emery Frank S., paper maker for John T. Moore, h 69 Atkinson. 

Emery J. Newton, pastor of First Universalist Parish of Bellows Falls, h 36 
Henry. 

Eno Louis, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Elm. 

Evans George F., teamster, h 112 Atkinson. 

Fairbanks Eldorus, employee. Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. 

Fall Mountain boarding house, C. G. Moore, manager, Island Avenue. 

FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER COMPANY, WilHam A. Russell, Lawrence, 
Mass., president ■ A. N. Burbank, Boston, Mass. 

Farland Mary, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. 

*FARR NORMAN H., general fire insurance agent, Centennial Block, 
The Square, h 29 Westminster cor Henry. [Card on page 326.] 

Farrell Michael, laborer, bds Wells. 

Farrell Patrick, carpenter, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. 

Farrell Patrick, switchman, V. V. & S. R. R., h Wells. 

Farrell Patrick T., laborer, bds Wells. 

Fassett Herbert H., carpenter and builder, h Westminster Court. 

FIFIELD BENJAMIN, blacksmith for C. V. R. R., h 80 Atkmson. 

Finlayson Alexander D., carpenter and millwright, employee Fall Mountain 
Paper Co., bds Westminster. 

Finlayson John, stationary engineer Fall Mountain Paper Co., Westminster. 

Finlayson Malcolm, carpenter and repairer for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 
40 Henry. 

Finn John, employee Fall Mountam Paper Co., h Back. 

Fisher A. H., (Flint & Fisher) manufacturer of wood pulp at Middlebury, 
Vt., h Westminster cor Atkinson. 



3l8 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

Fitzgerald Kate T., tailoress for C. E. Capron, bds Green cor Oak. 
Fitzgerald William, brakeman on SuU. Co. R. R., bds 38 Canal. 
FITZSIMMONS EDWARD, ship carpenter, keeps boats to let, employee 

C. V, R. R., h Rockingham. 
Fitzsimmons Edward B., molder, bds Rockingham. 
Fitzsimmons Henry B., laborer, bds Rockingham. 
Flanders Cornelia A., widow Edwin B., teacher in Bellows Falls Graded 

School, bds 18 Henry. 
Flavin Dennis, teamster, h 8 Cherry. 
Flavin James, aged 86, res. Atkinson st. 
Flavin John H., barber and hair dresser, The Square, cor Rockingham, bds 

Atkinson. 
Flavin Katharine M., book-keeper for D. W. Brosnahan, bds Cherry. 
Flavin Mary, widow of James, h Atkinson 
Flavin William, laborer, h Rockingham. 
Fleming Edward C, cashier for Conn. River R. R. freight office, bds Pine 

Hill. 
Fleming Samuel C, manager Crawford House, White Mountains, N. H., h 

Pine Hill. 
Fletcher Charles F., employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 46 Atkinson. 
Fletcher Charles L., merchant tailor, Rockingham, h 86 Atkinson. 
Fhnt Francis G., (Wyman Flint & Sons) treasurer Albion Marble Co., 

Center Rutland, bds 3 Westminster. 
Flint John W., (Wyman Flint & Sons) bds 31 Westmmster. 
Flint Wyman, (Flint & Sons) pres. Albion Marble Co., Green Mountain 
Pulp Co., Middlebury, Vt.. manuf. shoe pegs at Warrensburgh, N. Y., 
and ArUngton, Vt., h 31 Westminster. 
Flint Wyman & Sons, (Francis G. and John W.) manufacturers of tissue and 

medium weight manila paper, off Mill. 
Foley Michael, laborer, bds off Bridge. 
Foote E. C. & F. E., barbers and hairdressers. The Square. 
Foote Elias C, (E. C. & F. E.) h Atkinson. 
Foote Frank E., (E. C. & F. E.) h Atkinson. 
Foster George C, drives fish and oyster wagon for W. G. Blake, h Fleming 

place. 
Foster Marcia, widow of Edward, h Atkinson. 
Fountain Zeb, mason, h Ledge. 
French Charles, teamster, h Atkinson. 
French Edward F., carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine 

Co., h The Square. 
French Ira A., freight division agent, bds Towns Hotel. 
Frost Henry S., livery, sale, exchange and boarding stable, Rockingham, h 

Atkinson cor Williams. 
Fuller William H., carpenter and joiner, h Farr's block, Rockingham. 
Furlong Moses, hostler at C. W. Town's livery stable, bds do. 
Gale Ellen R., widow of Lyman C, saleswoman for Geo. O. Guild, h Henry. 
Gale George F., book-keeper for Geo. O. Guild, general subscription agent 

for periodicals and newspapers, bds Henry. 
Gallagher Thomas, railsmith helper, bds North Walpole, N. H. 
Gallagher Thomas H., brakeman, C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. 
GARMAN FRED C, (Robinson cV' Garmon) h 23 Henry. 
Gates Nathan P., freight agent Cheshire R. R., h 42 Canal. 
Gee Abigail A., widow of Samuel O., housekeeper, 121 Atkinson. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 3I9 

George Frank A., constable and tax collector, h 30 School. 

GEORGE OZIAS M., dentist, Union Block, The Square, h 3 Hapgood. 

Gerrish James N., h back of public school. 

Gibson Charles H., clerk for Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 17 Henry. 

Gibson Clarence P., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 78 At- 
kinson. 

Gibson Clement H., carpenter and joiner, h 24 Green. 

GIBSON WAYNE T,, mason, contractor, stucco worker and boarding house 
Westminster Court. 

Godsoe Alfred, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor West- 
minster. 

GOODNOW CHARLES F., meat market, Rockingham, h in Westminster, 

Goodrich Solon F., summer residence, h Westminster. 

Goodwin James E., supt. Sullivan Co. and Vt. Valley R. R's bds Towns 
Hotel. 

Gordon Frank, stone mason, bds 19 South. 

Gorey Edward, brakeman C. V. R. R., bds 34 Canal. 

Gorman Edmund G., laborer, bds off Bridge. 

Gosselin Vincent, alio, physician and surgeon. Green, h next Universalist 
church. 

GOULD EDWARD W., hackman, carries mail from depot to postoffice, h 
10 Rockingham, 

Gould Elmer E., carpenter and joiner, h 34 Canal. 

Gould Elmer Ellsworth, machinist, h Fleming Place. 

Gould Stillman, carpenter and joiner, h Williams. 

Gould William, boarding house. 

Gove Ezra Mylie, paper maker, h Prospect cor Gove. 

Gowing Emma L., widow of Benjamin, bds 26 Henry. 

Gowing Fred H., carpenter and joiner, h 26 Henry. 

Graham George C, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Wells. 

Graham George D., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Wells. 

Grand Army Hall, Gray's block, The Square. 

Grant Charles A., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. 

Graves Mary Ellen Mrs., boarding house, 11 Green. 

Gray Herbert S., clerk for O. D., bds t6 Henry. 

Gray Oscar D., dealer in ready-made clothing, hats and caps, gents furnishing 
goods and paper hangings. The Square, h 16 Henry. 

Griffin Mary, widow of James, h Rutland Patch. 

Grignon Joseph, paper maker, h Rockingham. 

Griswold Bros., (W. H. & Geo. L.) dealers in groceries and provisions, stone 
and glassware, 8 Westminster. 

Griswold Fred B., clerk for O. F. Woods, bds South. 

Griswold Geo. L., (Griswold Bros.) h 85 Atkinson. 

Griswold George S., retired dancing master, owns 40 acres in Pittsfield, Vt., 
h 85 Atkinson. 

Griswold Joseph H., carpenter and builder, h 18 South. 

Griswold WiUis H., (Griswold Bros.) h 85 Atkinson. 

Grogan Michael, helper in C. V. R. R. rail shops, bds off Bridge. 

Grover Charles F., manager W. LT. telegraph, bds Towns Hotel. 

Grover Zachary T., conductor Vt. Valley &: Sullivan Co. R. R., h 125 At- 
kinson cor Rockingham. 

Guild B. R. & Sister, (Lucy) millinery and fancy goods, 20 Rockingham. 

Guild Betsey R., (B. R .Guild & Sister,) 20 Rockingham. 



320 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



GUILD GEORGE O., dealer in dry goods, general western rail road ticket 
agent, agent Grand Trunk and Hoosac Tunnel lines, agent Mutual Life 
Insurance Co., of New York, Centennial block, The Square, h West- 
minster Terrace. 

Guild Lucy, (B. R. & Sister) h 20 Rockingham. 

Hackett James, molder, h William. 

Hackett Patrick, foreman Osgood & Barker's foundry, h 80 Atkinson. 

Hackett Thomas, shoemaker, h near Earle. 

Hadley Dorance T., carpenter, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 
Westminster Court. 

Hadley Eliza H., widow of Frank P., h 8 Henry cor South. 

Hadley Emilv G., clerk at telephone exchange, bds Henry. 

HADLEY PRESTON H., cashier of Bellows Falls National Bank, h 21 
Henry. 

Hadley Timothy T., stone mason, h Westminster Court. 

Hale George W., meat deliverer for Wheeler & Moody, h 13 Williams cor 
Atkinson. 

Hall Oscar E., carpenter and joiner, h Terrace. 

Hall WiUiam M., laborer, h to Atkinson. 

*HALLADAY A. A. & L. H., (of Springfield, Vt.) breeder Langshan fowls, 
20 School. [Card on page 326]. 

HALL AD AY ALBERT A., (A. A. & L. H.) upholsterer and furniture 
dealer, 20 School. 

Hallahan Thomas, laborer, h off Bridge. 

Hallahan Thomas F., bilHng clerk V. V. & S. R. R., bds Bridge. 

Halloran Michael, laborer, h Canal. 

Hapgood Alice Miss, clerk for J. C. Day & Co., bds 26 School. 

Hapgood Ann L. Miss, h Westminster. 

Hapgood Charles, resident, bds 4 School. 

Hapgood Elbridge, carpenter, h 26 School. 

Hapgood George L., baggage master C. V., Conn. River, and Cheshire R. R's, 
h 26 School. 

HAPGOOD HARRY, (H. & Aldrich) bds 86 Atkinson. 

Hapgood Jerusha, widow of Charles, resident, h 4 Hapgood. 

Hapgood Jane Miss, principal of St. Agnes Hall, School. 

Hapgood Oscar E., clerk Cheshire R. R., bds 86 School. 

HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, (Harry Hapgood and C. Sumner Aldrich) whole- 
sale grocers and commission merchants, 17 and 19 Rockingham and 15 
Canal. 

Harriman John E., clerk for M. M. Whitney, bds Henry. 

Harriman Selah D., (Harriman & Roche) hair dresser. The Square, h Flem- 
ing place. 

Harriman & Roche, (S. D. Harriman & J. F. Roche) manufs. and dealers 
in custom and ready-made boots and shoes, Westminster. 

Harris Edward N., meat peddlar for C. F. Goodnow, h 34 Canal. 

Harris Jack, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds The Square. 

Hart Jacob, laborer, h 10 Back. 

HART ORRIN W., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Westmin- 
ster Court. 

Hart Oscar O., wheelwright, h 7 West. 

Hartley Maurice, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off Bridge. 

Harvey Franklin K., clerk for J. C. Day & Co., bds 18 School 

HARWOOD ALBERT W., employee John T. Moore, h Center. 



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Hassett James, laborer, bds Fleming place. 

Hassett John, laborer, h Russell. 

Hatch Clinton C, machinist, bds 7 School. 

Hawley Sarah, widow of Ira, resident, 30 Canal. 

Hayes Joanna Miss, manuf. of all kinds of natural hair goods, Canal, h do. 

Hayes John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Canal. 

Hayes John, works in W. Russell & Co.'s paper mill, bds 41 Henry. 

*HAYES LYMAN S., fire, hfe and accident insurance agent, real estate 

agent, general western R. R. ticket agent, agent for White Star, Allan, 

and State lines of ocean steamers. The Square, h 5 Green. [Card on 

page 420.] 
Hayes Mary, (Mrs. Timothy) h Russell. 
Hayes Thomas, laborer, bds 41 Henry. 

Hayes William, works in Fall Mountain paper mill, bds 41 Henry. 
Hayes William H., machinist C. V. R. R., bds Wilson's block, The Square. 
Haywood Henry S., photographer with F. J. Blake, bds School. 
Haywood Ida, teacher in graded school, bds 78 Atkinson. 
Hazeltine George, hostler for E. W. Gould, bds Rockingham. 
Headle Elwin R., farmer, h School, served in Co. I, 2d Vermont Vols. 
Heale Oliver, invalid, h 9 Bridge. 
Hearney James, laborer, h Green. 

Hearney Michael C, deliverer for Keene Cash Grocery, bds 38 Canal. 
Heath Erving I., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 32 Green. 
Hecker Anthony, cigar maker for A. R. Winnewissers, bds Wilson's block. 
Heffron James, employee of John Robertson & Sons, bds 50 Green. 
Hemphill Oscar J., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. 
HENDERSON JOHN, stock keeper, Terrace Hill stock farm, h 9 Center. 
Henry George W., tanner and farmer, h The Square. 
Henry Walter A., telegraph operator, bds The Square. 
Hermand Didas, paper maker, h 3 Russell. 
Hermand Jean, laborer, h Williams. 
Hermand Joseph, laborer, h 3 Russell. 
Hermand Maxime, paper maker, h Williams. 

Herney Michael C, delivers for Keene Cash Grocery, bds 10 West st. 
Hewitt Robert, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., rear Mammoth block. 
Higgins Daniel, resident, h 15 Back cor Oak. 

Higgins Daniel P., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 15 Back cor Oak. 
Hildreth Edward W., carpenter and joiner, h 47 Rockingham. 
Hildreth Fred C, freight division agent C. V. R. R., h 47 Rockingham. 
Hinckley William F., hostler for Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h 

Terrace. 
Hobson Fred H., employed Fall. Mountain Paper Company, house 8 West. 
Hobson Will, employee of Derby & Ball, bds West. 
Hogan Edward, track hand on C. V. & Sullivan R. R., house alley from 

School to Henry. 
Hogan Edward, Jr., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds alley from 

School to Henry. 
Hogan John, machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds alley from 

School to Henry. 
Hogan John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h School. 
Hogan Michael C., retired paper maker, bds Green. 
Hogan William, paper maker, h 41 Green. 
Holbrook Evaline, widow of Charles E., h 16 School. 

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BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



Holden Amos F., dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, The Square, h Westmin- 
ster Terrace. 
Holden Sarah, widow, h 7 Williams. 

Holden Sarah, (Mrs. A. F.) millinery and fancy goods, The Square, h Westmin- 
ster Terrace. 
HOLDEN WILL. A., dealer in drugs and stationery, toilet articles, &c.,The 

Square, h cor Atkinson and School. 
Holehan Thomas, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 9 Bridge. 
Holland George D., agent for Sprague & Hathaway, portrait artists, bds 26 

Henry. 
Holley Albert J., book-keeper Vermont Farm Machine Co r bds 9 School. 
HoUoran John, molder, h off Bridge. 
HoUoran James E., telegraph operator, bds off Bridge. 
Homans Arthur L., general foreman carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., 

h Atkinson cor Terrace. 
Hooper Ira H., blacksmith, h New Terrace. 
Horton Elmer E., brakesman Vt. C. R. R., boards 38 Canal. 
Horton Stephen D., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. 
Howard Charles E., (L. G. & C. E. Howard) bds 50 \V^estminster. 
HOWARD DANIEL D., (Howard, Goodrich & Pierce) The Square, h 5 

Hapgood. 
Howard Edward, 2d, paper maker, h 43 Henry. 
Hl)ward Edward, section foremen Vt. Valley R. R., h Elm. 
Howard Ernest C., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. ' 
Howard Frazer, car inspector for Cheshire R. R., h 117 Atkinson. 
Howard Henry C, car inspector, Cheshire R. R., h School cor Westminster. 
Howard John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds rear Bridge. 
HOWARD L. G. & C. E., dealers in heavy and shelf hardware, paints, oils, 

coal and farming tools. Mammoth block. The Square. 
Howard Lewis S., mason, h Center. 
HOWARD LUTHER G., (L. G. & C. E. Howard) first selectman, h 50 

Westminster. 
Howard Robert, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds near Bridge. 
Howard Sumner, laborer, h Center. 
Howard Will^ carpenter and joiner, bds School. 
Howard Will ard H., Jr., carpenter and joiner, h 72 Atkinson. 
HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, (D. D. Howard, and R. W. Good- 
rich, Poultney, Vt., and F. G. Pierce) dealers in ready-made clothing, 
gents furnishing goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes, trunks, &c.. The 
Square. 
Howe Frederick S., resident, h 46 Canal. 
Howes Samuel E., harness maker for N. H. Cook, h Center. 
Hubbard Allen, clerk, bds 13 Atkinson. 

Hubbard Frederick J., manager of C. W. Towns's livery, h Walpole, N. H 
Hubbard Patrick, laborer, h Rockingham. 
HUDSON SULLIVAN, carpenter and builder, h Terrace. 
Hudson Willie S/, clerk for C. Chase, bds Terrace. 
Hughes Kate, tailoress, h cor Center and 8 Fleming Place. 
Hughes Patrick, shipping clerk, Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back. 
Hume William, laborer, h 9 Williams. 
Hunt Horace, fish and oyster peddler for W. A. Straight. 
Huntley Martha L., widow of Levi, h 30 Cherry. 
Huntley Wesley M., truckman and wood dealer, h 82 Atkinson. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 323 

Huntoon Harley J., gunsmith, h i6 Atkinson. 

Hurlburt Charles O., pattern maker for Osgood & Barker, bds depot restau- 
rant. 

Hurlburt Jed \V., employee Wyman Flint & Sons, bds 12 Atkinson. 

Hutchins Henry W., foreman of snath shop of Derby & Ball, h 44 Green. 

Hyde Russell Col., retired hotel keeper, h 4 School. 

Ingham Herbert, laborer, bds 29 Atkinson. 

Irving John, laborer, bds Rockingham. 

ISLAND HOUSE, Charles W. Towns, proprieter, Island Avenue. 

Jackson Helen L. B. Mrs., resident, 6g Atkinson. 

Jackson Marshall D., dealer in clocks, watches, jewelry, etc., 11 Hotel block, 
The Sqare, h do. 

Jacobs Frank C. Mrs., h 43 Henry. 

Jeffts Fred, paper finisher, bds Towns Hotel. 

Jenkins George O., carpenter, h Center. 

Johnson Content B., widow of Stephen S., resident, h South. 

Johnson Henry C, freight and ticket agent C. V. R. R., h 4 Hapgood. 

Johnson Hugh, porter Towns Hotel, bds do. 

Johnson Melvin, baggage master Cheshire R. R., h 62 Atkinson. 

Jones Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. 

Joyce James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor Back. 

Judd John B., car repairer C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Kane Patrick, laborer, bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Keach Charles, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson's block. 

Keach Fred, fireman Conn. River R. R., bds Witson's block. 

Keefe David, railsmith helper C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Keefe Eugene, paper maker, h alley from School to Henry. 

Keefe Hannah, widow, h Wells. 

Keefe James, employee Wyman, Flint & Sons, bds 9 Bridge. 

Keefe Jane, widow of Owen, h 21 South. 

Keefe Jeremiah, teamster, bds Wilson's block. 

Keefe John, car inspector Vt. V. & S. R. R., h School. 

Keefe John, employee Wyman blint & Sons. 

Keefe John T., manufacturer and dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, 30 
Blake's block. The Square, h 21 South. 

Keefe Patrick, employee Wyman Flint & Sons, h 14 Back. 

Keefe Robert, employee of Derby & Ball, h Wells. 

Keene Cash Grocery, T. Sullivan, prop. Wilson's block. The Square. 

Keith David, blacksmith helper, C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Kelley Hanora F., widow of John, resident, aged 79, h Bridge cor Elm. 

Kelley John, molder, bds 38 Canal. 

Kelley Morris B., dealer in groceries and provisions, canned goods, crockery, 
etc., Westminster, h 84 do. 1. 

Kemp Alfred, truckman, h Cana 

Kemp William O., express driver U. S. and Canada express, h Canal. 

Kennedy Harvey, baker, h Terrace. 

Kennedy John, brakeman Cheshire R. R., h Bridge. 

Keough Michael, railsmith C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 

KEYES JOHN W^, D. M. D., dentist, office Times building, The Square, 
bds Towns Hotel, served in Co. F, 4th Vermont Vols., and Battery M, 
ist Vermont Heavy Artillery. 

Kidder Edward P., machinist, h 24 Henry. 

Kidder Gertie I., compositor in Times ofiice, bds 24 Henry. 



324 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

KILBURN ALFRED G., house painter, glazier, and paper hanger, h 121 

Atkinson. 
Kimball Fred H., freight clerk C. V. R. R.. bds 113 Atkinson. 
KIMBALL JEWETT P., laborer, owns h and 4 acres in Springfield, Vt., 

bds Prospect. 
Kimball George W., employee Derby & Ball, h 113 Atkinson. 
Kimball Perley L., clerk and salesman for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 

g School. 
King Cornelius L., Washington. D. C, summer residence Terrace Hill. 
King Henry F., supt. Vermont Farm Machine Co., Mill St., h 3 Church, cor 

School. 
KING HIRAM, Jr., manuf. of marble monuments, headstones, tablets and 

all kinds of cemetery work, and dealer in granite, rear of L. G. & E. C, 

Howard's hardware store, h Westminster. 
King John, laborer, h Wells. 

Kingston Edwin, laborer, h off Wells, served in Co. C, 6th Vermont Vols. 
Kiniry Bartholomew, clerk for D. W. Brosnahan, bds Rockingham. 
Kiniry John, paper maker, bds Wilson's block. 
Kiniry Mary, widow of Daniel, boarding house, h Rockingham. 
Kiniry Thomas, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Bridge st. 
KINSMAN GEORGE H., mason and builder, h Westminster court. 
Knight Eugene W., dental student with O. M. George, bds Hapgood. 
Labaree James, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 5 Williams. 
La Bounty Edward, shoemaker, h Canal. 
LADD MARSHALL C, music, periodicals and every description of binding 

neatly executed, cor Henry and Atkinson, hzg Henr)'. 
Lally Florence, governess, 25 Henry. 

Landon Frank, Jr., car repairer, C. V. R. R , h 56 Atkinson. 
Lane Augustine, employee of Derby & Ball, h 118 Atkinson, cor Wells. 
Lane Clement G., butcher, h 100 Atkinson cor Williams. 
Lane Eliza W., (Mrs. C. G.) clerk for Royce & Dewey, h Atkinson cor Wil- 
liams. 
Lane Enos, night watchman engine house, C. V. R. R., h No. Walpole, N. H, 
Lane Lucy W., widow Carley, res. Atkinson. 

Largess Napoleon B., hair dresser, Towns Hotel, h Bridge cor Elm. 
Lathrop Anna, music teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. 
Lawton Fred S , house painter and molder, h Gove, New Terrace. 
Lawton George S., carpenter and joiner, h New Terrace. 
Leavitt Agnes, teacher of painting and French at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. 
LEE ALONZO N., foreman John T. Moore's paper mill, h 48 Center. 
Leech Jeremiah, stone mason, h 48 Green, 

LEECH JERRY, job printer and night watchman, h i Prospect cor Gove. 
Leland Harlie A., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 45 

Rockingham. 
Leonard Eugene S., clerk Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 14 Atkinson. 
Leonard Frank H., employee of Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. 
Leonard George L., machinist, bds 14 Atkinson. 
Leonard Hannah M., widow of Spencer H., h 14 Atkinson. 
Lewis Henry C, mason, h 7 Terrace. 

Lewis , brick mason, h Back. 

Libbey Ira, day foreman Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson block. The 

Square. 
Lindsey Walter J., deliverer for O. F. Woods, bds do. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 325 

Linsley Lucy A., clerk for Royce & Dewey, bds Henry. 

*LIVERMORE BROTHERS, (F. S. & J. L.) job printers and dealers in 

wrapping papers, bags &c., The Square, opp Towns's Hotel. [Card on 

page 420.] 
LIVERMORE FRANK S., (Livermore Bros.) bds 64 Atkinson. 
LIVERMORE JOHN L., (Livermore Bros.) bds 64 Atkinson. 
LOCKVVOOD CHARLES H., (Lockwood & Wheeler) h School. 
Lockwood Charles Henry, meat cook Towns Hotel, bds h School. 
Lockwood Frank C. Mrs., clerk Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Cherry. 
Lockwood Lorenzo D., carpenter and builder. New Terrace. 
*LOCKWOOD & WHEELER, (C. H. Lockwood and E. L. Wheeler) car- 
penters and builders, New Terrace. [Card on page 420.] 
Lonargan Thomas, engine wiper, C. V. R. R., h Elm. 
Long Garrett, laborer, bds oft" Bridge. 
Long Richard, laborer, bds off" Bridge. 

Lord Willard H., employee Willard Russell & Co., h New Terrace. 
Lovell Fred L., livery and dealer in carriages etc., with L. T., bds do. 
Lovell Leverett T. 2d, deputy sheriff", chief of police, auctioneer and dealer 

in real estate, proprietor of livery and sale stables, dealer in carriages 

and wagons, manuf. of pure cider vinegar, prop, of meat market and 

farmer 370. 
Lovett George W., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 

School. 
Low Roswill, carpenter and joiner, boarding house, 38 Canal. 
Lucia Antoine, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Wells. 
Lucia Edmund, employee Fall Mountain Co., h Wells. 
Lucia Peter, laborer, h 6 Whitman's block, Canal. 
Lynch John, employee, Wyman FHnt & Sons, h 10 West. 
Lyon Fred B., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. 
Mack Albert, truckman, h Atkinson. 
MANDIGO HORATIO N., manager Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h 

Terrace cor West. 
Manning WiUiam H., carpenter and joiner, bds Westminster. 
Mansfield James, laborer, h Williams. 
Marble Marcellus W., blacksmith for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 29 

South. 
Marcy Charles C, hostler at Fall Mountain Paper Go's stable, h Bridge. 
Maroney Thomas, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off" Bridge. 
Marion Eugene O., molding polisher, employee Lucia & Barber, bds Cherry. 
Marsh Amasa A., travelling agent for the White and New Home and other 

sewing machines, bds Westminster. 
Martin Clarke, foreman of pulp mill for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h alley 

from School to Henry. 
MARTIN JAMES H., blacksmith for F. R. Cobb, bds 38 Canal. 
Martin Murray E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Oak. 
Martin George, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Canal. 
Martin William, employee H. S. Frost, h South. 
Mason John, teamster, h The Square. 

McAuliff Daniel, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. 
McAuHff" John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 43 Green. 
McAuliff" Maurice, resident, h Rutland Patch. 

McAuliff" Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rutland Patch. 
McAuliff" Ellen, h Rutland Patch. 



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WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



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distance with perfect safety. Full Line of House and Bedding Plants cheap. Also Breeder 
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BELLOWS FALLS, 



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McCarty James, employee Fall Mountain River Co., h North Walpole, N. H. 

McCarty John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds ii Back. 

McCarty Patrick, fireman Moore & Arm's paper mill, bds Wilson block. 

McCoffrey James E., tinsmith for A, H. & F. H. Brown, bds 4 Cherry. 

McDonald Arthur W., printer in Times office, bds 19 South. 

McDonald James H., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h North Wal- 
pole, N. H. 

McDonald John, laborer, rear of Mammoth block. 

McDonald Kerin, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near Earle. 

McDonald Roderick, stone mason, h Bridge. 

McElroy Hugh L., musician in Wheeler & Maynard's orchestra, bds West- 
minster. 

McGinniss Austin, laborer, bds rear Mammoth block. 

McGreen Joseph, (McGreen & Broderick,) h 96 Atkinson. 

McGreen Kate, tailoress for C. E. Capron, bds Atkinson. 

McGreen Thomas, resident, h Atkinson. 

McGreen & Broderick, (Joseph McGreen and John W. Broderick,) general 
blacksmithing, Rockmgham. 

McLeod John, night watchman for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rockingham. 

McLeod John B., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor. West- 
minster. 

McLEOD SIMON D., foreman Fall Mountain Steam Mill, Green, h 30 do. 

McLeod William, laborer, bds on lane from School to Henry. 

McLernan John, gardner for Terrace Hill stock farm, bds Wilson block. 

McLOUD ALEXANDER, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., No. 2, 
h Carey ave. 

McLunen Charles F., brakeman C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. 

McNamara James, laborer, h Elm. 

McNamara Michael, stone mason, bds Rockingham. 

McQuaid A.ndrew J., employee of Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. 

Meacham Charles F., assistant postmaster, h 64 Atkinson cor School. 

Meacham Elizabeth A., widow of Dr. E. H., resident, 64 Atkinson. 

Meacham Sarah Miss, resident, 128 Atkinson. 

Melburn, laborer for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 5 Canal. 

Mellage Armidas, paper maker, h i Russell. 

MeUish Sarah E., widow of George H., boardmg house. Wood block, The 
Square. 

Merriam Henry W., drug clerk for W. A. Holden, h 18 Atkinson. 

Merrill Robert, carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain 
boarding house. 

Mertz William W., clerk for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 4 School. 

Miller Edson W., freight division agent Chesire R. R., h Rockingham. 

Miller James, carpenter and joiner, h Terrace cor Center. 

MILLER MOSES, dealer in lumber, shingles, lath, dimension timber and 
builders' materials in general, owns 8 tenements and 2 vacant lots, h 2 
Center. 

Miller William, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h School cor Back. 

MILLER WILLIAM A., manufacturer and dealer in tin, sheet-iron and cop- 
per ware, stoves, plumbing and furnace work, 9 Rockingham, h do. 

MITCHELL BROTHERS, (Frank A. and Joseph T.,) dealers in drugs and 
medicines, stationery, books, periodicals and artists' materials, 15 Hotel 
block. The Square. 

MITCHELL FRANK A., (Mitchell Bros.,) bds 9 School. 



328 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

Mitchell Herbert W., clerk Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 4 School. 

MITCHELL JOSEPH T., (Mitchell Bros.,) bds 9 School. 

Mitchell Julia V., widow of A. C, h 9 School. 

Mitchell Thomas, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rockingham. 

Monroe Addie E., milliner for Mrs. A. F. Holden, bds Atkinson. 

Moody Clarence H., (Wheeler & Moody) h 15 Atkinson. 

Moody Lewis, paymaster Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 48 Atkinson. 

Moore Albert C, (Moore, Arms & Thompson) h 18 School. 

Moore, Arms & Thompson, (A. C. Moore, Edward Arms, H. W. Thomp- 
son) manufacturers of manila paper, oft' Bridge. 

Moore Charles, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain 
boarding house. 

Moore Charles G., manager Fall Mountain boarding house, owns farm 141 
in Pelham, N. H., h Island Avenue. 

Moore Herbert VV., engineer C. V. R. R. Rutland division, bds Wilson 
block, The Square. 

Moore John W., carpenter, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. 

Moore John T., manufacturer of tissue manila and toilet paper, h 70 At- 
kinson. 

Moore Joseph F., printer Times office, bds 37 Westminster. 

Moore Warren, paper maker at Claremont, N. H., h 19 Atkinson. 

Morand Edward^ niglit baggage master Conn. R., V. and Cheshire R. R., h 
North Walpole,^^. H. 

Morgan James B., farmer 118, h Rockingham. 

Morgan James L., with James B., farmer, h Rockingham. 

Morgan Quartus E., postmaster, h 55 Atkinson. 

Morgan William, stone layer, bds off Bridge. 

Moriarity Frank, carpenter, h 115 Atkinson. 

Moriarity Joanna, widow of John H., h 115 Atkinson. 

Moriarity Michael, employee of John Robertson & Son, h Canal. 

Moriarity Weston, teamster, 115 Atkinson. 

Morreau Frank, employee of John Robertson & Son, h 2 Canal. 

MORRILL JULIUS A., agent for Charles Scribner's Sons, h in Atkinson. 

Morrissy John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off" Bridge. 

Morse Harriet H., widow of L. A., resident, h Westminster cor Henry. 

Mosely George F., express messenger from Bellows Falls to Springfield 
Mass., h 123 Atkinson. 

Moulton Ansel A., carpenter and builder, h Westminster. 

Moulton Edward, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Center opposite 
Henry. 

Moynihan Jerry, night watchman, C. V. R. R. engine house, h North Wal- 
pole, N. H. 

MULQUEEN THOMAS, carpenter, joiner and builder, bds Fall Mountain 
boarding house. 

Murphy Edward D., news agent, Vt. Valley R. R., h Rockingham. 

Murphy John, railsmith C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 

Muri)hy Owen, hostler for John Robertson, h 2 1 South. 

Murphy Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 11 Back. 

Nadon Salveny, employee of Russell & Co., h Russell. 

NATIONAL BANK OF BELLOWS FALLS, James H. Williams, presi- 
dent; Preston H. Hadley, cashier; Centennial block. The Square. 

Newcomb Helen, widow of C E., h 81 Atkinson. 

Nichols Elbridge G. Jr., employee Wyman Fhnt & Sons, h 25 School cor 
Green. 



BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 329 

Nichols Samuel, alio, physician, h 25 South. 

NICHOLS T. A., carpenter and joiner, h Westminster. 

Nickerson Warren A., harness maker, bds South. 

Nolan Charles, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 1 1 Back. 

NOURSE GEORGE R., paper maker, h Fleming place. 

Nutting Mary A., widow of William, h 19 Henry. 

O'Brien Edward, laborer, bds off Bridge. 

O'Brien John C, division freight clerk Conn. River R. R., agent .'Etna Life 

Insurance Co., office Centennial block, bds 60 Atkinson. 
O'Brien Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. 
O'Brien Patrick, laborer, h off Bridge. 
O'Brien Patrick, railsmith helper, bds North Walpole, N. H. 
O'Brien Richard, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co,, h The Square. 
O'Brien Thomas, gardener, h 60 Atkinson. 

O'Brien William, employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 1 2 Back. 
O'Brien William A., student, bds 60 Atkinson. 
O'Brien Michael, blacksmith, h Rockingham. 

O'Connell James, employee, Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 18 Oak, 
O'Connell John, painter, h 18 Oak. 

O'Connell Michael, employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h Earle. 
O'Connell Thomas, employee Derby & Ball, h 18 Oak. 
O'Connell William laborer, bds Rockingham. 
O'Connor Thomas, marble worker, bds 8 Cherry. 
O'Donnell John, fireman Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 1 1 Back. 
O'Laughlon James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. 
O'Neil John^ laborer, h Fleming place. 
O'Neil Michael, baggage master on Cheshire R. R,, bds Wilson block. The 

Square. 
OBER HEZEKIAH, mason, h Fleming place. 

Ober William, brakeman on switch engine C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. 
Odd Fellows Hall, Mammoth block, The, Square, 
Olcott Elias, retired farmer 300, h 126 Atkinson. 
Olcott Oscar D., town treasurer, h 126 Atkinson. 
Olden Joseph J., carpenter and joiner, h 6 West. 
Osborn Abram, night superintendent Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson 

cor Terrace. 
Osgood Charles, fireman on Cheshire R. R., h New Terrace. 
Osgood Charles W., (Osgood & Barker,) h 7 Green. 
Osgood Charles W., carpenter and joiner, h Fleming. 
Osgood Edward G., student, bds 7 Green. 

Osgood & Barker, (C. W. Osgood) foundry Wells St., and machine shop Mill. 
OSMER GEORGE R., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 26 

Henry. 
Paige George, brick mason, h 2 Whitman's block. Canal. 
Paradis Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h WiUiams. 
PARKER JAMES P., D. D.S., filling and therapeutical treatment of teeth 

a specialty. The Square, h 20 Atkinson. 
Parkinson Charles H., teamster, 16 Atkinson. 

Parkhurst Merrill R., machinist, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. 
Parks Jane, widow of William, h ^^ Rockingham. 
Parsons John F., clerk C. V. R. R. freight office, bds depot. 
Parsons William E., employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson cor Williams. 
Partridge Charles F., printer Times office, h 9 Green. 



;^^0 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

Partridge James A., dealer in wood, h Terrace. 

Patrick Samuel H., employee freight department Conn. River and Sullivan 

Co. R. R., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. 
Patterson John G., paper finisher for John Robertson & Son, h Westminster 

court. 
Pelsue William, conductor C. V. R. R., bds ^S Canal. 
Perkins Jared D., jeweler, bds Westminster. 
Perry Amasa R., carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson cor Williams. 
Perry Fred T., engineer Vt. Valley R. R., bds 54 Westminster. 
Persons John C, blacksmith, rnolder, h South. 
Phelan Daniel, night clerk Towns Hotel. 
Phelps Frank B., carpenter, bds 34 Canal. 
Phelps Henry A., carpenter, joiner and builder, h 30 Canal. 
Phelps Olney W., alio, physician and surgeon, 10 School, h do. 
Phelps Sarah A., widow of James H., h 9 School. 
Pierce Albert, paper maker Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 48 Canal. 
Pierce Frank G., (Howard, Goodrich & Pierce) h 13 Atkinson. 
Pierce Fred N., deliverer for Jas. O. Smith, bds Bridge. 
Pierce Garrett, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 14 Oak. 
Pierce John J., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 14 Oak. 
Pierce Margaret, widow of John, resident, 14 Oak. 

Pike Jesse, fireman, Moore, Arms & Thompson's paper mill, bds 38 Canal. 
Pike Loren, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain 

boarding-house. 
PIMER THOMAS K., foreman tin and iron department Vermont Farm 

Machine Co., h 45 Rockingham. 
Piper Simeon A., carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine 

Co., h Westminster court. 
Plum George A., employee of Derby & Ball, h White's block Fleming 

place. 
POLLARD ALPHONSO P., restaurant, dealer in confectionery, tobacco 

and cigars and canned goods, Canal St., h do. 
Poor Amos, painter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain board- 
ing-house. 
Pope George E., carpenter, h Lovell. 
Porter Peninah, widow of Tisdale, resident, 13 Back. 
Pratt Augustus H., carpenter and joiner, h 19 South. 
Pratt Daniel R., invalid, bds 9 School. 
Pratt George H., stationary engineer C. V. R. R. repair shops, h School cor 

Westminster. 
PROCTOR FREELAND E., locomotive foreman C. V. R. R., h 60 Green 

cor Rockingham. 
Prout Emma, teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. 
Prouty Charles O., employee Derby & Bali, Fleming place. 
Prouty Herbert H., railroad engineer, h 3 Williams. 
Prouty James S., head clerk Towns Hotel, bds do. 
Prouty Oric, carpenter and builder, h 26 Green. 

Provo Oliver, manuf. and dealer in harnesses, Rockingham, h 26 Henry. 
PROVOST GEORGE H., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 26 

Henry. 
Provost Willie, teamster, h Rockingham. 

PUNT GEORGE E,, brakeman for Vermont Valley R. R., bds 48 Canal. 
Punt Ida, (Mrs. George E.) milliner with Mrs. A. F. Holden, bds 48 Canal. 



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Putney Bradley A., conductor Cheshire R. R., h 18 Green cor Oak. 

Quelters Patrick, employee John Robertson & Sons, h 50 Green. 

Quimby Willis C., tinsmith for A. H. & F. H. Brown, h 60 Green. 

Quinn Mary, widow of Patrick, h Westminster. 

Ramsey Ernest E., basket maker, bds 80 Atkinson cor Oak. 

RAND JOSEPH F., carpenter and joiner, h 13 Back. 

Randall Henry L., son of Shubael H., bds 33 School. 

Randall Shubael H., gentleman of leisure, h 32 School. 

Ranvill Fred L., gate tender Tucker bridge, and boarding house keeper, h 4 
School. 

READ LAV ANT M., attorney and counselor at law. The Square, h West- 
minster Terrace. 

Ready Bartholomew, mason, h 34 Green. 

REED CLARA D., homeo. physician, 9 School, h do. 

R.eed Rosilva A., widow of Hammond, boarding house, 13 Back. 

Reed Emeline P., widow of Elisha P., h Williams cor Green. 

Redfield Horace M., dealer in groceries and provisions, Westminster, h Rock- 
ingham. 

REYNOLDS EDWARD Rev., pastor St. Charles Roman Catholic church, 
h 15 Green and 31 Cherry. 

Rhoads Louisa, widow of Willman B., h Green. 

Rice Christopher E., baggage master Rut. div. C. V. R. R., h 90 Atkinson. 

Richardson Samuel A., carpenter and joiner, and employee of Vermont Farm 
Machine Co., bds Westminster court. 

Richmond John C, waiter at depot restaurant, bds do. 

Riley Bernard J., employee of John Robertson & Sons, bds North Walpole. 

Riley Daniel W., machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rock- 
ingham. 

Riley Will, clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. 

Roach James, laborer, bds Rockingham. 

Roberts Albert, laborer, h Wells. 

Roberts Daniel, paper maker, h 12 Back. 

Roberts Warren H., rector of Immanuel Episcopal church, h Church. 

ROBERTSON CHARLES E., (John Robertson & Son) h 44 Westminster. 

ROBERTSON JOHN, (John Robertson & Son) h 42 Westminster cor 
Hapgood. 

ROBERTSON JOHN & SON, (C. E.) manuf. of tissue manila paper, off 
Bridge st. 

ROBINSON JACK A., (Robinson & Garmon) h 60 Green cor Rockingham. 

ROBINSON & GARMON, (Jack A. Robinson & Fred C. Garmon) Blue 
Store, dealers in clothing, hats, caps, and gents' furnishing goods, The 
Square. 

Roche John F., (Harriman & Roche) bds 4 Cherry. 

Rochford Patrick, laborer, h rear of Mammoth block. 

Rogers George M., horse shoer, and hght jobbing, rear of 10 Rockingham, 
resides at Alstead, N. H. 

Rollins Albert, laborer, h Center. 

Rosebush Joseph, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co. 

Rosebush Joseph, Jr., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co. 

Ross Martin A., locomotive engineer C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 

Ross Morris F., locomotive engineer C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H, 

Rowe Henry S., resident, 18 Green. 

Rowell Silas J., employee Terrace Hill Stock Farm, h Center. 



332 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 

Rowell William E., teamster, bds Canal. 

ROYCE CYRUS, JR-, (Royce & Dewey) h 8 Henry 

ROYCE LA FAYETTE, clerk for O. D. Gray, and life, fire and accident 
insurance agent, h 87 Atkinson. 

ROYCE & DEWEY, (Cyrus Royce and Edson E. Dewey,) wholesale and 
retail dealers in all kinds of staple and fancy dry goods, 13 Hotel block, 
The Square. 

Russell Elmira, Miss, bds 9 School. 

RUSSELL GEORGE K., (W. R. & Co.) h 19 School. 

Russell Levi A., invalid, bds 9 School. 

RUSSELL WILLARD, (W. R. & Co.) lives in Lancaster, Mass. 

RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., (Willard and George K. Russell,) manufac- 
facturers of wood pulp and manila paper, off Mill st. 

Russell William, retired paper manufacturer, h Atkinson cor Henry. 

Russell William A., president of Cheshire R. R., and president of Fall Moun- 
tain Paper Co., president of Bellow's Falls Canal Co. 

Russell Willie T., book-keeper for Willard Russell & Co., bds 19 School. 

Ryder Herbert D., A. M., principal of Bellows Fall High School, attorney at 
law, h 128 Atkinson. 

SAKER JOHN F., retired merchant tailor, h ;^8 Green. 

Sanders Betsey, widow of Solomon, h 20 School. 

SANDERS WILLIE F., foreman painter for Vermont Farm Machine Co., 
h North Walpole, N. H. 

Sargent William A., employee of Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. 

Savage David, molder, h Wells. 

Sawyer Albert E., employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson. 

Sawyer Charles H., toll gatherer at Conn. River bridge, h Church. 

Seward Charles D., truckman, h 104 Atkinson. 

Shaughnessy Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., and keeps 
boarding house, Elm cor Br dge. 

Shaughnessy Thomas, laborer, h 32 Green. 

Shaw Benjamin L., resident, h 116 Atkinson. 

Shea Jeremiah, paper maker, h Green. 

Shelley Sewell, laborer, h White's block, Fleming place. 

Sheridan Martin B., butcher, h 32 Canal. 

Sheridan Michael F., employee of Moore, Arms & Thompson, h New Ter- 
race. 

Sherman George, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain 
boarding house. 

Sherman Clarissa, widow of Amasa, h 1 1 Bridge. 

Shipman James, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., h ^3 Atkinson. 

Shippy Charles W., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h South. 

Shippy Henry W., laborer, bds South st. 

Shuttleworth John, house painter, h 30 Center. 

Singer Sewing Machine Co., Alexander MacKay agent, 20 Rockingham. 

Slader Arthur R., clerk for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds at depot restau- 
rant. 

Slader Henry L., book-keeper National Bank of Bellows Falls. 

SLADER ORVILLE L., depot restaurant and dining room, Depot. 

Slate George, retired, owns in Rockingham and Westminster farm 300, h 78 
Atkinson. 

SLATE WILLIAM W., clerk for L. S. Hayes, bds 78 Atkinson. 

Slattery James, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 41 Henry. 



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'Slattery John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. 

Slattery Patrick, engineer of Fal! Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. 

SMART DELIA Mrs., tailoress and fruit stand, Westminster. 

Smith Alfred, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. 

Smith Arthur A., carpenter, h 9 Williams. 

Smith EHsha B., retired carpenter, h 30 South. 

Smith G. Elmer, laborer, bds on The Square. 

Smith George S., house painter, h The Square. 

Smith Harry L., paper maker, bds 48 Westminster. 

Smith James O., meat market, dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, 
lard and vegetables, 9 Bridge, bds Towns Hotel. 

Smith John J., carpenter and joiner, h Fleming place. 

Snow Duran L., employee Derby & Ball, h 125 Atkinson. 

Spafford George, resident, 29 Henry cor Atkinson. 

Spaulding Charles H. L., blacksmith, h Westminster. 

Spaulding Charles L.. resident. Center cor West. 

Spaulding D. Nelson, scenic artist, fresco and portrait painter, studio Pros- 
pect Hill, h do. 

Spaulding Daniel W., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., h West- 
minster. 

SPAULDING DEXTER M., printing pressman, bds South Henry. 

Spaulding Hannah, widow of Benjamin, h 30 Canal. 

Spaulding J. Isabel Miss, compositor in T/mes office, New Terrace. 

Spaulding Walter S., carpenter and builder, h Center cor West. 

Spencer Mary J., widow of Joshua, resident, Williams. 

Spitzenberger Frank, works for J. Wilson & Co., h 7 Canal. 

Sprague Charles, fireman, C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Spring Adelbert G., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. 

Spring Amanda M., widow of Horace B., resident, h South. 

Spring Goleno D , picture frame maker, h South. 

Spring John O., mason and builder, bds 61 Atkinson. 

Spring Seymour B., employee of F. M. Barber, h South. 

St. Agnes' Hall, select school for young ladies. Miss Jane Hapgood, prin., 11 
School, h do. 

Stearns Lowell H., clerk for Osgood Si Barker, bds 7 Green. 

Stillman Seward W., clerk for George F. Woods, bds South. 

Stilwell Elias H., paper finisher for Moore, Arms & Thompson, bds 13 
Bridge. 

Stone Addie P. Miss, saleswoman for George O. Guild, bds 9 Atkinson. 

Stone Emma C, widow of Orlando F., resident, 9 Atkinson. 

Stone George H., carpenter and joiner, h Oak. 

Stone Henry, brakeman, bds Westminster. 

Straight William A., carpenter and builder, dealer in fish and oysters, Rock- 
ingham, h South. 

Streeter Eugene, employee of Wyman Flint & Sons, h Atkinson cor Wells. 

Streeter Frank C., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds White's block, 
Fleming place. 

Streeter Fred H., machinist, h 70 Westminster. 

Streeter Frederick C, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Canal. 

Strong Lewis R., carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson cor Williams. 

Strong Lycurgus, carpenter and joiner, h 11 Back. 

STUART SILAS W.. contractor and builder, h 24 Henry. 

Sullivan Charles, clerk at Keene Cash Grocery, bds Towns Hotel. 



334 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAIVL 

Sullivan Cornelius, fireman on C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. 

Sullivan Daniel W., fireman on C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 

Sullivan James, engineer in C. V. R. R. 3'ard, h North Walpole, N. H. 

Sullivan John, employee of Wyman Flint & Sons. 

Sullivan Owen, switchman for Cheshire R. R., h 117 Atkinson. 

Sullivan Timothy, prop, of Keene Cash Grocery, The Square, h 30 Cherry. 

Supple Bartholomew, laborer, h Russell. 

Supple William, invahd, bds Green. 

*SWAIN ALBERT N., editor and publisher of Bellows Falls Times, Times 

block. The Square, h 35 Westminster. [Card on page 310.] 
Swam S. W., (Mrs. A. N.,) assistant editor of Bellows Falls Times, h 35 

Westminster. 
Taylor Elvin S., freight clerk for Conn. R. R. R., h 8 Fleming place. 
Taylor Laura A., book-keeper for C. F. Goodnow, bds at North Walpole, 

N. H. 
Taylor William H., carpenter and joiner, h 7 Terrace. 
Tehan Patrick, paper maker, h School. 
Tehan Thomas, shoemaker, h Oak. 

Terrace Hill Stock and Milk Farm, H. N. Mandigo, manager. Terrace Hill. 
Thacher Henry O., driver of bakery team for H. L. Canedy, bds 5 Canal. 
Thayer Dorr M., salesman /or Hiram King, Jr., h Westminster Terrace. 
Thiboda Joseph, employee of Willard Russell & Co., h 72 Atkinson. 
Thomas Edward J., laborer, h 13 Williams. 
Thompson Arthur H., molder, h New Terrace. 
Thompson Horace W., (Moore, Arms & Thompson,) h Westminster, in 

Westminster Terrace. 
Thurston Andrew H., bds Wilson's block. 
Thwing John A., machinist, h 13 Atkinson. 

Tierney Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. 
Timothy Fred, bricklayer, h Canal. 
Titer Henry, employee of H. S. Frost, bds Atkinson. 
Titus Henry A., passenger conductor on Cheshire R. R., h 64 Atkinson cor 

School. 
Titus Sumner C, shipper for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h South, n Atkinson. 
TOLL CHARLES, press tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Atkinson. 
Tole Charles W., carpenter, employee of Bacon Brothers, h North Walpole, 

N. H. 
TOWNS CHARLES W., prop, of Island House and Towns Hotel. 
TOWNS HOTEL, Charles W. Towns, prop., The Square. 
Townsend James, laborer, bds Center. 

Tracy Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. 
Travis John A., house painter, h 106 Atkinson. 

Turner Frank E., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co.,. bds Rocking- 
ham. 
Twist Edward, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Oak. 
Tyler Michael, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near paper-mill. 
UNDERHILL ALANSON S., apiarist 4 swarms, gardener, employee of 

Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 84 Atkinson. 
Underbill Elmer M., clerk for M. B. Kilby, h 20 Atkinson. 
Underwood George, carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson. 

Upham William H., dealer in sewing machines, Westminster St., h Atkinson. 
Vancor Henry H., laborer, h F'leming place. 
Vegnault Gregory, mason, h Wells. 



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335 



Vegnault John, laborer, h Wells. 

Vegnault Peter, laborer, h Canal. 

Vigneaugh Min, employee of John Robertson & Son, bds Canal. 

*VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY, manufacturers of special 
dairy and farm implements, Nathan G. Williams, treasurer and mana- 
ger, Mill. [Card inside back cover.] 

Vigneu Thomas, laborer, h 3 Whitman's block, Canal. 

Vilas Samuel S., fire insurance agent, h 25 School cor Green. 

Vogle Herman, machinist, bds Bridge. 

WAITE CHARLES H., salesman for Howard & Goodrich & Pierce bds 
depot restaurant. 

Wales George R., salesman for George O. Guild, bds 79 Atkinson cor Oak, 

WALES STEPHEN R., blacksmith, h 78 Atkinson cor Oak. 

WALKER, DEWEY & BLAKE, (Alva Walker, of Boston, Edson E. Dewey, 
Charles M. Blake) proprietors of Bellows Falls Brewing Co., of Walpole, 
N. H. 

Walker Emily P., widow of Warren, resident. 

WALKER FRED W., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., home Graf- 
ton St., bds 4 Cherry. 

Walch Henry F., painter, employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 13 
Back. 

Walsh John, tailor, Gray's block, h 13 Back. 

Walsh William, laborer. 

Walsh William L., paper maker, h xi Center. 

Wardner Marshall, painter for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 18 Henry. 

Ware Henry, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. 

WARE SYLVESTER M., chair seating and repairing and basket maker, 
and dealer in fruits, nuts and confectionery, Canal, h do. 

WATERMAN AZRO B., house painter, h The Square. 

WATERMAN SARAH H., (Mrs Azro B.,) tailoress, h The Square. 

Weatherby Benjamin, overseer in George K. Russell's paper mill, Gove st. 
on New Terrace. 

Webb Joshua, truckman and lumberman, h Atkinson cor Russell. 

Weed Ellen M., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. 

Welch Frank C, tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 15 
Center. 

Welch George E., carpenter and joiner, h Rockingham. 

Welch James M., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 13 Back. 

Welch John, rail smith helper C. V. R. R., bds Wells. 

Welch Levi, laborer, h Russell. 

Wells Edward, shoemaker, h Walpole, N. H., works for C. E. Holbrook. 

Wells Plenry, retired civil engineer, h 1 1 r Atkinson. 

Weston George A., (Bridgeman & Weston) h in Westminster. 

Wheeler Almira P., (Mrs. Frank W.,) bds Center. 

Wheeler Charles L., machinist for Osgood & Baker, h 87 Atkinson. 

Wheeler Charles P., (Wheeler & Moody) h 112 Atkinson. 

WHEELER EDMOND L., (Lockwood & Wheeler) h New Terrace. 

Wheeler George B., prop, of Wheeler's steam laundry, Rockingham, h do. 

WHEELER GEORGE D., hair dresser, bds 32 Green. 

Wheeler Henry A. Dea., store-keeper for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 11 
Center. 

Wheeler John, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Atkinson, 

Wheeler Joseph L., retired carpenter, h 87 Atkinson, 



336 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 



Wheeler Willis S., blacksmith, h Lovell. 

Wheeler & Moody, (C. P. Wheeler and C. H. Moody) meat market, all kinds 

of fresh and salt meats, Westminster. 
Wheeler's Steam Laundry, G. B. Wheeler, prop., Rockingham. 
Whitcomb George W., fireman C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. 
White Alfred W., employee of Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. 
White George, fireman Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. . 
White James, laborer, h Wells. 

White Luthera E. Mrs., boarding house, 70 Westminster. 
White Michael, laborer, h T04 Atkinson. 
White Wallace, draughtsman for Osgood & Barker, h alley from School to 

Henry. 
WHITE WILLIAM L., alio, physician and surgeon and owner of White's 

block, bds Towns Hotel. 
Whitman Frank, alio, physician and surgeon and prest. of U. S. board of 

examining surgeons for pensions, The Square, h 20 Henry. 
WHITMAN IRA E., carpenter and joiner and general jobber, h 10 At- 
kinson. 
Whitman Orrin H., manuf. of carriages, wagons, sleighs, and genera! repair 

shop, Rockingham, h Oak cor Green. 
Whitney C. R., blacksmith for Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. 
Whitney George T., book-keeper for M. M., bds 62 Atkinson. 
Whitney Jed. D., clerk for Hapgood & Aldrich, bds Atkinson. 
WHITNEY MARSHALL M., dealer in flour, groceries and provisions, 

fruits, etc., 11, 13 and 15 Westminster, h 62 Atkinson. 
Whitney Milo E., paper maker for John T. Moore, h Oak. 
Wilder Emma A., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. 
Wilder John, makes concrete floors, walks and drives, and jobber in stone- 
work and general jobber, building mover and farmer, 130 h Atkinson. 
Wilder Willie, carpenter and joiner, bds Atkinson. 
Willard Henry, employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson. 
WILLIAMS CHARLES H., (Williams & Co.,) h 6 Cherry. 
Williams Charles F., employee of Derby & Ball, bds ti8 Atkinson. 
Williams Francis M., widow of James H., resident, h Westminster cor Henry. 
WiUiams Henry C, carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine 

Co., h Gove, New Terrace. 
Williams Herbert A., miller, bds 61 Atkinson. 

WILLIAMS JAMES N. H., prest. Bellows Falls National Bank, h 5 Henry. 
Williams John H., treas. of Bellows Falls Savings Institution, h Westminster 

cor Henry. 
WILLIAMS NATHAN G., manager and treas. Vermont Farm Machine 

Co., h 77 Atkinson cor Oak. 
*WILLIAMS & CO., (C. H. Williams) dealer in cotton and woolen rags and 

all kinds of paper stock at wholesale, 15 Bridge. [Card on page 420.] 
Willson Ellsworth C., employee of Derby & Ball, h Wells. 
Willson Frederick A., clerk for J. Willson & Co., bds 13 Henry. 
Willson Frederick M., (J. Willson & Co.) h .-3 Henry. 
Willson J. & Co , (J. & F. M. Willson) wholesale and retail dealers in flour, 

grain, feed and lime, Depot. 
Willson Joseph, (J. Willson & Co.) h 31 School. 
Wilmarth John, teamster, h 56 Westminster. 
Wilmarth Mary, widow of Daniel, h 56 Westminster. 
Wilson Charles H., painter and paper hanger, h School cor Westminster. 



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Wilson L. Elliot, paper maker, h New Terrace. 

Wilson Herbert F., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 112 Atkinson. 

WILSON LYDIA S., widow of Henry P., boarding house, The Square. 

Wilson Nelson, boarding house, h Atkinson cor. Williams. 

Wilson Walter P., machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 3 Prospect, 
New Terrace. 

Winchester Harry, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. 

WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., manufacturer of cigars and wholesale and 
retail dealer in cigars, and retailer of tobacco and smokers goods. The 
Square, h Canal. 

WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., dealer in furniture, crockery, glassware, 
carpets and paper hanging, The Square, bds 48 Canal. 

Wolf Marion P., widow of H. H., h 7 West. 

Wolf Mary C, widow of Richard, h 14 Back. 

Woodbury Daniel E., employee of James O. Smith, bds Wilson's block. 

Woods George F., drugs, medicines, books, stationery and periodcals, West- 
minster, h South. 

Woods Orsamus F., wholesale and retail dealer in groceries and provisions, 
flour and kerosene oil, The Square, h 3 Henry. 

Wright Fred A., machinist Westminster St., house on the line between West- 
minster and Rockingham. 

Wright George A., R. R. engineer, h West cor Center. 

Wright George E., teamster for Bellows Falls grist-mill, bds 4 School. 

Wright John W., carpenter and joiner, h 18 Atkinson. 

Wright Joseph H., carpenter and joiner, C. V. R. R., h 96 Atkinson. 

Wyman Benjamin F., cabinet maker, bds North Walpole, lives in Chester, 
Vt. 

Yeager Silas P., repairer and carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 
School cor Westminster. 

Young Alfred, laborer, h Wells. 

Young Edward O., freight conductor, Rutland division C. V. R. R.,h7i 
Atkinson. 

Young Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. 

Young Frederick N., machinist, h 72 Atkinson. 

Young James W., deUverer for O. S. Woods, bds do. 



22 



^^S BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

BRATTLEBORO VIL- 
LAGE. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



{I^or explmiaiions^ etc., see page 305.) 

Abbott David A., retired, h 4 Canal. 

Adam Frank, laborer, bds Elliot. 

Adams Eugene, clerk for C. F. Thompson & Co., h Grove. 

Adams Frank, plumber, bds 9 Green. 

Adams Hugh M., clerk at W. W. Lynde's. 

Adams John C, clerk, bds 18 Green. 

Adams Leroy F., (E. Crosby & Co.) h Grove. 

Adams Lucius W., clerk for Crosby & Co., bds Elliot. 

ADAMS WINTHROP H., carpenter and joiner, h 29 Washington, cor 
Prospect. 

AHER TIMOTHY, carpenter at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Forest. 

Ahem Daniel W., cigar maker, h Vernon. 

Ahem Joanna, widow of William, h Vernon. 

Ahrens William, cigar manufacturer, h 58 Elliot. 

Akley Clark B., laborer, h South Main. 

Alden Lewis P., (Alden & Frost,) residence in Centerville, outside of cor- 
poration. 

Alden & Frost, (Lewis P. Alden and Horace P. FrostJ manufacturers of 
cigars and dealers in tobacco. Main st. 

Aldrich Charles B., carriage ironer, h Clark. 

Alexander Henry W., music teacher, bds Canal. 

Alexander Willard H., retired gardener, aged 78 years, h 36 Canal cor Clark. 

ALLEN ALEXANDER G., gardener and farmer 8 acres, h r 51. 

*ALLEN CHARLES E., florist and seedsman, grower and dealer in garden, 
flower and vegetable seeds, roses, verbenas, geraniums, and other plants, 
all kinds of small fruits, Dutch bulbs and cut flowers, 64 Canal st. [Card 
on page 358.] 

Allen George, laborer, h Washington. 

Allen George E., employee of B. & W. R. R. Co., h Washington. 

Allen George G., farmer 5 acres, h 66 South Canal. 

Allen Henry J., peddler and farmer 9, h r 51. 

Allen I. K. & Co., (Isaac K. Allen and Frank H. Stickney,) dealers in lum- 
ber, lath and shingles, Flat st. 

Allen Isaac K., (I. K. Allen & Co..) h Esterbrook ave. 

Allen James M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. 

Allen John H., works for J. Estey & Co., h 19 South Main. 

ALLS HORACE, poHceman, h 32 High. 

Alvord Abner O., carpenter, h Elm cor Frost. 

Amadon Jerome, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. 



BRATTLEBOkO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO, 339 

Amadon Julius, wheelwright, h lo Prospect. 

Amadou Julius M., wheelwright, h Chase. 

Amidon Ephraim R., carpenter, h Maple. 

AMERICAN HOUSE, J. H. Matthews, prop., Main st. 

Amsden Thomas O., invalid, h Clark. 

Anderson August, laborer, h 19 Washington. 

ANDERSON JOHN F., (Anderson & Reed,) h Elliot. 

*ANDERSON & REED, (John F. Anderson and Elmer R. Reed,) plumbers, 

steam and gas fitters, and manufacturers of steam and gas fittings, Flat 

St. [Card on page 374.] 
Apfelbaum Emil, organ shipper for J. Estey & Co., h 24 Western ave. 
Applin Edgar M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 
Archer Samuel, Drop, boarding-house, Elliot. 
ASHCRAFT HARRIET, widow of Amos D., h 24 Washington. 
Ashton James, laborer, h Vernon. 
Ashton John, laborer, h Vernon. 
Atherton Edward H., book-keeper, bds Elliot. 
Atherton Hannah, widow of Humphrey, h Elliot. 
ATKINS HENRY C, prop, of livery and boarding stable, near Harmony 

block, residence Crosby block. 
Atwater Jason, teamster, h Vine St., Esteyville. 
Atwood Albyn E., printer, h 11 Western ave. 
Atwood Ann, widow of Edwin R., washer, h 18 Green. 
ATWOOD WARNER C, house painter, paper hanger, etc., rear of Town 

Hall, h 5 Cedar. 
Auburn Lewis, cigarmaker, h Grove. 
August Norman, tailor, h 57 Elliot. 
Austin Jonathan, retired farmer, aged 87. 

AUSTIN KATIE M., librarian of Brattleboro Free Library, bds Grove. 
Austin Martin, blacksmith, h Grove. 
Austin Mary, widow of Patrick, h Vernon. 
Austin Morris, laborer, h Elliot. 

Austin Patrick, switchman N. L. N. R. R., h Vernon. 
Austin Thomas, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Western ave. 
Austine William Col, retired army officer, boards at Brooks House. 
Avery Emma A., widow of Thomas, millinery and fancy goods, Bank block, 

Elliot cor Main, h 25 High. 
Ayers Freeman, laborer, h Central. 

Bagg Francis A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 13 Washington. 
Bailev C. W. & Son, (Chester W. and Isaac D.,) general blacksmiths, 65 

Elhot. 
Bailey Chester W., (C. W. Bailey & Son,) h ElHot. 
Bailey Isaac D., (C. W. Bailey & Son,) h Elliot. 
Bailey Julia H., compositor, h Elliot. 
BAILEY OSSIAN F., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., since 1865, h 56 

Canal. 
Baker George, peddler, h Maple st., Esteyville. 
Baker John, laborer, h Vernon. 
Baker John G., laborer, bds Canal. 
Baker Michael, laborer, h Elliot. 
Baker Michael, farmer 50, h Canal. 
Baker Michael J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Canal. 
Baker Patrick, laborer, h Vernon. 



34° BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Baker Patrick M., clerk at Lillis & Smith's, bds Vernon. 

Baker Robert H., barber and hair dresser, 39 Main, h School. 

Baldwin Albert, dealer in organs, h Cedar. 

Bangs Herbert, resident, h 38 Green. 

Baldwin James M., employee of Smith & Hunt, bds American House. 

Bardwell George C, clerk for W. Bemis, h Reed. 

Bardwell George C., laborer, h South Main. 

Bardwell James A., telegraph operator, office at depot, h Elliot. 

Bardwell William, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 59 Canal. 

Barker Augustus A., (Barker & Moody,) blacksmith, h Brattleboro House. 

Barker Martha, resident, h Asylum st. 

Barker & Moody, (Augustus A. B. and William H. M.,) boarding house, old 
Brattleboro House. 

Barnard Sarah, widow of Edward, bds Maple St., Esteyville. 

Barnard Thomas W., dealer in dry goods, small wares and laces, 4 Crosby 
block, h Main. 

Barnes Edward P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 55 Elliot. 

Barraby Triffley, laborer, h Pine. 

BARRETT CHARLES E., manuf. of paper and special .machinery, and 
screen plates, Main st.. h 32 Canal. 

Barrett Emerson B., laborer, h Central cor Thomas. 

Barrett George A., employee of J. J. Estey, h 38 Green. 

Barrett Lockhart H., carpenter and joiner, h 7 Canal. 

BARROWS EDWARD B., dealer in coal, 3 Main, bds 8 Walnut. 

BARROWS FLETCHER K., dealer in fancy dry goods, and small wares 
107 Main, bds High. 

Barrows Peleg, dealer in dry goods. Brooks block, h 8 Walnut. 

Bassett Frank J., harness and trunk repairer. Main, h Clark. 

Bates William, cigarmaker, h 40 Green. 

Bates William R., works for Smith & Hunt, h 20 Canal. 

Batchelder Sewell D., laborer, bds Canal. 

Bean Charles, laborer, h Washington. 

Behrens Henry, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Bement Daniel H., organ tuner, h 54 Canal. 

Bement Milton A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 54 Canal. 

BEMIS WILLIAM L., house and sign painter, ornamental painting, grain- 
ing, paper hanging, frescoing, i Market block, Elliot, h 25 Green. 

BEMIS WILLIS, agent- U. S. & Canada and American Express Com- 
panies, office High st.. Brooks House block, h 3 Walnut. 

Benjamin Roxana F., widow of Russell, h 7 Walnut. 

Bennett Ascenath Miss, Main, h 35 Green. 

BENNETT FRANKLIN E., organ tuner, h 31 South Main. 

Bennett William F., painter, h Elm. 

BERRIE JOHN, overseer of bakery at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds at 
the Asylum. 

Bickford Charles J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Bigelow Addie, miUiner, h School. 

Bigelow Addie H. Miss, milliner for Mrs. E. A Avery, bds Elliot. 

Bigelow Annie Mrs., boarding house, Elliot. 

Bigelow Susan, employee of J. Estey & Co., h School. 

BINGHAM BENJAMIN F., principal of Brattleboro graded school, h 43. 
Green. 

Bingham Charles F., clerk, bds 43 Green. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 34I 

Bingham Elihu H., carpenter and engineer, h 17 Washington. 

Bingham Marshall W., carpenter, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Blanchard Albert, works for J. Estey & Co.. Estey st., Estewille. 

BLISS FRANK H., (Drown & Bliss) bds Brooks House. ' 

Bliss Frank M., laborer, h Brattleboro House. 

BLISS GEORGE A., prop, dining and oyster rooms, oysters by quart, gallon 
or plate, also dealer in fruits, confectionery, teas, coffees, cigars, etc., 
42 Main, h 55 Main. 

Bliss George W., engineer, h Washington. 

BLISS HARRISON D., veneerer for J. Estey & Co., soldier 21st Regt. In- 
fantry, wounded twice, h Central. 

Blondin Daniel D., carriage, sign and ornamental painter, h 82 Elliot. 

Bly Charles H., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 

Bohrman William C, (Boyce & Bohrman,) h Brook road, outside of corpo- 
ration. 

Bond George H., works for J. Estey & Co., h Thomas. 

BOND HENRY E., undertaker and embalmer, dealer in coffins, caskets, 
robes, etc., 40 Main, h 25 South Main cor Pearl. 

Booth x\rthur, laborer, h 84 Frost. 

Bowker L. Fay, employee of Estey Organ Co., bds 42 Main. 

Bowler James, watchman for J. Estey & Co.,h Birge. 

Bowler James C, organ tuner, bds Birge. 

Bowler Mary, type setter, bds Birge. 

Bowler Morris, laborer, h South Main. 

Bowman Francis, laborer, h Brook road. 

Bowman Frank, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. 

Bowman William, cigarmaker, bds Brook road. 

Boyce James, retired weaver, h Birge. 

Boyce James, Jr., painter, bds Birge. 

Boyce Joseph B., (Boyce & Bohrman,) h 48 Green. 

Boyce Samuel, cigarmaker, h Grove. 

Boyce William, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. 

BOYCE & BOHRMAN, "(Joseph Boyce and William C. Bohrman,) cigar 
manufs., wholesale and retail dealers in imported and domestic cigars, 
pipes, tobacco and snufif, 34 Main. 

BOYDEN GEORGE A., 2d selectman and farmer 100, of estate of Hollis 
Boyden, in Guilford, h Walnut. 

Boyden Irene, widow of Elihu W., h 34 Canal. 

Boyden Sarah A. Miss, artist, crayon work, h 34 Canal. 

Boynton Austin F., dealer in boots and shoes, 12 Main, h Grove. 

Brackett Charles, machinist, bds Canal cor Clark. 

Brackett Charles, employee of J. Estey «S: Co., bds Vernon st. 

Brackett Dana F., employee of J. Estey «& Co., h 52 Canal. 

Brackett Edwin C, works for Smith & Hunt, h 19 South Main. 

Brackett Fred H., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Canal cor Clark. 

Brackett Sophronia, widow of Frank, h 75 Main. 

Brackett William H., book-keeper, bds 52 Canal. 

Brackett Willie, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Vernon st. 

Bradley M., (Mrs. Charles,) h Green. 

Bradley Richards, trustee Vermont Insane Asylum, breeder of grade Guernsey 
cattle, farmer, leases of Mrs. Bradley 1,000, h north of North St., winter 
residence 122 Commonwealth ave., Boston, Mass. 

Bradley Russell C, house painter, bds Clark. 



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BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 343 

Bradley Susan M., widow of J. Dorr, h North. 

Bradley William Czar, A. M., teacher of Greek at Brattleboro high school, 
h North. 

BRASOR EGBERT, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 80 Frost. 

Brasor Frank H., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., h 17 Grove. 

Brasor Hattie E., music teacher, bds 80 Frost. 

Bratcher Joseph, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. 

BRATTLEBORO FREE LIBRARY, at Towu Hall, Katie M. Austin, 
librarian. 

Brattleboro Gas Light Co., H. D. Holton, pres.; O. D. Esterbrook, vice- 
pres.; C. F. Thompson, treas., near depot. 

Brattleboro Ice Co., (Eugene Frost and Enos White,) office 80 Flat. 

BRATTLEBORO PAPER MILL, Timothy Vinton, prop.. South Main 
cor. Canal. 

BRATTLEBORO SAVINGS BANK, B. D. Harris, pres.; O. D. Ester- 
brook, vice-pres.; C. W. Wyman, treas.; C. A. Harris, asst. treas., Main. 

BRATTLEBORO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, (F. W. Childs, W. H. 
Childs and A. W. Childs,) 8 Crosby block, (2d floor.) 

BRATTLEBORO TOOL COMPANY,;. L. Martin, pres. ; C. F.Thomp- 
son, sec'y and treas. ; William Steers, supt. ; manuf. of metaUic composite 
bench planes, adjustable extension bits, and other tools, Frost st. 

Brayum B., cigarmaker, rooms Tyler block. Main. 

Breen John, laborer, h Vernon. 

Bresson Catharine, widow of Cornelius, h Grove. 

Briggs Charles R., organ finisher, h High. 

Brimhall Henrietta, (Mrs. J. L.) dressmaker, h 49 Elliot. 

Brimhall Jonathan L , laborer, h 49 Elliot. 

Brooks Edwin F., (Brooks & Taylor) supt. of Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R., 
station agent, freight and ticket agent, h High. 

Brooks Ellen M., bds at Brooks House. 

Brooks Francis W., vice-president of Vermont Savings Bank, and owns farm 
in N. H., h Park avenue. 

BROOKS GEORGE J., owner of Brooks House, bds do. 

Brooks Herbert F., commercial traveler, bds 7 Canal. 

BROOKS HOUSE, F. Goodhue, prop., livery connected, Main st. 

BROOKS MARY A., widow of John, farm 30 acres, h 18 South Main. 

Brooks Simon, apple grower, farmer 135, hr 51. 

Brooks Warren W., butcher, bds 14 Clark. 

Brooks Wells S., gardener, h r 51. 

Brooks William, h 14 Clark. 

BROOKS & TAYLOR, (E. F. B. and J. A. T.,) trucking office, rear Brooks 
House. 

Brosnahan Daniel, teamster, h Elliot. 

Brosnahan Michael, laborer, h Elliot. 

Brown Albert G., machinist, h Grove. 

Brown Ann E., widow of Rev. Addison Brown, h Grove. 

BROWN C. L. & SON, (Chester L. and Cyril F.,) dealers in furniture, under- 
takers and embalmers, also dealers in carpets, undertaking and embalm- 
ing a specialty, liberal inducements to parties out of town, ware rooms 
2, 4 and 6 Main st. 

BROWN CHESTER L., (C. L. Brown & Son,) h 2, 4 and 6 Main. 

BROWN CYRIL F., (C. L. Brown & Son) h 2, 4 and 6 Main. 
Brown Edward F., teller Vermont National Bank, h Grove, 



344 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Brown Emily H., dressmaker, h lo Clark. 

Brown George W., machinist, h Brook. 

Brown Henry, sawyer for J. Estey & Co.^ bds with David Ellis, Maple st. 

Brown = , widow, h Elliot 

Brown I., farmer 40, h Asylum st. 

BROWN JOHN S., retired, h Elliot. 

Brown Richard A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 63 Frost. 

Brown Samuel A., general blacksmith, Asylum st., h do. 

Brown Samuel D., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 69 Frost. 

Brown Thomas, butcher, h Elliot. 

Brown William M., employee of J. Estey & Co.,h Canal. 

Browne Albert G., machinist, h 12 Grove. 

Brownell Alice M., clerk at O. J. Pratt's, bds Atwood lane. 

Brownell Mary, widow of Charles, h Atwood lane, 

Bruce Charles W., medical student, room 25 Elliot. 

Bruce Frank P. D., clerk at Allen's green house, bds Chestnut st. 

BRUCE MARTIN L , physician and surgeon, office and residence 25 Elliot, 

Bruce Thomas W., works for J. Estey & Co., h 18 Green. 

Bulkley William G., carpenter, h Washington. 

Burdett Maria, widow of Lewis M., h Clark. 

Bardwell Lucius, slater, h 93 Frost. 

Burgess Loring, traveling salesman, bds American House. 

Burke Howard M., proprietor livery and boarding stable, EUiot St., rear Cros- 
by block, bds American House. 

Burlingame Mary C, proprietor boarding house. South Main. 

Burnap John W., (Heustes & Burnap,) h i Canal. 

Burnett Frank L., organ tuner, bds 60 Canal. 

Burnett George W., dealer in organs, bds 60 Canal. 

BURNETT IRA F., supt of tuning dep't of J. Estey & Co.'s organworks, h 
60 Canal. 

Burnham Burton A., retired farmer, h 22 South Main. 

Burnham David A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 29 South Main. 

Burnham Fred, baker, bds Canal. 

Burnham George W., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. 

Burnham Henry, (Burnham & Willis,) h 18 Main. 

Burnham Mary H., teacher of instrumental music, h 18 Main. 

Burnham & WiUis, Henry B. and Masa W., manufacturers and dealers in 
pumps, brass founders, dealers in lead and iron pipe. Grove st. 

Burns (reorge H., h 25 Washington. 

Bushnell Edward, compositor, owns farm 100 acres in Guilford, h 50 Elliot. 

Butler Charles, laborer, h Elliot. 

Butler John, laborer, h South Main. 

Butler William, laborer, h 16 Canal. 

BUTTERFIELD ABNER L., reed filer, was a soldier in Co. H, U. S. sharp- 
shooters, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Butterfield Ora M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Thomas. 

Butterfield Oscar B., (Harris & Butterfield,) h junction Main and Asylum. 

Cabot Norman F., treasurer Vermont Savings Bank, h 6 The Terrace. 

Cady Henry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut st, Esteyville. 

Cain James, h Washington. 

Cain John, laborer, h Elliot. 

Cain John T., machinist, h Elliot cor Flat. 

Cain Thomas, house painter, 36 Main, h Birge. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 345 

Cain William, works for J. Estey & Co., h Brook road. 

Caldwell Franklin P., hostler, bds 21 Washington. 

CAMPBELL EZEKIEL B., formerly engaged in insurance business, now 

dealer in real estate, h School. 
Canfield James, laborer, h Reed. 
Capin Lucy A., widow of Alexander, h 14 Prospect. 
Carey David, helper at freight office, h Elliot. 
CAREY EDMUND, baggage master, agent for Inman and White Star line 

of steamers, sells drafts on National Banks of Ireland and England, and 

all their branches, h i Vernon. 
Carey Marvin G., carpenter, h Elliot. 
Carlson Rudolph, cigar maker, h 58 Elliot. 
Carlton Alonzo M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 19 Canal. 
Carlton Andrew G., conductor, Sullivan Valley R. R., h Clark. 
Carney John, porter at Brooks House. 

Carpenter Darwin E., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine, Esteyville. 
CARPENTER EDWARD J., dealer in newspapers, periodicals, books, sta- 
tionery, toys, Harper's Bazaar patterns, etc., 3 Market block, Elliot st, 

h 19 High. 
CARPENTER EDWIN P., (E. P. Carpenter Organ Co.,) bds Brooks House. 
^CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., E. P. Carpenter, pres. ; George E. 

Crowell, treas. ; Charles H. Davenport, sec'y ; manufs. of organ actions 

and cabinet organs. Flat st. [Card on page 374.] 
Cathan Amandrin, carpenter, h 20 High. 
Cavanagh Daniel, works for J. Estey & Co., bds with John. 
Cavanagh John, laborer, h Brook road. 
Cavanagh John, Jr., machinist, bds with John. 
CHAMBERLAIN BELA N., dealer in hats, caps, furs, robes, trunks, gents' 

furnishing goods, etc., 2 Brooks block, h 41 Green. 
Chamberlain Edwin, laborer, bds Birge. 

CHAMBERLAIN HERBERT B., clerk for Bela N., bds 41 Green. 
Chamberlain Lucy, widow of Oliver C, bds 27 South Main. 
Chandler Carmine, laborer, h Spring. 
Chandler George H., fireman. Conn. R. R. R., h Elliot. 
Chandler Isaac G., retired, h High. 
Chandler Louise M., widow of H. N., h Green. 
Chapin Mary, widow of Howard O., h North Main. 
Chapin William O., book-keeper, bds Brooks House. 
Charter James, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 
CHASE EDWIN H., prop, of a distillery at Bryantsville, Ky., h North 

Main St., winter residence Bryantsville, Ky. 
Chase Henry R. Major, commercial traveler, h Organ. 
Chase Mary, resident, h 5 Spruce. 
CHASE PETER S., market gardener and grower of plants and flowers, h 

Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
Cheney Albert A., (Cheney & Clapp,) h West Btattleboro. 
Cheney Maria M., widow of Nathaniel, h 6 Chase. 
CHENEY SAMUEL T. R., gardener, grower and dealer in plants and small 

fruits, h Western ave. 
CHENEY & CLAPP, (Albert A. Cheney and George H. Clapp,) wholesale 

and retail dealers in books, stationery, fancy goods, music and musical 

instruments, and manufs. of picture frames, 6 Crosby block. 
Childs Arthur W., (Brattleboro Telephone Exchange,) clerk for Cudworth & 
Childs, bds 25 Green. 



346 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Childs Fred L., reed maker, h 8 Clark. 

CHILDS FRED W., (Cudworth & Childs,) (Brattleboro Telephone 

Exchange,) h 36 Green. 
CHILDS WALTER H., (Brattleboro Telephone Exchangs,) book-keeper 

for Estey Organ Co., h 25 Green. 
Choate George W., machinist, h 49 Green. 
Choate Henry G., butcher, Esterbrook ave. 
Choate Sarah J., widow of George W., h 49 Green. 
CHURCH JONATHAN A., contractor and builder, manuf. of doors, sash 

and bhnds, and house furnishing goods, and dealer in wood and lumber, 

also prop, of custom feed mill, Frost st., h 50 Green. 
CLAPP ARTHUR B., (Randall & Clapp,) wholesale dealer in watches and 

jewelry, 137 Main, h 133 do. 
Clancey Charles C, jig sawyer for J- Estey & Co., breeder and dealer in pure 

bred white Leghorn, light Bramah and black Spanish fowls, h 18 Forest. 
Clapp George H., (Cheney & Clapp,) h Main. 
Clark Alfred L., wood carver for J. Estey & Co., h 49 Green. 
CLARK BARNA A., dealer in hardware, mechanics' tools, cutlery, doors, 

sash and blinds, paints, oils, glass, farming tools, &c., 5 Crosby block, h 

1 1 Walnut. 
CLARK CHARLES S., surgeon and mechanical dentist, Granite block, 

Main, residence West Brattleboro. 
CLARK EDWARD, wholesale and retail dealer in pianos and organs, office 

4 and 5 Granite Row, Main, h 8 Oak. 
Clark Ellen E., widow of Marshall N., tailoress, residence Tyler block, Main. 
Clark Ellsworth M., printer, bds Tyler block, Main. 
Clark Eugene, machinist, h 93 Frost. 

Clark Frank, photograph printer for C. E. Howe & Son, bds Harris place. 
Clark Frank H., clerk for Lillis & Smith, bds American House. 
Clark Frank W., works for J. Estey & Co., h Central. 
CLARK GEORGE H., surveyor and farmer 300, h South Canal. 
CLARK GEORGE W., carriage and wagon manuf., Spring st., bds Ameri-. 

can House. 
CLARK HENRY G., dealer in milk, dairy 20 cows, apple orchard 250 trees, 

and with Geo. H., farmer 300, h South Canal st. 
Clark Nellie M., compositor, bds Tyler block. Main. 
Clark Orion, barber, h Elliot. 

Clark Stillman H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 87 Frost. 
CLARKE RANSLURE W., ist asst. judge of the county court, attorney 

and counselor at law, justice of the peace, master in chancery and U. 

S. commissioner, office Crosby block, h 36 High. 
Clarkson John H., coachman for Col. George W. Hooker, h Forest. 
Clary George L., electrician at Telephone Exchange and taxidermist, bds 

30 High. 
Clay Benjamin M., machinist, h 10 Washington. 

Cleves William B., (Cleves & Ryan,) p. o. address South Orange, New Jersey. 
Cleves & Ryan, (W. B. Cleves and Francis G. Ryan,) agts. of Brattleboro 

Sewing Maching Co., and general selling agents, r 30. 
CLISBEE HERBERT C, agent for Lon*e Star pump, h Vernon cor Reed. 
Coates Ezekiel B., carpenter and joiner, h 28 Washington. 
Cobb Charles L., works for J. Estey & Co., h 14 Pearl cor Central. 
Cobb Daniel P., blacksmith, Canal, h 14 Pearl cor Central. 
Colburn Charles O., employee J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 347 

Colburn Lizzie T., compositor, h 9 Cedar. 

Colburn Saraphina. widow of Norman M., h 9 Cedar. 

Cole Oscar, works for J. Estey & Co., h 15 Green. • 

Cole William L.,",works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington. 

COLLINS WILLIAM H., A. M., rector St. Michael's Episcopal church, h 
Tyler. 

Colt George M., laborer, h Elliot. 

Corning Martha, widow of W. F., h High. 

Conant Charles S., carriage trimmer, h 20 Canal. 

Conant Frank, laborer, bds 20 Canal. 

Conant William A., violin manufacturer, 20 Canal, h do. 

CONLAND JAMES, physician and surgeon, Crosby block, h Walnut. 

Connell Julia, widow of James, h r 51. 

Conners Frank P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h High. 

Conners John, brick mason, h off Cedar. 

Cook Albert L., gas fitter and tinsmith, h Estey St., Esteyville. 

Cook Cyrus H., engineer, h Flat. 

Cook Edwin, works for J. Estey & Co., h Canal. 

COOK GEORGE P., retired physician, h 5 Spruce. 

Cook James G., barber and hair dresser, Main St., bds Brooks House. 

COOK MARK H., farmer, h 37 South Main. 

Cook Marvin J., molder, h 49 Elliot. 

COOK OSCAR W., painter and paper hanger, h Clark. 

Cooley David, carpenter, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Cooley Layton E., brakeman N. L. N. R. R., h r 51. 

Cooley Linus, farmer, leases of N. L. N. R. R. Co. 20, r 51. 

Cooley Nelson, works for J. Estey & Co., h Reed. 

Cooper Enoch L., proprietor dining rooms, dealer in fruits, ice cream, con- 
fectionery, cigars, &c., 65 Mam, h do. 

Corbett Jerome, works for J. Estey &. Son, h Central. 

Cornell Walter, upholsterer for G. B. Kirwan &Co., South Main. 

Cox Allen V., (A. V. Cox & Co.,) h 40 Main. 

Cox Allen V. & Co., dealers in stoves and hardware, manufacturers of tin- 
ware, 38 Main. 

Cox Harterowe, widow of Aurin, h Canal. 

Cressy Romanzo C, apiarist 10 swarms, h 35 High. 

Croft" George, works for J. Estej' & Co., h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Crosby Edward, (E. Crosby &Co.,) proprietor Crosby block, h Western ave, 

Crosby Edward C., (E. Crosby & Co.,) h 5 Oak. 

Crosby E. & Co., (Edward Crosby, Edward C. Crosby and Leroy F. Adams,) 
wholesale commission dealers in flour and mill feed, 9 Crosby block, 
Main. 

Crosby Nelson, farmer, 5 Chase, aged 80 years. 

Crothers Nancy A., widow of John M., h High. 

Crothers Samuel M., pastor Unitarian church, h High. 

CROWELL GEORGE E., (Higby Sewing Machine Co., Brattleboro Tool 
Co., and E. P. Carpenter Organ Co.,) editor and proprietor of T/ie 
Household, dealer in real estate, h 8 Spruce. 

Cudworth T. J. B., (Cudworth & Childs,) h 42 High. 

CUDWORTH & CHILDS, (T. J. B. Cudworth and Fred W. Childs,) gen- 
eral insurance and real estate agents, 10 Crosby block. 

CUMMINGS ALEXANDER, blacksmith for B. & W. R. R., h iS South 
Main. 



348 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Cummings Josiah E., manager for the Singer Manufacturing Company for 
Windham county, ^^ Elliot St., h Main. 

Cummings Patrick, laborer, h Elliot 

Cune William P.. pres. Vermont National Bank, h Main. 

CUNNINGHAM PATRICK, pastor St. xMichael's Catholic church, h 
Walnut. 

Cunningham William A., machine tender at paper mill, h South Main. 

Curran WiUiam J., clerk, bds North Mam. 

CURRIER ABRAM J., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 71 Frost. 

CURRIER CHARLES E., engineer at Vermont Asylum for insane, h Asy- 
lum St. 

Currier Henry M., mail agent between Springfield, Mass., and Newport, Vt., 
h Crosby block. 

Cutler Albert E., helper in Household office, hg Maple. 

Cutler George, dealer in boots and shoes, 18 Main, h Oak. 

Cutler Harrison G., with Jonas, dealer in milk and farmer 60, h Chase cor 
Oak. 

Cutler Henry S., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 South Main. 

Cutler Jonas T., farmer 60, in Vernon 73 acres, h Chase cor Oak. 

Cutting Charles, clerk, h 44 Elliot. 

Cutting Charles C, clerk at Farmers' and Mechanics' Exchange, bds Elm cor 
Elliot. 

Daley John, laborer, h South Main. 

Dalton Caroline M., h Asylum st. 

Dalton James, resident, h Spring. 

Darling Emma, widow, h Washington. 

DAVENPORT ALONZO C, dealer in groceries and provisions, 3 Crosby 
block, Main, h Green. 

DAVENPORT CHARLES H., editor and prop, of the Windham Co. Re- 
former, 7 Main, h prospect cor Pearl. 

Davis Achsah, widow of John G., aged 91 years, bds Chestnut st., Esteyville. 

Davis Addie F., asst. editor Vermont Reformer, bds, 43 Main. 

Davis Alexander H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 81 Frost. 

Davis Benjamin, laborer, h South Main. 

Davis Frank C, works for J. Estey <& Co., h Estey st., Esteyville. 

Davis Fred T., clerk, bds 8f Frost. 

Davis John, organ tuner and inspector, h School. 

Davis John, house painter, h Chestnut st., Esteyville. 

Davis Lafayette L., (Selleck & Davis,) h South Main cor Esterbrook ave. 

Dean Harry H., clerk, bds High cor Oak. 

DEARBORN DAVID P.,homeo. physician and surgeon, office and residence 
North Main. 

Dearborn Lyman H., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 Western ave. 

Dearborn Peter, retired, aged 83 years, h 27 Western ave. 

Demers Peter, works for J. Estey & Co., h Pine. 

Demming Albert, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. 

DeMouche Louis P., cigarmaker, bds Brattleboro House. 

Detrich Louise, widow of Lewis, h Elliot. 

Devens Henry, retired merchant, h i North. 

DeVine John, laborer, h Elliot. 

DeVine Thomas, road master on B. & W. R. R., h 14 Clark. 

De Wolf Philip, machinist, h Maple. 

DeWolf Reuben W., village express, h High. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 349 

Deyo Charles, laborer, li Pine. 

Deyo George, brakeman, N. L N. R. R., h 38 Elliot. 

Deyo Moses, stone mason, h South Main. 

Dickerman Emily, widow of John L., h 25 Elliot. 

*DICKINSON CHAUNCEY B., fancy and domestic baker, dealer in choice 

confectionery, teas, coffees, spices, &c., 57 Main, h 7 Clark. [Card on 

page 374-] 
Dickinson Emma, widow, h Tyler st. 

DICKINSON LUCY S., (Mrs. C. B.) dressmaker, h 7 Clark. 
Die Catharine, widow of John, h Elliot. 
Ditto William A., organ tuner, bds Main. 
Divoc John, employee of J. Estey & Co., Frost. 
Donahue Ellen, widow of Patrick, h Elliot. 

Donovan , cigarmaker, rooms Tyler block, Main.^ 

Doolin Abbey, widow of Patrick., h Elliot. 

DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., manuf. and dealer in wood and lumber, and 

farmer 200, h i Western ave. 
Doolittle Sophia A., dressmaker, Union block, Main. 
Doolittle Warren, dealer in wood and lumber, h near Reed. 
Dougherty James, barber, h 44 Elliot. 
DOWLEY GEORGE S., notary public, cashier Vermont National Bank, h 

Green. 
Dowley George W., printer, h Vine cor Pleasant. 

Dowley Merritt J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Pleasant St., Esteyville. 
DOWNER DAVID E., stone mason, h Birge cor Canal. 
DOYLE MICHAEL, supt. of R. Bradley's green house and grounds, h 

Tyler st. 
Doyle Morris, laborer, h Elliot. 
Drake Zetta, dressmaker, bds Green. 
DRAPER JOSEPH, M. D., supt. and physician at Vermont Asylum for 

Insane, bds do. 
DriscoU Michael, laborer, h Elliot. 

DROWN FRANK E., (Drown & Bliss) bds Brooks House. 
Drown John M., stone cutter and horse trainer, h Maple. 
*DROVVn & BLISS, (Frank E. D. and Frank H. B.) dealers in boots, shoes, 

rubbers, etc., Brooks House block. [Card on page 390.] 
Drury Oscar, clerk at Cooper's dining rooms, bds 65 Main. 
Duane Michael, laborer, h Vernon. 

Dugan John, works for J. Estey & Co., h Locust St., Esteyville. 
Duggan Dennis, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Vine st., Esteyville. 
Duggan Jerry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine St., Esteyville. 
Dundin Michael, laborer, h r 51. 
DUNKLEE ADDISON R., (son of Richmond) foreman of finishing dep't, 

Estey Organ Works. 
Dunklee Albert E., clerk for S. Dunklee, bds Maple St., Esteyville. 
DUNKLEE BETSEY, widow of Jesse S., h Maple St., Esteyville. 
DUNKLEE SCOTT, agent for New Home sewing machines, organs and 

pianos, crockery and glassware. 
Dunlevy John, tailor for Pratt, Wright & Co., h 45 Green. 
Dunlevy John B., pressman for Prart, Wright & Co., h Esteyville. 
Dunton Jennie B., dressmaker, h Brattleboro House. 
Durfee Charles A., commercial traveler, h High. 
Dutton Daniel, marble worker, h Green cor School. 



35© BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Dutton Daniel D., marble worker, h Thomas. 

Button Caroline, boarding-house, 3 Oak st. 

Dutton Electa, widow of Stephen, h 3 Oak. 

Dutton Emma, h 22 Green. 

Dutton Sylvia, widow of Samuel, h 22 Green. 

Dutton William A., manuf. and dealer in all kinds of marble and granite 
goods, monuments, headstones, mantles, bracket shelves. Depot St., h 
Main. 

Dwight Ella G., dress and cloak maker, Crosby block. 

Eager William P., asst. telegraph operator, bds near South Main. 

Eames John, retired farmer aged 76 years, bds 29 Washington cor Prospect. 

Eason Warren E., supt. Chestnut Hill reservoir, policeman, h Green. 

Eaton John H., laborer, h South Main. 

Eddy Amasa T., clerk at freight office, dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, 
3 Main, h 41 do. 

Eddy Charles H., (C. H. Eddy & Co.) h 85 Clark. 

Eddy C. H. & Co., (Charles H. Eddy and George A. Eels, manuf. of ginger 
ale and soda, birch and tonic beer. Flat. 

Eddy Henry A., son of C. H. Eddy, bds Clark. 

Eddy Jonathan G., (Martin & Eddy) h Green. 

Eddy Nelson L., carpenter and joiner, h 53 High. 

Edgarton Otis, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Canal. 

Edson Joseph, painter for J. Estey & Co., h 44 Elliot. 

Edwards Albert, clerk, bds 10 Prospect. 

Edwards Edward, retired carriage maker, h 12 Prospect. 

EDWARDS FANNIE A., widow of F. C, boarding house, Elliot. 

EDWARDS SIMON W., manager of Ambrose Knapp's store, h 3 Flat. 

Edwards Solomon H., works for Smith «S: Hunt, h 10 Prospect. 

Eels George A., (C. H. Eddy & Co.) h Canal. 

Eldridge Lavinia, dressmaker, h South Main. 

Ellis David, teamster, h Cedar. 

Ellis Frank N., engineer at paper mill, h Flat. 

Ellis Frankhn N., paper maker, h Flat. 

Ellis William T., carpenter, h 3 South Main. 

ELMER ESTELLA, (Mrs. J. P.) teacher of Latin, asst. teacher in High 
School, h 73 Frost. 

ELMER JAMES P., marble worker, h 73 Frost. 

Elmer Lucian A., butcher, h 87 Frost. 

Elmer Maria, widow of Reuben, h 73 Frost. 

Endlizh Charles G.. hostler, h 30 Prospect. 

Erikson Emel, works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington. 

Esterbrook George W., tinsmith h 4 Green. 

Esterbrook Oscar D., (Pratt, Wright & Co.) vice-prest. Brattleboro Savings 
Bank, bds VValnut. 

ESTERBROOK WILLIAM H., retired merchant, h 30 Western ave. 

Estey Isaac B., farmer 40, h Asylum. 

ESTEY JACOB, prest. Estey Organ Co., h 44 Canal. 

Estey James F., vice-prest. and supt. Valley Mill Co., h 29 Green. 

ESTEY JULIUS J. Col., treas. Estey Organ Co., vice-prest. People's Na- 
tional Bank, h School cor Elliot. 

ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY, Jacob Estey, prest. ; L. K. Fuller, vice- 
prest. ; J. J. Estey, treas. ; manuf. of cottage organs, Birge. 

ESTEY WALLACE A., asst. engineer at Vermont Asylum for Insane, 
bds do. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 35 I 

Everest Jennie, nurse, h South Main. 

Fagnan Henry, laborer, h South Main. 

Fairbanks Charles, special examiner U. S. pension bureau, h Clark. 

FARMER'S AND MECHANICS' EXCHANGE STORE, E. W. Harlow, 
manager ; L. M. Howe, prest. ; groceries and provisions, Leonard block, 
Elliot. 

FARNSWORTH E. MARIA, (Mrs. R. H.) dress and cloak maker, Leon- 
ard block, Elliot, h Western ave. 

FARNSWORTH ROBURTUS H., carpenter and builder, h Western ave. 

Farr Emery, works for J. Estey & Co., h 25 High. 

Farr Sidney H., express messenger on B. & W. R. R., h Thomas. 

FAULKNER WILLIAM A., notary public, and cashier People's National 
Bank, h 37 Green. 

Fay Albert, laborer, h Chestnut st., Estey ville. 

Fay Daniel A., cabinet maker for Nash & Jacobs, h Esteyville. 

Fay George N., employee of J. L. Ray, h 16 Main. 

Fennio Joseph, laborer, h Washington. 

Fenton John, blacksmith, h Clark. 

Fenton Joseph J., clerk for Pratt, Wright & Co., bds Elliot. 

Fenton Patrick, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 

Fenton Patrick, machinist, h Grove. 

Fenton Thomas, blacksmith, h Clark. 

Ferriter Eugene, laborer, h Spring. 

Ferriter James, laborer, h Vernon. 

Ferriter Luke, laborer, h Chase cor Forest. 

FIELD ASA S., supt. of action department Estey Organ Co., h Prospect cor 
Pearl. 

Field Julia, widow of Charles K., h 6 Walnut. 

Fenton Joseph, laborer, h EUiot. 

Fenton Joseph, Jr., laborer, bds Elliot. 

Fenton Mary, widow of John, h Vernon. 

First Regimental Band Orchestra, John B. Simonds director, band room 
Harmony block. 

Fisher Emery, works for J. Estey & Co., h Estey st , Esteyville. 

Fisher Fred, carpenter, h Cedar cor Maple. 

Fisher George E., mechanic, h Western ave. 

Fisher Lucinda E., (Mrs. Geo.) dressmaker, h Western ave. 

Fisk Love C, widow of James, h Main. 

Fitzgerald Patrick, laborer, h Vernon. 

Fitzgerald Timothy, laborer, h Canal. 

FLAGG EMERSON E., manuf. of Flagg's Japanese Pain ReUevo, and shav- 
ing soap, 14 Prospect. 

Flam John^ laborer, h Elliot. 

Flannigan Conrad, laborer, h Vernon. 

Flannigan Cornelius, steam and gas fitter, h Vernon. 

Fleming Catharine, widow of William, aged 75 years, h Cedar cor Maple. 

FLEMING PATRICK, carpenter and builder, works for B. & W. R. R. Co., 
h Cedar cor Maple. 

Fletcher Henry, prop, of saw and shingle-mill, Birge St., and in Chesterfield, 
N. H., owns farm of 250 acres, h 55 Canal. 

Fletcher Willie H., son of flenry, bds 55 Canal. 

Flood James, laborer, bds Green st. 

Flood John, railroad engineer, h near Reed. 



352 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



Flood Mary, widow of John, h near Reed. 

Foley Bart J., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Frost. 

Foley Bartholomew, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 77 Frost. 

Foley Hugh, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 77 Frost. 

Foley John J., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 77 Frost. 

FOSTER EDWIN A., mechanical work at J. Estey 8^ Co.'s, h Estey cor 

Organ. 
Foster E. P., clerk for Cheney & Clapp, bds Oak. 
Foster Sylvester F., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 
Fowler Charles, repairer of boots and shoes, and dealer in leather and find- 
ings, South Mam cor Canal, h 18 Washington. 
Fowler Myra, widow, h Esterbrook ave. 
Fox Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elm. 
Fox Frank E., house^ sign and ornamental painter, Crowell building, Elliot 

St., h Elm. 
Fox Harriet, tailoress, h 40 Green. 
Fox Horace, retired farmer aged 80 years, h 46 Canal. 
Fox Susan, tailoress, h 40 Green. 

FRANCIS PARKER B., owner of Lawrence & Wesselhoeft water cure build- 
ings, 55 Elliot. 
Franklin Hattie, widow of Oscar B., h Vine cor Locust. 
Franks Frederick H., commercial traveler, h High. 
Freeman Ina N. Miss, clerk, bds 51 Main. 

French Horace C, works for J. Estey & Co., h Reed cor Vernon. 
FRENCH OLIN L., (French & Stedman,) h 30 High. 
FRENCH & STEDMAN, (O. L. F. and D. B. S.,) publishers and proprs. 

of Vertnont Phoenix, Main. 
Frink Edward L., clerk, bds 19 High. 
FRINK URBAN W., dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, silver and plated 

ware, &:c.. Main, h 39 Green. 
Frizzell Soronzo, wheelwright, h Reed. 
Frost Ashey, laborer, h South Main. 

FROST EDWARD G., sec'y and treas. Valley Mill Co., h Whipple lane. 
FROST EUGENE, (Brattleboro Ice Company,) dealer in German carp for 

stocking fish ponds, farmer 80, h Flat. 
Frost Horace P., (Alden & Frost.) bds Esteyville. 
Frost John W., president of Valley Mill Company, h 29 Green. 
Frost Myron A., laborer, h South Main. 
Frost Wells S., (Frost & Proctor,) h 26 High. 
Frost & Proctor, (Wells S. F. and Wm. H. P.,) wholesale and retail dealers 

in groceries, flour, produce and fertilizers, 8 Crosby block. 
Fuller Charles D., Baptist clergyman, aged 71 years, h 40 Clark. 
Fuller George W., engineer and general machinist and supt. of gas works for 

J Estey & Co., h Estey st. 
FULLER LEVI K. Col., (Estey Organ Co.,) pres. Brattleboro Sewing 

Machine Co., h Canal. 
Fuller Washington, wood worker, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Estey st. 
Gagnol Ned, laborer, h Washington. 
Gaheen John, laborer, h Vernon. 

Gale Agnes D., teacher of instrumental music, h 24 South Main. 
GALE GEORGE F., physician and surgeon, geiieral manager of the Higby 

Sewing Machine Co., office and residence 24 Green. 
Galvin John, tinsmith, h Cedar. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 353 

Gates Asa, switchman, h South Main. 

GEDDIS WILLIAM R., dealer in books, stationery, wall paper, picture 
frames, window shades and fancy goods, wall paper a specialty, 115 
Main, h 33 Green. 
Geiss Thomas, organ finisher, h Brook road, 
Gibbs Almon B., carpenter, h Wesselhoeft place. 
Gibson Blanch, matron at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. 
Gibson Emerson, blacksmith, h Elliot. 

Gibson Florence E., female supervisor at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. 
Gibson Harriet, (Mrs. Emerson,) dressmaker, h Elliot. 
Gibson Jane M., widow of Otis, h 6 Clark. 

GILBERT LEWIS F., wood carver for J. Estey & Co., h 6 Pearl. 
Gilbert Mary E., widow, tailoress, h Elliot. 

Gilkey Asa, supt. of farm of Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Asylum. 
Gill Eugene, molder, bds Elliot. 

Gilson Willis D., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 91 Frost. 
Gleason Austin J., retail dealer in coal, office 63 Main, h Elliot. 
Gleason Fred B., clerk for B. A. Clark, bds Elliot. 
Goddard Walter F., printer, h South Main. 
Goodale Arden B., laborer, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
Goodale Ceylon, laborer, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
Goodale Eliza R., widow of Jason O., h Chestnut st., Esteyville. 
Goodell Myron G., farmer, works at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Asylum st. 
GOODHUE FRANCIS, director of Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R. and 
Vermont & Massachusetts R. R., and manager of Brooks House, 
Main st. 
Goodner Ivon W., stenographer for J. Estey & Co., h 15 Maple. 
Goodnow Edwin, employee of J. Estey & Co, h 6 Clark. 
GOODRICH PHINEAS, contractor and builder, h 3 Chase. 
Gorborino Angelo, dealer in fruits, nuts and confectionery. Main st., bds 

Cooper's restaurant. 
Gordon Emma E., assistant editor of Household Magazine, bds Main cor 

Terrace. 
Gordon Margaret, widow of James, bds High. 
Gordon Mary S., landscape painter, bds Main cor Terrace. 
Gordon Robert E., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 South Main. 
Gordon Sarah M., widow of George, h Main cor Terrace. 
Gordon William E , clerk for W. R. Geddis, bds South Main. 
Gore Laura, widow of Hiram, h Grove. 

Gould Charles, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Brattleboro House. 
GOULD WILLIAM, plumber, gas and steam fitter dealer in lead, iron and 
brass pipe, and manuf. of- and dealer in pumps, also coppersmith, Clark, 
h do. 
Gould William B., plumber with William, h Clark. 
Grady James, yard master for R. R., h Elm. 
Grady Kate, widow of Dennis, h Vernon. 
Granhering Fred W., tailor, aged 72. h 54 Elliot. 
Graves Albert H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut cor Locust,. 

Esteyville. 
Gray Ralph R., conductor N. S. N. R. R., residence Brattleboro House. 
Green Everett, employee of J. Estey & Co.,h 91 Frost. 
GREEN FRANK W. Jr., bill poster and clerk at I. N. Thorn & Son's, 
bds Elliot. 
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BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 



GREEN FRANK W. Sr., laborer, h Elliot. 

GREENE GEORGE E., manuf. and dealer in Greene's cough remedy and 

sarsaparilla compound, dealer in drugs and medicines, trusses, surgical 

instruments, special attention given to fitting trusses, 63 Main, h 50 

Canal. 
Greene Louis D., drug clerk, h 47 Canal. 

Gregg Andrew R., prop. Brattleboro iron foundry, Frost St., h 17 Green. 
Gregg James W., physician and surgeon, office 119 Main, h 12 North Main. 
Gregg Patrick, house painter, h Brook road. 
Griffin Mary, widow of John, h Vernon. 
Griffin Michael, laborer, h Vernon. 
Griffin Patrick, laborer, h Bridge. 
Griswold Sarah E., dressmaker, bds 30 Clark. 
Grout Marshall, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Canal cor Clark. 
Guiheen Patrick, laborer, h South Main. 
Guild S. Fred, pressman at D. Leonard's, bds Western ave. 
HACKLEY HUGH H., organ case maker for J. Estey & Co., h 2 Spruce. 
HADLEY HANNABAL, retired, h 43 High. 
Hadley Warren H., laborer, h Brattleboro House. 
Hagen Frank, laborer, h 76 Elliot. 
Haigh Walter, tailor, bds 40 Clark. 
Hall A. B., resident, h Green. 
Hall Annie M. Miss, miUinery and fancy goods, 117 Main, up stairs, bds 133 

Main. 
Hall Aurelius P., blacksmith, 2 shops. Main and Flat sts., h Elliot. 
Hall Catharine C, widow of John, h High. 
HALL J. EDWARD, book-keeper, Estey Organ Co., organist at Baptist 

church, h 21 Western ave. 
Hall Martha A., widow of James, dressmaker, h 37 Elliot. 
Hall Marvin, plumber, h Reed. 
Hall Warren, retired carpenter, bds 52 High. 
Halladay Henry O., works for C. H. Eddy & Co., bds Clark. 
Handlin Ellen, widow of Edward, h Clark. 
Handlin James, engine wiper, bds Clark. 
Hanlon James, engine wiper, bds Depot. 
Hannon Thomas, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 47 Canal. 
Hanrahan Susie, clerk, bds 3 Flat. 
Hapgood Marshall, laborer, h School. 
Hardie Robert Gordon, retired, h 53 Canal. 
Hardie Robert Gordon, Jr., artist, bds 53 Canal. 
Harding Henry H., retired, bds 58 ElHot. 
Harlow Edwin W., manager of Farmers' and Mechanic^' Exchange store, 

dealer in groceries and provisions, Leonard's block, h Elm. 
Harris Albert R., carpenter and joiner, h Washington, cor Central. 
HARRIS BRODEN D., president of Brattleboro Savings Bank, contractor 

of railroads and other public works, h 15 Main. 
Harris Charles A., asst. treasurer Brattleboro Savings Bank, bds 6 Oak. 
Harris Frederick H., (Harris & Butterfield,) h Oak. 
Harris Herbert, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 38 Green. 
Harris Jennie W., widow of Frank W., h cor Asylum and Main. 
Harris Lorenzo, employee of Smith & Hunt, h 73 Frost. 
Harris Marcus L., R. R. engineer, h Canal. 

Harris Nancy, widow of Joshua, aged 80 years, bds with A. R., Washing- 
ton cor Center. 



BRATTLEBOkO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 355 

Harris Wilder, retired, aged 86 years, h 44 High. 

Harris & Butterfield, (Frederick H. H. and Oscar H. B., contractors and 
builders. 

'Hart Ann E., widow of Charles, h Green. 

Hart Morris, employee of J Estey & Co., h 55 EUiot. 

Hart James, shoemaker, h Elliot. 

Haskell Walter, hostler bds with Dr. Webster. 

HASKINS HILAND, carpenter, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 85 Frost. 

HASKINS KITTREDGE. (Haskins & Stoddard,) U. S. att'y for District 
of Vermont, notary public and justice of the peace, h The Terrace. 

Haskins Laura J., widow of George C. h Canal cor Maple, owns 2 acres. 

HASKINS & STODDARD, (Kittredge H. and Edgar W. S.,) att'ys and 
counselors at law, masters in chancery, office Crosby block, Main. 

Hastings Albert B., organ tuner, bds 49 High. 

Hastings Bertha A., dressmaker, bds Canal. 

Hastings Eliza, widow of Frank, nurse, h 49 High. 

Hastings John L., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 55 Elliot. 

Hatch Damaris N., widow of Alonzo, h 10 Cedar. 

Hawley Newton E., dealer in dry goods, corner store Brooks House block, 
h North Main. 

Hayes John D., brakeman New London & Northern R. R., bds Depot. 

Hayes Kate, widow of John, h Depot. 

Hayes Simon F., brakeman New London and Northern R. R., bds Depot. 

Haywood Jerry E., carpenter and joiner, h Walnut. 

Haywood Walter L.. organ tuner, h Oak. 

Haywood William H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 57 Elliot. 

Heald Willam F., spring maker at Estey's, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Heaphy Lawrence, laborer, h Cedar. 

Heaphy William A., 2d, clerk at Brooks House, bds do. 

Heaphy Nichols, laborer. Cedar. 

Heath Emma F. Miss, clerk for P. Barrov/s, bds Prospect. 

Heath George, laborer, bds Elliot. 

Heath George W., works for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Prospect. 

Hendrix Lewis, cigarmaker, h Elliot. 

HENKEL CH.A.RLES, designer and wood carver for J. Estey & Co. since 
i860, h 75 Frost. 

Hennessey Michael, laborer, h Elliot. 

HERRICK DWIGHT L., apiarist 36 colonies, organ tuner, h 6 Wash- 
ington. 

HERRICK SETH N., deputy sheriff, ist selectman, constable, sheriff, auc- 
tioneer, notary public, farmer 40, office Union block. Main, h 135 Main. 

Hescock Rinaldo N., works for J. Estey & Co., h Estey St., Esteyville. 

Heustis Joseph F., (Heustis & Burnap) h Elliot. 

HEUSTIS & BURNAP, (Joseph F. H. and John W. B.) manufs. and deal- 
ers in harness, sadlery, trunks, 20 Main cor Flat. 

Higby George, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Brook. 

Higby Luther E., inventor of Higby sewing machines, supt. of Higby Sewing 
Machine Company, h 10 Spruce. 

Higby Sewing Machine Co., Parley Starr, president ; Harry R. Lawrence, 
sec'y ; George Dowley, treas. ; Dr. G. F. Gale, gen'l supt. ; Elliot. 

Higgins Charles, organ tuner, h 26 Green. 

Higgins Charles L.. organ tuner, h Thomas. 

HIGGINS IRA S., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co. since 1865, h 58 Canal. 



356 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

HIGGINS LEWIS S., prop, livery and boarding stable, i Oak, h do. 

Higgins Michael, engine wiper, h 76 Elliot. 

Higginson Anna S., resident, h Asylum. 

Higgison William, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. 

Hildreth Austin O., carriage painter, h Spring. 

Hildreth Edwin L., printer, bds 3 Oak. 

Hildreth Frank, prop, billiard rooms, Main, h High. 

Hildreth Joseph T., wheelwright, h 65 Frost. 

Hiler Edwin A., works for J. Estey & Co., h Pearl. 

HINES ALONZO H., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. 

Hines George A., civil engineer and surveyor, architect, also employee of J, 

Estey & Co., h 51 Canal. 
Hines Maria, widow of Arnold J., h 51 Canal. 
Hiscock Mary, widow of Adin, dressmaker, h 57 Elliot. 
Hodgkins Clarence, clerk, bds Elliot. 
Hodgkins Clifton, carpenter, bds Pine. 

Hodgkins Martin O., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 91 Frost. 
Holbrook Frederick Hon., trustee of Vermont Insane Asylum, president of 

Vermont Savings Bank, h 4 Walnut. 
Holden Fred H., drug clerk for G. E. Greene, bds Washington. 
HOLDEN JAMES H., superintendent for J. Estey & Co., organ manufs., h 

15 Washington st. 
Holmes Eugene E., machinist, h 27 Green. 
Holmes Fred, machinist, bds 27 Green. 

Holton Eleon L., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine cor Locust. 
HOLTON HENRY D., physician and surgeon, lecturer on materia medica 

and general pathology at University of Vermont, chairman of school 

committee, office and residence Main cor Walnut. 
HOOKER GEORGE W. Col., town representative, sergent-at-arms in 

House of Representatives and manuf. of hardware, h Main. 
Hopkinson Albert, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. 
Hopkinson Frederick P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. 
Horner George, laborer, h Tyler. 
Horton Andrew J., laborer, h 48 Canal. 
Horton Charles F., works for C. H. Eddy & Co., h High. 
Horton Frank T., baker, h Elliot. 
Horton Hiram B., retired, h 48 Canal. 
HORTON MARY A., widow of Henry R., h 10 Chase. 
Horton Minnie E., compositor. Reformer office, h 10 Chase st. 
HORTON WILLIAM C, book-keeper at freight office, h 81 Frost. 
Hough Elias W., organ tuner, h 58 Elliot.. 
Houghton Bertha, clerk, bds Crosby block. 
Houghton Ada E., compositor, Crosby block. 
Houghton Carrie, compositor, Refcr7}ier office, h Tyler block. 
Houghton Frank, clerk, h 26 South Main. 
Houghton Frank 11., book-keeper, h Tyler block. 
Houghton Fred G., machinist, h Birge. 
Houghton Harvey, carpenter, h 24 Canal. 
Houghton John P., laborer, h Vernon. 
Houghton Sarah, widow of Geo. H., h 26 South Main. 
Houghton Henry F., dealer in dry goods, carpets and feathers, Main, h 29. 

High. 
HOUSEHOLD THE, a monthly magazine, George E. Crowell, editor and 

prop., 13 Crosby block. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 357 

HOUSH ESTHER T., widow of S. J., editor of H^oman at Work, h Green 

cor High. 
HOUSH FRANK E, publisher of Woman at Work, h Gieen cor High. 
Howard James G., works for J. Estey & Co., h 13 Western ave. 
Howard VV., laborer, bds Elh'ot. 
Howe Albert N., laborer, h Maple St., Esteyville. 
Howe Alice, music teacher, bds Harris place. 
Howe C. L. & Son, (Caleb L. and John C.,) photographers. Main cor Elliot, 

up stairs. 
Howe Caleb L., (C. L. Howe & Son,) h Harris place. 
HOWE CHARLES H., dealer in guns, rifles, pistols, powder and shooting 

material, repairer of guns, locks, keys, etc., 30 Main, opposite American 

House, bds Cooper's restaurant 
Howe Ezra O., shoemaker, works for A. F. Boynton, h South Main cor 

Washington. 
Howe Fred, assistant photographer for C. L. Howe & Son, bds with John C. 
Howe J. A. Miss, teacher in High School, bds Harris place. 
Howe John C, (C. L. Howe & Son,) h Main cor Elliot, up-stairs. 
Howe Jonathan C, employee of J. Estey & Co., chief engineer of the fire 

department, h Canal. 
Howe Liberty, retired farmer, bds Brook st. 
Howe Lorie, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Estey cor Organ. 
Howe Luman, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 18 Canal. 
Howe Moses B., billiard room, Crosby block, h High. 
Howe Otto R., clerk for B. A. Clark, bds Canal. 
Howe Wesley D., clerk, bds Main. 
Howland Elizabeth B., private school, h Asylum st. 

Hoyt Benjamin F., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., bds with G. Bhss, Main. 
Hoyt Elmer E. switchman on B. & W. R. R., bds 13 Green. 
Hoyt Sherman T., freight transferer for B. & W. R. R., h 13 Green. 
Hubbard Ada G., clerk, bds 16 Canal. 

Hubbard John E., blacksmith for Smith & Hunt, h 16 Canal. 
Hudson George W., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 
Hunt Arad, farmer, h r 51. 
Hunt John, farmer 200, h r 51. 
Hunt Sophia, widow of George A., h 7 Walnut. 
Hunter Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Spring. 
HUNTER HARLAN P., (Hunter & O'Neil.) 
HUNTER & O'NEIL, (H. P. Hunter and A. G. O'Neil,) practical stair 

builders and manufs. of stair builders' supplies, book-cases, desks, etc., 

to order, Flat st. 
HUNTLEY LYMAN J., wood turner for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Cedar. 
Hurley John F., machinist, h Elliot. 

Hyde James H., works for J. Estey & Co , h 32 Washington. 
Hyde William, aged 81 years, h 36 Green. 
Ingham Alfred M., general secretary of Young Men's Christian Association, 

room 4 Crosby block. 
Ingram Celia E., reed filer, bds Organ. 
Ingram Maria, widow of D wight, h Organ. 
Ingram VVillard, carpenter and joiner, h Brook. 
Jackson Fred C, clerk at freight ofiice, h 12 Canal. 
*JACOBS JAMES EUGENE, manuf. of patent folding furniture for camp 

and household use, EUiot st., h Western ave. [Card on page 390.J 



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BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 359 

Jacobs John, laborer, h 16 Forest. 

Jeftes George H., clerk at Brooks House, bds do. 

Jenne Clarence F. R., (Sherman & Jenne,) notary public, h 17 Western ave. 

JOHNSON ALANSON O., supt. of Brattleboro Gas Light Co., h EUiot. 

Johnson Annette, widow of David, h 29 South Main. 

Johnson Clarissa, h Elm. 

Johnson George, barber, h 55 Elliot. 

Johnson Joel, watchman for J. Estey & Co., h 9 Western ave. 

Jones Carlos K., clerk at Farmers' and Mechanics' Exchange, h 13 Canal. 

Jones Hozea A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Bridge. 

Jones James A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 6 Pearl. 

Jones Joseph L., employee of J. Estey & Co. since 1852, h 46 Elliot. 

Jones Varillas O., clerk for Cheney & Clapp, bds 5 Main. 

Joy J. Herman, organ finisher, h Elliot. 

Joy Jane, widow of Henry, tailoress, h 18 Canal. 

JOY JOHN M., machinist, h 82 EUiot. 

JOY MARY A., widow of Alonzo N., h cor High and Forest. 

Judge Thomas, dealer in boots and shoes, 32 Main, h South Main. 

Kathan Eunice A., (Mrs. Orrin,) h 63 Frost. 

Kathan Orrin, retired, aged 81 years, h 37 Elliot. 

Kaye Charles, mechanic, works for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Cedar. 

Keeler Theodore, cigarmaker, h Elliot. 

KELLOGG MIRANDA M., widow of Judge Daniel, h High. 

Kenney Will A., molder, h 57 Elliot. 

Kent Mary E., widow of F. B., h Canal. 

Kenyon Arthur, barber, bds Green. 

Keyes Albert, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 57 EUiot. 

Keyes Lorenzo D., farmer 30, h r 52. 

Keyes William, works for J. Estey & Co., h Central. 

Keyes Andrew W., arm shot off Sept. 6, 1883, at grand muster at St. Johns- 
bury, h Church. 

Kidder Cheseldon, gardener farmer 9, h South Main. 

Kidder Oscar, works for J. Estey & Co., h 13 Maple. 

KimbaU Fred, conductor B. & W. R. R., h Clark. 

Kimball Stephen W., retired tanner, h North Main. 

Kinney Lorenzo D., house painter, h 58 EUiot. 

Kinson William H., harnessmaker, works for Heustis & Burnap, h Clark. 

Kirkland Mary E., widow of Edward, h Walnut cor Main. 

Kirkland Samuel W., clerk for M. T. Van Doom & Son, bds Main cor Wal- 
nut. 

Kirwan Gerald B., unholsterer and dealer in furniture, Main, h South Main. 

Klinge WiUiam, upholsterer, h 98 Elliot. 

Knapp Ambrose, dealer in hats, caps, furs, gents' furnishing goods, &c., organ 
tuner and violinist, h Elliot. 

Knight Arthur E., works for J. Estey & Co., h 10 Pearl. 

Knight Betsey, widow of Elnathan, h 14 Main. 

Knight Jerome W., organ inspector for J. Estey & Co., h EUiot. 

Knight Oscar F., asst. carpenter at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Forest. 

Knight Spencer, works for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Pearl. 

KNIGHT WILDER, retired mechanic, h South Main cor Pearl. 

Knowlton Elbridge, teamster, h South Main. 

Knowlton Emery, dealer in horses, rooms Crosby block. 

Kohler Elias, organ tuner bds 58 Elliot. 



360 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Kuech Fred W.. manager for H. F. Houghton, bds Chase. 

LaBarron George, car inspector, h South Main. 

Lamb Mason, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Clark cor Canal. 

Lamson F. Morris, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. 

Lamson Meda, (Mrs. F. M.,)-prop. boarding house, Birge st. 

Landragan John, laborer, h Elliot. 

Lane Stillman, laborer, h Elliot. 

Larabee Eunice, widow of James, bds Elliot St., with Asa Sherwin. 

Lasee Jeffrey J., cigarmaker, h 54 Elliot. 

Laughton Anna P., treas. Vermont Refor?ner^ bds Brattleboro House. 

Lawrence Harry R., sec'y Higby Sewing Machine Co., and director of Brat- 
tleboro Tool Co., h South Main. 

LAWRENCE LEWIS N., practical druggist, h Main. 

Lawton Charles J., supt. Brattleboro village cemetery, h South Main. 

LAWTON SHAH.ER E., M. D., ist asst. physician at Vermont Asylum for 
Insane, bds do. 

Leach Forace J., engineer N. L. N. R. R., h Main. 

Leahy Kate W., (Mrs. David,) h Cedar. 

Leavitt Harry, operator at Telephone Exchange, bds North. 

Leavitt Mary V., widow of John V., h North. 

Lee Hing, Chinese laundry. Main, bds do. 

Lee John J , laborer, h Elliot. 

Lee Samuel W., pastor of Center Cong, church, parsonage North Main. 

Lee William, laborer, h South Main. 

Leightsinger Casper, retired, aged 73, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Leightsinger Casper, Jr., reed maker for J. Estey & Co., h 12 Cedar. 

I^eightsigner Ed., organ tuner, rooms, Crosby block. 

Leightsinger Emma E., (Mrs Casper,) music teacher, h 12 Cedar. 

Leightsinger Fred C, leader of First Regimental band, and organ tuner, h 
41 Canal. 

Lenox Robert, machinist. South Main. 

*LEONARD DEWITT, proprietor of Leonard's steam job printing house, 
engraving, &c., Harmony block, h 47 Green. [Card on page 358] 

LEONARD FRANK P., book-keeper People's National Bank, bds Ameri- 
can House. 

Leonard Henry O., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elliot cor Main. 

Leonard Orvice R., clerk for Retting Bros., bds Elliot. 

Leonard William, (Leonard & Roess,) h Asylum cor Chase. 

Leonard & Roess. (William Leonard and John D. Roess) manufacturers and 
wholesale and retail dealers in cigars, 4 Brooks block. 

Lillis Eliza, widow of Patrick, h Elm. 

Lillis James, clerk, bds Elliot. 

LILLIS JAMES A., clerk for Whitney & Co., bds 3 Spring. 

Lillis James J., clerk for Lillis vi: Smith, bds Elliot. 

Lillis John, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elm. 

Lillis Michael, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Lillis Michael H., emplojee E. P. Carpenter Organ Co. 

Lillis Patrick, farmer 30, h Spring. 

Lillis Thomas, slater, bds 11 Reed. 

LILLIS THOMAS J., (Lillis & Smith) bds Elliot. 

LILLIS & SMITH, (Thomas J. L. & George C. S.) dealers in groceries, 49 
Main. 

Lincoln Charles R., organ tuner, h 17 Canal. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 36 1 



Lindsey John A., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Clark. 

Lindsey Newell, teamster, h Clark. 

LINDSEY WILLARD, retired farmer 50 acres, h South Main. 

Liscom Sarah N., widow of John, h 57 Elliot. 

Livingston Addie, compositor Reformer o^ct, bds Elliot. 

Lonargan John, gardener, h Elliot. 

Long Daniel, laborer, h Cedar. 

Long Daniel, retired, h Elliot. 

Long Job, orgap finisher, h 1 5 Cedar. 

Long Thomas, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Loomis Nelson W., blacksmith, and breeder of Plymouth Rock, Buff Cochins 

and White Leghorn fowls, shop Elm. h Reed. 
Lord Edward A., works for J. Estey & Co., bds at Bliss restaurant. 
Lord Lysander, carpenter, h Forest. 

Lundberg Gustave T., works for J. Estey & Co., h 21 South Main. 
Lyman Asa T., employee of C. V. R. R., h 50 Elliot. 
Lyman Charles W., clerk at freight office, bds 50 Elliot. 
Lynch John, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 
Lynch Mary, widow of Patrick, h Green. 
Lynch Thomas, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 
Lynde Thomas J., laborer, h High. 
LYNDE WILLIAM W., wholesale dealer in flour, feed and grain, old Brat- 

tleboro House, h 26 Western ave. 
Lyon George K., employee of J. Estey & Co. h Chestnut st., Estey ville. 
Mack James, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Mack John P., foreman at Vinton's paper mill, h South Main cor Pine. 
Mack Oscar B., carpenter, h 31 Green. 
Maclellan William, works for J. Estey & Co., h 22 Prospect. 
Madden Margaret, widow of Martin, h Elliot, 
Mainard Leland, printer. Reformer office, bds Canal st. 
Mann Alice, compositor, Reformer office, bds Elliot. 

MANN NATHAN H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Central cor Pine. • 
Manning Bridget, widow of Thomas, h Elliot. 
MANNING DANIEL, h 28 Clark. (Died Jan. 5, '84.) 
Manning Daniel, laborer, bds Elliot. 
MANNING ELLEN, widow of Daniel, with J. D., dealer in coal and wood, 

h 28 Clark. 
Manning James, printer, bds Elliot. 
MANNING JAMES D., with Ellen, dealer in coal and wood and truckman, 

bds 28 Clark. 
Manning Michael, painter, bds Elliot. 
Manning Michael W., painter, h 96 Elliot. 
Manning Thomas, laborer, h Elliot. 

Manning Thomas, Jr., works for J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 
MANSUR CHARLES H., postmaster, h 34 Green. 
Marsh George, carpenter, h 9 Cedar. 
Marsh George D., carpenter, h 58 Elliot. 
Marshall Azor, retired, h High. 

Marshall Frank W., works for J. Estey & Co., h Highland. 
Marshall Oscar A., asst. cashier at People's National Bank, h Green. 
Marshall Sarah A., clerk for S. Dunklee, bds 89 Main. 
Martin Fred J., clerk, bds Reed cor Vernon. 
Martin John H., manuf. of wagons, carriages and sleighs, (successor to Ed. 

Edwards) Flat St., h 22 Prospect. 



362 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Martin Martin, retired, aged 87 years, h 76 Elliot. 

Martin Thomas, shoemaker, h Elliot. 

Martin William, restaurant and dining-room, 6 Elliot, h do. 

MARTIN & EDDY, (J. L. Martin and J. G. Eddy) attorneys and counselors 

at law, masters in chancery, pension and real estate agents, office over 

People's National Bank. 
MATTHEWS JAMES H., prop. American House, Main. 
Maxham J. A., organ tuner and prof, of vocal music, bds Elliot. 
MAY AMOS v., retired farmer, h 24 Prospect. 
May Catharine V., widow of John, h 2 Walnut. 
McCane Con, laborer, h Elliot. 
McCarty Bartholomew, laborer, h Vernon. 
McClure Albert T., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 31 Canal. 
McDonald Alfred M., cutter for Pratt, Wright & Co., h High cor Oak. 
McGuire Abbey, widow of John, h Birge. 
McGuire Patrick, brick mason, h Reed. 
McKee Hattie, (Mrs. M. A.) dressmaker, h Elliot. 
McKee Milton A., printer, h Elliot. 
McKenney Willie S., clerk for G. L. Lyons, of Greenfield, Mass., prop, of 

granite quarry, in West Dummerston, office Crosby block, bds Canal st. 
McMerriman Charles, engineer, h 9 Flat. 
McNulty James, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds EUiot. 
Mendon Alice F., widow of Granville A., h Walnut. 
Messer Garry, organ tuner, bds Main. 
Miller Austin, clerk, bds South Main. 

MILLER CHARLES A., cabinet maker at Estey organ works, h Main. 
Miller Charles F., ornamental painter for J. Estey & Co, h Elliot cor Green. 
MILLER DAVID W., dealer in all kinds of lumber, lath, shingles, etc., also 

contractor and builder, and prop, of boarding house, 19 Main. 
Miller Don H., cigarmaker, h Elliot cor Green. 
Miller Fred H., paper mill millwright, breeder and dealer in poultry, fancy 

pigeons, and ducks, h Forest. 
Miller Fred W., harness maker, 65 Elliot, h do. 
Miller George F., clerk for B. A. Clark, bds Elliot. 
Miller Henry H., harness maker for Heustis & Burnap, h School. 
Miller Lizzie L. Mrs., works for J. Estey tSc Co., h Maple St., Esteyville. 
Miller Mary, widow of Rodney, h 60 Canal. 
Miller Nathan W., harness maker, h Main. 
Miller William F., resident, h Elliot cor Green. 
Miner Sidney O., clerk for Pratt, Wright & Co., h Forest Square. 
Minhan Margaret, widow of Timothy, h Vernon. 
Mitchell Asa H., works for Smith & Hunt, h 22 Prospect. 
Mixer William F., supt. of D. B. Eaton's farm of 45 acres. North Main st. 
Monroe Alexander, works for J. Estey & Co., h 80 Elliot. 
Monroe Edmund, carpenter, h Chestnut st., Esteyville. 
Moody Malcolm, assistant treasurer Vermont Savings Bank, h 72 Western 

ave., outside corporation. 
Moody William H., (Barker & Moody) h Brattleboro House. 
Moore Frank A., engineer N. L. N. R. R., h Vernon st. 
Moore John, laborer, h Elliot. 

Moore John C, employee of J. Estey & Co., h School. 
Moore Maria, widow of David M., h 58 E^Uiot. 
Moore Wallace, employee of Leonard & Roess, h 49 Elliot. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 363 

Moore Wiley S., clerk for Leonard & Roess, h 48 Elliot. 

Moran Dennis J., works for J. Estey & Co., h 32 Washington. 

Moran Eugene, laborer, h High. 

Moran Newton T., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 

Moran Patrick, laborer, h Brook road, 

Moran Timothy, laborer, h Spruce. 

Moran William, laborer, h Elliot. 

Morris Fred, clerk, h Western ave. 

MORRIS FRED D., clerk for M. T. VanDoorn & Son, h 19 Western ave. 

Morris Isaac B., laborer, h Elliot. 

Morris Thomas B., cigarmaker, h i Chase. 

Morse Alice A., widow of Amherst, principal of 2d intermediate dept. of 
public school, h Grove. 

MORSE AUSTIN J., janitor of Brattleboro school buildings, h Asylum st. 

Morse Electa, widow of Sewall, h 30 Canal. 

Morse James H., organ tuner, h Organ. 

Morse Janette, widow of Sidney, h Elliot. 

Morse Sewall, clerk, bds 30 Canal. 

Moylen Michael, laborer, h Elliot. 

Mozart Belle, music teacher, bds 3 Flat. 

Mundell John, laborer, h Brook road. 

Murphy Timothy A., wood carver h 37 Canal. 

Nash Caleb P., cabinet maker, inventor of folding furniture, h syHigh. 

Newcomb Harlen G., employee of J. Estey & Co.^ h Organ. 

Newcomb Wallace, jeweler, h 26 South Main. 

Newell Ozro F., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Clark. 

Newman Alice F., operator at Telephone Exchange, bds 16 Green. 

Newman John L., works for J. Estey & Co., h South Main. 

Newman Lydia, widow of George, h 20 South Main. 

Newman Marian, widow of Charles L., h 16 Green. 

Newton Charles, mason, h Clark. 

Newton Fred F.. works for C. H. Eddy & Co., bds Canal. 

NEWTON JOHN G., carriage painter, Canal, h Thomas. 

NEWTON LILLIAN C, teacher of Washington st. primary school, bds 9 
Thomas. 

NEWTON LUELLA C, teacher of first intermediate school, bds 9 Thomas. 

NEWTON WILLIAM S., town clerk and dealer in groceries and provisions, 
14 Main, h South Main. 

Nichols Albion W., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Brook. 

Nichols Alphonzo S., works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington. 

NICHOLS CHARLES S., organ tuner, bds 46 EUiot. 

Nichols Frank W., book-keeper for Smith & Hunt, bds 46 Elliot. 

Nichols Jane, widow of Wilham, h 46 Elliot. 

NILES FAYETTE H., carpenter, and farmer 100 in Halifax, h 23 Wash- 
ington. 

NILES GEORGE H., inventor and manuf. of Nile's telephone, Elliot, h 
Reed. 

NILES OLIVER P., carpenter, works for J. Estey & Co., h Central. 

Norcross Elijah, tinsmith, h South Main. 

Norcross George, works for Smith & Hunt, h 47 Canal. 

Northrup Ellzy VV., car inspector, bds Canal. 

Noyes Charles D., peddler, h 60 Canal. 

Nye George, carpenter, h Maple. 



364 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Oakes Peter, barber, h Elliot. 

Ober Benjamin, retired Cong, minister, hi; Green. 

O'Connor Morris, laborer, h Reed. 

O'Connor Thomas, farmer 6, h South Main. 

O'NEIL ALEXANDER G., ( Hunter & O'Neil,) h Elliot. 

O'Neil James, supt. of Charlier place, h Elliot. 

ORMESCARL D., prop, of restaurant, and dealer in tobacco, cigars, oys- 
ters, confectionery, etc.. Main, bds Elliot. 

ORMES DRAPER S., with Carl D., restaurant, and dealer in tobacco and 
cigars, bds Elliot. 

ORTON JOHN A., general job shop, scroll sawing, wood turning, and con- 
tractor for light wood work. Harmony block, h 16 Main. 

Packard Samuel VV^, house painter, h 21 Washington. 

Parker Amos, tinsmith, h Clark. 

Parker Amos J., tinman, h Clark. 

Parker Emmet R., employee of J. Estey & Co., residence Brattleboro House. 

Parker Everard L., man uf. of First National washing machine, general job 
wood worker, hght iron work done to order, has Weymouth lathe for 
variety turning, Crowell's building, Elliot st., h 13 Western ave. 

Parker George W., artist, cra3^on work a specialty, and teacher of instru- 
mental music, h 55 High. 

Parkess Lewis C, engineer N. L. N. R. R , h 71 Frost. 

Parks Charles B., teamster, h Tyler block. Main. 

Parks Maria S., (Mrs. C. B.,) dressmaker, Tyler block. Main st. 

Patch WilUam F., express messenger between Brattleboro and Miller's Falls, 
h Maple. 

Pease John B., clerk for N. I. Hawley, bds American House. 

Peirce Ira, retired, h ^;^ Green. 

Pellett John C, section foreman on N. L. N. R. R., agent for sewer pipe, h 
South Main cor Pine. 

Pellett Thomas A., brick mason, h Central. 

Pentland Thomas, gardener, h 38 Green. 

Pentland William J., organ finisher, h Birge. 

PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK, Parley Starr, pres. ; Julius J. Estey, vice- 
pres. ; William A. Faulkner, cashier; capital $100,000, authorized cap- 
ital $300,000, Main cor Elliot. 

Perham Elbridge, sawyer and carpenter, h Vine St., Esteyville. 

Perkins Charles B., steam cleansing and dying works. South Main, h Tyler 
block. Main. 

PERO JOHN P., molder, bds at BHss restaurant. 

Perry Beam, organ tuner, ist engineer of steamer No. 3, bds 42 Main. 

Perry Noah M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 5 Birge. 

Perry Dorr W., watchman at bank, h EUiot. 

Perry Ernest E., clerk, bds 5 Birge. 

Perry James M., organ tuner, h Central. 

Perry Nellie, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 

Perry Thatcher, carpenter, h High. 

Person Ebenezer, retired farmer, born 1797, bds 26 Western ave. 

Persons George, retired mason, h 10 Chase. 

Pettee A. L. & Son, (Anson L. and Fred G.,) dentists, 43 Main. 

PETTEE AURELIUS, town agent, and janitor of the town hall, office at 
town hall, h South Main cor Canal. 

PETTEE ARVILLA, widow of Waitstell, dressmaker, h Main. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 365 

PETTES JANE E., widow of Willard H., h South Main cor Washington. 
Pettes Henry W., clerk for C. F. Thompson & Co., h South Main cor Wash- 
ington. 
Phelps John W. Gen.^ retired brigadier-general, h Walnut. 
PhiUips Aaron W., works tor J, Estey & Co., h lo Washington 
PHILLIPS ALICE NEWELL, (Mrs. Willis H.,) dealer in hair and fancy 

goods, up stairs. Main st., opposite Brooks House. 
Phillips George, works for J. Estey & Co., h 6 Cedar. 
Phillips Wesley R., works for J. Estey & Co.. h 15 Maple. 
PhiUips Willis H., (Wyatt & Phillips) h 10 Washington. 
PIERCE GEORGE W., supervisor of Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. 
Pike Hartwell M., employee of Smith & Hunt, h 89 Frost. 
Pike Rhoda, h Washington. 

Pino Isadore F. Mrs., dressmaker, h South Maip. 
Patch William F., express messenger, between Brattleboro and Miller's Falls, 

h Maple. 
Plummer J. R , clerk for Cheney & Clapp, bds Salisbury Hotel. 
Plummer J. Dwight, contractor and builder, brick and stone mason, h in 

Main. 
Plummer Julia, widow of Nathan A., h 14 Main. 
Pollard Joshua R., machinist, h 3 Oak. 
Porter Charles H., laborer, h South Main. 
POST ORAMEL R., surgeon and mechanical dentist, Green place, junction 

of High and Green st. 
Potter Frank J., laborer, h Washington. 

Powers William O., helper at Burke's livery stable, h 10 Elliot. 
Pratt Arthur J., clerk for O. J., bds 24 High. 
Pratt Barney F., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 36 High. 
Pratt Charles H., clerk at Vermont Savings Bank, bds 10 Oak. 
PRATT CHARLES H., cigar manuf, and dealer, 6: Spring, h do. 
Pratt Edmond R., (Pratt, Wright Co., bds Western avenue. 
Pratt Emerson, clerk for N. I. Hawley, bds North Main. 
Pratt Franklin S., law student, bds 10 Oak. 
Pratt George S., clerk for O. J., h Green. 
PRATT HENRY, employee of Smith & Hunt, h 56 Elliot. 
Pratt Henry H , carriage trimmer, Elliot h Flat. 
Pratt Howard A., carriage trimmer, h 10 Oak. 
PRATT J. HENRY, agent for Syracuse Chilled Plow Go's sulkey plow, 

aparist 60 colonies, and farmer 65, h Oak cor Grove. 
PRATT OSCAR J., dealer in dry goods, carpets, etc., established 1852, 

Granite Block, 67 Main, h 24 High. 
Pratt Sumner, laborer, h 24 South Main. 
Pratt Thomas R., house painter, shop Harmony block, h Brook st., outside 

corporation. 
Pratt Wallace D., blacksmith, Spring, h Elliot. 
PRATT, WRIGHT & CO., (Oscar D. Esterbrook and Edmond R. P.,) 

custom and ready-made clothing, trunks, &c., 3 Granite block. 
Prefontaine Horace, butcher, h 37 Canal. 

PRENTICE BRADLEY, teamster, aged 72, h Canal cor Clark. 
Prescott Charles, works for J. Estey & Co., h 50 High. 
Prescott Charles H., works for J. Estey & Co., bds Chase. 
Prescott Joseph, retired, h Chase. 
Prevere George H., brakeman on N. L. N. R. R., h 58 Elliot. 



366 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Proctor William H., (Frost & Proctor) bds Canal. 

PROUTY JASON VV., photographer, stereoscopic views a specialty, 19 

Prospect. 
Prouty B. G. Mrs., widow of Henry, h Elliot. 
Puffer Charles W., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 63 Frost. 
Pullen James A., clerk American House, bds do. 
Putnam Arms D., dentist, office 9 Crosby block. 
Putnam Edwin, machinist, h Clark. 
Putnam Edwin H., works for J. Estey & Co., h Clark. 
Putnam Edwin L., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Pine Grove Hill. 
Putnam Jonas G., machinist, h Clark. 
Putnam Lewis, plumber, h 22 Prospect. 
Putnam Wallace, organ tuner, bds 22 Prospect. 
Ramsdell Cyrus, painter, h Elliot. 

Ramsdell Hattie, (Mrs. Cyrus) milliner and dressmaker, EUiot, h do. 
Rand Willie, clerk for S. Dunklee, bds 89 Main. 
Randall James B., manuf. of knitting machine needles, Harmony block, h 

Main. 
Randall Orvando E., (Randall & Clapp) h Spruce. 
Randall & Clapp, (Orvando E. R. and Arthur B. C.) dealer in watches, 

clocks, jewelry, etc., 127 Main. 
Ranger Bethuel, (Ranger & Thompson) h Asylum court. 
Ranger &: Thompson, (Bethuel R., and Henry H. T.) watchmakers and 

jewelers, 79 Main. 
RATTE PRUDENT, barber, 103 Main, bds EUiot. 
Rawson Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 
Rawson Henry W., machinist, bds 34 Canal. 
Rawson Oscar L., laborer, h 15 Cedar. 
Rawson Rufus, laborer, h Elliot. 
Rawson Rufus W., laborer, h Elliot. 
RAY JOHN L., prop, livery stable, dealer in wagons, 22 Main, opposite 

American House, bds Brooks House. 
Ray Willis J., painter, h Canal. 

Read George B., mechanic, works at Estey's organ factory, h 15 Main. 
Rechardson Fred A., butcher, h Flat. 
Reed Andrew, laborer, h Forest. 
Reed Charles, machinist, h Elliot. 
Reed Cyrus, works for J. Estey Co., h Central. 
Reed Edward, blacksmith, h Cedar. 
Reed Elijah F., teamster, h 3 South Main. 
REED ELMER R, (Anderson & Reed) h Elliot. 
Reed Frank, carpenter and builder, director Vermont spiritual association, 

Reed Hill. 
Reed Fred W., clerk, bds 3 South Main. 
Reed Frederick, peddler, h Reed. 
Reed Henrietta, widow of John, h 13 Maple. 
Reed Ivers, retired, h Elliot. 
Reed James M., retired mason, h ir Green. 

Rees , painter. Locust st., Esteyville. 

RETTING BROS., (Leopold J. and John, Jr.) dealers in furniture, carpets, 

and window shades, also repairers, High st. joining Brooks House block. 
Retting John, retired furniture dealer, h High. 
Retting John, Jr., (Retting Bros.) h High. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 367 

Retting Leopold J., (Retting Bros.,) h Elliot. 

Reynolds Henry A., painter and paper hanger, and organ finisher, h old Brat- 

tleboro House. 
Rhoda August F., works for J. Estey «& Co., h School. 
Rhode Herman, laborer, h EUiot. 

Rhode Herman, Jr., works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 
RICE CHARLES N., carpenter and joiner, h Maple st. , Esteyville. 
Richardson Cassius M. C, h outside fire district. 
Richardson Ed. B., butcher, bds High. 
Richardson Fred E., clerk at meat market 37 Main, h Flat. 
Richardson Lucius H., (W. F. & Son.) h 30 Western avenue. 
RICHARDSON SILAS W., machinist, works for Brattleboro tool company, 

1 1 Western avenue. 
Richardson W. F. & Co., (William F. R. and Lucius H. R.,) proprietors 

meat markets, 35 Elliot and Main. 
Richardson William F., (W. F. Richardson & Co.,) h High. 
Rider George H., works for J. Estey & Co., h 20 South Main. 
Rider Juha N., (Mrs. Geo. H.) teacher of instrumental] music, h 20 South 

Main. 
Riley Bat O., laborer, h South Main. 

Rixford Olive, widow of Solomon, h 2 Granite block, Main. 
Robbins Alton E., works for J. Estey & Co., h Brook road. 
Robbins Josephine, widow of Franklin N., seamstress, h 55 High. 
Robinson Georgiana, widow of Robert, dressmaker, h Green. 
ROCKWELL ALBERT W., (Rockwell & Sherwin,) h Frost. 
Rockwell WiUiam H., physician and surgeon, h Asylum st. 
ROCKWELL & SHERWIN, (Albert W. R. and Herbert S. S.,) manufac- 
turers of wagons, carriages, sleighs, etc., Elm. 
Roess John D., (Leonard & Roess,) h Brooks. 
ROGERS ALBERT E , (Rogers & Stockwell,) h 58 Elliot. 
Rogers John O., machinist, h Pine Grove hill. 
ROGERS & STOCKWELL, (Albert E. R. and Frank S.,) dealers in fresh 

and salt fish, oysters and canned goods and fancy groceries, 8 Elliot. 
Rolour Henry, work for J. Estey & Co., h^Maple. 
Root Abigail, widow of Ralph, h Main. 

Root Alanson J., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Estey st., Esteyville. 
Root Fred, resident, h 50 Canal. 
Root Jarvis, carpenter, h Atwood lane. 
Root Kate, widow of Ralph, Jr., h Main. 
Rose Emma S., clerk, bds South Main. 
Rose Hale, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 57 Canal. 
Rose Ida, tailoress, bds 10 Clark. 
Rowe Harry, tinman, h Canal. 
Royce Charles, teamster, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
Rugg Henry, carriage painter, h Elliot. 
Russell Austin E., clerk at postoftice, bds 59 Elliot. 
Russell Mandring W., teamster^ h 57 EUiot. 
Ryan Francis G., (Cleves & Ryan,) bds Brook House. 
RYAN NICHOLAS ,T., manufacturer and dealer in roofing -slate and 

contractor and slate roofer, office 5 Crosby block. Main, h 1 1 Reed. 
Ryan Thomas H., telegraph repairer for Western Union Co., h Reed. 
SALISBURY GEORGE H., hotel and restaurant on European plan, oysters 

wholesale and retail, also book bindery, 41 Main, h do. 



368 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Salisbury Mary C, bds with Mrs. Edward, Elliot st. 

Samson Mary B., dressmaker, h i Oak. 

Sanders William U., cabinet maker, h Cedar. 

Sanders William H., wood worker, h 11 Spruce. 

Sargent Chester H., house painter, shop Harmony block, h 9 Green. 

Sargent Chester S., carpenter and joiner, h 43 Canal. 

Sargent Fred C, clerk, bds Elliot. 

Sargent Herbert, cigarmaker, h 18 Green. 

SARGENT LEAVITT R., retired, owns farm 86 acres, h North Main. 

Sargent Olive, aged 82 years, h Clark. 

Savory Mary J., (Mrs. Augustus G.,) h Main. 

Savory Moses B., organ and piano tuner, h Main. 

Sawen Edgar D., carpenter, h Elliot. 

Sawetell Jennie Miss, dressmaker, bds Green. 

Sawyer Nancy A., widow of Franklin, h 4 North cor Tyler. 

Schildmiller Matthias, cigarmaker, h 49 EUiot. 

Schneider Conrad, barber. Bank block, Elliot St., h do. 

SCHUSTER AUGUSTA, (Mrs. C. F.,) inventor of the birch bark life pre- 
server, h North. 

SCHUSTER CHRISTIAN F., teacher of instrumental music, h North. 

Schuster Lizzie F., artist and teacher of drawing and painting, h Grove. 

Scott Freeman, (M. Scott & Son,) h 18 Green. 

Scott Henry, works for J. Estey & Co., h High. 

Scott Leslie, clerk for M. Scott & Son, bds High. 

SCOTT M. & SON, (Martin and Freeman,) dealers in groceries, provisions, 
&c., 81 Mam. 

SCOTT MARTIN, (M. Scott & Son,) h High. 

Sears Michael, farmer 4, h South Main. 

Selleck George E., (Selleck & Davis,) h High. 

Selleck & Davis, (George E. S. and Lafayette L. D.,) job printers and 
stationers. 8 Main. 

Severance Mazene, conductor B. & W. R. R., h Tyler block. Main. 

Shackford Albert E., works for Smith & Hunt, h 22 Prospect. 

Shea Daniel, cigarmaker, h Reed. 

Shea Ellen, widow of Patrick, h Reed. 

Shea Lawrence, laborer, h South Main. 

Shea Timothy, laborer, h EUiot. 

Shearer Frank T.. organ tuner, teacher of instrumental music, h Crosby 
block. 

Sheldon Jane, widow of Lodolphus, h Chase. 

SHEPARDSON ORRIN P., dealer in furs, practical carriage maker, and 
fine wood work furnished to order, 26 Washington, h do. 

Sherman (^Iharles, works for J. Estey & Co., h Canal. 

Sherman Hawley, cigarmaker, h Flat. 

Sherman John, cigarmaker, h Spring st. 

Sherman Sidney H., (Sherman & Jenne,) h 12 Spruce. 

*SHERMAN & JENNE, (Sidney H. S. and Clarence F. R. J.,) general in- 
surance and real estate agents, oldest insurance agency in Southern Ver- 
mont, office in New Bank block. [Card on page 406.] 

SHERWIN ASA., pattern maker, h Elliot. 

SHERWIN HERBERT S., (Rockwell & Sherwin,) h Frost. 

SHERWIN OSCAR W., mechanic, works for J. Estey & Co., h 31 South 
Main. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 369 

SHERWIN STEPHEN P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 12 Pearl. 

Shields Lawrence P., wood carver for J. Estey & Co., h 40 Green. 

Shipman James, clerk, bds with F. B. Plimpton. 

Shumway Emily A., widow of Albert A., h 23 Washington. 

Shuster Frederick W., works for J. Estey & Co., h 22 Prospect. 

SIMONDS HENRY \V., dealer in boots and shoes, Elliot St., h Cedar. 

Simonds James, clerk, bds South Main. 

Simonds James H., Laborer, h 28 Canal. 

Simonds John B., book-keeper, director of ist Regt. band orchestra, bds 
American House. 

Simonds John L., sec'y and treas. of the Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co., 
h in Guilford. 

Simonds Joseph W., policeman, h 3 Flat. 

SIMONDS MARIA S.. widow of Alfred, h 44 Elliot. 

Simonds William, laborer, h Easterbrook ave. 

Simons Emma P. Miss, teacher of embroidery, dealer in fancy goods, bds 
Brooks House. 

Simons Francis, widow of Dr. Lewis E., bds Brooks House. 

Simpson Fred N., pressman Reformer office, bds at Esteyville. 

Slifield Frank, teamster, h Birge. 

Sloan John, retired farmer, h 79 Frost. 

Smith Albert, cigarmaker, h oft' Frost st. 

Smith Alvira, widow of Luther, bds 51 High. 

Smith Diana E., widow of John L., h 57 Elliot. 

Smith Edward, painter, bds Main. 

Smith Fordyce H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Canal cor Clark. 

SMITH GEORGE C. (Lillis & Smith,) h 49 Main. 

Smith Gilbert, clerk, bds Elliot. 

Smith Gilbert Mrs., compositor. Reformer office, bds Elliot, 

Smith Henry F., manuf. of concrete walks, h38 High. 

Smith Irenius O. P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 22 Canal. 

SMITH J. WILDER, prop, livery and boarding stable. Main, h Green. 

Smith John R., commercial traveler, h 9 Cedar. 

Smith Jonathan, carpenter and joiner, h Elm. 

Smith Joseph W., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Brook. 

Smith Mary E., widow of Rev. Rufus, h 58 Elliot. 

SMITH MILO, night watchman at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Asylum. 

Smith Nora E., widow of Eri R., h 58 EUiot. 

Smith Origen, Baptist clergyman, h 22 Canal. 

SMITH OSCAR, upholsterer, and bed renovator, all kinds of furniture re- 
pairing done to order, Elliot, h 34 High. 

Smith Stella E., agt. for Madam Griswold's ladies goods, h 58 Elliot. 

Smith Will, clerk, bds High. 

Smith William H., employee of J. Estey & Co.. h Wesselhoeft place. 

Smith &[Hunt, (Sanford A. S. & Samuel S. H.) manuf. of children's carriages. 
Frost St. 

Soule Henry B., cabinet maker h 69 Main. 

Soule Melissa, (Mrs H. B.,) dressmaker, h 69 Main. 

SPAFFORD GEORGE L., conductor N. L. N. R. R., h High. 

Spaulding George F., barber, works for F. W. Weeks, h in West Brattleboro. 

Spaulding Julia, dressmaker, h Elliot. 

Spear W. H,, manager State ^^xXxoxs.* Windham Co. Reformer. 

Spears Warner, laborer, h Spence. 
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370 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

SPENCER PORTER C, steward at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h 4 
Chase. 

Spring Charles F., laborer, h 52 High. 

Squires Henry C, farm laborer, h r 52. 

SQUIRES HOLLIS C, steward and supt. of the kitchen at Vermont Asy- 
lum Retreat, Asylum st , bds do. 

St. Joseph School, Walnut St., Amelia Anna, sister superior. 

Staples Clark M., stone mason, h Elliot. 

Staples Newton L., works for J. Estey & Co., h 4 Washington. 

Starkey Edward A., (Stark ey & Wellman) bds Brooks House. 

STARKEY & WELLMAN, (Edward A. S. and Henry P. W.,) dealers in 
gents' furnishing goods, ready-made clothing, trunks, valises, horse 
clothing, etc., 3 Brooks House block. 

Starr Parley Hon., president of the Peoples National Bank, h Western ave. 

Stanton Herbert A., clerk, bds 7 South Main. 

Stearns Andrew J., laborer, h 2 Granite block, Main. 

Stearns Augustus A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 30 Clark. 

STEARNS EDWARD A., soldier in Co. C, 2d Vermont infantry, 3 and 4 
Wesselhoeft place. 

Stearns Eliza C, widow of Edward A., h 3 and 4 Wesselhoeft place. 

Stearns Hattie T., (Mrs. A. J.,) manuf and dealer in ladies' hair work, 2 
Grant block. Main. 

Stearns J. Foster, nurse, h Pearl. 

STEARNS JOHN A., butcher and dealer in meats of all kinds, h Frost. 

Stearns William, carpenter, bds Elliot. 

Stearns William S., cabinet maker, h Crosby block. 

Stebbins John H., manuf. of wagons, carriages, sleighs, etc.. Canal cor South 
Main, h do. 

Stedman Daniel B., (French & Stedman) h 19 Western ave. 

STEERS WILLIAM, supt. of Brattleboro Tool Company, inventor of Steers' 
composite bench plane, patented Sept. 11, 1883, h Forest Square. 

Stevens Anna M., monev order clerk at postofhce, bds 80 Elliot. 

STEVENS CHARLES H., tax collector, school clerk, and faraier 15, h 23 
Western ave. 

Stevens Collins R., organ tuner and teacher of instrumental music, h Crosby 
block. 

Stevens Hiram F., repairer of boots and shoes, 36 Main, h 16 South Main. 

Stevens Jane W., widow of Joseph A., h 80 Elliot. 

Stevens John D., book-keeper, bds 80 Elliot. 

Stewart Abram F., organ tuner, h Elliot. 

STEWART CHARLES W., wholesale and retail dealer in pianos and organs 
and musical merchandise. People's Bank block, h Leonard's block. 

Stewart Fred T., mason, h Clark. 

Stickney Frank A., (J. K. Allen & Co.) h Esterbrook ave. 

Stockwell Charles R., foreman Reformer office, American House. 

Stockwell Clarence, miller, h South Main. 

STOCKWELL ELBRIDGE E., street commissioner, truckman and gen- 
eral teamster and farmer 100, h 20 Sj^ruce. 

STOCKWELL FRANK, (Rogers & Stockwell) h Clark. 

STOCKWELL JENNIE M, widow of John H., h Cedar. 

Stockwell Will, teamster, h Elliot. 

STODDARD EDGAR W., (Haskins & Stoddard) att'y at law, notary pub- 
lic, justice of the peace, h 5 Western ave. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 37 I 

Stotle Dedrick, cigarmaker, h Grove. 

Stone John O., painter at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h 13 Western ave. 
Strand John, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 
Streeter Crawford B., engineer at Pope's mill, h Flat. 
Streeter Henry C, works for J. Estey & Co., h 2 Spruce. 
Streeter HoUis, manager of A. T. Eddy's shoe store, h 54 High. 
Streeter J. Henry, works for J. Estey & Co., h Grove. 
Strong Harry A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Maple St., Esteyville. 
Sullivan Catharine, widow of Cornelius, h Clark. 
Sullivan Cornelius, laborer, h Brook road. 
Sullivan Martin, machinist, h Brook road. 
Sullivan Matthew, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Clark. 
Sulhvan Patrick, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Clark. 
Sumner Thomas, retired farmer, h Main cor North. 
Svanson Andrew, laborer, h Elliot. 

Svvitz Vedder, clerk for I. N. Thorn & Son, bds "Walnut. 
Taft Burr, employee of E. Crosby & Co, h School. 
Taft Eli, laborer, h South Main. 

TAFT ISAAC B., agent for A. W. Gray's Son's threshing and wood sawing 
machines, E. W. Ross & Co.'s feed and ensilage cutters, milk dealer, and 
farmer 80, in Townsend 120, in Dummerston 430, h Asylum. 
Talbot George H., homeo. physician and surgeon, residence with Dr. Dear- 
born, North Main. 
Tasker Dennis E., breeder of Plymouth Rock and light Brahma fowls, prin- 
ter, h r 51. 
TAYLOR GEORGE M., organ tuner, messenger at sargent at arms' office, 

Washington, D. C, h 24 Prospect. 
TAYLOR HEBERT E., deputy United States internal revenue collector 
of 2d division, district of Vermont, and notary public, office in town 
hall, h 3 Oak. 
Taylor Jeremiah, retired farmer, aged 84 years, h 49 Canal. 
TAYLOR JOSEPH A., (Brooks & Taylor) prop, boarding and feed stable, 
prop, village coach line, also mail Ime from Brattleboro to West Brattle- 
boro village, stable near Brooks House, h 113 Main. 
Teft]Hubbard, mason, h Prospect. 
Telephone Exchange, (see Brattleboro Tel. Ex.) 
Tenney Daniel W., laborer, h Elm. 
Tenney Florence, hair worker, bds Birge. 
Tenney Hiram H., laborer, h Clark. 
Tenney William B., molder, h Birge. 
Terry George L., laborer, h 30 High. 

Thayer Evart R., works for J. Estey & Co., h South Main cor Thomas. 
THOMAS ANDREW P., fireman on Conn. R. R. R., h South Main cor 

Thomas. 
Thomas Arnold, carpenter and joiner, h South Main. 
THOMAS ELIHU H., Jr., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 26 Prospect 

cor Elm. 
THOMAS LEANDER, farmer 200, in Hinsdale, N. H., h 6 Prospect. 
Thomas Orlando M., clerk in Household office, h 3 Flat. 
Thomas William, retired farmer, h South Main. 
Thompson Charles, teamster, h Elliot. 

AVlien you go to BRATTLEBORO get your L,rj^€H at CiEO. 
A. BLIi^S'S OIXIKO ROOMS, tS IHAIIV STREET. 



37 2 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

*THOMPSON CHARLES F. & CO., dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, 
paints, oils and choice groceries, 123 Main,h Main. [Card on page 452.] 

Thompson Fred P., employee of Cleves & Ryan, bds 40 Clark, 

Thompson Henry H., (Ranger & Thompson,) h Mam cor Terrace, 

Thompson Mary E., widow of F. A., h 40 Clark. 

Thorn Edwin C, (I. N. Thorn & Son,) h Forest. 

THORN EMMA G., (Mrs. I. B.) assistant ticket agent, h High. 

Thorn Frank A., clerk for I. N. Thorn & Son., bds 37 High. 

Thorn Isaac B , clerk for i. N. Thorn & Son, h High. 

THORN I. N. & SON, (Isaac N. and Edwin C.,) pharmaceutists, wholesale 
and retail dealers in drugs and medicines, manufacturers of compound 
extracts of hops and other proprietary articles, wholesale dealers 
and pressers of domestic herbs, 2 Crosby block. Main. 

Thorn Isaac N., (I. N. Thorn & Son,) h 37 High. 

Thrower Frederick, laborer, h Forest. 

THURBER ALBERT E., h 49 High. 

Tillinghast Linwood M., printer. Reformer office, bds 43 Main. 

TIMSON RICHARD H., employee of J. Estey & Co. since;i868, h Chest- 
nut cor Locust, Esteyville. 

Titus Thomas W., horse trainer. High, h Crosby block. 

Tobey Thomas, teamster, h Forest. 

Tolles David N., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elliot st. 

Tower Francis E., pastor Baptist church, h Main. 

Trendell William, veterinary surgeon, h South Main. 

Tripp Charles A. & Co., opticians, watchmakers and dealers in watches, dia- 
monds, fancy goods, etc.. Main. 

Truax Albert B., pastor M. E. church, h 46 High. 

TUCKER HENRY, M. D., homeo. physician and surgeon, office Leon- 
ard's block, up stairs, h i High. 

TUCKER JOHN M., carpenter, h Chase. 

Tucker Loduskey, widow of Edwin, res Brattleboro House. 

Tufts Warren B , teamster, h Washington. 

Turner John, employee of Smith & Hunt, bds EUiot. 

Turner Cecil, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. 

Turner Theodore, employee of J. Estey & Co., h EUiot. 

TYLER JAMES M. Hon., att'yand counselor at law, trustee Vermont As- 
sylum for Insane, office Williston block, Main, h Oak. 

Tyler John, em]>loyee of J. Estey & Co., h 49 Canal. 

Tyler Lavina, widow of John, h 19 Grove. 

Tyler Royal, att'y and counselor at law, county clerk and probate judge of 
Marlboro district, office Crosby block, h The Terrace. 

Tyler Thomas P., D. D., retired Episcopal clergyman, h Tyler. 

Valley Mill Company, J. W. Frost, president ; J. F. Estey, vice president and 
supt. ; W. H. Minor, manager; E. G. Frost, sec'y and treas., grist mill 
near depot. 

Van Doom Elisabeth Miss, bds with J. S. Brown. Elliot st. 

Van Doom Elbridge H., (M. T. & Son,) h 17 Main. 

*VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, (Moses T. and Elbridge H.) jobbers and 
retailers of crockery, paper hangings and silverware, 7 Crosby block. 
[Card on page 452.] 

Van Doom Moses T., (M. T. & Son,) h 17 Main. 

VERMONT ASYLUM FOR INSANE. Joseph Draper, M. D., supt. and 
physician \ Shailer E. Lawton, M. D., ist asst.; Lowell F. Wentworth, 
M. D., 2d asst., Asylum st. 



BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 373 



VERMONT NATIONAL BANK, William P. Cune, pres.; Geo. S. Dowley, 

cashier, Main cor Elliot. 
*VERMONT PHCENIX, French & Stedman, pubHshers and props., office 

Main. [Card on page 436.] 
VERMONT SAVINGS BANK, Frederick Holbrook, pres.; Frank W. 

Brooks, vice-pres.; N. F. Cabot, treas.; Malcolm Moody, asst. treas. 

log Main. 
VINTON TIMOTHY, prop, of paper mill and manuf. of paper, South 

Main cor Canal, bds 5 Green st. 
Vinton William B., employee in Vinton's paper mill, bds Green. 
Vinton William H.. supt. at paper-mill, h Green. 
Wadsworth Algernon S., machinist, bds Brattleboro House. 
"Wadsworth Henry A., manuf. of trusses, h 35 Oak cor High. 
WAITE LUCRETIA E., h North Main. 
Waite Silas M. Mrs., h The Terrace. 

Waitman Charles A., employee of J. Estey «& Co., h 43 Canal. 
Walcott George K., laborer, h South Main. 
Wales Elijah, works for J. Estey & Co., h 10 Pearl. 
WALES ELIJAH, Jr., breeder of Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte fowls, 

organ tuner and prompter of ist Regt. band, h Elliot. 
Wales Hattie, clerk at N. I. Hawley's. 
Walker Charlotte, (Mrs. J. B.,) dressmaker and general agt, for Cornwell's 

self-fitting charts, h 75 Main. 
Walker Fitch B., blacksmith and carriage ironer. Frost St., h ^6 Elliot. 
Walker Herbert, organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. 
Walker Herbert A., agt. and clerk in meat market, h 56 Elliot. 
Walker Jane L., widow of Elijah T., millinery and fancy goods, Crosby 

block, h do. 
Walker John B., blacksmith, h 75 Main. 
Walker Wesley W., works for J. Estey &. Co., h 20 Spruce. 
Ward Cora, widow of E. M., h Elliot. 
Warder Mary Mrs., h Tyler. 
Ware Eliza F., widow of Moses, h 20 High. 
Ware Horatio C, clerk for Geo. E. Crowell, h 50 Green. 
Ware Roxalana S., widow of Coridon, h 50 Green. 
Warner Frank, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Spring. 
Warner George E., traveling salesman for E. Crosby & Co., h 42 High. 
Washburn John P., employee of Smith & Hunt, h 58 Elliot. 
Washer Solomon S., fireman for J. Estey & Co., hVine St., Esteyville. 
Weatherhead Emily A., widow of Drury, h Clark. 
Weatherhead Henry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 34 Canal. 
Webb William H., printer, Reforjner ofnce, bds Canal st. 
Webber L. P., resident, h 55 High. 

WEBSTER DAN. P., physician and surgeon, office and residence 27 Elliot. 
WEEKS FRANK W., barber and hair dresser, 24 Main, h 9 Pearl. 
WELD CALVIN J., manuf. and patentee of the Weld shingle machine, 

and Weld self-reguiating water-wheel, also manuf. of planing machines, 

and band saws. Asylum St., h do. 
Weld David J., machinist, bds Asylum st. 

Welcome William H., cutter for F. A. Whitney & Co., h 4 North cor Tyler. 
Wellman Henry P., (Starkey & Wellman,) h Western ave. 
Wells Arthur, manuf. and repairer of boots and shoes. South Main cor Canal, 

h Esteyville. 



374 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



ANDEiRSGN & REDD, 

<<1PLUMBERS[> 




Manufacturer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 



C. B. DICKINSON, 

olesale and Beta' 

Fanci) 




And Manufacturers of Steam and 
Gas Fittings. 



^tseani HeatBr^g a ^pecialtsij. 

Growell's Building, - BRATTLEBORO, VT. 

J. F. Anderson. E. R. Reed. 




CRACKERS. 

Confectionery, 

EIc, Etc. 
57 HJaiq ^t, - BiiattlBboro, Vt. 

IH^^AII orders promptly filled on short 
notice. 




Established 1850. 

E. P. CARPENTER OROAN CO., Maiiufa<tiirers of FIrst-Class Organic and 

Organ ActioiiiM, BR.\TTIiEBORO, VT. 



BRATTLEBOKO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 375 

Wells Elizabeth C, widow of John C, h i6 High. 

WELLS FRANCIS A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 51 High. 

Wells Frank, works for J. Estey & Co., h High. 

Wentworth Lowell F., M. D.. 2d asst. at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. 

Weston Eugene S , physician and surgeon, and dealer in drugs, medicines, 

etc., 119 Main, h Thomas. 
Whalan William, teamster, h Reed. 
Wheeler Arthur, organ tuner, h 44 Elliot. 
Wheeler Ellen M., widow of John, dressmaker, 55 Main. 
Wheeler Franklin H., retired merchant, aged 77 years, h Spring. 
Wheeler Hall, teamster, h Maple cor Locust, Esteyville. 
Wheeler Ida. dressmaker, rooms 44 Elliot. 
Wheeler Robert F., conductor on N. L. N. R. R., h Grove. 
Wheelock Lydia S., (Mrs. Oscar,) dressmaker, h 125 Main. 
Wheelock Oscar O., employee of J. Estey & Co., h (25 Main. 
Whipple George H., harness maker for Heustis & Burknap, h 34 High. 
Whitaker Albert, laborer, h Forest, 
Whitaker Henry, laborer, h Maple St., Esteyville. 
Whitaker Henry J., sawyer, h Flat. 

White Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
White Enos, (Brattleboro Ice Co..) h 4 Forest. 
WHITE JOSEPH F., manuf of stop actions for J. Estey & Co., inventor of 

White's automatic organ player, h Pearl. 
White Lydia A., dressmaker for Mrs. E. M. Farnsworth. 
White Noyes H., carpenter and joiner, bds 30 High. 
White Patrick S., mason, h Birge. 
White Prescott K., machinist, h North Main. 
White Ross, dealer in paper, store i Reade st.. New York. 
Whiting William, works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington cor Central. 
WHITMAN ASA A., overseer of kitchen department Vermont Asylum for 

Insane, bds at the Asylum. 
Whitney Clement G., works for J. Estey & Co., h Forest. 
WHITNEY EDWARD D., ([. D. Whitney & Son,) h 4 Forest. 
Whitney filbert W., pastor of First Universalist church, h 14 Main. 
WHITNEY F. A. & CO., (Fred A. Whitney and David A. Young,) manufs. 

and dealers in custom and ready made clothing and gents' furnishing 

goods, 4 and 5 Granite row. 
WHITNEY FRED A., (F. A. Whitney & Co.,) h Main. 
WHITNEY J. D. & SON, (Josiah D. and Edwin D.,) manufs. and dealers 

in organ reeds. Harmony block. 
WHITNEY JOSIAH D., (J. D. Whitney & Son,) h 28 Western ave. 
Whitney Julius, reed maker for J. D. Whitney & Son, h ;^;^ Green. 
Whitney JuHus, machinist, h Green. 

Whittier Henry M., machinist for B. & W. R. R., bds Brattleboro House. 
Wilcox Charles W., asst. postmaster, h 16 Main. 
Wilcox John C, carpenter and joiner, h Brook. 
WILDER ANDREW F., manuf. of book cases, desks, picture frames and 

light job work, shop rear of Tyler's block, h Elm. 
Wilder Daniel^ teamster for J. A. Taylor, bds Main. 
Wilder Fred, teamster for J. A. Taylor, bds Main. 
Wilder Joseph, retired farmer, h Asylum st. 
WILKINS JESSE Capt., born 1794, retired farmer, h Elliot. 
VVilkins Lottie M., clerk at O. J. Pratt's, bds Elliot. 



376 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 

Wilkins Mary E., authoress, bds Grove. 

Willard Everett, kalsominer and whitewasher, h Canal. 

WILLARD FRANK E., slate roofer, and dealer in roofing slate, h 59 South 

Main. 
Willard George S., carpenter, bds Birge. 
Willard Henry C., druggist, manuf. of proprietary medicines, Brooks block, 

Main, h Walnut. 
Willard Joel F., carpenter and joiner, h Birge. 
Willard Linus B., kalsominer and whitewasher, h Canal. 
Willard Oscar J., carpenter and joiner, h Estey St., Esteyville. 
Willcutt Henry G., carpenter and joiner, h 12 Clark. 
Williams Isaac A., carpenter and joiner, h 82 Frost. 
Williams John, teamster, h 84 Frost. 
Williams John H., sewing machine repairer, h Walnut. 
Willis Emery, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Birge cor Canal. 
Willis John M., retired molder, h 39 Canal. 
Willis LeRoy M., clerk for A. J. Pratt, h 37 Canal. 
Willis Louis K., wood carver, h Brook 
Willis Masa, (Burnham & Willis) h Walnut. 
Wilson Clarence W., works for Smith & Hunt, h Chase. 
Wilson Joseph, works for J. Estey & Co., h Brook road. 
Winchester Wells, laborer, h High. 
Winchester Wells E., clerk, h High. 
*WINDHAM COUNTY REFORMER, C. H. Davenport, publisher and 

prop., Tyler block, Main. [Card on page 342.] 
Witham Moses M., laborer, h off r 52. 
Witham Marston M., laborer, h near Gilford road. 
Witt Lucian A., carpenter and joiner, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. 
WOMAN AT WORK, a literary monthly magazine, Mrs. E. T. Housh, 

editor ; Frank E. Housh, publisher, Crosby block. 
Wood Edward A., dealer in stoves, furnaces, ranges, house furnishing goods, 

and agricultural implements, manuf. and dealer in tinware, 53 Main h 

23 Western ave. 
Wood Fred F., laborer, h 9 Green. 

Wood Herbert M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Clark. 
Wood John, telegraph operator, bds 24 Washington. 
Wood Mason J., machinist, h 3 Cedar. 
Wood Royal G., farmer 80, h near South Main. 
WOODBURY FRED A., surgical and mechanical dentist office and 

residence Elliot. 
Woodward Charles, works for J. Estey & Co., h Green. • 

Wright John H., organ inspector, h 47 High. 
Wyatt Ammi N., carpenter and joiner, Wesselhoeft place. 
Wyatt Arthur D., (Wyatt & Phillips) bds Francis place. 
WYATT & PHH^LIPS, (Arthur D. W. & Willis H. P.) photographers, 

copying in water colors and india ink, crayon, etc., 61 Main, up stairs. 
Wyman Cyrus W., treasurer Brattleboro Savings Bank, h Oak. 
Wyman Ed S., laborer, h South Main. 
Yeaw J. Fredrick, stone mason, h 57 Elliot. 
Yeaw Lewis E., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. 
Young David A., (F. A. Whitney & Co.,) h Elliot. 
Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, 95 Main, A. M. Ingham, general 

secretary, Col J. J. Estey, president. 
Young WiUiam, tinsmith, h Cedar. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 377 



BRATTLEBORO. 



TOWN OUTSIDE FIRE DISTRICT. 



{^For explanaiions, etc., see page 305.) 

Adams James O., (Brattleboro) r 5, dairy 10 cows, farmer 280. 

ADAMS MERRILL H., (Brattleboro) r 5, farmer. 

Adkins John F., (West Brattleboro) r 31, wagon maker and painter. 

Adkins Timothy, (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired hatter, aged 90 years. 

AKELEY CHARLES, (West Brattleboro) r 41, sleigh maker and repairer, 
and farmer. 

AKELEY THOMAS, 3d, (West Brattleboro) r 41, farmer 75. 

Akley Austin M., (West Brattleboro) r 42, farmer. 

Akley Edson F., (West Brattleboro) r 40, farmer 100. 

Akley Eugene H., (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 100. 

Akley Florinda S., (West Brattleboro) r 39, widow of Ahiros. 

AKLEY HENRY, (West Brattleboro) r 39, 3d selectman, dairy 10 cows, 
70 head young cattle, manuf. of brick, and farmer 320, in Guilford 150, 
■ and in Newfane 100. 

Akley Phebe, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Hiram. 

Alden Lewis P., (Brattleboro) r 30, cigarmaker. 

Alexander Clark, (West Brattleboro) r 43, mason, and farmer 3. 

ALEXANDER NOAH C, (West Brattleboro) r 32, with R. H. & W. D. 
Newton, farmer 225. 

ALEXANDER SARAH, (West Brattleboro) r 39, widow of Henry, farm 18. 

Alexander Walter H., (West Brattleboro) r 39, milk dealer. 

Allen George, (_West Brattleboro) r 32, laborer. 

AMES EZRA, (West Brattleboro) 132, farmer 250. 

Ames H. Dexter, (West Brattleboro) r 31, farmer f. 

AMES WILLL\M H., (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer with Ezra. 

Arms Willard, (West Brattleboro) r 31, laborer. 

Atwood James H., (Brattleboro) r 30, polisher for Brattleboro Sewing Ma- 
chine Co. 

Atwood Mandana, (Brattleboro) r -?o, widow of Lewis. 

BALDWIN EBENEZER F., (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired cabinet 
maker. 

Balistier Joseph N., (Brattleboro) r 10, prop, of Beechwood farm, retired law- 
yer of New York, dairy 30 cows, breeder of grade Durham cattle^ and 
farmer 400. 

Balistier Joseph N., Jr., (Brattleboro) r 10, civil engineer. 

Banks Edward, (Brattleboro) r 30, laborer. 

Banks Warren E., (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Barber Daniel M., (Brattleboro) r 5, milk dealer, dairy 20 cows, farmer 335. 

Bardwell Philena A., (Brattleboro) r 48^, widow of Samuel A. 

Barnard Isaac, (Brattleboro) r 5, farmer. 

Barney John L., (West Brattleboro) r 44, teamster. 



378 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 

Barney Lovell A., (West Brattleboro) r 44, overseer of the poor, and farmer 
100. 

Barrett Alanson, (West Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 

BARRETT GEORGE H., (West Brattleboro) r 24, sugar orchard 500 
trees, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 175. 

Barrett Hervey D., (Brattleboro) r 31^, carpenter, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Barrett Lucius O., (West Brattleboro) r 31, machinist. 

BARTLETT ADDISON W., (Brattleboro) r 31I tin peddler and dealer in 
notions, h and lot. 

Bartlett John, (Brattleboro) r 31^, laborer. 

Beet Charles P., (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

BEMIS CHARLES N., (Brattleboro) r 11, breeder of Wyandotte and 
Black Java fowls, and farmer. 

BEMIS JOSEPH. (West Brattleboro) r 42, born in 1803, farmer 65. 

BEMIS SAMUEL N., (Brattleboro) r it, physician and surgeon, farmer 50. 

Bennett Electa, (West Brattleboro) r 32. widow of Erastus, aged 89 years. 

Benson Ann L., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of F. W. 

Bishop John W., (Brattleboro) r 47. steam fitter and farmer 180. 

BIGELOW MARY A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of William H., res- 
ident. 

Bigelow Minnie M., (West Brattleboro) off r 31, reed filer for J. Estey & Co. 

Bigelow William, (West Brattleboro) off r 31, laborer. 

Bishop George I., (West Brattleboro) r 51, carpenter. 

BHss Lyman G., (Brattleboro) r 9, prop, of Bliss farm, farmer 82. 

BLODGETT ROYAL T.,( West Brattleboro) r 31, proprietor of West Brattle- 
boro meat market. 

Bowker Fay, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Bradley Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 22, farmer 4. 

BRATTLEBORO SEWING MACHINE CO., (Brattleboro) r 30, L. K. 
Fuller, pres.; J. L. Simons, supt. and treas., manuf. of the Estey sewing 
machine. 

Brockington Henry, (Brattleboro) r 48^, organ tuner. 

Brockington Thomas, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Brockington William H., (Brattleboro) r 48^^, organ tuner. 

Brown Chandler A., (West Brattleboro) r 28, butcher, and farmer 30. 

Bruce Frank, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Burnett Horatio N., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer 180. 

Burnett Horatio N. Jr., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer in Marlboro 200. 

Cain Thompson, (Brattleboro) r 24, farmer 53. 

CAPEN JAMES H., (Brattleboro) r 14, supt. of bellows dept. for Estey 
Organ Co., and farmer 23. 

CARPENTER ALMIRA G., (West Brattleboro) r 19, widow of Humphrey, 
with .\. D., owns farm 150. 

CARPENTER ANDREW D., (West Brattleboro) r 19, with Almira G. 
farmer 150. 

Carpenter Arathusa, (West Brattleboro) r 3, widow of Oliver, born 1791. 

Carpenter Cromwell, (West Brattleboro) resides at town farm, born 1801. 

Carpenter Ida May, (West Brattleboro) r 19, school teacher. 

CARPENTER OLIVER H., (West Brattleboro) r 3, prop, cider-mill, sugar 
orchard 750 trees, apple orchard 700 trees, and farmer 300. 

Chamberlain George L., (West Brattleboro) r 2, son of W. M. 

Chamberlain Hiram K., (Brattleboro) r 11, grower of strawberries, raspber- 
ries, small fruits and garden vegetables, and farmer 15. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 379 

Chamberlain Jenner H., (Brattleboro) r i r, machinist, and farmer with H. K. 

Chamberlain Mary A., (West Brattleboro) r i 8, widow of Emery, farmer 65. 

CHAMBERLAIN THEODORE A., (Brattleboro) r 14, farmer 50. 

Chamberlain William M., (West Brattleboro) r 2, prop, cider-mill and far- 
mer 160. 

Cheney Albert A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, (Cheney & Clapp.) 

CLARK CHARLES S., (Brattleboro) r 31, dentist, office Main St., Brattle- 
boro. 

Clark Luman F., (West Brattleboro) r 23, prop, of wood jobbing shop. 

Clark Mary W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of James A. 

Clayton Austin W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, M. E. clergyman, farmer 2, 

Clayton Royal, (Brattleboro) r 48^, watchman at Estey's. 

Clisbee Henry N., (West Brattleboro) r 32, carpenter and farmer 9. 

CLISBEE MARY C, (West Brattleboro) r 32, (Mrs. H. N.) prop, of board- 
ing-house. 

Cobb Marriam A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Joseph B. 

Codman B. George, (Brattleboro) r 31^^, farmer, son of George B. 

Codman George B., (Brattleboro) r 31^, currier and farmer 4. 

Connell John, (Brattleboro) r 31^, sawyer. 

Conofree PhiHp, (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 86. 

Cook John W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired farmer. 

Cook Wallace W., (Brattleboro) r 11, farmer 30. 

COVEY EDSON A., (Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 88. 

Covey Frank E., (Brattleboro) r 27, laborer. 

COVEY FRANK W., (Brattleboro) r 9, milk dealer. 

Covey Joseph N., (Brattleboro) r 27, farmer. 

COX GEORGE C, (West Brattleboro) r 44, farm laborer. 

Crosier Irving G., (West Brattleboro) r 21, farmer. 

CROSIER TIMOTHY G., (West Brattleboro) r 21, farmer 275. 

Crouch Albert W., (West Brattleboro) r 15 cor 24, farmer 13^, 

CROUCH EDWIN C, (West Brattleboro) r 31, machinist and die-sinker. 

Crouch Silas M., (West Brattleboro) r 31, shoemaker. 

CROUCH WAYLAND M., (West Brattleboro) r3i, machinist. 

Crownishield Henry, (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 200. 

Curtis Francis, (West Brattleboro) r 26, inventor of automatic screw machine, 
and manufacturer of lead pipe coupling or flange. 

Cutler Isaac W., (Brattleboro) r 27, farmer 20. 

CUTTING HENRY M.. (West Brattleboro) r 38, farmer 75. 

CUTTING JOHN S., (West Brattleboro) r 38, justice of the peace, school 
teacher and farmer no. 

CUTTING W. STARR., (West Brattleboro) r 38, principal Deerfield 
Academy, in Deerfield, Mass. 

Davis Fred B., (Brattleboro) r 31^, painter. 

Davis Simon C, (Brattleboro) r 31^^, painter. 

Decker WiUiam J., (West Brattleboro) r 31, teamster. 

Dexter Chloe H., (^West Brattleboro) 131, widow of David, aged 92 years. 

Dudley Benajah, (West Brattleboro) r 23, retired farmer, born in this town 
in 1791. 

Dunklee Abigail, (West Brattleboro) r 4, widow of Edward. 

Dunklee Edward C., (West Brattleboro) r 4, prop. cider-miU, farmer 200. 

Dunklee Frank L., (Brattleboro) r 31^, machinist. 

Dunklee Henry E. (Brattleboro) r 31^, laborer. 

DUNKLEE MARTHA G., (West Brattleboro) 131, widow of Jacob. 



380 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 



Dunklee Matilda. (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Adamatha, aged 77 
years. 

Dunklee Noah W., (West Brattleboro) r 31^, agent Granite State mower and 
farmer 76. 

Dustin Luther, (West Brattleboro) r 24, dairy 14 cows, and farmer 185. 

Earl Marilla, (West Brattleboro) r 32, widow of Rufus, farm 1,804. 

Eaton Charles W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, (Eaton & Newell) postmaster. 

Eaton & Newell, (West Brattleboro) r 31, (C. W. Eaton and C. W. Newell,) 
general merchants and dealers in flour and feed. 

Eddy Abner P., (West Brattleboro) r 31, dealer in milk. 

Eddy Albert, (West Brattleboro,) r 31. dealer in milk and soap. 

Elliot Ann L., ^^West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Edwin D. 

Elliot Charles S., (Brattleboro) r 30, blacksmith. 

EUiot Lucinda, (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of James, aged 85. 

Ellis Charles H., (West Brattleboro) r 44, resident. 

Ellis James L., (West Brattleboro) r 26, laborer. 

Ellis John S., (West Brattleboro) r 44, employee of Boston & Albany R. R. 
Co., farmer 100. 

EUis Ozro M., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer, for J. S. ico. 

Ellis William W., (West Brattleboro) r 42, laborer. 

EVANS CATHARINE R., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Edwin. 

FARNSWORTH ROBERTUS H., (Brattleboro) r 30, carpenter and joiner. 

Field Frank C, (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Field Henry G., (Brattleboro) r 30, retired. 

FISHER CHESTER L., (Brattleboro) farmer 30, h Brattle st. 

FISHER ELIAS W., (Brattleboro) r 30, farmer 50. 

FISHER EZRA E., (West Brattleboro) r 31, manuf. of Fisher's improved 
dictionary holder and spring chairs, proprietor of planing-mill, and gen- 
eral job shop. 

Fisher George W., (Brattleboro) r 30, carpenter and joiner. 

FISHER MARSHALL E., (Brattleboro) r 30, painter, veterinary dentist. 

Fisher Mary, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Asa, aged 82 years. 

Fisher Mellezenda, (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of Reuben. 

Fisher Roscoe, (West Brattleboro) r3i, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Fisher William H., (West Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 

Fitch Barnabas, (West Brattleboro) r 17, wool grower 53 sheep, farm 180. 

Forbush William F., (West Brattleboro) r 18, farmer 30. 

Fox Adeline, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Lewis. 

FOX AUGUSTA A., (West Brattleboro) r 3 i, dressmaker. 

FRENCH FOSTER F., (Brattleboro) r 12, farmer 170. 

French George, (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 150. 

FRENCH WILLIS F., (Brattleboro) r 12 farmer. 

Frost James B., (Brattleboro) r 7, farmer 100. 

Frost Lura, (West Brattleboro) r 21, widow of Sumner. 

FROST ROS WELL L., (West Brattleboro) r 18, breeder of grade Jersey 
cattle, dairy 9 cows, farmer 140. 

Gage Amasa W., (West Brattleboro) r 4, farmer 100. 

Gage Fred W., (West Brattleboro) r 4, laborer. 

Gaines Fannie C, (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of William. 

GLEN WOOD CLASSICAL SEMINARY, (West Brattleboro) H. H. 
Shaw, A. M., principal; Miss May Richmond, Miss Ella Bennett, assist- 
ants ; Miss Maria Steadman, drawing and painting, and Prof. G. W. 
Bryant, teacher of music. Main st. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 381 

Goodall Ezra K., (Brattleboro) r 13, farmer 50. 

Goodenough Alonzo, (West Brattleboro) r 32, retired, aged 75, farmer 200. 

GOODENOUGH ASA P., (West Brattleboro) r 41, farmer 60. 

GOODENOUGH DWIGHT, (West Brattleboro) r 41, dairy 20 cows, sugar 
orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 320. 

Goodenough Elizabeth, (West Brattleboro) r 41, widow of Windsor. 

GOODENOUGH HENRY F., (West Brattleboro) r 39, prop, of cider- 
mill, apple orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 240, in Reedsboro, Ben. Co., 100. 

Goodenough Horace S., (West Brattleboro) r 41, machinist. 

Goodenough John A., (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer. 

GOODENOUGH JOHN P., (West Brattleboro) r 32, prop, saw, grist and 
shingle-mill, farmer 30. 

GOODENOUGH MELLEN C., (West Brattleboro) r 35, sugar orchard 
1,000 trees, farmer 285. 

Gould Austin, (Brattleboro) r 30, machinist. 

Gould Cynthia A., (West Brattleboro) r 41, widow of Wm. H., farmer 50. 

Gould Henry, (Brattleboro) r 31^^, laborer. 

GROUT LEWIS, (West Brattleboro) r 31, Cong, clergyman and agent of 
American Missionary Association. 

Guild William S., (Brattleboro) r 30, resident. 

Hall Henry, (West Brattleboro) r 1, farmer, with R. Rockwell. 

Hamilton Carlos, (West Brattleboro) off r 32, supt. of town farm 160. 

Harrington Frank D., (Brattleboro) r 31^, laborer. 

Harris Alfred, (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Harris Calvin, (West Brattleboro) r 15, farmer 60. 

Harris Charles, (West Brattleboro) r 17, farmer 300. 

Harris Daniel W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Harris George, (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Harris Hervey C., (West Brattleboro) r 31, organ inspector for J. Estey 
& Co. 

Harris John, (West Brattleboro) r 32, farms for Ebenezer Wiswell 120. 

Harris Sallie, (West Brattleboro) r 22, widow of Benjamin F., aged 91 years. 

Hart George W., (Brattleboro) r 14, laborer and farmer 2. 

Harvey George H., (West Brattleboro) r 23, physician and surgeon, farmer 35. 

Harwood Gilbert D., (West Brattleboro) r3i, carpenter and joiner. 

Harwood Harriet S., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Zachariah. 

Raskins Luther, (Brattleboro) r 31^, laborer. 

Hawley Luther W., (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of Estey Organ Co. 

HAYNES CLIFTON F., (Brattleboro) off r 7, farmer, leases of E. A. 
• Covey 88. 

Henkel John, (West Brattleboro) r 31, wood carver for Estey Organ Co. 

Herrick Herbert C, (Brattleboro) r 47, wheelwright. 

Herrick James. (West Brattleboro) r 31, missionary. 

Herrick John N., (Brattleboro) r 47, farmer, leases of S. N. Herrick 40. 

Hescock Warren, (West Brattleboro) r 3, farmer 75. 

Higley Elijah, (Brattleboro) r 28, farmer 80. 

Hildreth John, (Brattleboro) r 31^, carpenter, owns h and lot. 

Hill Alexander F., (West Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter and builder. 

Hiscock Alvin, (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer in Dummerston 300. 

Holbrook Jared, (West Brattleboro) r 43, farmer i. 

HOLBKOOK S. D., (West Brattleboro) r 43, empbyee of J. Estey & Co. 

Hosford Ralph E., (West Brattleboro) r 31, peddler. 

Houghton Samantha, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Bradley. 



382 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 

Houghton Susie B., (West Brattleboro) r 31, dressmaker. 

Howe Edmund P., (West Brattleboro) r 37, school teacher, and farmer 200. 

Hubbs George, (Brattleboro) r ;i, cigarmaker. 

Hudson Charles P., (Brattleboro) r 5, farmer 3I-. 

Hunt Adelia, (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of Reuben. 

Jacobs Clark, (VVest Brattleboro) r 31, retired manufacturer, aged 81. 

Johnson Alonzo N., (VVest Brattleboro) off r 21, employee of J. Estey & Co., 
breeder Poland China hogs, and farmer 120. 

Johnson Delevan C, (West Brattleboro) r34, farmer 75. 

Johnson Eugene C, (Brattleboro) r 47, carriage and sleigh manuf. and 
ironer. 

JOHNSON EEVVIS J., (West Brattleboro) r 21^ prop, cider-mill, manuf of 
cider jelley, breeder of Guernsey cattle, Poland China hogs, sugar orch- 
ard 1,000 trees, and farmer 236. 

Johnson Milo, (West Brattleboro) r 21^, retired farmer. 

Jones Edmund, (West Brattleboro) r 42, farmer 150. 

Jones Frank B., (West Brattleboro) r 31, machinist. 

Jones Laban, (VVest Brattleboro) r 31, retired farmer, aged 87, 

Jones Laura A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Francis W. 

Kaye Thomas, (West Brattleboro) r 24. (Kaye & LeRay) 

Kaye & LeRay, (West Brattleboro) r 24, (Thomas Kaye, and James R. Le- 
Ray) dairy 12 cows, and farmers 180. 

KELLEY BENJAMLV F., (Brattleboro) r 5, born 1806, farmer 50. 

King Leaveritt, (West Brattleboro) r42, farmer 5. 

Knapp I-eroy I., (Brattleboro) r 27, peddler of silk goods. 

Knight Thomas J., (Brattleboro) r 30, carpenter and joiner. 

Knights Frank, (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Larkin Henry B., (Brattleboro) r 31^, prop, of Centerville grist-mill, dealer 
in flour, feed and grain. 

Lee Eli H., (West Brattleboro) r 34, farmer 100. 

LeRay James R., (West Brattleboro) r 24, (Kaye «Sc LeRay.) 

Lindsey George W., (Brattleboro) off r 7, leases of Willard 40. 

LISCOM JOHN P., (Brattleboro) r 42, summer boarding house, fruit grower 
1,400 peach trees, manuf and dealer in hard and soft soap, and 
farmer no, 

Longueil John T., (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of Estey Organ Co. 

Lynde Francis, (VVest Brattleboro) r 35, farmer 140. 

Mallard Augustus, (West Brattleboro) r 4, farm laborer. 

Markham timeline, (West Brattleboro) r 47, house and lot. 

Marsh Daniel H., (West Brattleboro) r 41, brick manuf., and farmer 5. 

Mather Cotton, (West Brattleboro) r 42, farmer 150. 

Mather Uwight M., (West Brattleboro) r 43, farmer 100. 

Mather Myron L, (W^est Brattleboro) r 42, school teacher and farmer. 

Mather William, (West Brattleboro) r 44, laborer. 

Matthews Edward A., (Brattleboro) r 27, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

MATTOON JOSEPH C, (West Brattleboro) r3i, general blacksmith. 

McVeigh Matthew, (Brattleboro) r 25, house painter, and farmer 20. 

Merrill Charles H., (West Brattleboro) r 31, pastor of Congregational church, 
town superintendent of schools. 

MILLARD -ELLEN C, (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of John A. 

Miller Burt S., (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

Miller Chester H., (West Brattleboro) r 44, retired farmer, aged 73. 

Miller Elijah P., (VVest Brattleboro) r 18, farmer 160. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 383 

Miller Eva M., (West Brattleboro) r i8, widow of Frank, with Mrs. W. F. 

Forbush, owns farm 30. 
MILLER GEORGE P., (West Brattleboro) r 18, farmer, with J. B. 
MILLER HENRY, (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer 100. 
MILLER JOHN B., (West Brattleboro) r 18, breeder of Durham cattle, 

dairy 13 cows, and farmer 300. (Died Dec. 7, 1883.) 
Miller Mack M., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer 140. 
Miller Marshall M., (Brattleboro) r 11, owner of stallion " Green Mountain 

Boy," breeder of trotting horses, and farmer 120. 
Miller Martha, (West Brattleboro) r 4, widow of Lorenzo. 
Miller Roxy N., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Stanford C, owns farm 

140. 
Miller Sabrina, (West Brattleboro) r 32, widow of John B. 
Miller Willie C., (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Miner Hannah, (Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Albert. 
MINER OZIAS L., (Brattleboro) r 47, agent for agricultural implements 

and soluble Pacific guano, dealer in wool and country produce, dairy 8 

cows, and farmer 100. 
Mitchell Thomas, (Brattleboro) r 31^, laborer. 

Mixer Charles, (West Brattleboro) r 31, dealer in hulled corn and hominy. 
Mixer LeRoy R., (West Brattleboro) r 31, tanner. 
Moody Malcolm, (Brattleboro) r 30, assistant treasurer of Vermont Savings 

Bank. 
Moore Eunice M., (Brattleboro) r 48^, widow of Warren K. 
MOORE HENRY W., (Bratdeboro) (Worden & Moore,) h Brattle st. 
Moore Lucius A.. (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Morse Sprague, (West Brattleboro) near r 31^, brick mason. 
Morse Stanton, (West Brattleboro) off r 31, laborer. 
MORRIS SIDNEY L., (West Brattleboro) r 31, prop, of livery stable, and 

farmer 7. 
Mundell James, (Brattleboro) r 48^, laborer. 

Mundell William, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Mason Charles N., (West Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter. 
Mason E., (West Brattleboro) near r 31, employee of Brattleboro Sewing 

Machine Co. 
Nash George W., (West Brattleboro) r 22, basket maker, farmer. 3. 
Nesbit John, (West Brattleboro) r 45, prop, cider-mill and farmer 107. 
Newell A. P., (West Brattleboro) r 32, laborer. 
Newell Charles W., (West Brattleboro) r 31, (Eaton & Newell.) 
Newton Melvina S., (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of Isaac A. 
NEWTON ROSWELL H., (West Brattleboro) r 32, with WiUiam D. New- 
ton and Noah C. Alexander, farmer 225. 
NEWTON W. DERASTUS, (West Brattleboro) r 32, with R. H. Newton 

and N. C. Alexander, farmer 225. 
Nichols Emily, (West Brattleboro) r 18, widow of James, aged 76. 
Niles Henry, (West Brattleboro) r 31, employee of Brattleboro Sewing Ma- 
chine Co. 
Noble Harvey R., (Brattleboro) r 31, farm laborer. 
Perham Mary J., (Brattleboro) r 30, widow of Samuel. 
Perry David, (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer 240. 
PERRY DAVID T., (Brattleboro) r 13, dairy 35 cows, milk peddler, breeder 

of Guernsey cattle, farmer, leases of Richards Bradley 300. 
Peery Joseph, (Brattleboro) r 48^, blacksmiths works at Estey's. 



384 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 

Perry Preston F., (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired merchant. 

PETTEE ANSON L., (Brattleboro) r 26, dentist, office Main St., Brattleboro. 

Pettee Fred G., (Brattleboro) r 26, dentist, office Main St., Brattleboro. 

PHILLIPS HENRY C, (Brattleboro) r 30, milk dealer, farmer 50. 

Plimpton William W., (West Brattleboro) near r ^i^, employee of Brattle- 
boro Sewing Machine Co. 

Plummer Charles, (West Brattleboro) r 42, farmer, son of J. H. 

Plumraer David, (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 125. 

Plummer Joseph H., (West Brattleboro) r 42, wool grower, and farmer 356. 

POND GEORGE W., (Brattleboro) r 30, h 31^, general blacksmith, horse- 
shoer and carriage-ironer. 

Powers Charles R., (West Brattleboro) r 32 cor 31, pastor West Brattleboro 
Baptist church. 

PRATT DANIEL S., (Brattleboro) breeder and dealer in pure blood Dur- 
ham cattle, reg., and Southdown sheep, and farmer 350. 

Pratt E. Austin, (West Brattleboro) r 31, dealer in fine table cutlery and 
silver ware. 

Pratt Thompson, (Brattleboro) r 31^, painter. 

Prouty Abbott F., (Brattleboro) r 14^ teamster and farmer 90. 

Prouty George P., (West Brattleboro) r — , laborer. 

Prouty Marion, (Brattleboro) r 14, widow of Charles. 

Prouty Norman F., (Brattleboro) r 3i|, sawyer. 

Rand JuHan R., (Brattleboro) r 31^, machinist. 

REDWAY JOSEPH D., (Brattleboro) r 6, butcher and farmer 100. 

Richardson Eleanor A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Frank W. 

Richardson Jonathan H., (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer. 

Robbins Marcus R., (Brattleboro) r 7, farmer 94, and in Dummerston pas- 
ture land 140. 

Rockwell Alexander, (West Brattleboro) r 31, farmer 3. 

Rockwell Robert, (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 250. 

Rockwell Wesley, (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer with Robert. 

Root Albert, (Brattleboro) r 48^, laborer. 

Russell Sylvenus, (Brattleboro) r 47, farmer, leases of D. 8. Pratt 170 acres. 

Sargeant Anna S., (West Brattleboro) r 23, widow of Luther Jr. 

Sargeant John P., (West Brattleboro) r 31. dealer in Uve stock and farmer 180. 

SARGEANT SAMUEL S., (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer 230. 

Sargent Alfred, (West Brattleboro) r 44, laborer. 

Sargent Alfred, (Brattleboro) r 11, farmer 33. 

Sargent Chauncey D., (Brattleboro) r it, blacksmith. 

Sargent Charles W., (Brattleboro) r 49, farmer 130. 

Sargent Daniel, (West Brattleboro) off r 31, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

SARGENT FRANK A., (Brattleboro) r 11, manuf. of cigars. 

Sargent George B., (Brattleboro) r it, stonemason, carpenter and farmer 35. 

Sargent Horace F., (Brattleboro) r 11, slater. 

SARGENT JAMES H., (Brattleboro) r 11, farmer 30. 

Sargent John P., (West Brattleboro) off r 31, farmer, leases of Laura 160. 

Sargent Laura, (West Brattleboro) r32, widow of John L., owns farm 160. 

Sargent Robert H , (Brattleboro) r 11, cigarmaker. 

Sargent Roxana, (Brattleboro) r 11, widow of George, farmer 75. 

Sargent Nathan Wallace, (Brattleboro) r 31^, carpenter. 

Sartwell Rhoda, (Brattleboro) r 30, aged 90 years. 

Sawyer Edwin, (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired merchant. 

SHAW HENEY H., A. M., (West Brattleboro) principal of Glenwood 
Classical Seminary, Main st. 



TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO — OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 385 

Simonds John L., (Brattleboro) sec'y and treas. of the Brattleboro Sewing 

Machine Company, residence Guilford. 
SMITH AMANDA S., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Gen. Jonathan. 
Smith Charles D., (Brattleboro) r 27, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Smith Hazen A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, painter. 
Smith Samuel G., (West Brattleboro) r 27, farmer 100. 
Spaulding George, (Brattleboro) r 31, barber. 
Stafford J. Gilbert, (West Brattleboro) off r 47, farmer, leases of P. F. 

Perry no. 
Stafford Patience, (West Brattleboro) r 21, aged 82. 
Stamp Larry, (West Brattleboro) r ;^;^, farmer 100. 
Stamp Royal, (West Brattleboro) r t,^, farmer 100. 
STARK AMANDA M., (West Brattleboro) r 33, (Mrs. Clark.) 
STARK CLARK, (West Brattleboro) r t,^, farmer 350. 
Starkey Alonzo, (Brattleboro) r 30, deputy sheriff, dealer in horses, farmer 2;^. 
Steadman Josiah H., (West Brattleboro, r3i, physician and surgeon and 

farmer 3. 
Steadman Maria, (West Brattleboro) assistant teacher Glenwood Classical 

Seminary, Main st. 
STEARNS RUFUS, (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired carpenter, aged 79 

years. 
Stellman Louis H., (West Brattleboro) r 31, machinist. 
Stockwell Arad H., (West Brattleboro) r 31, retired stone mason, aged 72 

years. 
Stockwell Charles, (West Brattleboro) r 23, painter. 
Stockwell George F., (West Brattleboro) r 3?, carpenter and slater. 
Stockwell Henry A., (West Brattleboro) r 18, farmer 75. 
Stockwell Horace, (West Brattleboro) r 32 retired farmer, aged 83 years. 
Stoddard Elroy, (West Brattleboro) 131, miller. 

Stoddard Sarah, West Brattleboro) r 23, widow of Levi, aged 91 years. 
Stone Charles W., (Brattleboro) r 31^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Stone Riley, (Brattleboro) r 31, painter. 
Stowe A. Wells, (Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 
Stone Alonzo T., (West Brattleboro) r 31, laborer. 
Stone Harriet, (West Brattleboro) 131, widow of J. F. 
Stone Lettie L., (West Brattleboro) r 31, school teacher. 
Stowe Thomas T., (West Brattleboro) 131, farmer 45. 
Strater Adaline P., (West Brattleboro) r 23, widow of A. J. 
Streeter Emilie E., (West Brattleboro) r 31, teacher instrumental music. 
Streeter Esmond E., (Brattleboro) r 6, painter and farmer. 
Streeter Manda C, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Dr. Charles L., music 

teacher. 
Swift Mary, (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Seneca, aged 80 years. 
Taylor Warren, (West Brattleboro) r 23, laborer. 
Thayer S. Otis, (Brattleboro) r 48 farmer. 
Thayer Irving, (West Brattleboro) r off 18, farmer 225. 
Thayer Leroy, (West Brattleboro) off r 18, farmer 200. 

Thayer Lorenzo D., (Brattleboro) r 48, dairy 16 cows, prop, cider-mill, far- 
mer 215. 
Thomas Frederick R., (Brattleboro) r 13, carpenter and builder, farmer 10. 
Thomas George, (Brattleboro) r 13, retired farmer, aged 87 years. 
Thomas George H., (Brattleboro) r 13, farmer 60. 
Thomas Houghton, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of J. Estey & Co. 

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386 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO OUTSIDE OF FIRE DISTRICT. 

Thomas Russell B., (West Brattleboro) r 31, organ tuner and breeder of 

Plymouth Rock fowls. 
Thurber Jennison E., (West Brattleboro) r 31, farmer 80. 
Timson Charles H., (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Timson Julius C, (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Titus J. Humphrey, (Brattleboro) r 47, son of J- A. 
Titus Joseph A., (Brattleboro) r 47, machinist, employee Brattleboro Sewing 

Machine Co. 
Tyler Dewitt C, (BratHeboro) r 31, leases of Mrs. H. D. Carroll farm 35. 
Waite Alfred P., (Brattleboro) r 13 cor 10, breeder of thoroughbred Dur- 
ham cattle, reg., full blood Southdown sheep, and pure blood Plymouth 
Rock fowls, farmer 250. 
Waite Fred M., (Brattleboro) r 13 cor 10, farmer, son of A. F. 
Walker George J., (Brattleboro) r ir, farmer. 
Walker George W., (Brattleboro) r 11, farmer 80. 

Walker Samuel W., (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of Brattleboro Sewing Ma- 
chine Co. 
Walker Warner L., (West Brattleboro) r 31, teamster. 
Ward Charlotte E., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Abel S. 
Ward George W., (West Brattleboro) r 44, born in the town Aug. 4, 1800, 

farmer 230. 
Ward Jerome J., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer for G. W. 230. 
Ward Nelson, (West Brattleboro) r 34, farmer. 
Ware Fayette D., (Brattleboro) r 25, farmer. 
WARE OSCAR F., (Brattleboro) r 25, summer boarding house, dealer in 

horses and cattle, and farmer 184. 
Warren Jennie T., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Dana S., school 

teacher. 
Warren Sherman H., (Brattleboro) r 31^, prop, tannery and card leather 

manuf. 
Warren Susan A., (West Brattleboro) r 31, widow of Russell, h and 2 atres. 
WARRINER HENRY, (West Brattleboro) r 46, farmer 192. 
Warriner Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 46, farmer 3. 
WEATHERHEAD HIRAM F., (West Brattleboro) r 31, farmer 25. 
WEATHERHEAD JOHN, (West Brattleboro) r 44, dealer in Hve stock, 

apple orchard, 1500 trees and farmer 140. 
Weatherhead Lavina, (Brattleboro) r 30, owns house and lot. 
Weatherhead Luke H., (West Brattleboro) r 44, farmer 65. 
Wells Arthur, (Brattleboro) r 48^, shoemaker, Canal st. 
Wells Lucian E., (Brattleboro) r 5, physician and surgeon and farmer. 
Wells Samuel Bayley, (Brattleboro) r 5, farmer go. 

WHEELER CHARLES T., (Brattleboro) r 30, truckman, owns h and lot. 
Wheeler Evaline D. and Francis A., (Brattleboro) r 30. own house and lot. 
Whitaker Charles, (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 102. 
Whitaker Ethan S., (West Brattleboro) r 32, carpenter. 

Whitaker Fanny, (West Brattleboro) r 32, widow of Whitney, owns farm 3. 
WHITAKER FOSTER S., (West Brattleboro) r 22, prop. 'of saw-mill and 

grist-mill, and farmer 3. 
Whitaker Harvey, (Brattleboro) r 21^, laborer. 
White Frederick, (Brattleboro) r 30, employee of J. Estey & Co. 
Whitney Harriet M., (West Brattleboro) r 31, daughter of Nathaniel. 
WHITMAN CLARENCE D., (Brattleboro) r 6, school teacher, farmer 4, 
and farms for J. D. Red way 100. 



TOWN OF BROOKLINE. 



387 



Whitney Joseph G., (West Brattleboro) r 44, carpenter, and farmer 45. 
Whittaker Harvey G., (Brattleboro) r 31I inventor of lead pipe coupling 

or flange. 
Wilder George A., (Brattleboro) r 9, farmer, with Marshall. 
Wilder Marshall, (Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 100, and mountain land 150. 
Willard Russell H., (West Brattleboro) near r 31, employee of Brattleboro 

Sewing Machine Co. 
Williams Isaac, (Brattleboro) r 48^, employee of ]. Estey & Co. 
Williams Robert M., (West Brattleboro) r 32, farmer 175. 
Winchester Almira, (West Brattleboro) r 2,8, widow of Charles, farms estate 

of Charles 100. 
Winchester Dwight, (West Brattleboro) r 33, farmer. 
Winchester Hiram, (West Brattleboro) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 
WINSLOW CARRIE M., (West Brattleboro) r 23, millmer. 
Winslow Sarah E , (West Brattleboro) r 23, school teacher. 
WINSLOW WILLIAM, (West Brattleboro) r 23, farmer 95. 
Winslow William H., (West Brattleboro) r 23, son of William. 
Winter George F., (West Brattleboro) r 21, farmer 130. 
Wiswell Ashley, (West Brattleboro) r 41, farmer 115. 
Wisv/ell Ebenezer, (West Brattleboro) r 32, retired farmer 120, aged 85. 
Wood Charles, (Brattleboro) r 31^, farmer 2. 
Wood Israel, (West Brattleboro) r 36, retired farmer 5, aged 82. 
WOOD JOHN S., (West Brattleboro) r 45. prop, of cider-mill, dealer in 

fish, and farmer 75. 
WORDEN JASPER J., (Brattleboro) (Worden & Moore,) owns farm 30 

acres in Newfane. h Brattle st. 
WORDEN & MOORE, (Brattleboro) (Jasper J. Worden and Henry W. 

Moore,) manufs. of soft soap. Brattle st. 
Yeaw Dana, (Brattleboro) r 47, farm laborer. 
Yeaw Henry, (West Brattleboro) r 41, farmer. 
Young Etta, (Brattleboro) r 48^, widow of Alfred R. 



BROOKLINE. 

Railroad station i? Fayetteville. on Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R. 

[J^or explanations^ etc., see page 305.) 

Adams Ozro D., (Brookline) r i, farm laborer. 

Adams Watkins, (Brookline) r i, farmer 50, leases 100 acres in Sherburne to 

Elliot Wyman. 
Adams Williams, (Brookline) r 6. town clerk, lister, and justice of peace, fruit 

grower, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 200. 
AUbee Timothy M., (Newfane) r 8, justice of the peace, sugar orchard 500 

trees, farmer 275. 
Barnes Charlie W., (Newfane) r 8, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 25 

sheep, farmer 170 with S. L. 
Barnes Sophia L., (Newfane) r 8, widow of Alfred S., owns farm 170. 
Barrett Calvin T., (Brookline) r 3, teacher of vocal music, sugar orchard 300 

trees, and farmer 30. 



388 TOWN OF BROOKLINE. 



Barrett Henry C, (Brookline) r 3, farm laborer, works for his father, Calvin. 
BEMIS JAMES B., (Townshend) r 2, stock dealer, sugar orchard 600 trees, 

farmer 500. 
Bennett Walter S., (Newfane) r 3, farmer 114. 

Blodget Joseph, (Brookline) r 3, boards with Mrs. L. Flint, aged 83. 
BUSH E. WRIGHT, (Newfane) r 12, carpenter, farmer 25. 
BUSH JACOB, (Newfane) r 12, prop, of mineral springs, carpenter, sugar 

orchard 300 trees, farmer 150, leases to O. C. Merrifield 50. 
Bush Lorenzo W., (Newfane) r 9, prop, of grist and saw-mill, farmer 40. 
Coy Harvey M., (Newfane) r 8, farm laborer for T. M. AUbee. 
Crane Hosea B., (Brookline) r 4, sugar orchard 350 trees, wool grower 30 

sheep, farmer 200. 
CUTLER CHARLES A., (Newfane) r 7, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool 

grower 35 sheep, apple grower, served in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols., and 

farmer 375. 
Farrar Charles, (Newfane) r 9, pastor of Baptist church, sugar orchard 300 

trees, farmer 40 acres parsonage land, aged 82. 
Flint Lucinda, (Brookline) r 3, owns h and lot. 
Ford Albro V. B., (Brookline) r 10, farm laborer. 
Ford Wallace W., (Brookline) r 10, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer, leases of 

O. C. Merrifield 45. 
Gleason Elmer E., (Newfane) r 7, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer, works for 

his father's estate 135. 
Gleason Lorinda, (Newfane) r 7, widow of Russell T., resident. 
Gordon James, (Newfane) r 11, retired druggist. 

Harwood Otis, (Brookline) r 2, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 140. 
Holden Christiana B., (Brookline) r 6, widow of Grant, holds life lease on 

Grant Holden's estate. 
Landfear Henry J., (Brookline) r 2, mechanic, fruit grower, farmer 80. 
Marsh Almon M., (Brookline) r 3, son of N. C, laborer. 
Marsh Norman C, (BrookHne) r 3, blacksmith, town agent, farmer 20. 
Marsh Royal E., (Brookline) r 2, sugar orchard 800 trees, fruit grower, far- 
mer 236. 
Mason Elbridge G., (Brookline) r 6, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 30 

sheep, farmer 368. 
OSGOOD EPHRAIM P., (Newfane) r 8, town Hster, owns with his father, 

Luther, sugar orchard 500 trees, 60 sheep, dairy 10 cows, and farm 350. 
OSGOOD FRED L., (Newfane) r 8, farm laborer for his father, Luther. 
OSGOOD LUTHER, (Newfane) r 8, agent for Yankee rake, sugar orchard 

500 trees, wool grower 60 sheep, dairy 10 cows, farmer, owns with his 

son, Ephraim, 350. 
Perry William W., (Brookline) r 2, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower and 

farmer 80. 
Penfield John W., (Newfane) r 1 1, mechanic, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower 70 sheep, and works O. C. Merrifield's farm 400. 
Pollard Sullivan, (Newfane) r 7, town charge, aged 87. 
Potwine Frank L., (Brookline) r 4. farm laborer. 
PRATT DANIEL H., (Brookline) r 9, farm laborer, owns farm 87. 
Ranney Lorin L., (Brookline) r 5, retired farmer, resides with his son, V. W. 
Ranney Virgil W., (Brookline) r 5, postmaster, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 160. 
Riste Andrew S., (Brookline) r i, stone mason, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, 

fruit grower, farmer 340. 



TOWN OF BROOKLINE. 389 



Riste William, (Brookline) r i, carpenter and joiner, farm laborer. 
Shattuck Joshua A., (Brooklin) r i, mail carrier, teamster, breeder of Poland 

China and Berkshire hogs, farmer 60. 
SMITH WINCHESTER, (Brookline) r 3, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 

65. 

Stebbins Alfred R., (Newfane) r 6, farm laborer. 

Stebbins Chalmer W,, (Newfane) r 7, deacon of Baptist church, 2d select- 
man, sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder of grade Durham cattle, farmer 

Stebbins Clarissa, (Brookline) r 3, widow of Rufus, aged 85. 

STEBBINS JOEL C, (Newfane) r 9, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer, leases 

on shares of his father, W. P., 200. 
Stebbins John B., (Brookline) r 6, been justice of the peace about 30 years, jail 

commissioner, director of Windham Co. Savings Bank, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 335. 
Stebbins Laton C, (Newfane) r 7, farms for his father C. W. 
Stebbins William P., (Newfane) r 6, carpenter and joiner, town lister, sugar 

orchard 400 trees, farmer, leases of Grant Holden's estate 160. 
STICKNEY CHARLES P., (Brookhne) r 6, town representative, superin- 
tendent of schools, constable, agent for Union Mutual Fire Insurance 

Co., sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 125. 
SUNDERLAND ALBERT J., (Newfane) r 9, wool grower 24 sheep, and 

farmer 175. 
Ware George E., (Newfane) r 8, sugar orchard 200 trees, wool grower 30 

sheep, farmer 180. 
Ware Walter M., (Townshend) r 14, teamster, and farmer, with his father 

Wilham M. 
Ware William M., (Townshend) r 14, lumberman, sugar orchard 700 trees, 

farmer, owns with his daughter, Ellen, 154. 
Wellman Allen O.. (Brookline) r 4, farmer 170. 

Wellman Everett P., (Newfane) r 12, town treasurer, trustee of \J. S. sur- 
plus money, farmer 150. 
Wellman L. Kendrick, (Newfane) r 8, retired blacksmith, works for Mrs. S. 

L. Barnes. 
Wellman Leavitt K., (Newfane) 10, sugar orchard 225 trees, farmer 65. 
Whitney Erastus, (Brookhne) r 2, wheelwright, and carpenter, farmer, bds with 

H. J. Landfear. 
WHITNEY HIRAM, (Brookline) r 3, been town treasurer 25 years, sugar 

orchard 500 trees, wool grower 17 sheep, fruit grower, farmer 135. 
WHITNEY HIRAM M., (Brookline) r 3, been first selectman and overseer 

of town poor 13 years, sugar orchard 300 trees, breeder of Plymouth 

Rock fowls, farmer 150. 
Woolley Jonathan W., (Newfane) r 8, farmer 30. 



390 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



— THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR — 




A few reasons why you should visit the Brooks House Shoe Store : 

Mrst — "We have the hirgest variety to select from. 

Second— Ouv goods are reliable, not old or shop worn. 

Third — We pay special attention to styles and fittings. 

Fourth — Goods marked in plain figui-es. One price to all. 

^>Ji?7i— Last but not least, WE 'TRY TO PLEASE. 

WE KEEP IN STOCK A FULl, LINE OF 

^Haiid Sewed, GoodYear Welts, DaY Sewed,^ 

and Machine Sewed, in Button, Balmorals and Congress. 

We have the Agency for Charles H. Howard's celebrated 
Hand Sewed Goods. Measure taken and goods made to 
order. Inspection of our stock is solicited. 



Yours to serve, 



IDIIOT^IT <Sc BLISS, 

Brooks House Block, 

BRATTLEBORO, \ T 




TeriTis Cash. 



t^spairing Neatlij JJans. 




Cols, Chairs, Stools, Tables, Trunks, &c., for Tourists, Picnics, Camp Meetings, 
Military Oflir-ors and Household Use. Common Cots a Sjiecialty. 

bi^..^'X'ti_.ebo:eso, - TTETB^vdioisr'X'. 

^r"SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR. 



TOWN OF DOVER. 



391 



DOVER. 

Railroad station is Willianisville, ten miles east, on B. (k W. R. R. Daily stage. 
{For explatuitions, etc., see page 305.) 

Adams Asaph C, (South Wardsboro) r 6, cider-mill, sugar orchard 1,200 

trees, pasture in Newfane 50, and farmer 200. 
Adams Frank, (East Dover) r 6, farmer. 
Adams George H., (West Dover) r 35, farmer. 
ADAMS RUA E., (East Dover) r 6, widow of Preston W., dairy 10 cows, 

farmer 250, and in Newfane pasture land 50. 
Aiken Walter A., (East Dover) off r 12, farmer 8. 

Aldrich Albert E., (West Dover) r 2, farmer on E. Carpenter estate 62. 
Allen Amos A., (East Dover) r 26 and 27, retired farmer, house and 4 acres, 

aged 71. 
Atwood James K. P., (West Dover) r 3, farmer 157. 

Atwood Orlin G., (West Dover) r 15, farmer, leases of C. H. Kennon 190. 
Bartlett Edwin J., (West Dover) r 17, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 187. 
Bartlett Henry M., (West Dover) r 17, sugar orchard 734 trees, and farmer 

170. 
Bartlett James L., (West Dover) r 17, carpenter and farmer. 
Bogle Lyman T., (West Dover) r i, farmer, with R. S. 70. 
BOGLE MOSES J., (West Dover) r 37, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 100. 
Bogle Rufus S., (West Dover) r i, farmer, with L. T. 70. 
Bogle Thomas F., (West Dover) r 37, (Leonard Bros. & Bogle,) retired 

farmer 75. 
Bolster George, (East Dover) r 12, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 140. 
Boyd Dana H., (Dover) r 22, school teacher. 
BOYD GEORGE B., (Dover) r 22, ist selectman, grand juror, justice of the 

peace, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, leases of Mary Howard farm 375. 
BROWN CHARLES F., (East Dover) r 26, (Prouty & Brown,) bds with 

C. L. Hall. 
Brown Hermon M., (East Dover) off r 4, farmer 260. 
Brown Warren, (East Dover) r 8, farmer 100. 
Brown Willard, (East Dover) r 4, farmer 125. 

Bugbee Almena, (Dover) r 32, widow of Danforth, resident, owns farm 60. 
Bugbee Walter D., (Dover) r 32, farmer. 
Butterfield William, (East Dover) r 24, laborer. 

Carpenter Sally, (West Dover) off r 2, widow of Ebenezer, owns farm 62. 
COLLINS ANSEL B., (West Dover) r 19 cor 35, overseer of the poor, 

town agent, lister and justice of the peace, cattle dealer and butcher, 

house and lot 10 acres, and pasture 140. 
Converse Asa E., (West Dover) r 38, farmer. 
Cook Edward R., (West Dover) cor r 35 and 37, pensioner. 
Cooley Edwin K., (West Dover) stage driver and mail carrier to Williams- 

ville. 
COOPER ARMINDA M., (West Dover) r \Z\ cor 18, (Mrs. N. S.) 
Cooper George N., (East Dover) r 29, farmer, leases of Thomas Smith, of 

Halifax, 90 acres, and owns pasture 120. 
Cooper Moses P., (Dover) r 22, sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer 134. 



392 TOWN OF DOVER. 



COOPER NATHANIEL S., (West Dover) r i8^ cor r8, sugar orchard 140 

trees, and farmer 175. 
COPELAND COOMER H., (Dover;* r 41, sugar orchard 850 trees, fruit 

orchard 100 trees, and farmer 200. 
Copeland Harvey, (Dover) r 41, retired farmer, aged 8r. 
CORSE EDWIN S., (West Dover) off r 37, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, dairy 

ID cows, and farmer 225. 
CORSE ORVILLE L., (West Dover) r 38, farmer 262. 
DAVIS FRANCIS L., (West Dover) cor r 37 and 38, 'grocer, blacksmith 

and wheelwright, soldier in Co. F, i6th Vt. Vols. 
DAVIS JOHN B., (West Dover) cor r 19 and 35, manuf. of chair stock and 

molding, prop, saw-mill, farmer 30, and timber land 400. 
Dean Sabrina Miss, (West Dover) r 21, resident, owns 68 acres. 
Dean Sumner A., (West Dover) r 19, sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 

ISO- 
Ellis Edson E., (West Dover) off r 16, farmer. 

Estabrook Arthur A., (West Dover) r 20, farmer, with H. W. 

Estabrook Frank A., (West Dover) r 17, farmer 144. 

Estabrook Henry W. Dea., (West Dover) r 20, farmer 200. 

Estabrook Joseph H., (West Dover) r 20, farmer, with H. W. 

Estabrook Samuel S., (West Dover) r 17, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 
farmer 240. 

ESTABROOK SUSAN M., (West Dover) r 17, widow of Lorenzo G., lives 
with her son Frank A. 

FESSENDEN ALBERT D., (East Dover) r 26, employee of Prouty & 
Brown, h and ;^o acres. 

FITCH AUGUSTUS, (West Dover) r 38 cor s3, (Fitch Bros.) 

FITCH BROS., (West Dover) cor r 33 and 38, (Augustus and Freeman F.) 
dairy 7 cows, sugar orchard, 800 trees, farmer 347. 

FITCH FREEMAN F., (West Dover) r 38 cor S3, (Fitch Bros.) 

Foye Daniel, (West Dover) r 36, laborer. 

Goodell Judson G., (East Dover,) cor r 10 and 12, farmer 125, owned by his 
wife. 

Goodell Zina, (East Dover) r 11, farmer 135. 

Gould Abigail M., (East Dover) r 11, resident with G. A. /widow of Alvin. 

Gould George A., (East Dover) r 11, dairy 6 cows, wool grower, sugar or- 
chard 1,100 trees, apple orchard 150 trees, farmer 200. 

Gould Harriet A., (East Dover) r 26, widow John P., resident. 

Gould Isaac L., (East Dover) r 12, farmer 82. 

HALE GEORGE D., (East Dover) r 26, (Prouty, Brown & Hale.) 

HALL CLINTON L., (East Dover) r 26, express agent, wheelwright car- 
penter and joiner, owns house. 

HALLADAY WELLS C, (East Dover) r 26 and 27, postmaster, general 
merchant, dealer in flour and feed. 

Harris Byron W., (Dover) off r 31, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 100. 

Harris Florence M., (East Dover) r 43 cor 41, school teacher. 

HARRIS JAMES M., (East Dover) r 26, farmer 50, aged 75. 

HARRIS WENTWORTH N., (West Dover) r 20, dairy 10 cows, sugar or- 
chard 2,150 trees, farmer 350. 

Hescock Frank, (West Dover) r 16, grower of young stock, farmer 130. 

Hescock Horace L., (West Dover) r t8, prop, saw and shingle-mill and far- 
mer 352. 

Hescock Lorenzo, (West Dover) r 21, farmer 430. 



TOWN OF DOVER. 393 



Higley Polly. Miss, (Dover) cor 23 and 24, h and lot. 

Hill Daniel, (West Dover) r 16, sugar orchard, 1,000 trees, farmer 270. 

HILL OZRO E., (West Dover) r 16, a breeder of high grades of cattle, 
sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 250. 

HILL SARAH S., (West Dover) r 36, widow of Alvah, lives ^with J. Ly- 
man, owns farm 50. 

Houghton Rufus S., (West Dover) r 18^, sugar orchard 240 trees, farmer 200. 

Houghton Timothy, (West Dover) r i8|^, sugar orchard 800 trees, cattle dealer, 
farmer 300. 

Howe Arthur D., (East Dover) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 20 
sheep, farmer about 250. 

Howe DeWitt E., (East Dover) r 24, agent for Champion mower, farmer 20. 

Howe Edward, (East Dover) r 24, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 175. 

Howe E. Hamilton, (West Dover) r 17, dealer in cattle, sugar orchard 400 
trees, farmer 145. 

Howe Lorenzo L., (East Dover) cor r 10 and 12, farmer 28. 

Howe Martin P., (East Dover) r 24, farmer. 

Hoyt Edwin J., (West Dover) r 14, farmer 180. 

Jefts Delbert, (East Dover) r 5, farmer 258. 

Jefts Norman L., (West Dover) off r i, leases of David Farnham, of Wards- 
boro, farm 315. 

JOHNSON ABEL S., (West Dover) r 2, farmer 117. 

Johnson Elwin C, (West Dover) r 35, laborer. 

Johnson Eugene F., (West Dover) laborer. 

Johnson Fred H., (West Dover) laborer. 

Johnson F. Judson, (West Dover) laborer. 

Johnson Mary Mrs., (West Dover) r 2, farmer 164. 

Johnson Sylvester J., (West Dover) r 26, jobber and farmer. 

Jones Diana A., (West Dover) r 21, widow of W. H., resident, owns 3 acres. 

JONES ELWIN H., (East Dover) r 6, town representative, superintendent 
of schools, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 180. 

JONES LABAN, Jr., (Dover) r 23, breeder of Durham cattle, sugar orchard 
1,200 trees, farmer about 341, wild land 156. 

Jones W. Frank, (West Dover) r — , lister, farmer 100. 

Jones Whitney, (East Dover) cor r 8 and 5, sugar orchard 375 trees, far- 
mer 140. 

Kennon Charles H., (West Dover) r 15, farmer 190. 

Kent Edwin C, (West Dover) r 34, farmer 150. 

Kinney Luman, (East Dover) r 27, pastor of Baptist church. 

Knapp Augustus W., (Dover) r 32, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 295. 

Knapp Enos K., (Dover) r 32, retired farmer, aged 86. 

Knight John, (Dover) r 32, blacksmith and jobber, h and garden. 

Knowlton Emmons P., (Dover) postmaster, general merchant. 

Lazelle Charles F., (East Dover) r 30, son of Warren. 

LAZELLE ISAAC W., (East Dover) r 37, farmer, Hves, with his son Still- 
man H. 

Lazelle Nathan, (East Dover) r 27, retired farmer, h and lot, aged 72. 

LAZELLE OSCAR A., (East Dover) r 27, carpenter and joiner, h and lot, 
3 acres. 

LAZELLE STILLMAN H., (East Dover) r 27, justice of the peace, sugar 
orchard, farmer 175. 

Lazelle Thurber H., (East Dover) r 35, retired shoemaker, aged 75, owns 
t; acres. 



394 



TOWN OF DOVER. 



Lazelle Warren, (East Dover) r 30, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. 

LEONARD BROS. & BOGLE, (West Dover) r 34 and 37,(D. Pitt Leonard, 
D. Greene Leonard and Thomas F. Bogle,) manufs. and dealers in sweet 
cider jelly ; Leonard Bros, also manuf. and deal in maple syrup. 

LEONARD D. GREENE, (West Dover) r 35, (Leonard Bros. & Bogle, 
also D. G. & D. P. Leonard,) deacon of Cong, church, breeder of Jersey 
cattle, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 2,300 trees, timberland 125, home 
farm 225. 

LEONARD D. PITT, (West Dover) cor r 34 and 37, (Leonard Bros. & 
Bogle, also D. G. & D. P. Leonard,) 2d selectman, manuf and dealer in 
maple sugar, dealer in manufactured and raw furs, farmer r5. 

Lyman Jackson F., (West Dover) r 36, farmer 200. 

Lyman Melvin W., (West Dover) r 39, farmer, with J. F. 

Lyman Myron E., (West Dover) r 36, farmer, with J. F. 

Mann Frank R., (West Dover) r 37 and 38. retired farmer 10. 

MANN HOSEA, (West Dover) off r 35, wool grower 90 sheep, home farm 
1,200, in Somerset .|oo ; in Searsburg 60, and in Wilmington 180. 

MANN MARIA, (West Dover) off r 35, (Mrs. Rosea.) 

MANN WILLIAM H., (West Dover) off r 21, dealer in cattle, sugar orchard 
1,400 trees, farmer 200. 

Matthews Martin M., (West Dover) r 20, lives with W. N. Harris. 

May Daniel N., (West Dover) r 26, postmaster and general merchant, flour 
and feed. 

May Elliott R., (Dover) r 23, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 60. 

METCALF JAMES H., (East Dover) r 26 cor 27, sugar orchard 1,000 
trees, carpenter and joiner, farmer 105. 

Miner Everett D., (Dover) cor r 29 and 31, farmer no. 

Moore Albert L., (West Dover) r 19, farmer, with Truman, 50 acres. 

MOORE EPHRAIM, (East Dover) r 5, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 125, 
aged 75 years. 

Moore Lester C., (Wilmington) r 36, works for his father, Truman. 

MOORE MARSHALL A., (East Dover) r 5, farmer 80. 

MOORE RANSOM H., (West Dover) r 16, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 
180. 

Moore Silas H., (West Dover) r 37, millwright, carriage and sleigh manuf, 
and carpenter and joiner, h and lot. 

Moore Truman, (West Dover) r 36, farmer 250. 

Moulton Lyman D., (Dover) r 39, leases of Curtis Russell farm 70. 

Negus Loren, (West Dover) r 19, aged 80. 

Negus Merrick M., (West Dover) rig, farmer i^. 

Newell Job A., (West Dover) r 26, town clerk, town treasurer and shoe- 
maker. 

Parker Joshua F., (Dover) r 42, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 134. 

Perry Martin, (Dover) cor r 23 and 24, retired farmer, 71 years of age, owns 
47 acres. 

Perry Wilton H., (Dover) cor r 23 and 24, breeder and dealer in cattle, farmer 
300. 

Pike Jemima L., (West Dover) r 35, widow of Daniel, owns h and lot. 

Pike Henry D., (West Dover) r 35 farmer. 

PRATT EDWARD H., (East Dover) r 29, prop, of county right for "Sweep- 
stakes" washing machine, wool grower 20 sheep, sugar orchard 550 
trees, farmer 134. 

PROUTY DANA S., (East Dover) r 26, (Prouty & Brown and Prouty, 
Brown & Hale) owns 423 acres cleared land, and 230 of timber land. 



TOWN OF DOVER. 



395 



PROUTY HENRY A., (East Dover) 127, engineer, employee of Prouty 

& Brown. 
Prouty Norman F., (East Dover) r 36, sawyer, employee of Prouty «& Brown. 
PROUTY & BROWN, (East Dover) r 26, (D. S. P. & C. F. B.) props, of 

saw and shingle-mill and chair stock factory, own 600 acres timber 

land. 
PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, (East Dover) r 26, (D. S. P., C. F. B. & G. 

D. H.) props, of saw-mill, chair stock factory and grist-mill. 
Putnam Abbie D., (Dover) r 23, widow of Merrick. 
Putnam George E., (West Dover) r 26, laborer. 
Rice Bathsha, (West Dover, r 21, widow of Willard. 
RICE GEORGE E., (West Dover) r 17, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 

163. 
Rice G. Romanzo, (Dover) r 40, farmer 65. 

Rice Sherman L., (West Dover) r 17^ lives with H. Howe, farmer 72. 
Rice W. Neville, (West Dover) farmer. 

Roberts Porter A., (East Dover, r 26, employee of Prouty & Brown. 
Russell Curtis H., (Dover) r 24 cor 32, laborer, h and lot and 70 acres. 
Russell Willard, (West Dover) rig, farmer, leases of Mr. Haines 77. 
Ryther Eaton A., (Dover) r 29, farmer 90. 
Ryther Fred E., (Dover) r 29, son of Eaton A. 
Shaw Ebenezer T., (Dover) r 32, retired farmer, aged 83. 
Shephardson Charles M., (West Dover) r 20, lives with W. N. Harris. 
Sherman Gertie S., (East Dover) r 26, teacher. 
Sherman Marshall H., (East Dover) r 28, farmer 82. 

Sherman Sophia M., (East Dover) r 26. widow of Edwin F., h and garden. 
Smith Alanson C, (West Dover) r 37, carpenter and joiner, h and i acre. 
Smith Lemuel, (Dover) cor r 23 and 24, farmer 20. 
Smith Leslie, (East Dover) r 12, farmer 11?. 
Snow John C, (Dover) r 24, farmer, leases of E. D. Miner 80. 
Snow Julian J., (West Dover) r i. farmer 100. 
Snow Nancy, (West Dover) r 17, widow of Levi, farm 200. 
Spencer Newcomb H., (West Dover) cor r 20 and 21, agent for all kinds of 

plating, and farmer 4. 
Stanley Gilbert J., (West Dover) r 17, farmer 21. 

Starkey Duane C., (Dover) r 23, sugar orchard 825 trees, and farmer 175. 
Sylvester Francis A., (West Dover; r 33, farmer 64. 
Sylvester John F. A., (West Dover) r ^^, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and 

farmer 350. 
Svlvester Lewis J., (West Dover) r ;^;^, Hves with his father, J. F. A. 
TURNER CHARLES H., (East Dover) r 9, farmer, son of Henry L 
TURNER HENRY L, (East Dover) r 9, wool grower 50 sheep, sugar 

orchard 1,300 trees, and farmer 200. 
Ward Elliot, (East Dover) r 26, blacksmith, h and garden. 
Warner Milton, (Dover) r 39, farmer, leases of H. Haskins 100. 
Whidden William R., (West Dover) r 2, farmer, on A. S. Johnson farm 117. 
Whitney Jotham, (Dover) r 42, farmer 250. 

WiUis Nelson, (West Dover) r 34, farmer, leases of H. Gates 100. 
Woods Mehnda, (East Dover) r 26, widow of William M., h and 3 acres. 
WORDEN GEORGE C, (East Dover) r 43, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple 

orchard 200 trees,- peach orchard 20 trees, and farmer loo. 
YEAW DELPHIA W., (East Dover) cor r 41 and 43, 3d selectman, sugar 

orchard 1,200 trees, apple orchard 200 trees, wool grower 34 sheep, and 

farmer 360. 



396 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Yeaw Frank E., (East Dover) cor r 41 and 43, shingle sawyer, carpenter and 

farmer, with D. W. 
YEAW GILBERT W., (East Dover) cor r 30 and 31, justice of the peace, 

sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 168. 
Yeaw Herbert C. (Dover) 131, farmer, with D. W. 85. 
Yeaw Sabin M., (East Dover) cor r 25 and 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 175. 
YEAW SAMUEL H., (East Dover) r 43, sugar orchard 425 trees, and 

farmer, with WiUiam 190. 
Yeaw WiUiam, (East Dover) r 43, retired farmer, hves with his son, Samuel H. 
Yeaw Willie L., (East Dover) r 42, farmer, with G. W. 



DUMMKRSTOK. 

^For explanation., etc., see page 305.) 

Abbott Peter, (West Dummerston) r 20, shoemaker. 

ADAMS SAMUEL L., (Brattleboro) r 46, farmer, with T. P. Morse. 

Aiken William D., (West Dummerston) r 6, farmer 100. 

Allen Diana Miss, (West Dummerston) r 38, h and lot. 

Allen Henry W., (Dummerston) r 30, school teacher. 

Anghn Lawrence H., (West Dummerston) r 20, stone-cutter in granite 

quarry. 
Anglin Thomas M., (West Dummerston) stone-cutter. 
Ashley Albert B., (West Dummerston) r 20, station agent, works for Eleanor 

B. Perry, farmer 100. 
BACON CLARK, (Dummerston) r 9, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 40. 
Bailey Abner B., (West Dummerston) r 20, carpenter and builder, farmer 16. 
BAH.EY DAVID J., (West Dummerston) r 39, foreman of granite quarry 

of G. E. Lyon & Co. 
Bailey Franklin J.. (Dummerston) r 45, commercial traveler. 
Bailey Levi, (West Dummerston) off r 57, farmer 94. 
Bailey Silas A., (West Dummerston) r 39, proprietor of Bailey granite quarry, 

farmer 108. 
Baird Leavitt E., (Dummerston) r 10, farmer for R. P. Pratt. 
Baldwin Anna, (West Dummerston) r 54, widow of Daniel, resident, h and 

lot. 
Barrett Eunice W., (West Dummerston) r 38, widow of Ira. 
Barrett Sidney H., (West Dummerston) r 37, dairy 8 cows, farmer 106. 
Bassett Aaron, (Dummerston) r 27, laborer for Mary L. Dutton. 
BELKNAP CHESTER P., (West Dummerston) r 20, soldier Co. A, 2d N. 

H. Volunteers, served three years, carries on Josephine Hosmer's farm 25. 
Belknap Harriet P., (West Dummerston) r 20, widow of John P., resident. 
Bell Frank, (West Dummerston) r 20, laborer. 
Bemis Polly W., (Dummerston) r 45, farm 50. 

Bennett Augusta, (Dummerston) r 12, widow of Joseph T., farmer 96. 
Bennett Ella L., (Dummerston) r 19, teacher in Glen wood Classical Sem- 
inary at West Brattleboro. 
BENNETT GEORGE R., (West Brattleboro) r 68, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 150, and in Brattleboro 50. 



TOWN OF DRUMMERSTON. 



397 



Bennett Orrin L., (West Brattleboro) r 68, aged 91, resides with his son, 
George R. 

Bennett Oscar F., (Dummerston) r 19, farmer, with his father, O. L. F. 

BENNETT OSCAR L. F., (Dummerston) r 19, town agent, selectman, far- 
mer 125. 

BETTERLEY SAMUEL C, (West Dummerston) r 61, apple orchard 200 
trees, farmer 126. 

Betterly James N., (West Dummerston) r 62, sugar orchard 200 trees, apple 
orchard 150 trees^ farmer 112. 

BLOOD DENSMORE W., (Dummerston) r 28, apple orchard 200 trees, 
stock grower, farmer 185. 

Blood Henry D., (Dummerston) r 28, farmer, with his father, Densmore W. 

Bond Luke T., (Dummerston) r 28, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 100. 

Bond Leavitt E., Dummerston) farmer, with R. Pratt, owns 40. 

BOND LEROY L., (Dummerston) r 28, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 60. 

Boyd James J., (Dummerston) r 30, stone mason. 

Boyle Thomas, (West Dummerston) r 20, quarryman. 

Bradley Alonzo, (Dummerston) r 12, works for Augusta Bennett, farmer 95. 

Bradley Calvin K., (Dummerston) r 12, retired farmer, aged 81. 

Bragg Henry U., (Dummerston) r 9, farmer 120. 

Bressett Mitchel,, (West Dummerston) r 6, resident, with E. W. Huntley. 

Brown Edwin H., (Dummerston) off r 19, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, 
leases 100. 

Brown Fred L., (Dummerston) off r 49, farm laborer. 

Brown Lydia, (West Dummerston) r 25, widow of Jacob P., resident. 

Brown Webster A., (Dummerston) r 31, farm laborer. 

Brown William. (West Brattleboro) r 69, farmer, with George C. Washer. 

Buffum Alice E., (Brattleboro) r 53, school teacher, resides with her mother, 
Almira M, 

BUFFUM ALMIRA M., (Brattleboro) r 53, widow of Benjamin, leases of 
Electa S. and CaroHne Dutton, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple orchard 
200 trees, dairy 10 cows, farm 225. 

BUFFUM ARTHUR M., (Brattleboro) r 53, farmer, with his mother, Al- 
mira M. 

Buffum Seth, (Dummerston) r 29, farm laborer. 

Bugbee Samuel C, (West Dummerston) r 7, farmer 93. 

Burnett Martin S.,(West Dummerston) r 38, farmer, with his father, Stephen. 

BURNETT STEPHEN P., (West Dummerston) r 38, sugar orchard 600 
trees, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 150. 

Burnett Willie W., (West Dummerston) farmer, with S. S. Willson. 

Butterfield John B., (West Dummerston) r 59, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 
100. 

BUTTERFIELD JOHN F., (West Brattleboro) r 65, sugar orchard 400 
trees, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 100, in Brattleboro 40. 

Butterfield Susanna B. L., (West Dummerston) r 59, widow of Alanson, resi- 
dent, aged 73. 

Cavanaugh Luke, (West Dummerston) r 20, quarryman. 

Chamberlain John W., (West Brattleboro) r 67, sugar orchard 300 trees, 
apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 185. 

Chamberlain Myron W., (West Brattleboro) r 67, farmer, with John W. 

Charter Sylvester, (West Dummerston) r 70, farmer 40. 

Clark Eli, (Brattleboro) r 48, farmer 57. 

Clark Myron, (Dummerston) blacksmith at Slab Hollow. 



398 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 

Clark Thomas, (Brattleboro) r 48, farmer 74. 

Clough Stearns, (Dummerston) r 34, leases of L. Dustin 140. 

COLE LARKIN G., (Dummerston) r 34 cor 31, laborer, leases of Lucy 
Hopkins, h and lot. 

Collins Charles P , (West Dummerston) r 22, agent for Estey organs, and 
sewing machines. 

COMBS LEWIS C;., (West Dummerston) r 25, carpenter and builder, apple 
orchard 100 trees, farmer 80. 

Combs William, (West Dummerston) (William & W. E.) owns farm 10. 

COMBS WILSON E., (West Dummerston) (Wm. & W. E.) 

COMBS WILLIAM & W. E., (West Dummerston) prop, of grist-mill, saw- 
mill, shingle-mill and granite polishing machine, lumber manufs. 

Connearn Patrick, (West Dummerston) railroad section boss. 

Cook George S., (Dummerston) r 19, carries on C. H. Shale's farm 230. 

Cooper Darwin H., (West Brattleboro) r 70, farm laborer. 

Cooper Emma I., ( West Brattleboro) r 70, school teacher. 

COOPER JOHN T., (West Brattleboro) r 70, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 

125- 
Cooper Melvin E., (West Brattleboro) r 70, attendant Brattleboro Insane 

Asylum. 
CORSER ADELBERT M., (Putney) r 14, farmer, with his father, E. T. 
CORSER ERASTUS T., (Putney) r 14, dealer and breeder of fine Merino 

sheep 300 head, farmer 100, in Putney 150, and in Brookline 60. 
Corser George E., (Putney) r 14, farmer, with his father, E. T. Corser. 
Coy John F., (Putney) r 15, farm laborer, with Alanson Gates. 
Crosby Franklin, (Dummerston) r 29, prop, of grist and saw-mill, farmer 50, 

aged 80. 
Crosby Frederick F., (Brattleboro) r 48, prop, grist and saw-mill, farmer 65. 
Crosby George N., (Dummerston) r 29, runs mill for Franklin, farmer 74. 
Crosby J. Kirk, (Dummerston) r 29, violinist, and farmer 50. 
Crosier Dudley L., (West Brattleboro) r 67, farmer 60. 
Davis Charles, (West Dummerston) blacksmith. 

Dickinson Lemuel, (Dummerston) r 5, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. 
Dix EHza C, (Dummerston) r 29, widow of Joseph, h and lot. 
Dix Oscar, (Dummerston) r 29, farmer 21. 
Dodge Joseph T., (Dummerston) r i, mason, and farmer, leases of W. 

Dodge 125. 
DODGE WILLARD, (Dummerston) r 34, sugar orchard 350 trees, dairy 8 

cows, farmer 375. 
Dorman Lewis, (West Dummerston) r 25 farm laborer. 
Drown Charles W., (West Dummerston) r 58, peddler of hulled corn. 
DUTTON ADIN A., (Dummerston) r 34, grape culturist^ farmer 50, and 

works for Alonzo 96. 
DUTTON ALONZO, (Dummerston) r 34, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple 

orchard 100 trees, and farmer 96. 
DUTTON CHARLES, (Dummerston) r 29, wagon maker, h and lot, owns 

with Winslow farm 40. 
Dutton Mary L., (Dummerston) r 27, widow of Asa, sugar orchard 600 trees, 

farmer 205. 
DUTTON MYRON F., (Dummerston) r 34, farmer with Adin A. 
DUTTON STEPHEN L., (West Dummerston) r 27, farmer 225. 
Dutton Winslow, (Dummerston) r 29, wagon maker and farmer, owns with 

Charles 40. 



TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



399 



Earl Jefferson, (West Dummerston) r 20, quarryman. 

Eels William B., (Dummerston) r 45, farmer 30. 

ESTEY SAMUEL W., (West Dummerston) r 60, 2d selectman, sugar 
orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 1,200 trees. Southdown sheep 40, farmer 
345, corporal Co. F., 4th Regt., Vermont Vols., served 3 years. 

Evans Henry A., (West Dummerston) r 25, farmer with Louise E. 

Evans Louisa E., (West Dummerston) r 25, widow of John V., suo-ar orch- 
ard 500 t'-ees, apple orchard 500 trees, farmer 140. 

Evans Myron F., (West Dummerston) r 25, farmer with his mother, Louisa E. 

Everleth George, West Dummerston) r 58, shoemaker and farmer 25. 

Ferris Maurice, (West Dummerston) quarryman. 

Fitts Albert, (West Dummerston) off r 54, farmer 75. 

Fountain Joseph, (West Dummerston) r 20, quarryman. 

FRENCH HENRY A., (Dummerston) r 29, sugar orchard 500 trees, far- 
mer 145. 

Gardner George, (West Dummerston) stone-cutter. 

GATES AL.^NSON, (Putney) r 15. sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 125, 

Gates Asa D., (Putney) r 15, dairy 8 cows, farmer 100. 

Gates Asa H., (Dummerston) r 41, engineer N. L. N. R. R., owns farm 60. 

Gates Daniel W., (Dummerston) r 27, dairy 10 cows, farms Ira Ormsbee's 
estate 200. 

Gates Jennie E., (Dummerston) r 27, school teacher. 

Gates Mary L., (Dummerston) r 27, school teacher, lives with her father 
Daniel W. 

Gates Wray T., (Putney) r 15, farmer with his grandfather, Alanson. 

GRANT CHARLES H., (West Dummerston) r 20, prop, of granite quarry 
and manuf. of granite monumental work, owns farm 50. 

GREENWOOD EVA D., (Dummerston) off r 5, widow of Wm. H,, resi- 
dent, owns farm 116. 

Greenwood John, Dea., (West Dummerston) r 20, retired farmer, h and Jot, 
aged 76. 

Hadley Ellen L., (Brattleboro) r 56, school teacher, Uves with Wilson. 

HADLEY GEORGE D., (Brattleboro) r 56, farmer 40, and owns with Wil- 
son 100. 

Hadley Lewis, (Brattleboro) r 56, farmer 100. 

Hadley Wilson (Brattleboro) r 56, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer no. 

Harmon Thomas, (West Dummerston) stone-cutter. 

Harris Chester, (West Dummerston) r 20, farmer 60. 

HAVEN ORRIN W., (Dummerston) r 30, farmer 90. 1 

Hayden Albert, (West Dummerston) foreman in quarry. 

Herrick George E., (West Dummerston) r 35, farmer with Jonathan T. 

Herrick Jonathan T., (West Dummerston) r 35, dairy 10 cows,, sugar 
orchard 1,000 trees, apple orchard 500 trees, farmer 400. 

Hescock Alvin A., (West Brattleboro) r 69, farmer 75. 

Holton Harland W, (Dummerston) r 34 cor 31, works in New York city. 

Holton Josiah S., (Dummerston) r 29, farmer, h and lot. 

Holton Robert J., (Putney) r 15, farmer 100. 

Hosmer Josephine S., (West Dummerston) r 3, widow of Joseph, farmer 25. 

HOUGHTON DON A., (Brattleboro) r 47 cor 49, farmer 85. 

Houghton John F., (Brattleboro) r 47 cor 49, carpenter and builder. 

HOWARD CHARLES C, (Brattleboro) r 49, apple grower 100 trees, 
farmer 96. 

HUNTLEY ANTHONY L., (West Dummerston) r 26, apple orchard 100 
trees, farmer 175. 



400 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Huntley Merritt R., (West Dummerston) r 6, farmer with his father Anthony. 

Jillson Chauncey, (West Dummerston) r 6, apple orchard 200 trees, and far- 
mer 130. 

JILLSON GEORGE S., (West Dummerston) r 6, farmer with his father 
Chauncey. 

Jillson Luther C, (West Dummerston) farmer, leases 100. 

JOHNSON FRANK A., (Brattleboro) T46, leases of Alvina A. Bemis, 6 acres, 
dier Co. A., 3d Regt. Vt. Vols. 

Jones Reuben H., (Dummerston) apple orchard 100 trees, and farmer 160. 

KATHAN GARDNER S., (Putney) r 15, farmer 150. 

Kelly Sylvenus, (Dummerston) r 12, mason and farmer 85. 

KNAPP ADDISON B., (West Dummerston) r 7, apple orchard 200 trees, 
sugar orchard 100 trees, farmer loo. 

KNAPP ALVIN, (Dummerston) r 2, physician and dental surgeon, gradu- 
ate from Fort Wayne Ind. College of Medicine and in dentistry from 
Michigan University. 

Knapp Chauncey I., (Dummerston) r 41, farmer with his father, Wm. M. 

Knapp George S., (Dummerston) r i, apple orchard 500 trees, farmer 88. 

Knapp Hiram F., (Dummerston) r 27, dairy 10 cows, farmer 100. 

Knapp Horatio, (Dummerston) r 41, farmer with his father, Wm. M. 

Knapp I. Milton, (Dummerston) r 2, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 230. 

Knapp Jenevra M., (Dummerston) r 41, school teacher. 

Knapp Martha E., (Dummerston) r .^i, school teacher. 

Knapp Morton W., (Dummerston) r 41, farmer with William Knapp. 

Knapp Ora, (Dummerston) r 41, farmer with his father, William M. 

Knapp Rosa J., Dummerston) dressmaker. 

Knapp Wheeler W., (Dummerston) r 2, farmer with his father, I. Milton. 

Knapp William M., (Dummerston) r 41, farmer 240. 

Knight Betsey, (Dummerston) r 29, widow of Daniel, h and lot. 

Knight Fanny M., (Dummerston) r 15, widow of Joel, resides with her 
daughter, Mrs. Eva D. Greenwood. 

Knight Herbert J., (Dummerston) r 12, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. 

Knight Jason C, (Dummerston) farmer, leases of Wm. Wheeler 22. 

Knight Job, (Dummerston) r 12, farmer, aged 80 years. 

Knight Lavilla, (Putney) r 15, widow of Mmer, resident, aged 76. 

KNIGHT RANDOLPH A., (Dummerston) resident, manages farm for 
Susan M. 20. 

Knight Riley E., (Putney) r 15, machinist, prop, cider-mill and shingle-mill, 
sugar orchard 100 trees, farmer 90. 

Knight Susatj^M., (Dummerston) widow of Asa, farm 20. 

Lamson Daniel L., (West Dummerston) r 23, laborer, h and lot. 

L'mson Leland, (West Dummerston) r 20, farm laborer. 

Lr.ughton Augustine I., (Dummerston) r 9, farmer with his mother, Rosanna, 
100. 

L.\UGHTON AL^STIN, (Dummerston) r 10, sugar orchard 300 trees, far- 
mer 130 and in Putney 100. 

LAUGHTON FREDERICK H., (Dummerston) r 9, farmer 15. 

Laughton Rosanna, (Dummerston) r 9, lives with her son, Augustin I., aged 
87. 

Lawton Maria E., (Dummerston) r 45, farmer 140. 

Leonard Belle G., (West Dummerston) r 20, resident. 

LEONARD ELENE E , (West Dummerston) r 20, school teacher, resides 
with Hughes Leonard. 



TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 40I 



Leonard Hughes, (West Dummerston) r 20, farmer, leases of Isaac Taft 260. 

LEONARD WILLIE B., (West Dummerston) r 38, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
farmer 150. 

Leonard WiUiam J., (West Dummerston) r 20, farmer with Hughes Leonard. 

LYNDE LEWIS H., (Brattleboro) r 50, town representative, oveiseer of 
poor, market gardener, farmer 85 . 

Mansfield David L., (Dummerston) r 29, gardener and teacher, town super- 
intendent of schools for last 15 years. 

MAY MARY, (Dummerston) widow of Sylvester, housekeeper for Charles 
Ormsbee. 

May Willie L., (VVest Dummerston) r ;^^, farm laborer. 

McCabe Robert, (West Dummerston) stone cutter. 

McKenzie James, (West Dummerston) stjne cutter. 

Merrifield Stephen, (West Dummerston) r 20, farmer, house and lot. 

Miller Adin F., (Dummerston) r t2, farmer with his father Joseph. 

Miller Alfred W., (Dummerston) r 49, retired farmer. 

Miller Ansel I., (Dummerston) r 12, graduate in '81 of Williams College. 

Miller Edwin H., (Dummerston) r 29, student at Brattleboro, residence with 
W. O. Miller. 

Miller Frances A., (Dummerston) r 9, teacher of piano and guitar. 

Miller H. Harry, (Dummerston) r 9, carpenter and builder, dealer in gro- 
ceries, stationery and tobacco, house and lot. 

Miller Henry H., (Dummerston) r 29, with his father, Joel, farmer 120. 

MILLER J. ARMS, (Dummerston) r 12, sugar orchard 6co trees, farmer 
70, and in Putney 215. 

Miller Joel, (Dummerston) r 39, with Henry H., farmer 120. 

Miller John, (Dummerston) r 9, farmer 65. 

Miller Joseph, (Dummerston) r 12, town clerk and treasurer ^;^ years, sugar 
orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 135, and in Putney 1 10. 

Miller Lucretia, (Dummerston) r 29, resident, house and lot. 

Miller Mary D., (Dummerston) r 9, teacher of instrumental music. 

Miller William O., (Dummerston) r 29, postmaster 22 years, constable and 
collector 40 years, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 175. 

MINER CHARLES, (West Dummerston) r 20, blacksmith at George E. 
Lyon's granite quarry, owns 3 houses and 32 acres. 

Miner George F., (West Dummerston) employee at granite quarry. 

Morse Eliza S., (West Brattleboro) r 70, widow of John H. 

Morse Estate, (West Brattleboro) r 70, (Eliza S., Francis H., and Love J.), 
sugar orchard 700 trees, farm 160. 

MORSE FRANCIS H., (West Brattleboro) r 70, carries on farm for Morse 
estate. 

Morse Thomas P., (Brattleboro) r 46, farmer 70. 

Murphey Dan, (Brattleboro) r 42, farmer on J. N. Balistier farm. 

Murphey Michael, (Brattleboro) r 52, farmer 100. 

Newton Carloss E. B , (Brattleboro) r 55, farmer with his father Julius C. 

Newton Julius C, (Brattleboro) r 55, apple orchard r,ooo trees, prop, cider- 
mill, dairy 25 cows, farmer, leases of Richard Bradly of Brattleboro 300. 

Nichols Frank, (VVest Brattleboro) r 69, farm laborer. 

Nichols Frederick H., (West Dummerston) r 22, invalid. 

Nichols George, (West Dummerston) r 22, retired farmer, aged 87. 

Norcross Alonzo O., (West Dummerston) r 22 cor. 23, highway surveyor, 
carpenter and builder, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 118. 

Norcross Betsey, (West Dummerston) widow of Blucher, house and lot. 

26 



402 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Norcross Frank A., (West Dummerston) r 22, stone cutter at granite quarry. 
Norcross Henry H., (West Dummerston) r 23, carpenter and builder, clar- 

ionetist and farmer 125. 
Norcross Ormando, (West Dummerston) r 20, carpenter and builder. 
Norton C. Horatio, (West Dummerston) stone cutter. 
Nourse Joseph R., (Dummerston) sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 200 

trees, farmer 130. 
O'Donnel Clarissa, (Putney) r 17, farmer 4. 
O'Donnel Mary J., (Putney) r 17, milliner at Brattleboro. 
O'Keiff David, (West Dummerston) stone cutter. 
Ogilvie Arastus E., (West Dummerston) r 25^, farmer 25. 
Ogilvie Wallace E., (Brattleboro) r 56, farm labrirer. 
ORMES DRAPER S., (Brattleboro) r 42, farmer for Joseph N. BaHstier of 

Brattleboro. 
ORMSBEE CHARLES, (Dummerston) r 29, apple orchard, blacksmith and 

farmer about 60. 
Ormsbee Juliette, (Dummerston) r 26, widow of George, house and lot. 
Perry Eleanor B., (West Dummerston) r 20, widow of Samuel, farm 100. 
Pierce Hadley B., (Dummerston) r 28, farmer, employee of Luke Bond. 
PITKIN J. R. Mrs., (Dummerston) r 31, resident, with N. Willard. 
Pond Lorinda B., (West Dummerston) r 54, widow of George, resident, 

aged 74. 
Pratt Richard P., (Dummerston) r 10, farmer 20. 
Prescott Atherton, (West Dummerston) off r 37, farmer 125. 
Preston Electa, (Dummerston) r 45, widow of John K., owns farm 25. 
PUFFER CHANDLER E., (Putney) r 18, breeder of reg. Alderney cattle, 

20 head, dairy 10 cows, and manager for Edward Chappell, of Nor- 
wich, Conn., of farm 150. 
Randall Lewis, (Dummerston) r 10, carpentei and builder, and farmer 44. 
Reed Benjamin A., (Dummerston) r 31, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. 
Reed Carl T., (Dummerston) r 5, breeder of grade Durham cattle, town 

lister, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 80. 
Reed Charles O., (Dummerston) r 43, farmer 24. 
Reed David S.. (Dummerston) r 32, peddler, h and 2 acres. 
REED EDWARD D., (Dummerston) r 31, butcher, h and lot. 
Reed Edward F., (Dummerston) r 29, prop, saw and shingle-mill, planing- 

luill and cider-mill, capacity 500 barrels annually. 
Reed James A., (Dummerston) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 80. 
Reed Stephen D., (West Dummerston) r 23, carpenter and builder, h 

and lot. 
Reed Thomas N., (Dummerston) r 29, farmer 139. * 

Richardson Jonathan H., (West Brattleboro) r 67, farmer, aged 77. 
Robbins Christopher M., (West Dummerston) mechanic, thimble maker and 

R. R. track hand, h and lot. 
Robbins Christo])her Mrs., (West Dummerston) r 20, dressmaker. 
Robinson William, (Drummerston) r 46, farmer 87. 
ROEL CHARLES G., (West Dummerston) r 36, sugar orchard 800 trees, 

apple orchard 150 trees, dairy 8 cows, 40 Southdown sheep, farmer 240. 
Rust Mary M., (Dummerston) r 29, widow of Sumner, h and 3 acres. 
SAMSON FREDERICK E., (West Dummerston) r 20, car^Denter and 

builder, prop, of West Dummerston Hotel. 
Samson Noah B., (West Dummerston) r 20, carpenter and builder, 
Sargent Abbott L., (Dummerston) r 46, laborer. 



TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



403 



Sargent Edgar A., (Dummerston) r 46, employee of Loring & Blake. 
Sargent George W., (West Dummerston) r 20, teamster, and farmer 40. 
Sargent Helen, (Dummerston) r 46, widow of A. J., resident. 
Sargent James H., (West Dummerston) r 20, resident, with George W.Sargent. 
Sargent Ophelia L., (Dummerston) r 46, farmer 20. 
Sargent Philura A., (Dummerston) r 46, resident, h and lot. 
Schneider Sarah A., (West Dummerston) r 20, sugar orchard 300 trees, far- 
mer 80. 
Scott Emma J., (Brattleboro) r 42, resident, with his father, Rufus. 
Scott Henry W., (Brattleboro) r 42, farmer, with his father, Rufus. 
Scott Rufus, (Brattleboro) r42, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 160, 
ScuUey John, (West Dummerston) stonecutter. 
ScuUey Thomas, (West Dummerston) stone cutter. 
Shales Charles H., (Drummerston) r 19, physician, office in Boston, Mass., 

wool grower 250 sheep, 22 head of cattle, farmer 330. 
Slocomb Thomas E., (West Dummerston) r 20, resident, with C. Harris. 
Smith Manor, (Dummerston) r 31, farmer 12. 

Smith Philinda, (Dummerston) r 43, widow of Benjamin, resident. 
Spaulding Hoyt T., (Dummerston) r 5, farmer 65. 
Stark Lewis L., (Dummerston) off r 9, farmer 65. 
Stark Lynde A., (Dummerston) r 9, farm laborer. 
Stickney Albert W., (West Dummerston) r 38, farm laborer. 
Stickney Benjamin, (West Dummerston) r 38, blacksmith and wagon maker, 

farmer 100. 
Stickney Peter, (West Dummerston) r 39, carpenter and builder, owns wood 

land 50. 
Stock well Anna, (Williamsville) r 72, farmer 100. 
Stockwell Chesselton, (Williamsville) r 72, resides with Anna. 
Stockwell Denslow M., (Williamsville) r 72, prop, of saw-mill and cider-mill, 

and farmer 150. 
Stoddard George W., (West Dummerston) r 35, farm laborer. 
STODDARD HORACE R., (West Dummerston) r 35, town auditor, sugar 

orchard j,ooo trees, and farmer 200. 
Stoddard Levi, (West Dummerston) r 35, farmer, resides with Horace R., 

born in old log house in 1806. 
TAFT JOHN, (West Dummerston) r 39, prop, of saw-mill, shingle-mill and 

cider mill on Stickney brook, and manuf of cider jelly. 
Taylor Edgar E., (West Dummerston) r 6, farmer 150. 
TAYLOR GEORGE W., (West Dummerston) r 6, apple orchard 100 trees, 

and farmer 150. 
TENNEY C. C, (Dummerston) r 29, mail contractor, carries mail daily from 

rairoad station to Dummerston. 
Tenney Frank G., (West Dummerston) r 57, farmer. 
TENNEY J.AMES, (Dummerston) r 44, ticket and express agent, carriage 

painter, dealer in cigars, tobacco and confectionery, agent for Crown 

sewing machine and Florence oil stove. 
TENNEY WHITNEY, (West Dummerston) r 57, painter and quarryman, 

h and lot. 
Tower Charles H., (Dummerston) r 45, farmer, leases of Mrs. William 

Bemis 70. 
Tower Gardner, (Dummerston) r 45, farm laborer. 

Townsend John E., (West Dummerston) r 20, postmaster, general merchant. 
Turner Alfred H., (West Dummerston) quarryman. 



404 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 



Vanaugh William, (West Dummerston) off r 20, residence on I. Taft's 

farm. 
Walker George A., (Dummerston) r 34, leases of Sabrina Walker no. ^ 
WALKER LEVI M., (Dummerston) r 26, farmer with Walter F. ' \-j 

Walker Sabrina, (Dummerston) r 34, widow of Abial, farmer, leases to Geo. 

A. no. 
Walker Walter F., (Dummerston) r 26, farmer 100. ^^"^ 

WARWICK GEORGE, (Dummerston) r i, veterinary surgeon, dealer and 

breeder of Southdown sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, apple orchard loo- 

trees, farmer 200. 
Washer Frank H., (West Brattleboro) r 6g, farmer, with George C. 
Washer George C., (West Brattleboro) r 69, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 

50- 
Webber George, (Brattleboro) r 42, farmer on J. N. Balistier's farm. 
Wheeler Samuel, (Brattleboro) r 46, farmer 140. 

Wheeler William, (Dummerston) r 2, farmer 22, resides with I. M. Knapp. 
Whitney Asa C, (West Dummerston) r 36. sugar orchard 1,000 trees, apple 

orchard 200 trees, farmer 130. 
Wilder Frank C., (Brattleboro) r 56, farmer, with his father, Leroy. 
Wilder Horace N., (Dummerston) r 40, farm laborer, h and 3 acres. 
WILDER LEROY, (Brattleboro) r 56, farmer 400. 
Wilder Marcia, (Dummerston) r 2, widow of I. C, resident. 
Willard Benjamin F., (West Dummerston) r 26, apple orchard 100 trees, 

farmer 62. 
Willard Earl F., (West Dummerston) r 8, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer,. 

leases of Sarah Robbins 150. 
Willard Edwin R., (West Dunmierston) r 20, railroad track hand. 
Willard John L., (Dummerston) r 31, farm laborer, h and lot. 
Willard Nelson, (Dummerston) r 34 cor 31, farmer 40. 
Willard Nelson W.. (Dummerston) r 58, farmer 140. 

WILSON CHARLES F., (West Dummerston) r 24, breeder of grade Ayr- 
shire cattle, and grade Southdown sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple 

orchard 500 trees, farmer 200. 
WILSON ELIHU M., (Putney) r 14, market and small fruit gardener, 

farmer 3. 
Wilson Sanford W., (West Dummerston) r 22, justice of the peace, clerk of 

Baptist church, life insurance agent, and farmer 300. 
Wilson Shephard S., (West Dummerston) r 7, farmer 100. 
Wilson Wallace W., (West Dummerston) oft" r 25, peddler of sewing silk,. 

farmer 50. 
Worden Jesse E., (Dummerston) r 29, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple orchardi 

300 trees, farmer 80. 
WORKS BENJAMIN, (Putney) r 17, farmer 25. 



TOWN OF GRAFTON. 405 



GRAFTON. 

Railroad station is Bellows Falls, 12 miles southeast. Daily stage. 
{For expla?iaiions, etc., see page 305.) 

Adams George W., (Grafton) r 36, sugar orchard 500 ti^es, apple orchard 

200 trees, farmer 100. 
Albee Silas C., (Grafton) r 28, employee of Marsh & Leland. 
Amsden Jonas H., (Grafton) r 28, Mechanicsville, wagon maker. 
Amsden Minerva, (Grafton) (Mrs. J. H.) resident, h and lot. 
Ayres John, (Grafton) r 21, stone mason, and farmer 10. 
Ayres Louisa, (Grafton) widow of George, h and lot, Townshend st. cor 

School. 
BAILEY SAMUEL S., (Grafton) paper hanger, painting, plumbing, 2 

houses and lots, farmer 4. 
Baldwin Malcolm, (Chester) off r 9, farmer 120. 
Baldwin Silas F., (Chester) r i, 50 sheep, farmer 325. 
Barret Charles, (Grafton) crayon artist and gardener. 
Barret Nellie E., (Grafton) widow of George M., h and lot, Main. 
Bates E. W., (Grafton). 

Bates Porter L., (Grafton) r 5, leases of James Rogers of Rockingham, 30. 
Bathrick Henry E., (Grafton) r 27, basketmaker, h and lot. 
Bathrick Stephen, (Grafton) r 27, farmer 13. 
Bishop Isaiah M., (Grafton) alio, physician and surgeon, Main. 
Blodgett Andrew J., (Cambridgeport) r 30, farmer 200. 
Blodget Cutler, (Grafton) r 21, carpenter and builder, owns cider-mill, and 

farmer 30. 
Blodget Betsey, (Grafton) r 15, widow of Ira, farmer 100. 
Blodget Henry, (Grafton) r 15, overseer of poor, farmer 180. 
BLOOD A. LUKE, (Grafton) r 13, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. 
Blood Edwin J., (Grafton) r 21, farm laborer, leases of J. P. Sheldon h 

and lot 
Blood Frederick D-, (Grafton) r 13, farmer with his father, John. 
Blood John, (Grafton) r 13, farmer 45. 
Brown Elisha, (Grafton) peddler, Houghtonville. 

Buckline Fanny B., (Cambridgeport) r 31, widow of Otis, farmer 25. 
BULLARD RICHARD W., (Grafton) r 28, Mechanicsville, works on 

shares grist and saw-mill owned by W. L. Burnap of Burlington. 
BURGESS AMBROSE H., (Chester) r 3, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 500 

trees, farmer 250, and works school land 100. 
Burgess Andrew J., (Grafton) off r 9, farmer 185. 
Burgess Hubbard, (Grafton) r 19, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer, owns with 

G. W. Walker 115. 
Burgess Delia S., (Grafton) widow of Hyman, resident, h and lot, Main. 
Burgess Maria Miss, (Grafton) r 8, farmer on B. Burgess estate 275. 
Burlingame Henry H., (Grafton) farm laborer. 
BUTTERFIELD JOHN L., (Grafton) (Butterfield & Smith) farmer 200, 

h Main. 
BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (Cambridgeport) (John L. Butterfield and 

Charles Smith) manufs. and dealers in soap-stone articles, quarrying and 

sawing stone, mills at Cambridgeport, Main st. 



4o6 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



lleneral Insurance ! 



'feiv Bant M, - mm Iain and Elliott Streets, 



Represents Companies — Life, Fire and Accident, of the most 
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mentioned :— 

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Insurance Company of North America, - - $500,000 

I^^^Losses adjusted and paid at this Office. 

^^Live Stock insured for farmers against death by lightning. 



TOWN OF GRAFTON. 407 



Butters James, (Grafton) laborer, h Water. 

Byam Arthur S., (Chester) r 4, farmer with his father, Samuel W. 

Byam Mary A., (Chester) r 4, school teacher, boards with her father, Samuel W. 

Byam Samuel W., (Chester) r 4, farmer 140. 

Cambridge Walter H., (Grafton) clerk for W. E. L. Walter. 

Carpenter Henry B., (Grafton) off r 26, h and lot, farmer 237. 

Chase Louisa, (Cambridgeport) r ^^, widow of Ebenezer, h and lot, farm 16. 

Clark Elon L., (Grafton) student at Dartmouth College, son of Mrs. Isaac L. 

Clark Everette H., (Grafton) farmer with her father, Henry M. 

Clark Henry M., (Grafton) farmer, h and 4 acres. 

Clark Louisa M., (Grafton) widow of Richard, resident, h and lot. 

CLARKE LEMIRA M., (Grafton) widow of Isaac L., h and lot and farm 50. 

Clough Ellen S., (Grafton) r 23, school teacher, resides with her father, 

Rodney. 
Clough Rodney, (Grafton) r 23, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 120. 
Clough Wortley E., (Grafton) general blacksmith, h Main st. 
Clough Wortley E. Mrs., (Grafton) dressmaker. Main st. 
Cobb Lester F., (Grafton) r 11, farmer, leases of M. Hodgdon 300. 
Colburn Leon, (Grafton) r 35, farmer. 
Colburn William, (Grafton) r 21, farmer 100. 
Coleman Linsey, (Grafton) off r 36, leases of Nial Bemis t6o. 
Conant Myra E., (Grafton) r 36, teacher, resides with Simeon D. 
CONANT SIMEON D., (Grafton) r 36, breeder of pure Merino sheep, 125 

head, and Durham cattle, apple orchard 130 trees, farmer 340. 
Converse Clara A., (Grafton) r 15, school teacher. 

Converse Newton R., (Grafton) r 15, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 222. 
Converse Sarah V., (Grafton) r 15, graduate of Boston School of Oratory, 

teacher of elocution. 
Cook Reuel M., (Grafton) r 27, farmer, works wife's farm 4. 
' Culver Adin P., (Grafton) r 36, farmer, with his father C. C. 
Culver Charles C, (Grafton) r 36, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 500 

trees, farmer 190, and in Townshend 10. 
Cummings Alonzo, (Cambridgeport) r 31, laborer. 
Cummings Charles P., (Grafton) r 11, farmer 60. 
Cummings Charles S., (Grafton) r 11, farmer 100. 
Cummings Solon A., (Grafton) r 11, farmer, with Charles P. 
Gushing Alberton, (Cambridgeport) teamster and farmer. 
Gushing David F., (Cambridgeport) dealer in general merchandise, farmer 8. 
Gushing Solon P., (Cambridgeport) clerk for D. F. 
Daniels Lucy D., (Grafton) widow of Francis, h and lot and 40 acres. 
Dart Henry, (Grafton) r 28, farm laborer. 
Davis Allen J., (Grafton) r 29, farmer 92. 

Davis Emma K., (Grafton) r 28, widow of Aas D., h and lot. School st. 
Davis Henry S., (Grafton) r 28, Mechanicsville, stone mason, farmer 7. 
Davis Norman R., (Grafton) r 29, selectman, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 92. 
Davis Thomas W., (Grafton) r 36, ist selectman, justice of the peace for 20 

years, farmer 100. 
Dean Myron A., (Grafton) r 11, farmer, with his father, Willard A. 
DEAN WILLARD A., (Grafton) r 11, sugar orchard 500 trees^ dealer in 

sheep and cattle, farmer 200. 
Derby Levi W., (Cambridgeport) r 2;^, farmer 150. 
Dodge Lyman, (Grafton) laborer. 



4o8 TOWN OF GRAFTON. 



Dresser Addie VV., (Grafton) widow of James, dressmaker, h School. 
Dresser Albert W., (Grafton) att'y and counselor at law, leader of Grafton 

Cornet Band. 
Drolett Joseph, (Grafton) r 27, laborer. 

Dwinell John, (Grafton) r 27, born in town, aged 78, farmer 50. 
Dwinell Juliette, (Grafton) r 27, school teacher, bds with her father, John. 
Eastman John, (Grafton) r 7, farmer 117, aged 87. 
EATON WATSON S., (Grafton) dealer in general merchandise, drugs and 

medicines, boots and shoes, flour and feed, paints and oils, etc., Main st. 
Edmond VVyman B.. (Cambridgeport) r ^^, laborer. 

Edson Francis L., (Grafton) r 24, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 130. 
FAIRBANK CHILSON C., (Grafton) r 36, farmer 100. 
FAIRBANK DANA L., (Grafton) off r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 62. 
FAIRBANK EVERETT C., (Grafton) r 36, farmer, with his father, C. C. 
FAIRBANK C. WILLIAM, (Grafton) r 35, wool grower 75 sheep, and 

farmer 370, resides on Davis homestead, settled by Thomas Davis in 

1778. 
Farnesworth Charles A., (Grafton) r 14, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, and 

farmer, leases of John A. 200. 
Fay Allen, (Grafton) retired farmer 50, and h and lot. 
FISHER ELMER H., (Grafton) r 19, farmer, owns with Ezra P. 120. 
FISHER EZRA P., (Grafton; r 19, farmer, owns with Elmer H. 120. 
Fisher Nancy, (Grafton) r 28, widow of Ezra, resident, h and lot at Mechan- 

icsville. 
FISHER LAURA, (Grafton) r 19, widow of Theron D., farmer 40. 
Fisher Martin T., (Grafton) laborer, h Main. 
Foss E. Frank, (Grafton) alio, physician and surgeon, Main St. 
Foster W. P., (Grafton) rig, farmer, with Mrs. E. Ober. 
French Dexter B., (Grafton) manuf of wagons, carriages and sleighs, h and 

50 acres, Water st. 
French George D., (Grafton) (George N. French & Son,) h School st. 
French George N., (Grafton) (George N. French & Son,) h School st. 
French George N. & Son, (Grafton) (George N. and George D.,) manufs. of 

carriages and sleighs, patentees and props, of the French patent carriage 

spring, School st. 
French Lyman E., (Grafton) carriage maker, employee of Dexter French, 

patentee and manuf. of hammock frames, owns farm 50, Water st. 
Gallup Alfred, (Grafton) r 26^, farmer 200. 

GALLUP SANFORD E., (Grafton) r 26I, farmer, with Alfred. 
Gallup \Villiam H., (Grafton) r 26, carpemer and joiner, and farmer 300. 
Gibson Alden G., (Grafton) carpenter and builder, and farmer 3, Chester st. 
GILSON WESLEY W., (Grafton) r 15, dealer in Durham cattle and Black- 
hawk horses, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 130. 
Goodridge Samuel W.. (Grafton) manuf of fishing rods. 
GOOLI) JEFFERSON B., (Grafton) employee of Marsh & Leland. 
GRAFTON HOTEL AND SUMMER RESORT, (Grafton) livery at- 
tached, F. & H. Phelps, props. 
Green Samuel J., (Grafton) farmer, owns with Chas. White 240. 
Hakey Lawrence, (Grafton) r 26, farmer 100. 
Hall Edward, (Grafton) retired farmer, aged 88, resides with his daughter, 

Mrs. H. Holmes. 
Hall Elizabeth S., (Grafton) widow of Nathan H.. postmaster and express 

agent, Main st. 



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Hall Ella M.. (Cambridgeport) school teacher. 

Hall Fanny S., (Grafton) assistant postmaster, Main st. 

Hall George W., (Chester, Windsor Co.,) r 2, dealer in cattle, sheep and 

wool, and farmer 645. 
Hall Richard H., (Cambridgeport) retired carpenter, farmer in Athens 140. 
Haskell Alonzo, (Grafton) leases with son William saw-mill of White & Wil- 
bur, Mechanicsville. 
Haskell Charles W., (Grafton) justice of peace, farmer 100. 
HASKELL WILLL\M A., (Grafton) leases with his father saw- mill of 

White & Wilbur, Mechanicsville. 
Hemenway Walter S., (Grafton) r 36, laborer. 

Holden Arthur J., (South Wmdham) r 37, farmer for his mother 180. 
HOLDEN ARDILLA P., (South Windham) r 37, widow of Hollis J., 46 

sheep, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 260, and in Townshend 60. 

Holden , (Cambridgeport) r ;^^, widow of Philemon, resident. 

HOLMES CLARENCE W., (Grafton) r ii, farmer. 

Holmes Mary, (Grafton) widow of Henry, h and lot, Main st. 

Holmes John W., (Grafton) r 11, cooper and farmer 120. 

Holmes Sidney, (Grafton) town representative, proprietor and manufacturer 

of Tyler butter working churn, undertaker, Main st. 
Hopkins Elbert O., (Chester) off r 2, farmer. 

Howard Anna, (Grafton) r 21, widow of Stephen, farmer 5 acres. 
Howard Edwin H., (Cambridgeport) r 30, farmer 50. 

Howard Frank E., (Cambridgeport) r 30, farmer with his father, Edwin, 11. 
Howard Wayland, (Grafton) blacksmith works for G. N. French & Son, h 

School St. 
Howe Jason A., (Grafton) r 17, farm laborer with L. Tenny. 
Jellison Charles H., (Grafton) works for Butterfield & Smith, h and lot, 

School St. 
Johnson Charles C, (Grafton) r 13, general blacksmith and farmer 50. 
Joy Moses M., (Grafton) r 13, farmer 60. 
KINGSBURY LUTHER L., (Grafton) r 28, farm laborer. 
Lanphear Experience, (Grafton) r 21, widow of Henry, farmer 13 acres. 
Lanphear Marshall, (Grafton) r 21, works mother's farm of 13. 
Lawrence George, (Grafton) r 26, farmer 130. 
Lawrence Oliver, (Grafton) r 26, leases on shares of George. 
LELAND JOHN A., (Grafton) (Marsh & Leland) machinist, h and lot, 

Water st. 
Leonard Albert E., (Grafton) farmer 120. 

Leonard Samuel T., (Grafton) watchmaker and jeweler. School st. 
Littlefield George A., (Cambridgeport) r ;^^. laborer. 
Luzo Alfred P., (Grafton) teamster, h and lot, Chester st. 
Mack Harvey, (Grafton) r 10, farmer 125. 
Maltrop Bradford. (Cambridgeport) r 3, farm laborer. 
MARSH ALVAH C, (Grafton) (Marsh & Leland,) h Water st. 
Marsh Clarendon, (Grafton) gardener 2 acres, h Water st. 
MARSH & LELAND, (Grafton) (A. C. Marsh and J. A. Leland,) manufs. 

of black ash chair splints. 
MARSHALL ALBERT B., (Grafton) r 21, h and lot. 
McQuaide John, (Cambridgeport) r 29, works for Butterfield & Smith. 
Morris Henry, (Grafton) r 18, farmer 30. 

Morris Sabin, (Grafton) off r 27, farmer, works on shares for M. Daggett 59, 
Muzzy Asa J., (Chester) r 5, farmer 114. 



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NOURSE ALONZO C, (Grafton) r 12, farmer, leases of M. A. Davenport 

120. 
Nourse Joel, (Grafton) r 12, retired farmer, aged 89. 
Nourse Joel H., (Grafton) r 12, farmer, with his father, Alonzo C. 
Ober Eddie H., (Grafton) r 12, farm laborer, h and lot. 
Ober Eliza J., (Grafton) off r 19, widow of Henry C, sugar orchard 200 trees, 

and farmer 125. 
Otis Henry, (Grafton) off r 9, farmer 64. 
Page Joseph C, (Grafton) shoemaker, Chester st. 
Palmer Amos R., (Grafton) r 36, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 200 

trees, farmer 140, and owns with his son, Everett C., 180 acres. 
Palmer Everett C., (Grafton) r 36, farmer, owns with Amos R. 180. 
Park Isaac L., (Grafton) r 23, farmer 180. 
Peabody Merrill C., (Chester) off r 2, farmer 140 
Penniman Frank O., (Cambridgeport) r ^;^, employee in woolen mills. 
Perham Charles J., (Cambridgeport) sugar orchard 1,000 trees, Southdown 

sheep, farmer 100, and in Athens 300. 
Perkins Clark E., (Grafton) r 35, farmer, leases of Bellows Falls Bank 193. 
Pettengill John A., (Grafton) r 23, 3d selectman, wool grower 80 sheep, 

farmer 150, and pasture and wood land 250. 
Pettengill Sallie B., (Grafton) r 23, widow of J. S., resident. 
Phelps Charles, (Grafton) (L. & C. Phelps,) h Main st. 
PHELPS F. & H., (Grafton) (Francis and Harlan,) props, of Grafton Hotel, 

and farmers 12, Main st. cor Townshend. 
PHELPS FRANCIS, (Grafton) (F. & H. Phelps,) notary public, deputy 

sheriff, auctioneer, and manager of W. L. Burnap's saw and grist-mill, 

Main cor Townshend. 
PHELPS HARLAN, (Grafton) (F. & H. Phelps,) Main cor Townshend. 
Phelps L. & C, (Grafton) (Leverett and Charles,) dealers in general mer- 
chandise. 
Phelps Leverett, (Grafton) (L. & C. Phelps,) farmer 6, h Townshend st. 
Phelps Samuel, (Grafton) justice of the peace, civil engineer and surveyor, 

farmer 62, h and lot. Main st. 
PHILLIPS LYMAN H., (Grafton) off r 18, farmer, works on shares for 

Mrs. Davenport 70. 
Pierce George S., (Grafton) r 12, farmer 180. 
Pierce Nelson H., (Grafton) employee of Phelps Bros., Main st. 
Pollard E. Jackson, (Grafton) off r 27, farmer, leases of C. W. Dean 286. 
Prouty Chauncey E., (Grafton) r 28, Mechanicsville, teamster for V. W. 

Wilbur. 
Prouty Fred M., (Grafton) farmer, employee of J. L. Butterfield, h Main. 
Prouty Lyman F., (Grafton) teamster, h and lot. School st. 
Prouty Willie E., (Grafton) teamster, with his father, Lyman, School st. 
Puffer Amos, (South Windham) r 37, farmer, aged 85. 
Ranney Otis L., (Grafton) r 2, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 157. 
Ranney Otis L. Jr., (Grafton) r 10, farmer 100. 
Reed Joseph, (Grafton) r 26^, farmer 190. 
Rice Albert G., (Grafton) commercial traveler. 
Rice George G., (Grafton) r 23, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100, and 

leases of Mrs. H. Milliken 220. 
Rice Minnie O., (Grafton) r 21, widow of Alonzo H., hand lot. 
Rice Oscar P., (Grafton) farmer 7 acres, h School st. 
Rice Sarah Mrs., (Grafton) h and lot. 



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Russell George, ^,Cambridgeport) r 31, peddler and farmer 3. 

Sherwin Charles C, (Grafton) carriage painter, farmer 32, h Chester st. 

Sherwin Edwin C, (Grafton) clerk for W. S. Eaton, h Main. 

Sherwin James, (Grafton) r 29, farmer 30. 

Sherwin Maria Foster, (Grafton) widow of Johnston, h and lot, Main st. 

Sherwin Sherman S., (Grafton) r 22, farmer 75. 

Smith Andrew P., (Grafton) r 26^, farmer, with his father, Ora T. 

Smith George B., (Grafton) r 19, laborer, aged 78. 

Smith Harlan D., (Grafton) farmer 42, h Townshend st. 

Smith Ora T., (Grafton) r 26^, farmer, leases on shares of E. L. Blasier, of 

Saxton River, 130. 
Sparks John L., (Grafton) carpenter and builder, farmer with his wife, Susan, 

75, h Townshend st. 
Spring Anna, (Grafton) r 21, widow of Marshall, h and 2 acres. 
Stearns Reuben VV., (Grafton) r 14, farmer 50. 
Stebbins Antoine, (Grafton) r 27, works farm with Joseph. 
Stebbins Charles, (Grafton) off r 27, lives with his sons Joseph and Austin. 
Stebbins Joseph, (Grafton) off r 27, farmer, leases of White & Wilbur 140. 
Stevens David, (Cambridgeport) sawyer at Butterfield & Smith's soap-stone 

mill. 
Stevens Warren G., (Cambridgeport) postmaster, telegraph operator, express 

agent and dealer in groceries, h and lot. 
STILES DAVID, (Grafton) r 37, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 200. 
Stiles Russell, (Grafton) off r 27, farmer, leases of J. L. Butterfield 80 sheep 

and 120 acres. 
Stone Charles, (Grafton) r 15, farmer 160. 
Stowell J. Henry, (Grafton) Main St., carpenter and builder with his father, 

James H. 
Stowell James H., (Grafton) carpenter and builder, Main. 
Streeter Israel, (Grafton) r 10, carpenter and builder, farmer 100. 
Tasker Frances R., (Grafton) r 13, resident with her father, A. D. Thomas. 
Taylor Fannie A., (Grafton) widow of Horace, h and lot. Main. 
Taylor Thaddeus N., (Grafton) laborer, h and lot, Main. 
TENNEY ELLERY C, (Grafton) r 28, teacher of vocal music, shingle 

and planing-mill, soldier Co. D, i6th Regt.^ Vt. Vols. 
Tenney Luther, (Grafton) r 17, farmer 103. 
Thomas Alonzo D., (Grafton) r 13, prop, of grist, saw and cider-mill and 

farmer 50. 
THOMPSON CHARLES E., (Grafton) sugar orchard 150 trees and far- 
mer 65. 
Thompson Chastina, (Grafton) widow of John, resident. 
THOMPSON HENRY A., (Grafton) r 36, town auditor, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, stock-grower, lumberman, farmer 200. 
THOMPSON HERBERT E., (Cambridgeport) carpenter and builder. 
Thompson Stillman, (Grafton) r 36, farmer 93. 
Thrasher Anna, (Cambridgeport) r ;^;^, widow of Comfort, resident. 
Thrasher Ransom B., (Cambridgeport) r 33, sawyer stone mill for Butterfield 

& Smith, farmer 100. 
Torrey Augustus, (Cambridgeport) employee at Butterfield & Smith's quarry. 
TORREY CLARK L., (Cambridgeport) r ^;^, spinner and farmer 15. 
TOWNSEND WARNER G., (Grafton) r 36, dealer in cattle, sheep, horses, 

butter, cheese and farm produce, and farmer 44. 
TOWNSHEND CHARLES B., (Grafton) butcher and meat market. Main 

St., owns with G. L. and Mary B. 240 acres. 



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Townshend George L., (Grafton) retired farmer, owns with Mary B. 240. 

Townshend Lafayette, (Grafton) peddler of groceries and farmer 25, h 
Water st. 

Townshend Lewis, (Grafton) farm laborer. 

Townshend Mary B., (Grafton) widow of Wilham, h and lot, Main st., far- 
mer 26, and owns with G. L. 240. 

Turner Alexander, (Grafton) off r 36, farmer 50. 

Tuttle Joseph, (Grafton) r 26, formerly farmer with his son Henry. 

Tuttle Willis L., (Grafton) r 26, farmer 204. 

Twitchell Daniel W., (Grafton) r 13, general merchandise, farmer 170. 

Walker Albert H., (Grafton) r 16, works for Vt. Farm Machine Company 
of Bellows Falls. 

WALKER ALDEN, (Grafton) r 20 cor 28, sugar orchard 1,000 trees and 
farmer 200. 

WALKER CHARLES S., (Grafton) rig, sheep shearer, mechanic and far- 
mer, owns with G. W. Walker 150. 

WALKER ED. L., (Grafton) general insurance agent, notary public, resi- 
dence and office with L. S. Walker. 

Walker Fred W., (Grafton) rig, farmer with his father, Harry. 

WALKER GEORGE W., (Grafton) r 19, owns with Hubbard Burgess 115, 
soldier Co. G, nth Regt., Vt. Vols. 

Walker Harry H., (Grafton) rig, wagon maker, wheelwright, sugar lot 400 
trees, farmer 100, and in Rockingham 140. 

Walker Lewis S., (Grafton) town clerk and treasurer, att'y and counselor at 
law, Main. 

Walker Maria F., (Grafton) r 29, widow of E. T., farmer 125. 

Walker Mason A., (Grafton) r 20 cor 28, farmer with his father, Alden. 

Walker Samuel J., (Gafton) r 20 cor 28, farmer with his father, Alden. 

Walker Samuel M., (Grafton) r 28, teamster and farmer, h and lot. 

WALKER WALTER E. L., (Grafton) dealer in general merchandise, tele- 
graph operator Green Mountain Tel. Co., Main st. 

Walsh John R., (Grafton) r 13, tailor, h and lot, Houghtonville. 

Ward J. Earl, (Grafton) pastor Cong, church. 

Watrous James F., (Grafton) laborer, h School. 

Weitherbee Fred H., (Grafton) painter, h and lot, Main st. 

Weeks Nathan S., (Grafton) resident, h Townshend st, 

WETHERELL SEAMAN L., (Grafton) r 28, farm laborer. 

Wetherell , (Grafton) r 28, widow of Almon E., resident, Mechanicsville. 

Wheelock Henry S., (Cambridgeport) r 33, laborer, h and lot. 

Wheelock Harvey H., (Cimbridgeport) r ^2, farm laborer 

Whitcomb George R., (Grafton) r 36, sugar orchard 400 trees, apple orchard 
200 trees, and farmer 140. 

White Albert C, (Grafton) r 29, farmer, with his father, C. S. 

White Arthur F., (Grafton) r 29, student, Vermont Academy, bds with C. S. 

WHITE CHARLES S., (Grafton) r 28, (White & Wilbur,) lister, sugar 
orchard 1,500 trees, apple orchard 2,000 trees, 30 head of young stock, 
150 sheep, farmer 750, oatrs with S. J. Green 240. 

White Levi, (Grafton) r 17, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. 

White Mattie S., (Grafton) r 27, crayon artist, bds with her father, C. S. Walker. 

Wtiite Minnie C, (Grifton) r 29, school teacher, bds with her father, C. S. - 

WHITP'. WILLARD L., (Grafton) r 19, sugar orchard 200 trees, apple 
orchard 300 trees, stock 20 head, 80 sheep, timber land 70 acres, farmer 
300. (Farm for sale.) 



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WHITE & WILBUR, (Grafton) r 28, (Charles S. White and Vestus A. 

Wilbur,) props, of saw, shingle, and cider- mills, capacity 300,000 feet of 

lumber, 500,000 shingles, 600 barrels of cider per year, farmers 210. 
Wilbur David' (Grafton) r 36, breeder of Merino sheep, 100 head, apple 

orchard 300 trees, farmer 170, and in Townshend 246. 
Wilbur Marilla A., (Grafton) r 2^, widow of Ephraim, resident. 
Wilbur Vestus A., (Grafton) r 28, (White & Wilbur,) sugar orchard 3,000 

trees, apple orchard 300 trees, farmer 500. 
Willard Henry, (Grafton) r 23, farm laborer, with G, G. Rice. 
Willey George, (Grafton) resident, Main st. 
Williams Charles W., (Grafton) r 13, sugar orchard 500 trees, 40 sheep, and 

farmer 135. 
Williams Lauren B., (Grafton) r 13, farmer, with his father, Charles W. 
Winslow Samuel D., (Grafton) retired farmer, h School cor Water. 
Woolley Arlette A., (Grafton) widow of Owen, dressmaker and tailoress. 
WOOLLEY CHARLES L., (Grafton) r 18, carries on Hiram Woolley's 

farm of 80 acres, soldier Co. F, ist Vermont Cavalry. 
WOOLLEY HENRY, (Grafton) r 25, dealer in sheep and wool, sugar orchard 

1,000 trees, 150 sheep, and farmer 600. 
Woolley Maria A., (Grafton) widow of Franklin A., laundress, owns hand lot, 

Main. 
Woolley William, (Grafton) r 28, retired woolen manufacturer, farmer 11, 

Mechanicsville. 
W^ooUey Hiram, (Grafton) r 18, farmer 80, and 70 school land. 
W^right Francis D., (Grafton) r 15, resides with his father, Josiah. 
Wright George W., (Grafton) r 16, farmer 90. 
Wright Josiah, (Grafton) r 15, farmer 75. 
Wright Lucian B., (Grafton) r 18, farmer 180. 
WRIGHT MARSHALL W., (Grafton) r 28, carpenter and builder, violin 

maker, and farmer 14, owns with J. Sherwin, one-half of 16. 
Wright Merrill L. C, (Grafton) r 18, farmer, with his father, L. B. 
Wright Moses E., (Grafton) r 17, leases of Charles White 190. 
Wright Samuel N., (Grafton) r 15, farmer 150. 
Wright Seth VV., (Grafton) r 26, mason, and farmer 55. 
W^yman Fanny, (Grafton) widow of Nathan, h and lot. School st. 
WYMAN HENRY C, (Cambridgeport) r 35, son of Washington, weaver. 
Wyman Joseph, (Grafton) off r 18, farmer, leases of James Rogers, of Rock- 
ingham, 30. 
Wyman Huldah, (Cambridgeport) r ^;^, widow of Thomas, resident, 5 acres, 

aged 83. 
Wyman Russell H., (Cambridgeport) r ^^, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. 
Wyman Uzziah, (Cambridgeport) r 29, shoemaker, aged 94 years. 
Wyman Washington, (Cambridgeport) r 29, farmer 5. 
Wyman William G., (Grafton) justice of the peace, retired merchant, h and 

lot, Main st. 
Zuill James T., (Grafton) r 23, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 125. 
Zuill Nathan A., (Grafton) r 23, resident with his son, J. T., aged 84. 
ZUILL NATHAN O., (Grafton) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 288, 
Zuill Silas A., (Grafton) r 14, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 100. 



GUILFORD. 

( This List will be found preceding Classified Business Directory.) 



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TOWN OF HALIFAX. 



HALIFAX. 



Railroad stations are Brattleboro, 15 miles northeast, on Vt. Valley R. R., and Shelburne 
Falls, 12 miles east, on Vt. & Mass. R. R. Daily stage to each. 

(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

ADAMS LUTHER, (West Halifax) r 7, lister, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

farmer 180, and in Marlboro 230. 
Allard Luther, (Jacksonville) r 3, farmer 108. 
Ballou Almon, (West Halifax) cor r 10 and 11, farmer 175. 
Ballou Alvin, (West Halifax) r 30, retired physician. 
BALLOU LANDON H., (West Halifax) r 30, farmer 90. 
Barber Benjamin, (Grove) r 46, farmer 125. 
Barber George A., (Grove) farmer with Benjamin. 
BARNES DANIEL D., (West Halifax) cor 52 and 53, farmer 120, soldier 

in Co. H, 2d U. S. S. S. 
Baxter Charles W., (West Halifax) r 30, thresher. 
Baxter M. E., (West Halifax) tanner. 
Baxter John, (West Halifax) r 30, farmer 100. 

BELL CHARLES C, (Grove) r 46, works farm for his mother, Mary A. 
BELL HENRY C. (Green River) r 43, farmer 75, soldier in Co. I, 8th Vt. 

Vols. 
BELL MARY A., (South Hahfax) r 46, widow of Charles, wool grower 125 

sheep, apple grower 1,100 trees, farmer 380. 
Bickford Albert G., (Jacksonville) r 3, farmer 175. 
BICKFORD ALMERAN C, (Jacksonville) r 3, farmer, Hves with his son, 

Albert, served in Co. E, nth Vt. Vols. 
Bolster Allen J., (Green River) r 42, farmer 62. 
Brigham Lewis L., (Grove) offr 43, farmer 200. 
BROWN LYMAN J., (Green River) r 43, farmer 120. 
Bro\Vn Willis E., (Green River) r 42, farmer 45. 
Burnett Albert, (Halifax) r 44, carpenter and joiner, farmer 125. 
Burnet Albert F., (Halifax) r 44, farmer. 
Burrows Gilbert, (Grove) farmer, with Peter 140. 
Burrows Peter, (Grove) off r 45, farmer, with Gilbert 140. 
Cannedy Levi L., (West Halifax) r 7, farmer 160. 
Chase Ellis, (West Hahfax) offr 16, farmer 1150. 
CHASE GEORGE A., (Jacksonville) r 3, farmer 160, member of Co. K, 

9th Vt. Vols. 
CLARK AARON L., (Jacksonville) r 54, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and 

farmer 180. 
Clark Benjamin E., (Grove) r 47 cor 45, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 

130. 
Clark Charles F., (South Halifax) r 37, mechanic and farmer. 
CLARK GEORGE L., (West Hahfax) r 31, assistant postmaster, town 

auditor, auctioneer, general merchant, and agent for Weed sewing machine. 
Clark Jerusha, (South Hahfax) r 47 cor 45, widow of Ebenezer, resident. 
Clark Lemuel E., (West Halifax) offr 35, farmer no. 
CLARK WILLLAM E., (Jacksonville) r 54, farmer, with A. L. 
Coleman Calvin, (Halifax) offr 25, farmer, leases of Rufus Houghton 158. 



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415 



Collins Daniel B., (West Halifax) r 5, farmer, with Lewis. 

Collins Lewis, (West Halifax) r 5, farmer 130. 

Cook Eli S., (West Halifax) r 35, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 230. 

Cook Wilber, (West Halifax) r 35, farmer. 

Corse Lewis H., (West Halifax) r 5, employee of A. J. Tucker. 

CROSIER ALSON, (West Halifax) r 18, wool grower 43 sheep, sugar orchard 

700 trees, and farmer 196. 
Crosier James, (Halifax Center) r 28, farmer no, aged 74. 
CROSIER ORVAL H., (Halifax Center) r 39, assistant postmaster, general 

merchant, flour and feed. 
CROSIER RUFUS, (Halifax) r 38, farmer 166. 
Culver Albert E., (West Halifax) r 54, farmer. 
Culver Sarah, (West Halifax) r 54, widow of Elisha W. 
Cutting Charles, (Jacksonville) r 54, farmer 125. 

DALRYMPLE RHODA C, (West Hahfax) r 14, widow of Newman L. 
Davis Amial R., (West Halifax) cor r 16 and 30, farmer 3. 
Davis Joel I., (West Halifax) r 37^, farmer 26. 
Day Albert E., (West Halifax) r 37, farmer 150. 

Denison Willard A., (Green River) r 26, prop, of saw-mill, and farmer 85. 
Denison Willie, (Green River) r 26, lives with his father, W, A. 
DeWolf Daniel, (Green River) off r 26, farmer 175. 
DIX OSCAR B., (Grove) r 43, sugar orchard, and farmer 140. 
Eames Addison B., (West Halifax) r 7, farmer 150. 
Eames Luren, (West Halifax) r 7, laborer. 
Eames Luther, (South Halifax) r 44, laborer. 
Eaton Sidney R., (Halifax) r 42, farmer 50. 
EUingwood Sumner, (Green River) off r 23, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 95. 
EVANS EMERY F., (Green River) off r 26, 3d selectman, wool grower 60 

sheep, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 250. 
Fairbank Alva A., (Halifax) r 49, farmer 186. 
Fairbanks Chester, (Jacksonville) r 54, laborer. 
Farnsworth Rufus P., (Halifax) r 40, farmer 90. 
Farnum Cyrus M., (Halifax) r 49, farmer 130. 
Fish James P., (Halifax) r 49, farmer 69. 
Fowler Horace, (South Halifax) r 37, Baptist clergyman, resides with Samuel 

Niles. 
Fowler Leroy J., (West Halifax) r 53, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 

200. 
FRENCH WILLIAM E., (Green River) r 43, wool grower 40 sheep, and 

farmer 200. 
Fuller Arthur H., (West Halifax) currier. 
Fuller Hiram W., (Jacksonville) r 2, farmer 50. 

Fuller William H., (Green River) r 20, sugar orchard 750 trees, farmer 200. 
Gallup Esther L., (Jacksonville) r 3, widow of Barney E., farmer 164. 
Galvin John, (West Halifax) off r 51, leases of E. J. Burrington, farm 100. 
Gates Elisha E., (Halifax) r 49, farmer 190. 
Gates Henry P., (Jacksonville) r 4, farmer 100. 
GATES JESSE E., (West Brattleboro) r 16, proprietor saw-mill, dairy 8 

cows, wool grower 45 sheep, farmer 330. 
Gates Peter S., (Halifax) offr 49, retired farmer. 
Gilchrist Archibald, (Grove) r 45, farmer 114. 
Goodenough Edwin M., (HaUfax) r 31, farmer, leases of Perry Niles 65. 



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GREENE ELIJAH P., (Halifax) r 49, farmer 65. 

Green Elliot B., (Grove) r 44, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 160. 

GRIFFIN CHARLES F, (West Halifax) r 5, president of West Halifax 

agricultural society, dairy 15 cows, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 351. 
GRIFFIN HENRY W., (West Halifax) r 30, carpenter, farmer, served in 

Co. F, 1 6th Vt. Vols. 
Guild Edward, (West Halifax) tanner. 
Hagar Albert M. V., (Jacksonville) r 54, justice of the peace, proprietor of 

saw-mill and chair-stock factory, farmer 126. 
Hagar Freeman, (Jacksonville) r 54. employee of A. M. V. 
Hagar John M., (Jacksonville) r 54, employee of A. M. V. 
Hale Joseph, (Green River) r 22, aged 72. 
Hale Orlen J., (Green River) r 22, sugar orchard 1,400 trees, farmer 300 

school land. 
HALL LEMUEL B., (West HaHfax) postmaster, owns farm 250. 
Hall Perry, (Jacksonville) r 34, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 250. 
Hamilton HoUis F., (West Halifax) r 9, farmer 20. 
Hamilton John, (West Halifax) r 9, farmer 120. 
Harmon Eugene P., (West Halifax) leather finisher. 
Harmon William B., (West Halifax^l leather finisher. 
HARRIS ELLEN, (West Halifax) r 14, widow of Elliot, leases house of 

Warren Niles. 
Harris George E., (Halifax) r 50, farmer. 
Harris Lucy, (Halifax) r 50, widow of Elijah C, aged 76. 
Harris Seymour, (South Halifax) r 50, dairy 9 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 370. 
HATCH CHARLES M., (West HaHfax) r 7, sugar orchard 550 trees, far- 
mer 80. 
Haven Charles L., (West HaHfax) off r 7, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 400 

trees, farmer 235. 
Hicks Charles G., (West HaHfax) r 35, wool grower 42 sheep, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 230. 
Hicks Charles H., (West Halifax) r 35, farmer 60. 
HIGLEY CHARLES H., (South Halifax) r 48 cor 49, wool grower 40 

sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 272. 
Higley Elliot, (South Halifax) cor r 48 and 49, farmer, aged 82. 
HILL AUSTIN A., (West Halifax) laborer. 
Hill Frank O., (West HaHfax) r32, leases of Joel Learnard 30. 
Hillman Anson, (West Halifax) r 5, wool grower 89 sheep, sugar orchard 400 

trees, farmer 255. 
Hillman Elmer A, (W^est Halifax) r 5, lives with his father' Anson. 
Hillman George F., (West Halifax) r 5, cabinet maker and farmer. 
Holmes William H., (Grove) r 48, farmer too. 
HOUGHTON RUFUS H., (HaHfax) r 25, wool grower 50 sheep, sugar 

orchard i,too trees, farmer .;7o. 
HOWE OSCAR, (West Halifax) r 31 cor 30, general merchant and flour 

and feed. 
Hubbard Frederick G., (West Halifax) off" r 53, farmer. 
Hubbard Oscar, (West Halifax) r 32^, farmer 150. 
Jaepson Albert, (West Halifax) tanner. 
Jarvis John, (West Halifax) tanner. 
Jebb W. Henry, (West Halifax) currier. 
Johnson Orlando, (Halifax) r 18^, farmer 60. 



TOWN OF HALIFAX. 417 



Jones Cyrus M., (Halifax) r 29, farmer on Calvert Jones' estate 85 acres. 

Jones Emily A., (Halifax) r 29, widow of Calvert, resident on C. Jones' es- 
tate. 

Kenney Andrew J., (Halifax) r 25, farmer. 

Kenney Elroy A., (Halifax) r 27, farmer, leases of C. Hicks 70. 

Kenney H. Walter, (Halifax) r 25, farmer for his mother 60. 

Kingsley Otis W., (West Halifax) r 33, farmer with Ozias D. 

Kingsley Ozias D., (West Halifax) r ^^, sugar orchard 300 trees, carpenter 
and joiner and wheelwright, farmer 130. 

Lambert John, (West Halifax) r 51, farmer 188. 

Larrabee Ira, (West Halifax), r 8, sugar orchard 600 trees; farmer 130. 

LARRABEE TIMOTHY, (West Halifax) cor r 31 and 33, teamster be- 
tween Halifax and Shelburne Falls, farmer 90 ; served m Co. I, 4th Vt. 
Vols., 20 months. 

Learnard Horace E., (West Halifax), r 32^^, farmer 180. 

Learnard Joel, (West Halifax) r 32, aged 86, farmer 25. 

Learnard Nathan, (West Halifax) r 32^^, aged 84. 

Learned Ira, (West Halifax) r 30 cor 31, cripple. 

Legate Edwin H., (Elm Grove, Mass.) r 46, wool grower 100 sheep, sugar 
orchard 500 trees, home farm 200, and in Guilford 150. 

Legate Fred A., (Elm Grove, Mass.) r 46, farmer with Edwin H. 

Legate James, (Green River) off r 43, farmer with John. 

Legate John, (Cireen River) off r 43, farmer 128. 

May Francis, (West Halifax) r 33, farm laborer, h and ^ acre. 

MINER FRANCIS T., (West Halifax) r 31, general blacksmith, farmer 75, 
was in Co. F, i6th Vt. Vols., and in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols. 

Miner Thomas, (West Halifax), r 29, farmer 65. 

Morgan Dexter, (West Halifax) r 33^, resident. 

Mowry Lucius P., (Halifax) r 39, retired manufacturer, aged 78. 

Nash Cornelius C, (West Halifax) currier. 

Nichols Herbert L., (Green River) off r 22, farmer 45. 

Nichols Millard, (West Halifax) r 33, employee in E. Stone's chair stock 
factory. 

Niles Add. C, (West Halifax) r 37, farmer with his father, James M. 

Niles James M., (West Halifax) r 37, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 
375 trees, farmer 225. 

NILES JESSE M., (West Hahfax) r 31, shoemaker. 

Niles Samuel, (South Halifax) r 37, farmer 175. 

Niles Stephen, (Halifax) r 49, farmer 60. 

Niles Warren C, (West Halifax) off r 11, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 146. 

Niles William, (West Halifax), off r 37, farmer 220. 

O'Brien William, (West Halifax) r 30, finisher in tannery. 

Packer Daniel, (Hahfax) r 40, farmer 63. 

Packer Julia Miss, (Halifax) r 45, house and garden. 

Perry Willie F., (Halifax) r 39, farmer, leases of F. Niles, of Battleboro, 100. 

PHELPS CHARLES H., (Green River) r 20, sugar orchard 700 trees, far- 
mer 140, and in Marlboro 60. 

PHELPS NATHAN, (Green River) r 20^ aged 77 years, farmer with his son 
Charles H. 

Pike Oscar, (Jacksonville) r i, farmer 3. 

PLUMB HOLLIS S., (West Halifax) r 5, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 
125, aged 62. 

Plumb James N., (West HaHfax) r 5, farmer with H. S. 

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41 8 TOWN OF HALIFAX. 



Plumb Lucina, (West Halifax) r 5, widow of James, resident, aged 95. 

Plumb Milton, (West Halifax) r 30, h and 3 acres. 

Potter Addie E., Jacksonville) r 35, school teacher. 

Potter Frank J., (Halifax) r 28, farmer. 

Potter Samuel W., (Jacksonville) r 35 farmer 115. 

Powers Milton, (Halifax) 39 cor 29, 10 head of young stock, breeder of grade 

Durham and Jersey cattle, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 160. 
Preston Alcander, (North HaHfax) off r 47, farmer 200. 

PRESTON ELWIN O., (Grove) r 46, sugar orchard 45c trees, farmer 142. 
Preston George, (Grove) off r 43, owns farm 30, aged 82. 
Prouty Almon S., (Green River) r 26, wool grower 50 sheep, sugar orchard 

600 trees, farmer 140. 
PROUTY CHARLES E., (Grove) r 44, farmer with his father, E. Demon. 
PROUTY E. DEMON, (Grove) r 44, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 212. 
Prouty Elias, (Green River) r 20, sugar orchard 1,700 trees, farmer 201. 
Prouty F. Plummer, (Green River) cor r 25 and 26, wool grower 65 sheep, 

farmer 260. 
Prouty Worthy, (Green River) r 20, aged 83, lives with his son. 
Putnam Albert S., (West Halifax) r 31, laborer. ' 

Putnam George W., (West HaUfax) r 15, farmer 191. 

Rice Fred E., (West Halifax) r 5 cor 10, employee in A.. J. Tucker's tannery. 
ROBERTS BENJAMIN F., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 152, in Whiting- 
ham 41, and in Wilmington 61. 
Scott George M., (Hahfax) r 49, town auditor, sugar orchard 418 trees 

farmer 218. 
Shearer Philander, (Grove) r 43, resident with L. L. Brigham. 
Shepardson Norris H., (West Halifax) r 52, farmer 160. 
Smith Horace S., (Jacksonville) off r 36, farmer with Thomas. 
Smith Joseph E., (Jacksonville) off r 53, farmer with L. T. Smith 250. 
Smith Leavitt T., (Jacksonville) off r 53, farmer with J. E. Smith 250. 
Smith Thomas, (Jacksonville) r 36, town agent lister, farmer :46. 
Stacy Charles L., (West Halifax) r 8, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 

600 trees, farmer 180. 
Stancliff Solomon, (Marlboro) r 19, farmer 75. 

Stanley Geo. B., (West Halifax) r 14, farmer 140, was in Co. F, i6th Vt.Vols. 
Stark Jedediah, (South Halifax) r 50, postmaster, justice of the peace, over- 
seer of the poor, wool grower 70 Southdown sheep, apple grower, apia- 
rist, farmer 300. 
STONE ALONZO F., (West Halifax) r 37, (Stone Brothers). 
STONE ALPHEUS F., (Hahfax) r 41, farmer 300. 

STONE BROTHERS, (West Halifax) r 37, (Alonzo F. and Frank B.) saw- 
mill and chair stock factory. 
STONE ELIAS, (South Halifax) cor r 37 and 37^, prop, of chair stock fac- 
tory and saw-mill, farmer 372. 
STONE FRANK B., (West Halifax) r 37, (Stone Brothers). 
Stone Henry B., (West Halifax) r ;^7„ currier and farmer 75. 
STONE HEZEKIAH F., (Hahfax) r 41, farmer, aged 67. 
STOWE ALCANDER P., (South Hahfax) off r 47, retired, aged 66. 
STONE HORACE, (South Halifax) off r 47, dairy 7 cows, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 250. 
STOWE ISRAEL, (South Halifax) cor r 49 and 50, 2d selectman, wool- 
grower 200 French Merino sheep, sugar orchard 1,700 trees, farmer 400, 
soldier in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols., wounded at battle of Fredericksburg, 
Dec. 12, 1862. 



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419 



STOWE WARNER W., (South Halifax) r 49 cor 50, cattle dealer, farmer 

200. 
Sumner" Eber S., (West Halifax) r 52, farmer 88. 
SUMNER LEWIS W., (West Halifax) oft" r 32, ist selectman, saw-mill and 

grist-mill, farmer 70. 
Thayer Oscar J., (Green River) farmer 100. 
Thomas Alonzo H., (Green River) r 20, farmer 100. 
THOMPSON JEROME R., (West Halifax) r 52, 23 head of young cattle, 

farmer 175. 
Thurber Albert L., (West Halifax) r 14, prop, of saw-mill and manuf. of 

chair stock, farmer 50. 
Thurber Alice M., (West Halifax) r ;^;^, teacher. 
Thurber Charles E., (West Halifax) r it;, farmer. 
THURBER CHESTER O., (West Halifax) off" r 15, sugar orchard 300 

trees, farmer 200. 
Thurber Emerson H., (West Halifax) r 5, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 

for Sarah B. 128. 
Thurber Wells E., (W^est Halifax) r ^^, sugar orchard 700 trees, breeder of 

grade Durham cattle, farmer 177. 
TUCKER ALBERT J., (West Halifax) prop, of tannery and manuf, of 

upper leather. 
TUCKER ARTHUR L., (West Hahfax) r 5 cor 33, works in tannery for 

Albert J. 
Tucker David E., (West Halifax) r 29, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool grower 

45 sheep, farmer 181. 
Tucker Lucy W., (West Hahfax) r 29, widow of J. E., resident. 
Tyler Charles F., West Halifax) laborer. 
Underwood Joseph, (West Halifax) r 51, farmer 165. 
Vaughan John, (Halifax) r 48, farmer 100. 

Wallen Harrison, (Halifax) r 28, carpenter and joiner, farmer 100. 
Warren Osamus J., (West Halifax) r 23, farmer 65. 
WARREN OILMAN, (West Brattleboro) r i8, manuf. cider jelly and chair 

stock, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 300. 
Warren Victus C (Green River) off r 22, farmer 200. 
WEATHERHEAD HUBBARD E., (West Halifax) r 14, farmer 65. 
Wheeler Charles E., (Jacksonville) r 36, farm laborer. 
Wheeler William, (Grove) r 45, farmer 100. 

Whiting Walter C, (Halifax) r 49 cor 38, alio, physician and surgeon. 
Whitney Amos, (West Halifax) r 30, night watchman in tannery, farmer 50. 
Whitney Enlery, (West Halifax) r 29, farmer with Dii ha 240. 
Whitney Martin, (West Halifax) r 18, farmer i97-|-. 
Whitney Sally, (West Halifax) r 30, widow of Alpheus, h and lot. 
Whitney Willard M., (West Hahfax) r 18, farmer 165. 
WICKS MILLARD, (West Halifax) r 5 cor 10, town clerk, notary pubhc, 

and farmer with his father, Solomon. ' 

WICKS SOLOMON, (West Hahfax) r 5 cor 10, farmer with Millard 80. 
Willard Dan C, (Green River) oft" r 19, school teacher. 
Willard James W., (Green River) off" r 19, farmer 204. 
Wilson Orrin F., (Halifax) r 27, farmer. 
Winn John C, (West Halifax) oft" r 35, farmer 145. 
Woodard Lemuel M., (Halifax) r 38, town treasurer, sugar orchard 600 

trees, farmer 125. 
Woodward Francis L., (West Halifax) r 5, lives with H. S. Plumb, tanner 

and currier, soldier in Co. F, i6th Vt. Vols. 



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TOWN OF JAMAICA. 42 1 



Worden Albert F.. (West Halifax) r 33, carpenter and joiner, farmer 98. 

WORDEN DANIEL S., (Grove) r 44, postmaster, sugar orchard 700 trees, 
farmer 230. 

Worden Edmond, (Halifax) r 42, farmer 107. 

Worden Ellis G., (Green River) r 43, farmer. 

WORDEN FRANK, (West Halifax) r 31, carpenter and joiner, justice of 
the peace, farmer 25. 

Worden F. Herbert, (West Halifax) teacher. 

Worden George P., (West HaUfax) cor r ;^^ and 31, town grand juror, far- 
mer 54. 

Worden Gilbert E., (Grove) r 43, farmer 192. 

Worden Haden P., (Green River) r 26, farmer, h and garden. 

Worden Henry S., (Grove) r 43, farmer. 

Worden Isaac H., (Green River) r 42, dairyT7 cows, wool grower 50 sheep, 
sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 300. 

Worden James G., (Grove) r 43, farmer 50. 

Worden Joseph, (Green River) r 42, farmer 55. 

Worden Orinda A. Miss, (Green River) r 42, resident. 

WORDEN MILTON, (Grove) r 43, farmer 50. 



JAMAICA. 

( For explanatio7i^ etc., see page t^o^.) 

Abercrombie John, (Jamaica) stationery engineer. 

Adams John Q., (Jamaica) r 33, leases chair stock mill of I. W. Higgins. 

Adams Wayland G., (South Windham) r 1 1, farmer. 

Allen A. Franklin, (Jamaica) stone mason, owns 25 acres, h Depot st. 

Allen Edson S., (Wardsboro) r 46, (J. W. and E. S.,) owns in Wardsboro h 

and lot. 
ALLEN HENRY J., (East Jamaica) r 45, veteran of the civil war, 10 sheep, 

farmer 50. 
Allen J. W. & E. S., (Wardsboro) r 46, apple orchard 50 trees^ and farmers no. 
Allen Jonas W., (Wardsboro) r 46, (J. W. & E. S.,) makers of axe helves. 
ALLEN LEROY J., (Wardsboro) r 43, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. 
ALLEN MILTON E., (Jamaica) carpenter and joiner, h and lot. Depot st. 
Allen Phineas, (Jamaica) works for F. W. Perry & Son, h Depot st. 
Amidon Silas H., (Jamaica) works for E. A. Ballard. 
Amsden Corydon R., (Jamaica) laborer, h Mechanic. 
Amsden John L., (Jamaica) off r 35, carpenter, blacksmith and farmer, leases 

of L. Felton 75. 
AMSDEN LIZZIE M., (Jamaica) off r 15, daughter of John L. 
Bailey Marcus, (Jamaica) r 20, farm laborer for N. A. Starr. 
Baker Orrin G., (Jamaica) pastor Cong, church, h Main. 
BALLARD EDGAR A., (Jamaica) lumbermin and contractor, h Water st. 
Ballard Fred A., (Jamaica) bds with M. Skinner. 
BaLard Frederick A., (Jamaica) r 24, laborer. 
Barnes George H., (Jamaica) drover, cattle dealer, h Main. 
Barnes Silas P., (Jamaica) r 6, retired farmer. 



42 2 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



BARNES WILLIAM L., (Jamaica) general blacksmith, carriage maker and 

repairer, Main st., served in Co. D, i6thRegt. Vt. Vols., owns farm 150. 
Barney Ezra P., (Jamaica) liveryman, h Main. 
Barr Horace, (Jamaica) r 21, cooper and farmer 53. 
Bates Edward W., (South Windham) r 10, farmer. 
Bemis Aaron, (Jamaica) retired farmer, owns hand lot, Water st. 
Bemis Myra T., (Jamaica) widow of Willard M., housekeeper for Aaron. 
Berry Robert, (Wardsboro) works for David B. Brown. 
Bewsey James J., (Jaimaca) works for Wardweli & Flint, bds Depot st. 
Bills Emory A., (Jamaica) contractor and lumber dealer, h Main. 
Blocher Christopher, (Jamaica) r 26, farmer. 
Blocher Lorinda, (Jamaica) r 26, farmer 75. 
Blood Arthur A., (South Windham) r 10, farmer 60. 
Bogle Lewis O., (Jamaica) farmer, bds Water st. 
Bogle William A., (Jamaica) tanner, and farmer 32. 
Bogue Polly, (Jamaica) off r 23, resident, aged 82. 
Bourn Abraham, (Jamaica) off r 21, farmer 200. 
Bourn Leander A., (Jamaica) off r 21, farmer, with Abraham. 
Boyden Nathaniel, (Jamaica) r 33, retired farmer, aged 84. 
Bovnton Charles N., (East Jamaica) r 28, farmer. 
BOYNTON MYRON L., (Jamaica) station agent B. & W. R. R., telegraph 

operator, express agent, and dealer in feed and meal, served in Co. H, 

8th Vt. Vols. 
Boynton Timothy W., (Jamaica) r 31, mechanic, farmer 62. 
Brown Daniel, (East Jamaica) off r 45, farmer 150. 
Brown David B., (Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 300 trees, young stock 12 

head, farmer 150. 
Bryson Samuel, (Jamaica) r,34, laborer. 
Burnap John P., (Jamaica) r 27, farmer 100. 
Butler Aaron M., (East Jamaica) r 29, postmaster, and station agent, B. & 

W. R. R., sugar orchard 800 trees. 
BUTLER EDGAR M., (East Jamaica) r 28, assistant postmaster, and sta- 
tion agent, dealer in flour, meal and groceries. 
BUTLER JOHN A., (Jamaica) cashier West River National Bank, clerk 

and treas. of Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R., treas. of Grand Lod e , 

and Grand Chapter of Free Masons of Vermont. 
Butler Roccina B., (Jamaica) widow of Hon. John E., resident, owns 15 

acres, h Main. 
Castle James H., (Jamaica) with Wm. H. 
CASTLE SAMUEL B., (Bondvilie, Bennington Co.)r 16, lumberman, stone 

mason, farmer, served in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols. 
Castle William H., (Jamaica) r 25, highway surveyor, sugar orchard 600 

trees, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 100. 
Chase Arulah, (South Windham) r 10, farmer 45. 

Chase Owen, (South Windham) r 10, wool grower 38 sheep, farmer 170. 
CHENEY WALES, (Jamaica) r 26, cabinet maker, farmer 20. 
CLARK CHARLES S., (Jamaica) painter and paper hanger, carpenter and 

bridge builder, 2 houses and lots. Factory st. 
Clark Edwin C, (Jamaica) sawyer in Wardweli & Fhnt's mill, h Water. 
Clark Elam A., (Jamaica) r 18, farmer, leases of A. W. Hastings 226. 
Clark Eliza R., (Jamaica) widow of Osmer N,, resident, aged 73, Factory st. 
Clark John M., (Jamaica) teamster and farmer, h and lot, Water st. 
Clark Stillman, (Jamaica) r 18, cattle dealer and farmer 400, and leases of 

H. H. Wheeler 50. 



TOWN OF JAMAICA. 423 



Clarke George L., (Jamaica) r 17, farmer. 

Clayton Almon, (Jamaica) retired farmer, h Main. 

Clayton Alonzo, (East Jamaica) off r 8, farmer. 

Clayton Elwin W., (East Jamaica) r 8, sugar orchard 325 trees, wool grower 

50 sheep, farmer 135. 
Clayton Henry C, (Rawsonville) r 2, invalid. 
Clayton Ward, (Windham) r 8, farmer 300. 
CLOUGH ALONZO P., (Jamaica) r 34, wool grower 20 sheep, breeder of 

grade Jersey cattle, dairy 6 cows, cooper, manufacturer of oak meat bar- 
rels, farmer 230, served in Co. K, 9th Regt. Vols. 
Cobarsh Washington, (Jamaica) blacksmith, works for W. L.Barnes, h Main. 
Cobb Dan M., (Rawsonville) r 2, wool grower 30 sheep, farmer 120. 
Cobb Horace N., (Rawsonville) r 3 laborer. 

Cobb John B., (Rawsonville) r 5 c:r 3, highway surveyor, farmer 180. 
Cobb Sarah J., (Rawsonville) offr 5, widow of Nelson, farmer 50. 
Cobb Rachel C , (Rawsonville) r 3, widow of William R , resident owns farm 5. 
Cobb Rufus (Rawsonville) r 5, faimer 10. 

Coleman Alison O., (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 2, breeder of grade Dur- 
ham cattle, farmer 115. 
Coleman William F., (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 2, wool grower, fruit 

grower 200 trees, breeder of grade Durham cattle and farmer about 100. 
Cook Alonzo, (South Windham) r 10, peddlar. 
Coombs Isaac N., (Jamaica) r 6, farmer. 

Curtis Walter E., (Jamaica) r 34, employee of W. F. Gleason. 
Gushing Warren C., (Wandsboro) r 43, dairy 14 cows, farmer 260. 
Daggett James C, (Jamaica) disabled soldier, h and lot. Mechanic st. 
DAVIS LYSANDER A., (East Jamaica) r 8, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 4 

cows, farmer, leases of William Howe 200. served in Co. A, 4th Vt. 

Vols. 
Day Frank E., (Jamaica) works for W^ardwell & Flint, bds Main. 
Day John W., (Jamaica) otf r 21, apple grower 200 trees, sugar orchard 500 

trees, and farmer 117. 
DAY SIMEON S., (Jamaica) retired shoemaker, apiarist 7 swarms, served 

in Co. B, 114th N. Y. Vols., h Depot st. 
Day Willard O., (Jamaica) offr 20, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Densmore Solon J., (East Jamaica) r 45, proprietor saw-mill. 
Dinsmore Luther, (East Jamaica) r 45, farmer 100. 
Devoll John H., (Jamaica) r 7^, farmer about 50. 
Devoll William, (Jamaica) r 6, retired farmer 100, aged over 80. 
Dorset Fred E., (Rawsonville) oft r 2, lumberman and farmer. 
Dorset John M., (Rawsonville) oft" r 2, apple orchard 75 trees, wool grower 

and farmer 80, served in Co. C, loth Vt. Vols., 3 years. 
Dorset Joseph, (Jamaica) works for Wardwell & Flint. 
EDDY DAVID, (Wardsboro) r 47, justice of the peace, lister, sugar orchard 

800 trees, milk dealer, and farmer 220. 
ELLIS GEORGE H., (Jamaica) r 41, carpenter and builder, and farmer, 

leases of D. Eddy 100, served in Co. F, U. S. S. S. 
Ellis Sadelia M., (Rawsonville) r 6, widow of H. A., owns with Lewis H. 

Savage farm 104. 
Elmer Nancy L. H. Mrs., (Jamaica) r 23, h and lot. 
Farmer Cyrus, (East Jamaica) r 28, farmer. 

Farnum Ariah M., (Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 96. 
Farr James M., (Jamaica) r 34, (Farr & Roel,) carpenter and joiner, owns 

farm 7. 



424 TOWN OF JAMAICA. 



FARR & ROEL, (Jamaica) 134, (J. M. Farr and E. M. Roel,) manufs. of 
hand rakes. 

Felton Asa E., (Jamaica) retired farmer 7, h Main st., aged 80. 

FELTON EDWARD O., (Jamaica) r 25, farmer and lumberman, with 
Horatio L. 

Felton Henry H., (Jamaica) r 25, prop, of saw-mill on r 24 and saw-mill on 
r 23, timber land 100, owns with H. L. Felton 170, with H. L. Felton 
and W. Hastings 200, and farmer 40. 

Felton Horatio L., (Jamaica) r 25, retired tanner, lumberman, and farmer 
200, timber land 85, owns with H. H. Felton 170, with H. H. Felton 
and VV. Hastings 200. 

FLINT OSRO C, (Jamaica) (Wardwell & FHnt,) h Mechanic st. 

Foskett Sullivan, (Jamaica) dealer in live stock, cattle drover, owner of tim- 
ber and pasture land over 600. 

Foskett Willie E., (Jamaica) works in chair stock factory, bds Depot st. 

French John C, (Jamaica) r 30, farmer 90. 

FROST ALVIN, (Jamaica) manufacturer of hand-made hardwood trays, h 
Mechanic st. 

Frost Effie B., (Jamaica) r 23, teacher. 

Frost Ransel, (Jamaica) r 23, traymaker. 

FULLER A. P. & SON, (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i, (Abial P. and 
Edgar L.,) breeders of grade Durham cattle 20 head, and farmers 160. 

Fuller Abial P., (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i, (A. P. Fuller & Son.) 

FULLER EDGAR L., (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i, (A. P. Fuller & 
Son.) 

FULLER EFFIE T., (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i, (Mrs. E. L.,) dress- 
maker. 

Fuller Fred B., (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i, invalid. 

Gale Ira, (Jamaica) off r 23, resident. 

Glazier Hannah N., (Jamaica) widow of Leonard, resident. 

Gleason Charles H., (Wardsboro) r 48, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 50. 

Gleason Frank, (Jamaica) r 22, farmer and mechanic. 

GLEASON WILLIAM F., (Jamaica) r 34, manuf of lumber, chair stock 
and shingles, employs 6 men and cuts about 250,000 feet of lumber per 
annum, owner of the mill known as the Payne mill. 

Gordon Thomas, (Wardsboro) r 39, farmer. 

Gordon William, (East Jamaica) r 30, farmer 40. 

Gould Henry P., (Jamaica) r 21, shoemaker, and farmer 118. 

Haigh WiUiam T., (Jamaica) r 18, tanner, works for F. W. Perry & Son. 

Hall Henry B., (Rawsonville) r 3, farm laborer. 

Hamilton Alice L., (Windham) r 8, widow of Samuel, farmer, estate of Sam- 
uel 160. 

Hamilton Charles H., (Windham) r 8, farmer, with John and A. L. 160. 

Hamilton John, (Windham) r 8, farmer, with Charles and Alice L. 160. 

HAMILTON WILLIAM H , (East Jamaica) r 29, sugar orchard 800 trees, 
and farmer 200. 

Harding Moses E., (Jamaica) retired farmer, h Mechanic st. 

Harrington Miranda J., (South Londonderry) r 8^, widow of James S., owns 
farm 130. 

Hart Lewis M., (East Jamaica) off r 27, wool grower 24 sheep, and far- 
mer 100. 

Hastings William, (Jamaica) r 18, farmer 170, and with H. H. and H. L Fel- 
ton 226. 



TOWN OF JAMAICA. 425 



Hastings Willie H., (Jamaica) r i8, farmer, with William. 

HEALD CARMI, (Jamaica) r 22, foreman of sewer laying in Worcester, 

Mass. 
HEALD SARAH M., (Jamaica) r 22, (Mrs. Carmi,) owns farm 7 acres. 
Higgins Almena, (Jamaica) off r ;^;^, widow of Isaac, resident, aged 83. 
Higgins Alva, (Jamaica) r ;^^, farmer, works for I. W. 
Higgins Elisha, (Wardsboro) off r 48, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 145, 

in Wardsboro 45, in Stratton 180. 
HIGGINS ELIZA A., (Jamaica) off r 48, owns in Wardsboro 80 acres. 
Higgins Horace P., (Wardsboro) off r 48, farmer, with Elisha. 
Higgins J. Wilson, (Jamaica) r ^t^, manuf. of lumber, farmer 400 
HOLDEN HENRY G., (South Londonderry) r 7^, lumberman, wool grower, 

30 sheep, stock grower 27 head, and farmer 250, with Sylvanus M., of 

Londonderry. 
Holden S. Alonzo, (South Windham) farmer. 
Holland Theodore L., (Jamaica) r 31, farmer 22. 
Holland Adelia, (Jamaica) r 31, widow, h and 40 acres. 
HOLTON GEORGE W., (Jamaica) prop, and manuf. of the " Little Giant " 

closing wash-tub bench, bds Main cor Factory. 
HOLTON JOEL, (Jamaica) physician and surgeon, h Main cor Factory, 

aged 81, has practiced 52 years in Jamaica. 
Hosley Frank G., (Jamaica) works for E. A. Ballard. 
Houghton Benjamin B., (Rawsonville) r 3, prop, of saw-mill and chair stock 

factory, and farm 3, iii Londonderry 164. 
Howard Alfred, (Jamaica) retired farmer, h Main. 
Howard Alphonso P., (Jamaica) r 26, farmer, leases of A. Felton. 1^ 
Howard Amaziah, (East Jamaica) r 8, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer 60. 
Howard David, (Rawsonville) r 3, carpenter and joiner, owns h and lot. 
Howard Eugene, (Rawsonville) r 3, carpenter and laborer. 
Howard Eugene R., (East Jamaica) off r 45, wool grower 27 sheep, farmer 200. 
Howard Ethelbert B., (East Jamaica) r 27, farmer, works for R. M. Thayer, 
Howard Fannie C., (Jamaica) widow of Sheldon, h Main. 
Howard Fred, (Jamaica) farmer, h Depot st. 
Howard Harvey C., (East Jamaica) r 45, farmer 70. 

Howard Henry E., (East Jamaica) r 30, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 70. 
HOWARD ISAIAH, (East Jamaica) off r 13, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

breeder and dealer in Merino sheep, farmer 170. 
Howard James A., (Jamaica) resident. 
Howard John L., (Jamaica) barber and hair dresser. 
Howard Laura, (Jamaica) widow of Amos, owns h and lot. 
Howard Lestlna Miss, (East Jamaica) r 27, farmer, with Sylvia 200. 
HOWARD LEVI, (Wardsboro) r 47, carpenter and joiner, farmer 90. '"■ 
Howard Mary O., (East Jamaica) r 42, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 125. 
HOWARD MASON F., (Jamaica) mail carrier, cooper, and farmer 150, 

served in Co. G, nth Vt. Vols., h Depot. 
HOWARD MILTON L., (Jamaica) mechanic, h and lot, h Mechanic St., 

served as corporal Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols. 
Howard Newton, (Jamaica) r 21, fruit grower 150 trees, farmer 100, and in 

Stratton 160. 
Howard Orison S., (Jamaica) r 34, carpenter and joiner. 
Howard Revilo, (Jamaica) r 14, sugar orchard 500 trees, cattle dealer, far- 
mer 400. 
Howard Sylvia Miss, (East Jamaica) 127, owns with Lestina farm 200. 



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Howard Taft, (East Jamaica) 127^ farmer with Miss Lestina. 

Howard Washington L, (East Jamaica) off r 8, farmer 57. 

HOWARD WESLEY B„ (East Jamaica) r 12, apple orchard 150 trees, far- 
mer 175. 

Howard Ziba, (East Jamaica) off r 29, leases of Waldo Pierce 100. 

HOWE ALFRED, (Jamaica) r 22, sugar orchard 450 trees, farmer 144. 

Howe Asa, (Jamaica) r 15 cor 15^, farmer about 75. 

Howe Aurehus, (East Jamaica) r 13, farmer with Osmer O. 

Howe Charles J., (Jamaica) r 15 cor 7, farm laborer. 

Howe Content, (Jamaica) r 18, widow of Alonzo, aged 71. 

Howe Eslie M., (Jamaica) r 15 cor 7, farmer about 50. 
, Howe Frank W., (Jamaica) r 8, teamster. 

Howe Hannibal F., (Jamaica) shoemaker and teamster, h Water. 

Howe Harland H., (East Jamaica) works for Seneca. 

Howe Jerry, (Jamaica) shoemaker, owns h and 4 acres. Main. 

Howe Lemira A., (East Jamaica) r 8, widow of Junia, resident. 

Howe Maria M.. (Jamaica) (Mrs. H. F.) owns h and lot, Water st. 

Howe Mason, (East Jamaica) r 28, farmer 70. 

Howe Olin D., (East Jamaica) works for Seneca. 

HOWE OSMORE O., (East Jamaica) r 13, cattle dealer, farmer 250. 

Howe Seneca W., (East Jamaica) r 27 cor 13, farmer 300. 

HOWE TITUS, (Jamaica) r 15!, cooper and farmer 25. 

Howe William, (East Jamaica) r 8, owns farm 200. 

Hoyt Charles 8., (South Londonderry) r 7J, farmer, leases of Albert Allen 30. 

Hulett Fred C, (Rawsonville) off 6, farmer 50. 

Hulett Henry M., (Rawsonville) r 5, farmer. 

Hunt George Edwin, (Rawsonville) off r 5, farmer about 60. 

Ingalls Albert, (East Jamaica) r 28, laborer B. & W. R. R. 

Jamaica House, (Jamaica) H. A. Stock well prop.. Main cor Mechanic. 

JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK, (Jamaica) Wm. Harris, pres. ; J. C. Robin- 
son, treas. ; Main. 

Jennison Benjamin S., (South Windham) r :i, farmer 9, in Townshend 91, 
and in Windham 27. 

Johnson Alphonso, (Jamaica) works for Theodore Holland. 

Johnson Asa S., (Jamaica) r 34, employee of W. F. Gleason. 

Johnson Aurilla, (Jamaica) widow of Uri, resident. Factory. 

Johnson Everett N., (West Jamaica) r 31, farmer, h and lot. 

JOHNSON FRED A., (Jamaica) r 32, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 160. 

Johnson Lewis L., (West Wardsboro) off r 37, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple 
orchard 200 trees, and farmer 225. 

Johnson Moses, (West Jamaica) r 34, farmer 100. * 

Johnson Myron H., (Jamaica) mechanic, works for Wardwell & Flint, h 
Factory st. 

Johnson Nora J., (Jamaica) r 32, teacher, graduate of Kimball Union 
Academy. 

Johnson Oscar G., (Jamaica) off r 32, farmer. 

JOHNSON WILLIAM B., (Jamaica) carpenter and builder, bds Main. 

Jones Robert W., (Jamaica) off r 18, sugar orchard 350 trees, apple orchard 
100 trees, and farmer 100. 

Jones Sidney H., (Jamaica) r 21, fox hunter and lumberman, farmer 160. 

Joseph Abner B., (Jamaica) r 16 cor 17, sugar orchard 3,000 .trees, apple 
orchard 300 trees, wool grower 100 sheep and farmer 250. 

Keallott Thomas, (Jamaica) wood chopper, bds with Wm. Underwood. 



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Kellogg Lucy R., (Jamaica) widow of George, resident, h and lot. 

Kellogg Philetus, (Jamaica) works for F. VV. Perry & Son, h Depot st. 

Kidder Abel, (West Townshend) r 28, lives with Abel W., aged 77., 

Kidder Abel \V., (West Townshend) r 28, farmer 100. 

Kidder Calvin W., (East Jamaica) r 29, works for Mary O. Howard. 

KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., (Rawsonville) r 3, prop, of saw-miU, shingle- 
mill, grist-mill and blacksmith shop, and dealer in flour and feed. 

Kingsbury Benjamin A., (Rawsonville) r 3, musician, leader of quadrille 
band, and farmer 15. 

KINGSBURY BETSEY M., (Jamaica) r 7I, widow of Elliot O., resident. 

KINGSBURY CHARLIE H., (Jamaica) r 7^, mechanical inventor, lum- 
berman and farmer 160. 

KINGSBURY DANIEL O., (Jamaica) r 18, jeweler and watch repairer, 
and farmer ; served in Co. H, 9th Vt. Vols. 

Kingsbury Harriet H., (Rawsonville) r 4, widow of Ward, has life lease of 
farm of 25 acres. 

KINGSBURY MERRITT W., (Rawsonville) r 4, canvasser, sugar orchard 
1,200 trees, apple orchard 100 trees, and farmer 175, served in Co. E, 
5th Vt. Vols. 

Kingsbury Ward C, (Rawsonville) r 23, farmer 15. 

Knight George W., (Wardsboro) r 42, sugar orchard 375 trees, young stock, 
farmer 130. 

Knight George W,, Jr., (Wardsboro) farmer with George W. 

Knowlton John L., (Jamaica) 2d selectman, resident with H. H. Wheeler. 

Lahey Jerry, (Jamaica) works for F. W. Perry & Son, bds Water st. 

LANDMAN CHARLES H., (Rawsonville) r 6 cor 3, carpenter and joiner 
and farmer 45. 

Landman Effie V., (Rawsonville) r 6 cor 3, teacher. 

Landman Luke C, (South Londonderry) r 7, retired farmer, aged 73. 

LANDMAN LUKE T., (South Londonderry) r 7, agent for New Home 
and Royal St. John sewing machines, picture frame manuf. and dealer, 
and farmer 140. 

LANDMAN WILLIAM H., (Riwsonville) r 6 cor 3, picture frame maker 
and sewing machine agent. 

Lanphear James O., (Jamaica) r 41, commercial agent for C. W. Stewart, 
P2stey organs and pianos. 

Livingston Pliny H., (South Londonderry) r 7^, employee of H. G. Holden. 

Loomis Phineas S.. (Jamaica) dental surgeon, bds at hotel. 

MAGOON EDWARD, (Jamaica) r 34, farmer 300. 

Magoon Edward A., (Jamaica) r 34, farmer with Edward. 

Martin Frank, (Rawsonville) r 4, ^H. & F. Martin). 

Martin H. & F., (Rawsonville) r 4, (Horace & Frank) farmers 100. 

Martin Henry H., (Rawsonville) r 4, employee in H. J. Stewart's saw-mill. 

Martin Horace, (Rawsonville) r 4, (H. & F. Martin,) owns farm in London- 
derry 95. 

Martin James, (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r 16, farmer 75. 

Martin James O., ( Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r 16, farmer, with James. 

Marsh Roscoe, (Jamaica) blacksmith for W. L. Barnes, h Main st. 

MAY SILAS D., (Wardsboro) r 48, sugar orchard 560 trees, farmer 84, 
part in Jamaica and part in Wardsboro, and 20 acres wood land in 
Jamaica. 

McLean Benjamin, (Jamaica) oft r 18, farmer. 

McLean Frank B., (Jamaica) (H. A.& F. B.) 



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McLean H. A. & F. B., (Jamaica) (Henry A. and Frank B.,) owners of 

Jamaica House. 
McLean, Henry A., (Jamaica) (H. A. &. F. B.,) sawyer. 
Moore Julius VV., (Jamaica) mechanic, h Main st. 
MORSE ABIAL T., ( VVardsboro) r 49, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, veteran 

soldier, and farmer 117. 
Morse George, (Jamaica) works for W. F. Gleason. 
Mundell Daniel, (Jamaica) off r 31, farmer. 
Mundell H. E., (Jamaica) card and job printer. Mechanic st. 
Munroe Frank, (Jamaica) works for F. W. Perry «& Son, bds Main st. 
Muzzy Abijah, (Jamaica) (A. Muzzy & Son,) owns farm 100 on r 31. 
Muzzy Abijah & Son, (Jamaica) (James A.,) general merchants. 
Muzzy James A., (Jamaica) (A. Muzzy & Son.) 
Muzzy John B., (Jamaica) farmer 120, h Mechanic st. 
Muzzy Lura, (Jamaica) widow of Zadock, h Main st. 
Muzzy VVillard, (Jamaica) r 26, farmer 125, and pasture land 50. 
Myers William, (Jamaica) r 24, blacksmith and wheelwright, works for W, L. 

Barnes. 
NICHOLS CHARLES M., (Jamaica) r 21, resident, aged 70.. 
NICHOLS CHARLES M., Jr., (Jamaica) prop, of saw and shingle-mill. 
NOYES JOSEPH C, (East Jamaica) manuf and wholesale dealer in men's 

duck overalls. 
Parsons John, (Jamaica) teller of West River National Bank, h Depot st. 
Payne Amelia A., (West Jamaica) r 34, widow of Benjamin, farmer 75. 
Peabody John H., (Rawsonville) r 6, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 100. 
Perham Calvin, (Jamaica) r 23, farmer 25. 
Perham Stephen, (Jamaica) off r 23, resident, aged 8;^. 

Perry Anna C. Mrs., (Jamaica) milliner and dressmaker, off Depot St., h do, 
PERRY FRANCIS W., (Jamaica) (F. W. Perry & Son.) 
*PERRY FRANCIS W. & SON, (Jamaica) (Frank G.,) tanners, and dealers 

in washed and baled hair. Depot st. [Card on page 45 2. J 
PERRY FRANK G., (Jamaica) (F. W. Perry & Son,) h off Depot st. 
Phelps Eugene L., (Jamaica) employee of F. W. Perry & Son, h Water st. 
Phelps Lewis, (Jamaica) assistant postmaster, overseer of the poor, retired 

merchant, owns farm 13, h Mechanic st. 
Pier Eunice S., (Rawsonville) r 4, widow of Orris, resident, aged [7. 
Pier Fred B., (Rawsonville) off r 4, postmaster, justice of the peace, and 

farmer 75. 
Pierce Charles H., (Jamaica) tin peddler, h Mechanic. 

Pierce Elisha G., (Jamaica) mechanic, jeweler, and carriage maker, h Me- 
chanic. 
Pierce John W., (East Jamaica) r 30, farmer 172. 
Pierce Lowell A., (Rawsonville) off r 5, owns farm go on r 19. 
Pierce Ned F., (East Jamaica) works for J. W. 
Pike Henry K., (Jamaica) r 21, sugar orchard 200 trees, fruit grower, and 

farmer 72. 
Pike Isaac N., (Jamaica) r 21, old resident, aged 80. 
Plumley John, (Jamaica) r 34, laborer. 
Pratt Stephen, (South Londonderry) r 7^, laborer. 
Presho Annie V., (Jamaici) (Mrs. Phineas A., laundress. 
Presho Phineas A., (Jamaica) works for F. W. Perry & Son, h Water. 
Prouty Edgar, (Jamaica) r 31, works for Wardwell & Flint. 
Randall Ada B., (South Londonderry) r 8^, teacher. 



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RANDALL SETH L., (South Londonderry) r 8^, wool grower 50 sheep, 

dairy 7 cows, sugar orchard 1,500 trees^ and farmer 160, served in Co. A, 

40th Mass. Vols. 
Rano Albert, (Jamaica) r 30, laborer, B. & W. R. R. 

Rawson Asenath G., (Rawsonville) r 3, widow of Bailey, resident, aged 71. 
Rawson Bradford B., (Rawsonville) r 3, sawyer in chair stock factory, and 

farmer 70. 
Rawson Chandler P., (Rawsonville) r 6, h and lot, farmer 8. 
Rawson Esther Mrs., (Rawsonville) r 2, h and lot. 
RAWSON FLORA S., (Rawsonville) r 3, (Mrs. Sylvester E.,) miUiner and 

dressmaker. 
Rawson Fred W., (Rawsonville) r 2, laborer, bds with Mrs. Esther. 
Rawson Judson L., (Rawsonville) r 6, blacksmith, carriage maker, and gun- 
smith, h and lot. 
RAWSON MANLY S., (Rawsonville) r 6, inventor of Rawson's patent hay 

loader, Rawson's patent wash bench, and other articles, owns farm65, 

and in Somerset 80. 
RAWSON SYLVESTER E.. (Rawsonville) r 3, farmer on Bailey Rawson's 

estate 100 acres, served in Co I, 4th Vt. Vols., four years. 
RAWSON WEBSTER L., (Rawsonville) r 2 cor 3, farmer, served in Co. H, 

9th Vt. Vols. 
RAY CHARLES W., (Jamaica) physician and surgeon, Main, bds Jamaica 

House. 
Read Stella C, (Jamaica) widow of Fayette D., resident. Main cor Factory. 
Richardson Delia M., (Jamaica) teacher, bds Main. 
Richardson Henry L., (Jamaica) peddler, h Main. 

Richardson Lucy A., (Jamaica) (Mrs. Henry L.) h and 2^ acres Main. 
Richmond Electa, (Jamaica) r 22, widow of Abiathar, owns farm 40 acres, 

aged 82. 
RICHMOND GEORGE F., (Jamaica) r 22, carriage, sleigh and sled 

maker, and repairer. 
Rickert Etna S., (Jamaica) r 7^, widow of E. Martin. 
ROBBINS CHARLES, (West Townshend) r 28, lister, fruit grower, dairy 

10 cows, farmer, in Jamaica 40, and in Townshend 160, and works on 

shares 120 belonging to H. L. Felton. 
Robbins Charles N., (West Townshend) r 28, farmer, with Charles. 
Robbins Chauncey B., (Rawsonville) r 2, farm laborer. 
Robbins James, (Rawsonville) r 3, farmer 40. 
Robbins James, (Jamaica) works for Wardwell & Flint. 
Robbins Sally N., (West Townshend) r 28, widow of Loring, resident, aged 

84. 
Robeson Ann, (Jamaica) off r 23, widow of James, aged 84. 
ROBINSON JOHN C, (Jamaica) postmaster and treasurer of Jamaica 

Savings Bank, h Mechanic. 
Robinson John P., (Jamaica) assistant postmaster, retired farmer, owns farm 

230. 
Robison Joel, (South Windham) r 10, farmer. 
ROEL EDSON M., (Jamaica) r 3^, (Farr & Roel) leases of Mrs. AmeUa A. 

Payne farm 100. 
RUBY GEORGE W., (Jamaica) r 40, carpenter and joiner, sugar orchard 

500 trees, dairy 4 cows, farmer 186. 
Russell Edwin F., (Jamaica) chair manuf. and jobber, patentee of folding 

rocking chairs, h Factory st. 



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RYDER FRED M., (Jamaica) r 32, prop, of cider-mill, annual production 

200 bbls., and farmer about 160. 
Ryder Henry R., (Jamaica) off r 23, farmer, leases of Adams Twitchell, 

about 200, served in Co. H., 2d Vt. Vols. 
Sage Henry J., (Jamaica) lumberman, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 350 trees, 

farmer 150. 
Sage Jared, (Jamaica) r 26, farmer. 

Sage John B., (Jamaica) r 33, dealer in live stock, breeder of Dutch cattle, 
dairy 9 cows, sugar orchard 1,600 trees, farmer 500, and in Stratton 155. 
SAGE MINNIE E., (Jamaica) r 20, teacher. 

Sage Nahor L., (Jamaica) r t,^, lumberman, and farmer, with John B. 
SAGE SQUIRE E , (Jamaica) r 20, sugar orchard 3ootrefes, and farmer 130. 
Sanders Hvrland W., (Jamaica) cabinet maker, and carpenter, h Main. 
Sanders Harvey W., (Jamaica) carpenter, h Water cor Depot. 
Sanders Herbert W., (Jamaica) r 24 cor Water st., carpenter and joiner, h 

and lot. 
Sanders Hiland W., (Jamaica) carpenter and joiner, h Water. 
Sanders Horace W., (Jamaica) carpenter and joiner, h Depot st. 
Sanders William, (Jamaica) retired carpenter, h Water. 
Sanger Allendra, (Jamaica) wood chopper, bds Water. 

Savage Lewis H., (Rawsonville) r 6, farmer, owns with Mrs. S. M. EUis 104. 
Shaffner George, (Jamaica) retired tanner, h Depot. 
Shafifner Henry L., (Jamaica) butcher and poultry buyer, h Depot. 
Shaffner William G., (Jamaica) works for F. W. Perry & Son, h Mechanic. 
Sheldon Warren J., (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 5, farmer 225, and leases 

of Mrs. Emily Butler 25. 
Sheppard Sybil, (Jamaica) r 31, widow of Ezra, farmer 16. 
Sherwin Daniel, (Jamaica) selectman, general merchant and farmer 10 and 

in Stratton 500. 
SHUMWAY JOHN Q., (Jamaica) deputy sheriff, constable and collector, 

and mechanic, h Main. 
Simmonds Charles, (East Jamaica) off r 45, farmer 50. 

Skinner Edmund C, (Jamaica) undertaker, owns 2 houses and lots, Water st. 
Skinner Moses C, (Jamaica) r 24, carpenter and joiner. 
Skinner Zelotes M., (Jamaica) mason and builder, h Water. 
Small Edwin, (Jamaica) Baptist clergyman, bds Main. 
Smith Charles B., (Jamaica) off r 33, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 10 

cows, farmer 125. 
Smith Charles V., (Jamaica) off r 32, farmer about 150. 
Smith Emerson W., (Jamaica) r 14, apple orchard 200 trees, and farmer 

with Willard 300. 
Smith Ephraim S., (Jamaica) off r ^^, farmer, leases of A. M. Higgins about 

100. 

Smith — '■ , (Jamaica) off r t,;^, widow, resident. 

SMITH FRANK E., (Jamaica) town clerk, mechanic, general merchant and 

druggist. 
Smith Irving S., (Bondville, Ben. Co.) r 5, farmer 50, and h and 7 acres on r 3. 
Smith Richard W., (East Jamaica) r 28, section foreman B. & W. R. R. 
Smith Willard, (Jamaica) r 14, retired farmer, owns with Emerson W. about 
^'112 3°° acres, age 84. 

Spencer Edwin M., (Jamaica) r 19, farmer with H. E. 
SPENCER HARVEY E., (Jamaica) r 19, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 

over 150. 



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431 



Sprague Fred L., (Jamaica) (Fred L. Sprague & Co.) 

Sprague Fred L. & Co., (Jamaica) (Fred L. and Lewis N. Sprague) general 

insurance agents, Mechanic. 
SPRAGUE LEWIS N., (Jamaica) (Fred L. Sprague & Co.) U. S. deputy 

marshall, insurance agent and agent for Monumental Bronze Co., of 

Bridgeport, Conn., h Mechanic. 
Spring A. Mortimer, (Jamaica) works for Wardwell & Flint, h Main. 
Stark Edward, (Jamaica) r 20, farmer, leases of A Sturgess. 
Stark George M., (Jamaica) r 17, farmer with Joshua. 
Stark Joshua, Jamaica) r 17, farmer 100. 
Starr Nelson A., (Jamaica^ r 17 cor 20, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 

leases of G. P. Sabins of Westminster 300. 
Stevens Elvira A., (Jamaica) r 24, (Mrs. James M.) housekeeper for W. Myers. 
Stewart Hannah Miss, (Rawsonville) r 3, braider of hats. 
Stockwell Charles H., (Jamaica) clerk at Jamaica House. 
Stockwell Henry A., Jamaica) prop. Jamaica Hotel and livery, cor Main and 

Mechanic. 
Streeter Denzelo M., (Jamaica) r 23, employee of W. H. Wheeler. 
Strong Levi J., (Jamaica) manuf. of tin, sheet-iron and copper ware, h 

Depot St. 
Symister Franklin A., (Jamaica) r 7, laborer. 
TAFT ROYAL E., (Jamaica) r 14, lumber and bark dealer, sugar orchard 

600 trees, dairy 12 cows, farmer 500, and in Townshend with J. W. 

Taft and others 300. 
Taft Willis H., (Jamaica) r 14, farmer, with Royal E. 
TANNER OSCAR A., (Jamaica) attorney at law, Main st., bds do. 
TANNER & CO., (Jamaica) (Oscar Tanner,) harnessmakers and carriage 

trimmers, Main st. 
Taylor Edward G., (Jamaica) lumber jobber and farmer, bds Jamaica House. 
Temple Mark M., (South Londonderry) r 8^, laborer for S. L. Randall. 
Thayer Ellsworth L., (East Jamaica) r 27, farmer, works for S. W. 
THAYER ROMANZO M., (East Jamaica) r 12, sugar orchard 600 trees, 

dairy 8 cows, and farmer 175. 
Thayer Sala W., (East Jamaica) r 27, wool grower 31 sheep, farmer 100, and 

pasture land 30. 
Timothy Eliza Mrs., (Jamaica) r 7^, owns farm 35. 
Tomkies Richard, (Rawsonville) r 6, dairy 7 cows, and farmer 100. 
Torrey Dexter, (Wardsboro) off r 39, farmer 75. 
Town Julia Ann, (Jamaica) r 21, (Mrs. William,) resident. 
Trombly John, (East Jamaica) r 45, farmer. 
TWITCHELL ADAMS, (Jamaica) off r 23, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool 

grower, and farmer 360. 
Twitchell HoUis, (Jamaica) off r 23, resident, aged 88. 
Twitchell Louisa, (Jamaica) r 22, widow of David, resident, owns farm 40, 

aged 71. 
Twitchell Luther H., (Jamaica) r 31, canvasser, tinker, mechanic, taxidermist, 

etc. 
Underwood John, (Jamaica) off r 6, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, apple orchard 
'•-H': 300 trees, and farmer, leases of William Underwood too. 
Underwood Russell, (Jamaica) r 40, farmer 90. 
Underwood Welcome, (Rawsonville) r 5, farmer 50. 
Underwood William, (Jamaica) r 24, retired farmer, owns 100 acres. 
Vaile Melvin C, (Rawsonville) r 4, cabinetmaker, and farmer 5. 



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Walker Arvine M., (Bondville, Bennington Co.,) r i6, farmer, leases of W. 

Wheeler about 300. 
WARDVVELL OLIN N., (Jamaica) (Wardwell & Flint,) h Main st. 
WARDWELL & FLINT, (Jamaica) (O. N. Wardwell and O. C. Flint,) run 

steam mill, and manufs. lumber and chair stock. 
Waterman Chandler. (Jamaica) r 26, teamster, and farmer 7. 
WATERMAN ELEAZER L. Hon., (Jamaica) att'y and master in chancery, 

prest. of savings bank, and owns real estate in and out of town, h Main. 
Waterman Gertrude D., (Jamaica) widow of L. W. Haven, resident, h and 

lot. Factory st. 
Wellman Ezra E., (Jamaica) farm laborer. Main st. 
Wellman Wilbur H., (Jamaica) barber, hairdresser, and dealer in groceries, 

tobacco, cigars, nuts, candy, etc.. Main St., bds do. 
Wells Elvira, (Jamaica) off r 23, widow of Orrin. 
WELLS GEORGE, (Jamaica) retired shoemaker, farmer 46, and h and 

lot on Mechanic st., resides Depot st. 
Wells Samuel, (Jamaica) custom shoemaker, h near depot. 
WEST RIVER NATIONAL BANK, (Jamaica) William Harris, prest. ; J. 

A. Butler, cashier ; Main st. 
Wheeler Henry J., (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 16, dairy 10 cows, sugar 

orchard 300 trees, and farmer 165. 
WHEELER HOYT H. Hon., (Jamaica) U. S. district judge for the district 

of Vermont, owns over 600 acres timber land, h Main st. 
Wheeler Warren, (Bondville, Bennington Co., r 16, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 120, and with Mrs. S. B. Castle 400. 
WHEELER WILLIAM H., (Jamaica) r 23, proprietor saw-mill and chair 

stock factory, and timber land 30. 
White Cassius A., (Jamaica) r 22, proprietor of tub factory, manufacturer 

of butter tubs and shingles. 
WHITE FLAVIUS J., (Jamaica) r 22, master builder and foreman in Cas- 
sius A. White's tub and shingle manufactory. 
White George, (East Jamaica) off r 8, farmer. 
WHITE ORRIN L., (Jamaica) off r 32, lives with step-father Charles V. 

Smith. 
White WiUard, (Rawsonville) r 6, farmer. 
White William W., (Jamaica) r 32, carpenter and joiner, served in Co. C, 

nth Vt. Vols. 
Wilder Austin N., (Jamaica) r 33, carpenter and farmer. 
Wilder Emery S., (West Jamaica) r 34, farmer 70. 
WILDER GEORGE F., (Jamaica) r 38 n ;^^, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower and farmer 227. 
Wilder George N., ([amaica) r ;^^, cooper, lumberman and farmer 40. 
Wilder Henry S., (Wardsboro) r39, farmer. 
Williams Charles H., (Jamaica) off r 23, farm laborer for E. Torrey of East 

Dorset. 
Williams Joseph, (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 5, farmer with O. M. 
Williams Ormando M., (Bondville, Bennington Co.) r 5, farmer 5 acres, served 

in Co. E, 5th Vt. Vols., and had left eye shot out at the battle of the 

Wilderness. 
Williams William G., (Rawsonville) r 5, farmer 200. 
Willis Sylvia, (Jamaica) off r 23. resident, aged 81. 
Wilson Arthur, (Jamaica) employee of Wardwell & Flint. 
Wilson Charles S., (Jamaica) works for Wardwell & Flint. 



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Wilson Chester, (Jamaica) spring bed manufacturer, bds Main. 
Winters Frank E., (Jamaica) r 23, employee of W. H. Wheeler. 
Wood Arad T., (Jamaica) r 42, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. 
Young Fred E., (Jamaica) dealers in fresh and salted meats, owns farm ir 

acres, Factory st., h do. 
YOUNG JERRY, (Jamaica) retired farmer, owns two houses and lots, h 

Main. 
Young Lura A., (Jamaica) widow of Clark, owns h and 11 acres, h Main cor 

Factory. 



LONDONDERRY. 

(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

Abbott George T., (South Londonderry) miller, h Main. 

Abbott Harrison, (Londonderry) farmer 7, h Main. 

Abbott Lucius, (South Londonderry) retired wool carder, aged 79, h Main. 

Abbott Ora S., (South Londonderry) manuf. of chair stock, h North. 

AIKEN JOHN, (South Londonderry) r 37, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, wool 
grower 50 sheep, and farmer 300. 

Albee William A., (South Londonderry) blacksmith, h Main. 

ALDRICH CHARLES W., (South Londonderry) farmer for L. Thompson. 

Aldrich Clarence E., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 

Aldrich Emery A., (South Londonderry) section hand on B. & W. R. R., bds 
Main. 

Aldrich Francis W., (South Londonderry) farm laborer. 

Aldrich Jairus, (South Londonderry) retired farmer, h Main. 

AUard Clayton, (South Londonderry) stage driver and mail carrier between 
South Londonderry and Chester, bds Main. 

Allen Albert M., (South Londonderry) r 49, shoemaker, sugar orchard 1,500 
trees, farmer 130, and in Jamaica 50. 

Allen Joseph W., (Londonderry) r 2, farmer with Serrel. 

Allen Serrel, (Londonderry) r 2, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 150. 

Amsden Arba, (South Londonderry) r 52, farmer, works farm of George. 

Amsden Randall, (South Londonderry) r 52, farmer with Arba. 

AMSDEN SIDNEY L., (Londonderry) r 19, farmer, leases of John Aiken. 

Arnold Elmore F., (Londonderry) medical student in New York University, 
home Main st. 

ARNOLD LUTHER S., (Londonderry) eclectic physician and dentist, h 
Main. 

Arnold Lydia D., (Londonderry) widow of David, h School. 

Arthur Allan, (Londonderry) r 7, farmer, works on shares for H. P. Dodge 80. 

Babbitt B^ron C, (South Londonderry) sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grow- 
er 34 sheep and farmer 50, h High st. 

Babbitt Cyrus, (South Londonderry) r 33, sugar orchard 150 trees and far- 
mer 125. 

Babbitt David, (South Londonderry) retired farmer, h Main st. 

BABBITT GEORGE, (South Londonderry) r 52, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
dairy 8 cows, and farmer 165. 

Babbitt Zerro B., (South Londonderry) r 7,2)^ laborer. 
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TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



Babbitt Zina L., (South Londonderry) r 33, labo'-er. 
Bailey Albert A., (Londonderry) r 27, house painter, h West st. 
Bailey Cyrus, (North Windham) r 13 cor 12. farmer 96. 

Bailey Fred, (Londonderry) r 11, farmer, leases of George H. Payne, of Bos- 
ton, 250. 
Baker Ekron, (South Londonderry) r 53, farmer, works the farm of George 

Cressy, of Baltimore, Md., 270. 
Baker Frank E., (South Londonderry) r 53, laborer. 
Baker George D., (South Londonderry) r 53, farmer with Ekron Baker. 
Ball Oric, (Londonderry) teamster, bds North st. 

Ball Warren C., (South Londonderry) r 42, (Flint, Miller & Ball) farmer 10. 
Batchelder Daniel, (South Londonderry) r 25, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 2 10. 
Bates Electa, (Londonderry) r 16, widow of Milton M., farmer 125. 
BELDEN WILLIAM H., (South Londonderry) r 36^^, sugar orchard 600 

trees, dairy locows, and farmer 171. 
Bigelovv Eugene F., (Londonderry) farmer 100. h North st. 
Bigelow Mary L., (Londonderry) (Mrs. E. F.) librarian. 
Bigelow Parker, (Londonderry) with Eugene F., North st. 
Blair Frederick, (Londonderry) blacksmith, Main, h North. 
Bonnar Patrick, (South Londonderry) r 51, laborer. 

Bostwick Royal E., (South Londonderry) r 46, sugar orchard 200 trees, far- 
mer 100. 
Boynton Page, (Weston) r 8, farmer 100. 
BRANEY EDWARD M., (South Londonderry) brakeman on B & W. R. R., 

bds Peabody House, and with F. W. Kimball in Brattleboro. 
Brooks Elmer A., (South Londonderry) r 28, sugar orchard 350 trees, dairy 

10 cows, and farmer 120. 
Brooks Washington, (South Londonderry) r 28, with E. A. Brooks, farmer. 
BROWN FERNANDO S., (South Londonderry) house painter, bds Peabody 

House. 
Bryant Charles V., (South Londonderry) manuf. and dealer in harness, robes, 

whips, &c.. Church St., h do. 
BURBEE JOSEPH M., (South Londonderry) r 34, deaf mute, farmer, h 

and lot. 
Burns Thomas F., (South Londonderry) laborer, bds Main. 
BUXTON BRADFORD, (South Londonderry) r 32, sugar orchard 900 trees, 

dairy 9 cows, and farmer 165. 
Buxton Daniel, (South Londonderry) off r 44, farmer 175. 
Buxton Harriet, (South Londonderry) h Church. 
Buxton Nathan, (South Londonderry) bund, owns h and 2 acres. 
Buxton Stephen A., (North Windham) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 

cows, and farmer 150. 
Carleton George, (Londonderry) r 21, farmer 55. 

Carleton Elijah F., (Londonderry) r 4, breeder of Morgan horses, sugar or- 
chard 400 trees, wool grower 10 sheep, and farmer 95. 
CHASE ANN R., (South Londonderry) r 37, (Mrs. Charles W.,) milliner. 
Chase Charles W., (South Londonderry) r 37, cattle dealer, and farmer, with 

John Aiken. 
Chase Henry P., (South Londonderry) general merchant, and farmer 20, 

Church cor North, h Main cor Church. 
Chase Martin W., (South Londonderry) r 51, farmer 55. 
CHURCHILL FRANCIS F., (South Londonderry) r 34, prop, of saw-mill, 
farmer, with W. F. 



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Churchill William F., (South Londonderry) r 34, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 150. 
Clark John, (South Londonderr}') r 28, sugar orchard 100 trees, and far- 
mer 30. 
Clark Nelson, (South Londonderry) r 28, laborer. 
Clayton Charles H., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 
Clayton Moses N., (Londonderry) r 30, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 28. 
CLOUGH HARVEY R., (South Londonderry) blacksmith and horse-shoer, 

owns h and 2 acres, River, h School. 
Colburn Irene M., (Londonderry) off r 32, teacher. 
Colburn Lizzie E., (Londonderry) off r 32, teacher. 
Colburn Marcia A., (Londonderry) off r 32, teacher. 
Colburn Nelson S., (Londonderry) off r 32, justice of the peace, sugar 

orchard 800 trees, dairy '^2 cows, and farmer 206. 
Cole Alfonzo E., (South Londonderry) r 50, sugar orchard 100 trees, and 

farmer 100. 
Cole Alonrado, (Londonderry) farmer 40, h Main. 
Coleman Charles, (Londonderry) prop, stage line from Londonderry to 

Factory Point, h Main. 
Coleman Fred J., (Londbnderry) laborer. 

Coleman Lizzie, (Londonderry) (Mrs. Fred J.,) botanic physician. 
COLLINS HENRY H., (South Londonderry) r 28, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, dairy lo cows, cattle dealer, dealer in potatoes, meat market, 

breeder of Durham cattle, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 225. 
Cook Fred A., (South Londonderry) compositor in Si/fer office, h Main. 
Coombs Betsey, (South Londonderry) widow of Jethro, resident, aged 92. 
Cudworth Addison E., (South Londonderry) attorney at law, Main, h do. 
CUMMIN GS JOHN H., (South Londonderry) r 49, sugar orchard 800 

trees, 30 sheep, and farmer 175. 
Curtis Alonzo A., (Londonderry) general merchant and prop, of London- 
derry grist and saw-mills and farmer 120, Main, h School. 
Curtis Frank A., (Londonderry) operator Green Mountain Telegraph Co. 

and Boston & Northern Telephone Co., bds School. 
Curtis Samuel D., (South Londonderry) livery, sale and exchange stables. 

Main, h do.. 
Daniels David B., (South Londonderry) engineer B. & W. R. R., h River. 
Darling Henry R., (South Londonderry) farmer, works on shares for Levi 

Jones 160. 
Davenport Joseph M., (South Londonderry) r 31, sugar orchard 200 trees, 

and farmer 64. 
DAVENPORT WALTER E., (South Londonderry) r 31, teamster and 

farmer with Joseph M. 
Davis Alvin, (Londonderry) r 17, sugar orchard 310 trees, and farmer 106. 
DAVIS DANIEL F., (Londonderry) r 10, sugar orchard 600 trees, and 

farmer 140. 
Davis Eugene M., (Londonderry) r 17, with Alvin Davis, farmer. 
Davis Henry A., (Londonderry) r 23, farmer no. 
Davis Laroy G., (Londonderry) horse jockey, h Pond. 

Davis M. Alden, (Londonderry) ofT r 26, sugar orchard35o trees, farmer 140. 
Davis Merrill D., (Clarksville) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. 
Davis Silas N., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer 30. 
DAVIS S. OLIN, (South Londonderry) r 51, manufacturer of Adams & 

Hayne's liquid-holder, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 149. 



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Davis Samuel, (Londonderry) r 23, resident. 

Dean Caleb, (South Londonderry) r 40 cor. 41, farmer, works land on shares. 

Dean Fred C, (South Londonderry) r 44, carpenter and joiner. 

Dean Willie, (South Londonderry) r 40 cor. 41, son of Caleb. 

Dodge Henry P , (Londonderry) r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80. 

Dompier Louis, (South Londonderry) section boss B. & W. R.R., h off River. 

DOUGLAS BENJAMIN R, (Londondery) r 32, farmer, works for Mary E. 

Douglas 30. 
DOUGLAS MARY E., (Londonderry) r 32, (Mrs. Benjamin F.,) sugar 

orchard 100 trees, and farmer 30. 
Dow Hernan, (Londonderry) r 15, farmer 25. 
Dudley Homer A., (South Londonderry) off r 37, gets out scythe sticks for 

turning. 
Dutton Nancy Miss, (Londonderry) r 15. 

Earns Charles M., (Londonderry) agent for fruit trees, h North. 
Eams Elbridge, (Londonderry) farmer, h North. 
Eddy Chandler, (Londonderry) r 27, works for Cynthia Eddy, sugar orchard 

300 trees, agent for sale of liquors, farmer 85, h West. 
EDDY CYNTHIA Mrs., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 

385, h West. 
Eddy Nancy M., (Londonderry) h Main. 

Edwards Alonzo T., (South Londonderry) r 51, with Thomas Edwards, farmer. 
Edwards Thomas, (South Londonderry) r 51, aged 89, farmer 50. 
Emmerson Frank, (South Londonderry) r 46, with S. Houghton, farmer. 
Emmons Mary Miss, (Londonderry) h Main. 
Fansworth Mark H., (Londonderry) manuf. and dealer in tin, sheet-iron, 

copperware, etc., Main. 
Parnum Ceylon D., (South Londonderry) manuf. of lumber, and chair stock, 

Main, h do, and farmer, in Windham 150. 
Farnum Frank N., (South Londonderry) r 44, farmer, leases of Levi Dun- 
ham, of Factory Point, 11. 
FAULKNER DAVID F., (Londonderry) r 14, sugar orchard 350 trees, 

and farmer 350. 
Fish John A., (Londonderry) off r 9, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 

100. 
Fish Joseph A., (Londonderry) off r 9, with John A., farmer. 
Ford Jay, (South Londonderry) r 36^, farmer 100. 
ERASER JAMES C, (South Londonderry) r 25, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

dairy 9 cows, and farmer 140. 
Fredericks George H., (Londonderry) laborer, h North. 
French Edwin R., (Londonderry) r 9, farmer 100. 
French Nelson W., (South Londonderry) r 28, (Johnson & French.) 
Fuller Esther W., (South Londonderry) widow of Amori E., h Main. 
FULLER FRANK P., (South Londonderry) r 48, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

and farmer 100. 
Fuller George M., (Londonderry) r 21, laborer. 

Gale Abigail E., (South Londonderry) widow of Jacob, h Church st. 
Gale Jacob C, (South Londonderry) manuf. patent medicines, dealer in junk, 

sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 115, h Church st. 
Garfield Charlotte, (Londonderry) r 15, widow of John. 
GARFIELD EGBERT S , (Londonderry) manuf. of plows, cultivators, and 

dealer in agricultural implements, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 75. 
Gates Warren, (South Londonderry) r 28, laborer. 



438 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



Gibson Ichabod, (South Londondery) shoemaker, vSchool, h do. 

Gibson Isaac W., (Londonderry) resident, h Pond. 

Gibson Julia, (Londonderry) widow of John, bds Main. 

Gibson William L., (Londonderry) r 24, ist selectman, town superintendent 

of schools, and town agent, farmer with Avery B. Stowell. 
Goddard Bliss, (South Londonderry) retired farmer 10, h Main. 
GODDARD DAVID B., (South Londonderry) traveling salesman for pianos 

and organs and other musical instruments, prop, of skating rink, Mairv 

St., h do. 
Goddard Henry W., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. . 
Goddard Josiah, (South Londonderry) farmer 230. h Main. 
Goddard Josiah A., (South Londonderry) farmer with Bliss, h Main. 
Greeley Cyrus, (South Londonderry) off r 37, farmer 14. 
Greeley John, (North Windham,) r 12, farmer 75. 

Green Roscoe D., (South Londonderry) r 52, farmer, leases of P. R. Holt 75, 
Griswold Collins R., (South Londonderry) r ;^^, sugar orchard 900 trees, and 

farnier 180. 
Griswold Herman F., (North V/indham) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 200. 
Hall Altheron K., (South Londonderry) r 36, with J. K. Hall farmer. 
Hall Asa, (South Londonderry) laborer, h off River. 

Hall John K., (South Londonderry) r 36, sugar orchard 600 trees, and far- 
mer 300. 
Hall Orris C, (South Londonderry) r 47, farmer 120. 
Hardy William H. H., (South Londonderry) r 35, farm laborer. 
Harrington Adams, (Londonderry) farmer 3, h West. 
Harris RoUin R., (North Windham) r 32 cor 14, works farm of Russel F. 

Fisher, of Chester, Windsor Co., 150. 
HARRINGTON E. LEANDER, (South Londonderry) r 47, sugar orchard 

200 trees, and farmer 100. 
HART NATHANIEL E., (South Londonderry) traveling salesman, farmer 

5, and in Cass Co., Iowa, 80, h Main. 
Hathorn James H., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer for Lydia F. Hathorn 105. 
Hathorn Lydia F., (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Eleazer, sugar orchard 300 

trees, and farmer 105. 
Hatch James N., (South Londonderry) r 49, laborer. 
Hayne Frank, (V»^eston, Windsor Co.) r 8, works on shares for Matthew 

Haynes, of Weston, 100. 
Hayward Albert S., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer with Fanny S. 
Hayward Fanny S., (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Stephen, farmer 36. 
Hayward Horace A., (Londonderry) (Williams & Hayward) h Main. 
Hayward Mary, (Londonderry) widow of Allen, h Main. 
Hazelton Harvey A., (Londonderry) off r 25, farmer 68. 
Hobart George S., (Londonderry) lister, retired farmer 150, h Main. 
Hobart Stephen W., (South Londonderry) off r 37, retired farmer. 
Holden Sylvanus M., (South Londonderry) r 28 cor 31, jeweler, cattle and 

real estate broker, sugar orchard r,ooo trees, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 

1,000. 
HOLT PEYTON R., (Londonderry) notary public, prop. Londonderry 

Hotel, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer no, h North. 
Horton Richmond S., (South Londonderry) off r 36, sugar orchard 4ootreeSy 

and farmer 100. 
Hoskins Charles M., (South Londonderry) band sawyer, bds. Main. 



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Hoskins Martin, (South Londonderry) manuf. of toy wagon stock, h Main. 
Houghton Silas, (South Londonderry) r 46, sugar orchard 200 trees, and far- 
mer 100. 
Houghton Stephen, (South Londonderry) r 49, laborer and boarding house. 
Howard Amazia H., (North Windham) off r 12, farmer. 
Howard Betsey, (Londonderry) r 20, widow of Leonard, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, and farmer 120. 
Howard Frank H., (South Londonderry) r 51 cor 44, farmer 135. 
Howard George A., (Londonderry) r 17, butcher and meat peddler, and far- 

• mer 140. 
Howard Margaret, (North Windham) off r 12, (Mrs. Amazia H ,) farmer 50. 
Howard Niles, (Londonderry) r 20, farmer for Betsey 120. 
Howe Asa Jr., (Londonderry) r 30, farmer, leases of Joel Thompson. 
Howe Herbert, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 
Howe Lorenzo B., (Londonderry) r 34, farmer 20. 
Hoy James, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 

Hunting Jonas N., (South Londonderry) teamster, and farmer 24, h River. 
Hunting Newell, (South Londonderry) farmer, with Jonas M., h River. 
Huntington George O., (South Londonderry) clerk for H. P. Chase, bds 

Peabody House. 
Huntley Chester, (North Windham) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 9 

cows, and farmer 456. 
Huntley Herbert E., (North Windham) r 12, farmer, with Chester. 
Huntley Martin C, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. 
Hyde Charles B., (South Londonderry) mail messenger B. & W. R. R., bds 

Peabody House. 
JAMES GEORGE W., (Londonderry) r 32, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 

12 cows, breeder of Devon cattle, and farmer 270. 
Johnson Edney L, (South Londonderry) employee of Martin Hoskins, h 

Church. 
JOHNSON JULIAN B., (South Londonderry) r ^3, with Noble N., far- 
mer 140. 
JOHNSON NAPOLEON B., (South Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, h 

Main. 
JOHNSON NOBLE N., (South Londonderry) r ;^;^, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

and farmer 140, with Julian B. 
JOHNSON NORMAN, (South Londonderry) r 28, (Johnson & French,) h 

and I acre. 
Johnson Samuel, (South Londonderry) r 49, farmer 100. 
Johnson Sarah C, (South Londonderry) r ^;^, widow of John R. 
JOHNSON & FRENCH, (South Londonderry) r 28, (Norman Johnson and 

Nelson W. French,) sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmers 75. 
Jones Levi, (South Londonderry) r 44, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 

160. 
Jaquith Theophilus F., (Londonderry) r 15, sugar orchard 150 trees, and 

farmer 90. 
Jaquith Thomas J., (Londonderry) r 28, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool 

grower 25 sheep, and farmer 174. 
Kingsbury Lorin, (South Londonderry) r 42, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 88. 
KINSMAN GEORGE H., (South Londonderry) mason, h Main. (Moved 

to Bellows Falls.) 
Kinsman J. Sumner, (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 800 trees, 

and farmer 105. 



44© TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



Knapp James E., (South Londonderry) pastor M. E. church, h Church. 
Lampson Henry, (Londonderry) r 2, works with Israel, sugar orchard 300 

trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 100. 
Lampson Israel, (Londonderry) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 8 cows, 

and farmer 100. 
Landman John T., (South Londonderry) r 47, farmer 35. 
Larabee Mary, (Londonderry) widow of Joseph, owns Londonderry Hotel 

building. 
Lawrence Horatio, (Londonderry) sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80, 

h West. 
Lawrence Horatio Jr., (Londonderry) with Horatio Lawrence, farmer, h 

West. 
Leavitt Halsey C, (South Londonderry) pastor Baptist church, h Church. 
Leonard Fred M., (Londonderry) (Richardson & Leonard,) postmaster, bds 

School. 
Livermore Austin F., (South Londonderry) r 45, 2d selectman, manuf. lum- 
ber and chair stock, sugar orchard 550 trees, and farmer 47^. 
Livermore Charles E., (South Londonderry) teamster and gram thresher, h 

North. 
LIVERMORE EDWARD A., (South Londonderry) r 45, constable, sugar 

orchard 500 trees and farmer 75. 
LIVERMORE SAMUEL M., (South Londonderry) r 45, town grand juror, 

sugar orchard 550 trees, farmer 60. 
LONDONDERRY HOTEL, (Lond'onderry) P. R. Holt, prop.. Main cor 

North sts. 
*LONDONDERRY SIFTER, (South Londonderry) George E. Shanks, 

prop.. Main st. [Card on page 516.] 
Loomis Emma, (South Londonderry) widow of James, h River st. 
liOwell Lake House, (Londonderry) r 14^, a summer boarding house, Geo. 

H. Hilton, of Chester, prop. 
Lyon Seth S., (South Londonderry) r ;^^, sugar orchard 600 trees, and far- 
mer 75. 
Mackie Thomas, (South Londonderry) local M. E. minister, h Church st. 
Marden Daniel H., (South Londonderry) alio, physician and surgeon, and 

farmer, Main St., h do. 
Marden Daniel W., (South Londonderry) teacher, h Church st. 
MARTIN JAMES, (South Londonderry) r 42, station and U. S. and C. 

express agent, Winhall station, B. & W. R. R. 
Martin James L., (South Londonderry) (Martin & Eddy, of Brattleboro) 

lawyer, h Main st. 
Martin Joshua B., (South Londonderry) r 31, meat wagon and market and 

farmer 18. 
McAllister EDGAR S., (South Londonderry) r 31^, sugar orchard 350 

trees, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 100, and pasture and sugar 

orchard 100 trees and 125. 

Mead , (Londonderry) widow of Andrew, h Main st. 

MELENDY BROS., (South Londonderry) (E. W. & J. W.) undertakers, 

sugar orchard 500 trees, 300 bearing apple trees, and farmers 150, h 

High St. 
MELENDY E. WEBSTER, (South Londonderry) (Melendy Bros.) station 

agent B. & W R. R., express agent and telegraph operator, h High st. 
MELENDY J. WASHBURN, (South Londonderry) (Melendy Bros.) sher- 
iff, h High St. 



TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 44! 



Metcalf Royal D., (Londonderry) pastor supplying Cong, church, h Union st. 
Moffitt Willard, (South Londonderry) ofif r 46, laborer, owns h and 3 acres. 
Moore Fred K., (Londonderry) laborer, h Main st 
Moore Henry, (North Windham) r 13, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 

190. 
Newman Sarah A., (Londonderry) (Mrs. William) milliner. Main st. 
Newman William, (Londonderry) botanic physician. Main St., h do. 
NEWELL OLIVER P., (Londonderry) r 15, sugar orchard 250 trees, and 

farmer 80. 
Norcross Horace, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main st. 
Parker Anson A., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 40. 
Parker David W., (Londonderry) musical composer, leader of Londonderry 

cornet band and orchestra, and farmer 3^, h North st. 
Parker Fred M., (Londonderry) marble worker, bds Main st. 
Parker Gilbert L., (Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, h Main st. 
Parker Joshua D., (Londonderry) retired farmer, h Main st. 
Parker Mary A., (Londonderry) widow of David, resident, h North st. 
Patterson Hiram, (Londonderry) carpenter and shoemaker, Main st., h do. 
PEABODY A. L. & SON, (North Windham) r 12, (Albert L. and Clarence 

A.) sugar orchard 600 trees, dairy 10 cows, breeder of Durham cattle, 

and farmers 200. 
PEABODY ALBERT L, (North Windham) r 12, (A. L. & Son). 
PEABODY CLARENCE A., (North Windham) r 12, (A. L. & Son)justice 

of the peace. 
PEABODY HARLAND O. Col., prop, of Peabody House, Main. 
PEABODY HOUSE, (South Londonderry) H. O. Peabody, prop., Main. 
Pendleton Solon E., (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 150. 
PIERCE ALVAH W., (Londonderry) r 15^-, farmer 50. 
Pierce Frank O., (Londonderry) r 41, farmer, leases of G. S. Hobart 150. 
Pierce Fred A., (South Londonderry) mechanic, bds Main. 
Pierce Harvey W., (South Londonderry) r 34, farmer for Ira Whitman 50. 
Pierce Joel T., (Londonderry) r 20, blacksmith, and farmer. 
PIERCE JOSI.\H, (South Londonderry) r 35, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

dairy 12 cows, breeder grade Jersey and Holstein cattle, and farmer 165. 
Pierce Sarah A., (South Londonderry) widow of Asa, tailoress, h Main. 
PIERCE SEM, (South Londonderry) r 41, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 

1 1 cows, breeder of Durham cattle, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 

250. 
PIERCE W. W. & CO., (South Londonderry) (A. Sturgess) manufs. of 

butter tubs, planing, sawing, and general job shop. Main. 
PIERCE WILLIAM W., (South Londonderry) (W. W. Pierce & Co.) h 

River. 
Porter George H., (Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 
Porter Henry T., (South Londonderry) trimmer children's cabs, Buffalo, 

N. Y., h Main. 
Porter William, (Londonderry) r 15, farmer, leases of Electa Bates 125. 
Ramsdell John, (South Londonderry) r 34, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 600 

trees, farmer 175. 
Reed Benjamin, (South Londonderry) r 12, retired farmer. 
Reynolds Levi P., (Clarksville, Bennington Co.) r 22, sugar orchard 800 

trees, farmer 60, in Landgrove 8. 
Richardson George, (Londonderry) (Richardson & Leonard) bds School. 
Richardson Winfield Scott, (Londonderry) r 21, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

fanner 77. 



442 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 

Richardson & Leonard, (Londonderry) (George L. Richardson, Fred M. 

Leonard) general merchants, Main. 
Rider Guilford D., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 100. 
Rider Jesse, (Londonderry) r 24, resident. 
Robbins Edwin E., (South Londonderry) r 49, farmer 16. 
Robinson George C, (South Londonderry) r 34, agent Vermont Mutual, and 

Farmers' Mutual Insurance companies, sugar orchard 700 trees, and 

farmer 175. 
Ross Robert E., (South Londonderry) fireman on B. & W. R. R., h River. 
Rugg Argalas R., (Rawsonville) r 51, farmer, leases of Sarah Barnard 4. 
Rugg Elijah F., (South Londonderry) off r 47, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 

8 cows, wool grower 30 sheep, farmer 1S8, and in Winhall 70. 
Severance Mazine, (South Londonderry) conductor B. & W. R. R., h River. 
Sexton William H., (South Londonderry) off" r 36, sugar orchard 200 trees, 

and farmer 100, in Landgrove 60. 
SHANKS GEORGE T., (South Londonderry) job printer, editor and prop, 

of the Londonderry Sifter^ Main St., h do. 
Shattuck Frederick A., (South Londonderry) laborer, h River st. 
Shattuck George W., (Londonderry) r 15^, sugar orchard 300 trees, and 

farmer 60. 
Shattuck William A., (South Londonderry) prop, of South Londonderry grist- 
mill and dealer in flour, feed, meal and grain. Main St., h do. 
Sheldon Lizzie E., (Londonderry) (^Mrs. Lorenzo P.,) milUnery, Main St., 

h do. 
Sheldon Lorenzo P., (Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, undertaker, pic- 
tures framed to order, Main st., h do. 
Smipson Fred, (South Londonderry) conductor on B. & W. R. R., h Main. 
Slate Charles D., (North Windham) r 12, sugar orchard 200 trees, and 

farmer 100. 
Smith Anna, (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Josiah, resident. 
Smith Aurelius T., (Londonderry) r 14, farmer, leases of George H. Hilton, 

of Chester, 100. 
Smith Bliss, (Londonderry) r 7, invalid. 
Smith Charles D., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 

on Josiah Smith estate 100. 
Smith George G., (South Londonderry) (Smith & Taylor,) postmaster and 

town treasurer, h Main st. 
Smith George L., (Londonderry) r 7, farmer 65. 
Smith Henry B., (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and 

farmer 80. 
SMITH HEZRON W., (North Windham) postmaster, ^ugar orchard 800 

trees, breeder of Durham cattle, and farmer 151. 
Smith Larkin, (South Londonderry) sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80, 

h Main st. 
Smith Marshall E., (Londonderry) farmer 12, h Pond st. 

Smith & Taylor, (South Londonderry) (G. G. Smith and H. S. Taylor,) gen- 
eral merchants and dealers in drugs. Main st. 
Sj)arrow Benjamin, (Londonderry) harnessmaker. Main St., h do. 
Spaulding Simeon D., (Londonderry) r 15 cor 8, cooper, and farmer 75. 
Stewart Henry J., (Rawsonville) r 50, manuf. of chair stock, sugar orchard 

150 trees, and farmer 250. 
Stewart Hiram, (South Londonderry) r 28, farmer 60. 
St. Marie Louis, (South Londonderry) r 42, (St. Marie &Ball.) 



TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 443 

St. Marie & Ball, (South Londonderry) r 42, (Louis St. Marie and W. C. 

Ball,) manufs. and dealers in cloth-boards, lath, bill timber, etc. 
ST. ONGE JOSEPH, (South Londonderry) carriage maker, Main St., h do. 
Stoodley William H., (Londonderry) r 17, farmer, h Main st. 
STOVVELL AVERY B., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool 

grower 30 sheep, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 300. 
Stowell David, (I^ondonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, 

and farmer 300. 
Stowell Walter D., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer, with Avery B. 
Strong Paschal P. E., Jr., (Londonderry) r 14, sugar orchard 160 trees, and 

farmer 90. 
STUART JOHN, (Londonderry) off r 12, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 

8 cows, and farmer 170. 
Stuart Omer S.^ (South Londonderry) teamster, h off Main st. 
Sturgess Albert, (South Londonderry) (W. W. Pierce & Co.,) millwright, h 

Main. 
Sutton James A., (Londonderry) r 29, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer 88. 
Sutton William, (Londonderry) r 29, with William F., resident. 
Sutton William F., (Londonderry) r 29, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 

119. 
TARBELL JAMES M., (Londonderry) r 3, dist. clerk, sugar orchard 250 

trees, dairy 7 cows, and farmer 350. 
Tarbell James P., (South Londonderry) agent for oven turntables for cook 

stoves, h Main. 
Taylor Hiram S., (South Londonderry) (Smith & Taylor) bds Main. 
THOMPSON HENRY L., (South Londonderry) r S3- sugar orchard 800 

trees, and farmer 180, (gone to West Dorset, Vt., leased farm for 5 

years). 
Thompson Joel, (Londonderry) 131 cor. 30, sugar orchard 700 trees, and 

farmer 175. 
Thompson John A., (Londonderry) r 21, sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder 

of Southdown sheep, and farmer 90. 
Thompson Leroy, (South Londonderry) r 25, agent for Acme harrow, sugar 

orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 212. 
Thompson Walter, (South Londonderry) r $^, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 180. 
Thompson William, (South Londonderry). 
Town William C, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 
TYLER DWIGHT, (South Londonderry) town clerk, has held the office 37 

years, justice of the peace, treasurer, h Church. 
Tyler Frank H., (South Londonderry) clerk for H. P. Chase. 
Tyler Harland D., (South Londonderry) house, carriage, sign, and orna- 
mental painter. Main, h Church. 
Underwood Solon C, (South Londonderry) r 42. sugar orchard 200 trees, 

and farmer 130. 
VAILE FRED, (South Londonderry) r 37, (L. N. & Son,) town auditor. 
VAILE L. N. &SON, (South Londonderry) r 37, (Lewis N. & Fred,) sugar 

orchard 4,000 trees, dairy 14 cows^ wool grower 200 sheep, dealers in 

cattle, and farmers 423. 
VAILE LEWIS N., (South Londonderry) 137, (L. N. & Son). 
VIALL PHILETUS, (South Londonderry) r 35, cider-mill, grain thresher 

2 horse tread power, wood sawyer, owns Hambletonian stallion, farmer, 

leases of W^illiam Harris & Son, of Windham, sugar orchard 1,400 

trees, and farm 212, owns on r 34 farm 5. 



444 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 



Wait Barnet, (Londonderry) sugar orchard 560 trees, and farmer 155, Main 

cor. School, aged 88. 
WAIT BARNET S., (Londonderry) deputy sheriff, auctioneer, and farmer 

80, h Main cor North. 
Wait Charles S., (Londonderry) r 7, with Daniel D., farmer. 
Wait Corydon F., (Londonderry) r 16, works farm of Barnet Wait, sugar 

orchard 560 trees^ and farmer no. 
WAIT DANIEL D., (Londonderry) r 7, summer boarding house and cot- 
tage, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 225. 
WALKER CALVIN B., (South Londonderry) r 51, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

dairy 10 cows, wool grower 20 sheep, and farmer 178. 
Walker George, (South Londonderry) shoemaker^ and farmer 210, Church, 

h do. 
Walker George H., (South Londonderry) photographer. Church, h do. 
WALKER HENRY A., (South Londonderry) prop, of South Londonderry 

tannery. Main, h do. 
Walker Herbert A , (South Londonderry) section hand B. & W. R. R., h 

Church. 
Walker Horace, (South Londonderry) retired brick maker, owns h and 12 

acres, h Church. 
Westcott Carrie A. Miss, (Londonderry) teacher, bds North. 
Westcott Fernando N., (Londonderry) carpenter and wheelwright, h North. 
Wheeler Edward P., (South Londonderry) r 40,. with Lyman A., farmer. 
Wheeler Lyman A., (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 58. 
White Foster, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. 
White Mary C, (South Londonderry) widow of Lorenzo, h Main. 
White Wilbur, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. 
WHITMAN ARA., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 80 trees, and farmer 20, 

h Main. 
Whitman Charlie A., (South Londonderry) carriage smith and manuf. of bolt 

clippers, and jeweler, Main, h do. 
Whitman Charles L., (Londonderry) laborer, bds North. 
Whitman Ira, (South Londonderry) r 34, sugar orchard 370 trees, farmer 50. 
Whitman John, (South Londonderry) carpenter and wheelwright, h River. 
Whitman Letty E. Miss, (Londonderry) teacher, bds Main. 
Whitman Noah, (Londonderry) miller, h High. 

Whitman Silas, (S juth Londonderry) carriage maker and repairer, Main, h do. 
Wilbur Bradford, (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 50, died April r, 1884, 

aged 76. 
Wilbur Lucius O., (South Londonderry) r 46, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 65. 
Wilbur Ruel S., (South Londonderry) dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, 

and repairer, Main, h do. 
Wilbur Susan, (South Londonderry) widow of William, h High cor School. 
Wiley John, (South Londonderry) r 40, farmer, and grain thresher. 
WILKINS A. W. J. & CO., (Londonderry) (Artemas W. J. and B. M. Wil- 

kins,) dealers in monuments, headstones, tablets and curbing in marble, 

and American and Scotch granite. Main st. 
WILKINS ARTEMAS W. J., (Londonderry) (A. W. J. Wilkins & Co.,) 

justice of the peace, and pension agent, h North. 
WILKINS BYRON M., (Londonderry) (A. W. J. Wilkins & Co.,) barber, 

Main, h do. 



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TOWN OF MARLBORO. 445 



Wilkins Matthew, (Londonderry) farmer 8^, h Main, aged 8i. 

Williams Adril. (South Londonderry) r 51, carpenter and joiner. 

WILLIAMS FREEMAN W., (Londonderry) (Williams & Hayward.) 

Williams Lewis, (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 36. 

WILLIAMS & HAYWARD, (Londonderry) (F. W. W. & H.A. H.) man- 
ufacturers iron planers, punches, drills, screw machines, jobbers and 
dealers in machinists supplies, Main st. 

Winchester Fred, (South Londonderry) dealer in stoves, hardware, tin, sheet- 
iron and copper ware, glassware and phosphates. Main st. h do. 

Wood Frank M., (South Londonderry) manufacturer of hard and soft lumber 
and chair stock, mills at Jamaica and South Londonderry, bds Pea- 
body House. 

Wood Henry, (South Londonderry) r ^^, farmer, leases of H. L. Thompson 
180. 

WOOD NORMAN P., (South Londonderry) physician and surgeon, Main st. 
h do. 

WOODWARD WILLIAM R., (Londonderry) eclectic physician and sur- 
geon. North, h do. 

Wright Martin G., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 

WRIGHT WINFIELD S., (South Londonderry) r 52, sugar orchard r,ooo 
trees, and farmer 240. 

Wright Warren, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. 

Wyman John M., (Londonderry) r 7, farmer 85. 

Yearly Herbert P., (South Londonderry) r 44 cor 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, 
10 cows, and farmer 135. 

Yearly Janett V., (South Londonderry) Mrs. William T., dressmaker, h Main. 

Yearly William T., (South Londonderry) farmer 115, h Main. 

Young Alfred, (Londonderry) r 17, carpenter and joiner, and farmer, leases of 
Dr. D. H. Marden 120. 



MARLBORO. 

Railroad station is Brattleboro, 10 miles east, on Vt. & Mass. R. R. Daily stage. 
(J^or explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ 

Adams Clark L., (Marlboro) r 12, sexton of cemetery, breeder of Durham 

cattle, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer with Edwin P. 200. 
ADAMS DAVID, (West Marlboro) r 41, farmer 134. 
ADAMS EDWIN P.. (Marlboro) r 12, superintendent and town auditor, 

breeder of Durham cattle, farmer, owns with C. L. 200. 
Adams Francis C, (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard 350 trees, wool grower 

32 sheep, farmer 180. 
ADAMS HUGH M., (Marlboro) off r 12, selectman, farm laborer for his 

father T. M. 
ADAMS IRA, (West Marlboro) r 27 cor 28, postmaster, cattle dealer,. 

sugar orchard 800 trees, 30 sheep, and farmer 400. 
Adams Louisa, (Marlboro) off r 12, lives with her brother T. M. 
Adams Simeon, (West Marlboro) r 42 cor 45, retired farmer. 
Adams Simeon H., (West Marlboro) r 27 cor 28, farm laborer. 



446 TOWN OF MARLBORO. 



Adams Timothy M., (Marlboro) off r 12, sugar orchard 600 trees, 30 sheep, 
farmer 600. 

Ames Charles A., (Marlboro) r 51, farm laborer. 

AMES GEORGE W., (Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 600 trees, 40 sheep, 
farmer 350. 

Bailey Alger, (Marlboro) r 15, farmer 160. 

Bailey Chloe, (Marlboro) r 37, farmer 45. 

Bailey William, (Marlboro) r 11, farm laborer, owns 30 acres. 

Bancroft Allen, (West Marlboro) r 21, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 135. 

Bartlett Robert R., (West Brattleboro) r 35, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, far- 
mer 350. 

Bellows Clark, (West Marlboro) r 18, farm laborer. 

Bellows Hamlet C, (Marlboro) r 26, cattle dealer, farmer 350. 

Bellows Henry W., (Marlboro) r 21, justice of the peace, constable, sugar 
orchard 400 trees, farmer 80. 

Bellows Holland, (West Marlboro) off r 42, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 80. 

Bellows Horatio J., (West Marlboro) r 24, farmer 160. 

Bellows Ward, (West Marlboro) r 24, retired farmer. 

Bellows Ward 2d, (Marlboro) r 31, farm laborer. 

Bellows Willard, (Marlboro) off r 42, farm laborer. 

Blanchard George A., (Marlboro) r 51, farmer 200. 

BLANCHARD JOHN, (West Brattleboro) off r 12^, farmer 130. 

Brayman Sidney L., (Marlboro) r ;^;^, farmer 64. 

Brown Addison M., (West Brattleboro) off r 9, owns farm with Albert G. 

Brown Albert G., (West Brattleboro) off r 9, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- 
mer 150. 

Brown Levi, (Williamsville) off r 16, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. 

Brown Mary, (West Brattleboro) off r 9, widow of Mather. 

BRUCE ALVIN B., (Williamsville) r 15. sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 180. 

Bruce Charles, (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 60. 

Bruce James P., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. 

Bruce Joseph, (Marlboro) r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 85. 

Bruce "Oratus J., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. 

Bruce Sarah, (Williamsville) r 15. 

Bruce Warren E., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. 

Butterfield Joel P., (Marlboro) r 36, farmer, leases of Albert M. Stratton, of 
Bernardston, Mass., 130. 

Carey Heanen J., (West Halifax) r 51, farmer 200. 

Charter Charles A., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 40. 

Charter King D., (Williamsville) r 8, sugar orchard 650 trees, 50 sheep, far- 
mer 617. 

Chase Hiram, (Jacksonville) r 45, retired farmer, owns with Leroy M. 100. 

CHASE LEROY M., (Jacksonville) r 45, sugar orchard 650 trees, farmer 100. 

Collins Anson H., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. 

Collins Henry M., (WiUiamsville) r 15, farmer 54. 

Copeland Orson H., (Jacksonville) r 45, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 215. 

Corbett Cecil M., (West Marlboro) r 49, farm laborer. 

Corbett John N., (West Marlboro) r 49, owns saw-mill and grist-mill, carpen- 
ter, and farmer 40. 

Dunakin Calvin J., (West Halifax) r 41, farm laborer, 

Dunakin Hiram, (West Halifax) r 41, farm laborer. 

DUNAKIN JAMES L., (West Halifax) r 41 cor 51, farmer 10. 

Dunklee Amanda W., (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Willard. 



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447 



Elmer Anna U., (Williamsville) r 8, widow of Chester. 

Fisher Abigail W., (Williamsville) r i6, widow of Nehemiah. 

Fisher Frank F., (Marlboro) r 29, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. 

FISHER JOSEPH E., (Williamsville) off r 16, farmer 50. 

FLETCHER PHINEAS P./(West Brattleboro) r 9, wool grower 40 sheep, 

and farmer 160. 
Geaw Abel G., (Marlboro) r ;^8, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 240. 
Goodell David, (Williamsville) off r 7, farm laborer. 
Goodell Evmice, (Williamsville) off r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 

100. 
Goodell Gracia, (Williamsville) r 7, widow of Zina, owns farm with S. C. 
Goodell Lucy A., (East Dover) r 5, widow of Clark W. 
Goodell Marshall G., (Williamsville) r 15, farmer. 
Goodell Sidney C, (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer, owns 

with Gracia 130. 
GOODELL WESSON S., (Williamsville) r 15, sugar orchard 200 trees, wool 

grower 25 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Goodnow Warren W., (West Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 175. 
Hadley Samuel, (Marlboro) r 51, farm laborer. 
Hale Arminda, (Williamsville) r 8, widow of Charles. 
Hale Locke C, (Williamsville) r 16, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 30. 
HALL GEORGE W., (West Marlboro) r 23, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and 

farmer 240. 
HALL IRA I., (West Marlboro) r 23, owns farm with G. W. Hall. 
Halladay Charles, (Williamsville) off r 16, owns farm with Levi Brown. 
Halladay Clarence E., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farm laborer for his father, 

Elliot. 
HALLADAY ELLIOT, (West Brattleboro) r 9, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, 

wool grower 48 sheep, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 300. 
HAMILTON JOSEPH H. Dea., (West Brattleboro) off r 11, justice of the 

peace, lister, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower ^8 sheep, and farmer 

300. 
Hamilton Joseph W., (Marlboro) r 33, farm laborer. 
Hastings Mahala, (Marlboro) r 39, widow of Franklin. 
Hastings Monroe, (Marlboro) r 39, farmer 350. 

Higley Dan M., (Marlboro) r 2, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer no. 
Higley Elliot J., (West Marlboro) r 42 cor 45, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower 30 sheep, and farmer 400. 
Higley George C, (Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and farmer 

140. 
HIGLEY ORANGE, (Marlboro) r 11, prop, of saw-mill, and farmer 150. 
Higley Warren, (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 32 sheep, 

and farmer 287. 
Higley Willard L., (Marlboro) r 2, farm laborer. 
Houghton Bradley, (Marlboro) r 39, farmer 100. 
Houghton Rufus A., (West Marlboro) r 29, 3d selectman, sugar orchard 800 

trees, wool grower 32 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Howard Byron D., (Brattleboro) r 39, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, wool grower 

25 sheep, and farmer 260. 
Howe Daniel S., (West Marlboro) r 47, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 

Howe Harlow E., (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard'300 trees, and farmer 160. 



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Howe John J., (West Marlboro; r 2, town auditor, sugar orchard 800 trees, 

owns blacksmith shop, and farmer 190. 
Hudson Samuel W., (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 190. 

Hughes John R., (West Marlboro) r 24 cor 21, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- 
mer 150. 
Ingram Betsey W., (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, widow of Ira. 
Ingram Charles E., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer, leases of John A. Kelsey, of 

Claremont, N. H., farm 50. 
Ingram Charles W., (Williamsville) r 6, farm laborer. 
Ingram Elon G., (Williamsville) off r 7, lumberman. 
Ingram John H., (Williamsville) r 6, farm laborer. 
Jenks Andrew N.. (West Marlboro) r 48, retired farmer. 
Jtwett Addison, (Marlboro) r 17, owns farm with Joseph C. 
Jewett Darwin, (Marlboro) r 17. 
JEWETT JOSEPH C, (Marlboro) r 17, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 40 

sheep, farmer, owns with Addison 350. 
Johnson Alvin, (Marlboro) r 20, 24 sheep, farmer 260. 
Johnson Charles, (Marlboro) r 38, retn-ed farmer. 

Johnson Elliott, (Marlboro) r 5^, sug;ir orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 385. 
Johnson Gertrude A., (East Dover) r 5, widow of Chandler, sugar orchard 

700 trees, farmer 210. 
JOHNSON JOSEPH O., (Marlboro) r 38, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 

200. 
Johnson Marcus M., (West Marlboro) r 48, owns farm with E. L. Tyler. 
Johnson Maria S., (Williamsville) r 16, widow of Peter, farmer 34. 
JOHNSON NELSON L., (East Dover) r 5I farm laborer on Rufus Lar- 

nard's farm. 
Johnson Ruth, (Williamsville) r 7, widow of Moses. 
Johnson Zenas, (Marlboro) 5^, farm laborer. 
Kelsey Levi, (Marlboro) r 20, farmer too. 

King Francis F., (Marlboro) r 35, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 160. 
KING WALTER E., (Marlboro) r 35, music teacher. 
Knight James O., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 225. 
Knight John F., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 70. 
Knight Leslie J., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farm laborer. 
Earned Lewis D., (East Dover) r ^^, works with Nelson L. Johnson farm of 

R. Larnard, of Shutesbury, Mass., sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farm 250. 
Luce John, (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 75. 

Luce John L., (West Brattleboro, r 9, owns with his father, John, farm 75. 
Marsh Willard, (East Dover) r 5, retired farmer. 
Mather Betsey, (Marlboro) r 18, widow of Cotton. 
MATHER DAVID, (Marlboro) r 29, sugar orchard 400 trees, 23 sheep, 

farmer 275. 
Mather George, (Marlboro) r 18, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. 
Mather Miller D., (Marlboro) r 31, farmer 75. 
Matin Edwin, (Marlboro) oft" r 11, farmer 10. 
May Alvin, (Dover) r 2, retired farmer. 
May Erasmus D., (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 22 

sheep, farmer 100. 
Mayo Catharine G., (Williamsville) r 6, widow of Joseph R. 
Metcalf John O., (Williamsville) r 8, runs saw and shingle-mill, rents of Sarah 

R. Hill, of Salem, Mass., farm 40. 
MOORF^ LEVI, (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 22 sheep, 

farmer 62. 



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Ogilvie Maggie, (Marlboro) r 33, widow of Alexander. 

OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (Marlboro) r ss, blacksmith. 

Pease Aaron, (West Marlboro) r 27, farmer 50. 

Plant Peter, (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 45 

Powers Lyman G., (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 145. 

Powers Martin V. B., (East Dover) r 5, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 200. 

Pratt Sidney M., (VVilliamsville) r 16, farmer 100. 

Prouty Albert M., (Marlboro) r 31, postmaster, town clerk, lister, sugar orch- 
ard 600 trees, farmer 140. 

PROUTY AMOS C, (West Marlboro) r 42, sugar orchard 600 trees, 26 
sheep, farmer 150. 

Prouty Dwight C, (East Dover) r 3, sugar orchaid 500 trees, farmer 30. 

Prouty Martha M., (Marlboro) r 33. 

Prouty Sally, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Forsdick. 

Putnam Lucy, (Marlboro) r 26, widow of Ebenezer. 

Snow Absalom, (Marlboro) r 31, sugar orchard 600 trees, prop, of Union 
House, farmer 325. 

Snow Clement W., (Marlboro) off r 9, thresher, sugar orchard 500 trees 20 
sheep, and farmer 150. 

Snow Everett C, (Marlboro) r 31, farm laborer. 

Snow Ira W , (Marlboro) r 12, farm laborer. 

Snow Susan, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Flint W. 

Stanclift Frederick A., (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 600 trees, 33 sheep, farmer 
225. 

Stanclift Rufus H., (Dover) r 2, owns with F. A. Stanclift farm 225. 

Stanclift Sanford E., (Marlboro) off r 53, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 
200. 

Stanclift Willard V., (Marlboro) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees, farm 180. 

Staples Edson C, (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 15. 

Stone Rose M. Mrs., (Williamsville) r 8. 

Thayer Thirza, (Marlboro) r 11, widow of Ezra. 

Thomas Anna L., (West Brattleboro) r 58. 

THOMAS GEORGE M., (West Brattleboro) r 58, lister, sugar orchard 
500 trees, farmer 155, and in Brattleboro 90. 

Thomas Mary M., (Williamsville) r 15, farm 30. 
Thomas Sarah, (West Brattleboro) r 58, widow of Henry. 

Tucker Mary, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Dr. Ebenezer. 

Tyler Edwin L., (West Marlboro) r 48, sugar orchard 850 trees, farmer 270. 
Union House, (Marlboro) r3i, Absalom Snow, prop. 

Warren Clark, (Marlboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, sexton of cem- 
etery, farmer 250. 
Warren Dolphus P., (Jacksonville) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 180. 
Whitaker David M., (Marlboro) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200. 
WHITAKER JULIUS L., (Marlboro) r 15, general blacksmith, also farmer 

. 33- . 

Whitney Annis, (Marlboro) r 20, widow of Stephen. 
WHITNEY BRUTUS M., (Marlboro) r 11, sugar orchard 600 trees, and 

farmer 300. 
WHITNEY CARLEY P., (Marlboro) r 20, town auditor, sugar orchard 

700 trees, 25 sheep, dairy 10 cows, farmer 350. 
Whitney Henry F., (Marlboro) r 2, 1st selectman, and farmer 10. 
Whitney John S., (Marlboro) r 11, farm laborer. 
Whitney William H., (Marlboro) r 2, farmer 10. 

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Whitney Zenas H., (Marlboro) r 2, sugar ^orchard 1,200 trees, wool grower 

20 sheep ,and farmer 205. 
WHITTEMORE DANIEL W., (Marlboro) r 13, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

and farmer 200. 
Williams Albert, (South Newfane) r 8, wool grower 28 sheep, and farmer 

with Alfred 365. 
Williams Alfred, (South Newfane) r 8, farmer with Albert 365. 
Willis Charles H., (Williamsville) r 8, mechanic. 
WILLIS GEORGE S., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 85. 
Willis Samuel N., (South Newfane) r 8, mechanic. 

Winchester Asa, (Marlboro) r 18, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 195. 
Winchester Clark A., (West Marlboro) r 47, farmer 200. 
Winchester George, (Marlboro) r ;^^, 23 sheep, and farmer 140. 
Winchester Hannah, (West Marlboro) r 23. 
Winchester Lois, (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, widow of Antipass. 
Winchester Williston, (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, farmer 200. 
Worden Alfred C, (South Newfane) off r i6, sugir orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 260. 
Worden Edwin C, (East Dover) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 140. 
Worden Horatio L., (Williamsville) off r 6, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool 

grower 25 sheep, and farmer 260. 
Worden John J., (East Dover) r 5, sugar orchard 375 trees, and farmer 192. 
Worden Orlen W., (WiUiamsville) r 6, farmer 170. 
Worden Roswell, (South Newfant) r 8, retired farmer. 
Worden Sylvester, (East Dover) r 5, retired farmer. 



NE^ATFANE. 



South Newfane, a new postoffice, has been established in the town of Newfane since our 
canvass. The changes in postofilice address are as reported by the postmaster. 



(J^or exJ>/aua/ions, etc., see page 305.^ 

Adams Herbert M., (Williamsville) r 30, farmer with Franklin B. Morse. 

Adams Marcus W., (East Dover) r i^, farmer 500. 

Adams Sidney S., (East Dover) r 18, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 

200 trees, and farmer 265. 
Allen Clara, (Newfane) widow of Newman, resident, aged 90, owns h and lot. 
Allen George T., (Williamsville) r 42, mason, and farmer 5. 
Allen Welcome, (Williamsville) r 30, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 

200 trees, breeder and dealer in grade Alderney cattle, timberland 90, and 

farmer 200. 
Arms Goodsil F., (East Dover) r 35, pastor of M. E. churches at East Dover 

and Williamsville. 
Atridge Ozeael, (Williamsville) sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 320. 
Bailey Aithur S., (Williamsville) farmer with Zina G. 
Bailey Byron C, (Williamsville) r 2,'^, farmer, with his father, Chauncey B. 



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BAILEY CHAUNCEY B., (South Newfane) r ^8, sugarorchard 600 trees, 
apple orchard 100 trees, grade Southdown sheep 75 head, farmer 220. 

Bailey Clarence, (Williamsville) r 35, son of Z. G. 

Bailey Dwight E., (WiUiamsville) r 38, farm laborer, with his father, Chaun- 
cey B. 

Bailey Eugene C, (WiUiamsville) farm laborer. 

Bailey Henry W., (Williamsville) r 38, son of Z. G. 

Bailey Martin, (Williamsville) off r 42, farmer 112. 

BAILEY ZINA G., (South Newfane) r 38, sugarorchard 700 trees, apple 
orchard 300 trees, farmer 400. 

Ball Horace R., (South Newfane) off r 30, carries on farm of Mrs. E. F. 
Bruce, of Brooklyn, L. I. 

Barrett Shubael. (Newfane) farmer 54. 

Batchelder Newton M., (Newfane) dealer in drugs, crockery and glassware, 
groceries, flour, feed, fertilizers and ready-made clothing. 

Bemis Levi C, (Newfane) r 10, farm laborer, h and lot. 

BENNETT ELFORD O., (Newfane) r 11, leases of M. H. Twitchell, U. 
S. consul, at Kingston, farm 35. 

Best Charles J., (Newfane) r 6, laborer. 

BETTERLEY CHESTER H., (Brattleboro)r 48, dairy 18 cows, sugar orch- 
ard 700 trees, farmer 400. 

Betterley George W., (WiUiamsville) r 46, peddler and farmer 8. 

Betterley Philander C, (Williamsville) carpenter and builder 

Betterley Willie S., (East Dover) r 18, farmer with S. S. Adams. 

BINGHAM LINUS W.. (VVilliamsviUe) employee of Willard E. 

Bingham Milton A., (Williamsville) laborer. 

Bingharn Willard E., (South Newfane) r 40, grist-mill, circular saw, shingle 
and planing-mill. 

Bishop Stephen VV., (WilUamsville) teamster. 

BLAKESLEE CALEB S., (Williamsville) alio, physician and surgeon, h 
and lot. 

Blanchard Charles, (Newfane) r 11, blacksmith for H. B. Wellman. 

Bliss Almond W., (Newfane) r 5, farmer, with Walter W. 

Bliss William C, (Newfane) r 5, served in Co. D, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols., farmer 

BLODGETT ELLIOTT W., (Newfane) off r 9, breeder and dealer in Dur- 
ham cattle, Southdown sheep, dealer in agricultural implements, sugar 
orchard 400 trees, apple orchard 150 trees, farmer 175. 

Bolls Emeline, (Newfane) widow of Nelson. . 

Bolls Mary E., (Newfane) milliner, owns farm 140. 

Booth Charles, (Newfane) mechanic, wood turning. 

Brooks Frederick R., (Williamsville) jobbing, lumbering and teamster. 

Brooks Henry E., (South Newfane) laborer. 

Brooks William, (South Newfane) r 42, laborer, h and lot. 

Brooks William A. Jr., (South Newfane) r 42, prop, saw and cider-mill, and 
jelly works. 

Brown Alvin, (East Dover) r 35, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple orchard 300 
trees, farmer 145. 

BROWN CLARK L., (East Dover) r 36, carpenter and builder, prop, saw- 
mill, soldier Co. I, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols. 

Brown Samuel G., (Newfane) farmer 38. 

Brown Samuel G. Jr., (Newfane) farmer, with his father, Samuel G. 

Bruce Emery F., (East Dover) farm laborer. 



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WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



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^'ides. Galf ^Jiins. ^ime, ^air, ^c. 

Bra^A/n and White "Washed Cathe Hair 
in Bales a Specialty, 



"We pay Cash for Hides and Hemlock Bark delivered at the Tannery, or at any 
Station on the Brattleboro and Whitehall Railroad. 



jj^i^jt^x(3J^, ATEi^Jvnon^T. 



F. W. Perry. 



F. G. Perry, 



-^C. F. THOMPSON & CO.,^ 

• Dealers in Heavy and Shelf 

HARDWARE.xCDTLERY,xIRONxANDxSTEEL, 



Nails, Glass, Caniage Hardware and Woodwork, Doors and Sash, Lime, Cement, 
Plaster, Fertilizers, Paints and Oils. 



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TOWN OF NEWFANE. 453 



Bruce Franklin E , (East Dover) farm laborer. 

BRUCE WILLIAM T., (Newfane) farmer 195, and in Dover 300. 

Birchard Mary Adaline, (Newfane) widow of Austin, h and lot, farmer 6, 
aged 81. 

Burditt Frank A., (Newfane) farm laborer. 

BURDITT FREDERICK O.. (Newfane) justice of the peace 24 years, town 
treasurer, town agent, undertaker, and dealer in furniture, owns planing 
mill, h and lot. 

Burditt William B., (Newfane) employee of Frederick O. 

BURLINGAME NORMAN F., (Newfane) r 27, sugar orchard 400 trees, 
apple orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 175, served in Co. G, 20th N. Y. cav- 
alry 2 years. 

Burnham George W.. (Newfane) resident, bds with Sabin Morse. 

Cannon Joseph, (Williamsville.) 

Canon Francis, (Williamsville) r 40, carries on for H. W. Adams farm 75. 

CARPENTER H. ADDISON, (Newfane) farmer 75, served in Co. E, nth 
Regt. Vt. Vols. 

Charter James Dea., (Williamsville) farmer 80. 

Chase Alanson B., (Newfane) wagon and sleigh maker. 

CHASE WORTHY N., (Newfane) butcher and farmer 13. 

Cheeney Jeduthan H., (South Newfane) r 37, proprietor saw-mill, manuf. of 
chair stock, farmer 30. 

Cheeney Murray, (Williamsville) r 37, farmer and lumber dealer with his 
father, Jeduthan H. 

Coane Charles D., (East Dover^ r 34, blacksmith, general repair shop, h lot. 

Codding Alvin, (Newfane) r 11, laborer. 

Cook Sarah S., (Newfane) widow of Park F., farm 10. 

Covey John H., (Newfane) farm laborer. 

Covey Lucius P., (Newfane) farmer with his father, Philetus. 

Covey Philetus C (Newfane) farmer 6. 

CROCKER WALLACE, (Williamsville) r 40, pastor Pondville Baptist 
church. 

Crowningshield James, (Newfane) sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 100. 

Gushing Baxter C, (Newfane) r 8, dairy 12 cows, farmer 190. 

Gushing Lucy C, (Newfane) widow of Warren, house and lot. 

Darling George L., (South Wardsboro) r 16, highway surveyor, farmer 100. 

Darling George L. Mrs., (Newfane) r 16, dressmaker. 

Davenport, Underwood & Co., (C. H. Davenport of Brattleboro, and G. W. 
Underwood) proprietors of saw-mill and turning works, dealers in all 
kinds of hard wood lumber and chair stock, timber land 200 acres. 

DAVIDSON MILx\N, (Newfane) treasurer of Windham County Savings 
Bank, att'y at law, notary public. 

Davis David H., (Newfane) farmer 106. 

DeVare Joseph, (Newfane) alio, physician and surgeon. 

Devvitt Charlotte P., (Nefane) widow of RoUin C, resident. 

Dewitt Frank A., (Newfane) resident. 

Dexter Charles, (Williamsville) r ig, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 80. 

Dexter Charles L., (South Newfane) r 42, with his father, J. W. 

Dexter E. Milton, (South Newfane) r 42, with his father, J. W. 

Dexter Joseph W., (South Newfane) r 42, sugar orchard 200 trees, owns sum- 
mer res. and farm 125, residence Philadelphia, Penn. 

DICKINSON DANA D., ( WiUiamsville) proprietor of saw-mill, and dealer in 
all kinds of hard wood lumber. 



454 TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



DICKINSON DENNIS A., (Williamsville) r 43, town clerk, justice of the 

peace, sugar orchard 500 trees, apple orchard 200 trees, dairy 10 cows, 

farmer 340. 
Dickinson George W., (WiUiamsville) wagon and sleigh manufacturer, owns 

h and shop. 
Downs George A., (Newfane) r 25, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 10 cows, 

farmer 330. 
Duncklee Wealthy A., (WiUiamsville) r 30, widow of Emory. 
Eager Benjamin C, (Newfane) resident, carpenter and joiner. 
Eager Charles H., (Newfane) farmer 60. 
Eager Fanny S., (Newfane) r 13, widow of Henry C, sugar orchard 800 

trees, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 230. 
Eager Walter W., (Newfane) r 13, farmer with his mother, Fanny S. 
Eddy Jonathan, (Newfane) r 14, farmer 37. 
Eddy Sidney H., (East Dover) r 36, farm laborer. 
EDWARDS ABBOTT T., (Newfane) r 12, (Edwards & Pierce) farmer iii, 

soldier Co. B, 6th Regt. Vt. Vols. 
EDWARDS & PIERCE, (Newfane) (Abbott T. Edwards and John D. 

Pierce,) dealers in general merchandise, boots, shoes, ready-made cloth- 
ing, hats, caps, flour, meal, and feed, lumber, shingles, etc. 
Fayetteville Hotel, (Newfane) Stillman Worster prop., livery attached. 
Fish Abbie E., (Newfane) r 11, teacher. 
Fish Frank L., (Newfane) r 11, teacher. 
FISH FREDERICK A., (Newfane) r 11, carriage, wagon and sleigh 

manuf., and farmer 15. 
Fisher A. B., (Newfane). 

Fisher Henry J., (South Newfane) r 42, farmer 20. 
Foster F. Stephen, (Williamsville) teamster. 
Franklin Albert C, (Townshend) r 8, farm laborer with Alvin B. 
Franklin Alvin B., (Townshend) r 8, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 

100 trees, dairy 10 cows, farmer 250. 
Frankhn Eri, (Newfane) retired farmer. 
Frost William H., (Williamsville) r 42, farmer 100. 

Fuller George, (East Dover) r 36, rents of Joseph Whitaker house and lot. 
Fuller Lubert, (East Dover) r 36, farm laborer. 
GATES ALVIN, (Newfane) prop, of grist-mill, farm 10, served in Co. I, 8th 

Vt. Vols. 
GOODENOUGH CHARLES M., (Newfane) r 28, apple orchard 200 trees, 

sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 197. 
Goodnow John Dea., (Williamsville) r 42, retired farmer, born here in 1797. 
Gould Charles E., (Newfane) off r 15, son of John. 
Gould John, (Newfane) off r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 77. 
GREEN JOSEPH J., (Newfane) station agent, telegraph operator, express 

agent, farmer 27. 
Grout Abel J., (Newfane) r 14, farmer, with his father, Joel. 
GROUT JOEL, (Newfane) r 14, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, apple orchard 

200 trees, farmer 187. 
Grover Almeron W., (Newfane) r 5, laborer. 
Hall George L., (Newfane) off r 5, farm laborer. 
Hall George P., (Williamsville) miller, employee of J. K. Pierce. 
Hall Henry M., (Newfane) r 15, prop, of saw-mill, and farmer 42. 
Hall Henry W., (Newfane) off r 15, farmer 100. 
Hall Obed, (Newfane) off r 5, resident, with Wallace A. 



TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



455 



HALL WALLACE A., (Newfane) off r 5, sugar orchard 700 trees, apple 

orchard 700 trees, farmer 300. 
Hall Willie C, (Newfane) off r 5, farmer, with Wallace A. 
Harvey Arthur C, (Newfane) employee of Davenport & Underwood, h 

and lot. 
Hastings Ephraim, (Newfane) off r 5, resident, with Henry E. 
Hastings Henry E., (Newfane) off r 5, dealer in raw furs, sugar orchard 2,000 

trees, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 200. 
Hazelton Alonzo B., (South Newfane) sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 150. 
Hazelton Henry C, (South Newfane) farmer, with Alonzo B. 
Hazelton WiUiam W., (South Newfane) farmer, with his father, Alonzo B. 
Herrick George H., (WiUiamsville) r 42, teamster, lumberman. 
Herrick George Z., (WiUiamsville) r 42, employee in Howard Brothers card- 
board mill. 
Hf'scock Alice E., (Newfane) r 5, school teacher. 
HESCOCK HENRY M., (Newfane) off r 5, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple 

orchard 200 trees, farmer 159. 
HIGGINS A. E. Mrs., (Newfane) resident. 
Higgins Abbie M., (Newfane) school teacher. 
Higgins Alvin G., (Newfane) with his father, Samuel B. 
Higgins Mary A., (Newfane) widow of Stephen, h and lot. 
HIGGINS NATHANIEL, (Newfane) born in town in 1802, farmer 50. 
HIGGINS SAMUEL B., (Newfane) musician, and prop, of livery stable, 

owns 50 acres of pasture in Putney. 
HILDRETH WARREN R., (Newfane) r 14 cor 12, farmer 125. 
Hildreth Wells M., (Newfane) r 14, farmer, with his father, Warren R. 
Hill John A., (WiUiamsville) r 47, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 160. 
Hill John L., (WiUiamsville) r 47, farm laborer. 
Holden Luke L , (East Dover) r 36, carries on farm for Eliot Johnson, of 

Marlboro, 180. 
Holland Charles B., (Newfane) r 24, with Sarah S., farmer 180. 
Holland Chauncey G., (East Dover) r ^;^, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 200. 
HOLLAND FRANK C, (Newfane) r 6, farm laborer. 
Holland Fred R., (Newfane) r 6, farm laborer. 
Holland James M., (Newfane) r 6, farmer 92. 
HOLLAND SARAH S., (Newfane) r 44, widow of James, resides with her 

son, Charles B. 
HOLLAND SOPHIA K., (Newfane) widow of Justus, owns h and lot and 

57 acres. 
Hopkins Michael. (Newfane) railroad section boss. 
HOSFORD JAY W., (Newfane) r 44, carries on Holland Plimpton's farm 

105. 
Hosley Samuel, (WiUiamsville) r 43, laborer. 
Houghton E. M., (WiUiamsville) laborer, h and lot. 

Houghton John H., (Newfane) employee of Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Houghton Marshall, (WiUiamsville) carpenter and builder, h and lot, and 

farmer 12. 
Houghton M. N., (South Newfane) r — . 

Hovey Charles G , (Wiriiamsville) r 43, employee of Howard Bros. 
HOWARD G. HENRY, (Newfane) alio, physician and surgeon. 
Howe Barton, Jr., (East Dover) r 35, farmer 150. 
HOWE JAMES F., (Newfane) off r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 

300 trees, and farmer 100. 



456 TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



Howe Lyman, (Williamsville). 

Howe Marshall A., (Newfane) teacher, and farmer, with his father, M. O. 

Howe Marshall O., (Newfane) r 9, town superintendent of schools,, town 

representative, and farmer 200. 
Hoyt Henry H., (Williamsville) deputy sheriff, prop, of cider-mill, manuf. of 

cider jelly, and farmer 150. 
Hoyt Hezakiah F., (Newfane) r 5, farmer 30. 

Hubbard Persis, (South Newfane) r 42, widow of Bela K., h and lot. 
Huntley Edgar VV., (Newfane) employee of Davenport & Underwood. 
Hyde Michael, (Newfane) track hand, B. & W. R. R. 
Ingram Alonzo^ (Williamsville) teamster and stage driver. 
Ingram C. W., (Williamsville). 
Ingram Elwin M., (South Newfane) r 30, sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer 

160. 
Ingram Henry, (Williamsville). 

Ingram Herman, (Williamsville) r 23, son of Jonathan. 
INGRAM IRA M., (Newfane) r 23, farmer, with his father, Jonathan M. 
Ingram Jonathan M., (Newfane) r 23, sugar orchard v,ooo trees, farmer 150. 
Ingram Mason, (Williamsville) h and lot, retired farmer 10. 
TOHNSON FRED S., (Newfane) student, resides vith E. Walker. 
JOHNSON GEORGE B., (Newfane) farmer 300. 
Johnson Henry D., (Newfane) farm laborer. 

Johnson Henry E., (Eist Dover) r 33, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. 
Johnson Mary D., (Newfane) widow of Orrison, owns h and lot. 
Jones Alva E., (East Dover) r 18, farmer with his father, John D. 
Jones Frank A., (East Dover) r 35, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 151. 
JONES HARRIET A. E., (WiUiamsviUe) milliner and dressmaker, h and lot. 
Jones John D., (East Dover) r 18, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 96. 
Kelsey Charles H., (Williamsville) off r 10, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer 

180. 
Kenney Arthur H., (Newfane) r 10, farmer, with his father, H. S. 
Kenney Henry S., (Newfane) r 10, sugar orchard 400 trees, apple orchard 100 

trees, farmer 250, and in Brookline 120. 
Kenney John M., (Newfane) r 10, farmer, with his father, Henry S. 
Kenney Julia R., (Newfane) r 10, school teacher. 
Kenney Silas N., (Newfane) r 10, farmer, with his father, Henry S. 
Kilburn Charles M., (Newfane) r 25, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer, leases 

of Henry A. 180. 
KILBURN HENRY A., (Newfane) r 25, hotel clerk, and owns farm 180. 
King Ezra, (South Newfane) r 42, laborer, h and lot. 
Knapp Clark A , (East Dover) r 35, carpenter and builder, farmer 25. 
KNAPP ELMER W., (East Dover) r 34, farmer, with his father, Fayette W. 
Knapp Fayette W., (East Dover) r 34, harnessmaker, shoemaker, farmer no. 
Knapp George W., (South Newfane) farm laborer, h and lot. 
Lamb Charles P., (South Newfane) r 42, farmer 15. 
Lamb George W., (Williamsville) r 22, farmer 50. 
Lamb Gilbert B., (Williamsville) r 42, farmer 30. 

LAMSON CULLEN M., (Williamsville) r 30, dealer in cattle and horses. 
Lamson David B., (South Newfane) r 42, prop, of wool carding machine at 

Pondville, and 8 acres. 
Lamson Louis B., (South Newfane) r 40, farmer 66. 
LAWRENCE GEORGE W., (Newfane) pastor Cong, church. 
Lang Wellie L., (Newfane) widow of V. F., music teacher. 



TOWN OF NEWFANE. 457 



Lincoln Elkanath, (Williamsville) farmer 25. 

Lowe Frank C, (Newfane) r 14, farmer, with his father, Martin L. 

Lowe Martin L., (Newfane) r 14, selectman, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, apple 
orchard 300 trees, and farmer 175. 

Lyman James, (Newfane) r 13, sugar orchard 400 trees, apple orchard 300 
trees, farmer 240. 

Mack Foster W., (Newfane) engineer for Davenport, Underwood & Co. 

Mack Henry H., (Newfane) r 9, shoemaker. 

Mason Russell, (South Newfane) r 42, farmer 40, aged 79. 

Mather Charles E., (Newfane) teamster. 

May Mandrin D., (East Dover) r 37, farmer 25. 

Merrifield Arthur M., (WilHamsville) r 46, station agent B. & W. R. R.,prop. 
Williamsville and West Dover stage line, firmer. 

Merrifield Harriet H., (WilHamsville) r 40, widow of Moses, dressmaker. 

MERRIFIELD HOLLIS R., (Newfane) r 23 cor 27, breeder of Durham 
cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 170. 

Merrifield John A., (Williamsville) r 46, retired farmer. 

Merrifield John H., (Williamsville) for Rosanna Williams, farmer 150. 

Merrifield Louisa W., (Williamsville) r 46, (Mrs. J. A.) owns farm 117. 

Merrifield Webster, (Williamsville) school teacher. 

Miller Fred F., (Newfane) r 15, farmer, with his father, Henry W. 

MILLER HENRY W., (Newfane) r 15, farmer 100. 

MILLER SAMUEL P., (Newfane) r g, retired merchant, and farmer 10. 

Moore Asahel, (East Dover) r 35, sugar orchard 500 trees, apple orchard 150 
trees, farmer 115. 

Moore Franklin, (Newfane) r 11, cattle broker, and farmer 80. 

MOORE JOHN M., (South Newfane) r 41, meat market, butcher, farmer 120. 

MORSE ALBERTE E., (Newfane) r 5, farmer, with his father, Charles E. 

Morse Alvin L., (South Newfane) farmer, carries on W. H. Morse's estate of 
80, and owns pasture and wood lot 100. 

MORSE BENJAMIN E., (South Newfane) r 40, notary public, lawyer and 
farmer 50. 

MORSE CHARLES E., (Newfane) r 5, farmer 120. 

Morse Charles W., (Williamsville) r 22, sugar orchard 350 trees, apple orch- 
ard 350 trees, farmer 170. 

Morse Charlie W., (Newfane) r 5, farmer with his father, Charles E. 
_ Morse Elijah, (South Newfane) r 30, farmer with Samuel Morse. 

Morse Ephraim, (Williamsville) farm laborer, h and lot. 

Morse Frimk H., (East Dover) carpenter and joiner, resides on Joseph Wor- 
den's farm. 

Morse Franklin B., (Williamsville) r 30, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple orch- 
ard 1,000 trees, farm 300. 

Morse Frederick J., (Williamsville) lumber dealer, h and lot, farmer 75. 

Morse Joseph Dea., (South Newfane) farmer 50. 

Morse Luke J., (Williamsville) r 42, laborer, h and lot. 

Morse Luke O., (Williamsville) (Wheeler & Moise) h and lot, carpenter and 
builder. 

Morse Mary A., (South Newfane) postmaster. 

Morse Mary E., (South Newfane) r 30, widow of Emerson, farmer 40. 

Morse Mary H., (South Newfane) widow of WiUiam H., farm 80. 

Morse Nelson, (Williamsville) r 42, farmer 65. 

MORSE OLIN W., (South Newfane) r 30, farmer, carries on Mrs. Emerson 
Msorse' farm 40. 



458 TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



Morse Oliver P., (Williamsville) r 29, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 

300 trees, farmer 200. 
Morse Oliver P. Jr., (Williamsville) r 29, farmer with his father. 
Morse Sabin P., (Newfane) carpenter and builder, farmer 125. 
MORSE SAMUEL, (South Newfane) r 30, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple 

orchard 300 trees, dairy 10 cows, farmer 320. 
MORSE SAMUEL H., (South Newfane) r 30. farmer with his father, Samuel. 
Morse Willie, (Williamsville) r 30, laborer in card-board mill. 
Mundell Mary A., (East Dover) r 35, widow of William, farmer 40. 
Nash Cornelius C, (Williamsville) r 29, currier, owns farm no. 
Newton John, (Williamsville) att'y and counselor at law. 
Newton Nancy T., (Newfane) widow of Marshall, h and lot. 
NEWTON REUBEN M.. (Newfane) r 11, blacksmith and farmer 37. 
Nichols Charles E., (Newfane) r 10, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100, and 

in Wardsboro 250. 
Nolan Michael, (Newfane) employee Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
O'LEARY ARTHUR, (Williamsville) blacksmith and horse-shoer. 
Packard James A., (South Newfane) r 37, mason, painter, and farmer 65. 
Park Charles E., (Williamsville) postmaster and general merchant. 
PARK ELIHU, (Newfane) r 11, blacksmith and carriage ironer, h and lot. 
Park Otis, (Newfane) employee of Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Park Walter B., (Newfane) r 11, laborer and teamster. 
Parsons Elisha, (Williamsville) r 30, farm laborer, h and lot. 
PARSONS GEORGE W., (Newfane) artificer, mason, h and lot, soldier Co., 

E, ist Vt. Heavy Artillery. 
Patch Alfred, (Newfane) employee Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
PERRY CHESTER E., (Wilhamsviile) breeder and dealer in Cotswold 

sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. 
Perry Frank, (South Newfane) carries on Charles Kelsey's farm. 
Perry Frank C, (Williamsville) farmer with his father, Chester E. 
Perry John, (South Newfane) off r 30, farm laborer, h and lot. 
PERRY NATHAN B., (South Newfane) pie baker, Rochester, N. Y., sugar 

orchard 500 trees, farmer 300. 
Phillips Dennis, (South Newfane) r 42, farm laborer. 
Pickering WilUam, (South Newfane) r — 
Pierce Freddie J.. (Newfane) railroad trackman. 

PIERCE GEORGE A., (Newfane) sawyer for Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Pierce Jacob, (Newfane) r 44, farms for Clark J. Sherwin of New York city. 
Pierce fames K., (Williamsville) leases of Bowker grist-mill. 
PIERCE JOHN D., (Newfane) (Edwards & Pierce) jeweler, watch and 

clock repairer. 
PLIMPTON FRANK B., (Williamsville) prop, of WiUiamsville Hotel and 

livery. 
Plimpton Holland Col., (Newfane) r 44, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 

250 trees, farmer 105. (Died March 28, 1884.) 
Pond Emery T., (Williamsville) teamster. 
Powers Arad H., (Williamsville) r 42, retired farmer, resides with J. S. 

Stratton. 
Powers Herman A., (East Dover) r 36, farmer with L. C. 
Powers Henry H., (East Dover) r 36, farmer with his son, L. C, aged 86. 
Powers Henry S., (East Dover) r 36, farmer, with L. C. 
Powers Horace H., (East Dover) r 36, farmer, with L. C. 
Powers Janette, (East Dover) r 36, widow of Mainard, farmer 7. 



TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



459 



POWERS LAFAYETTE C, (East Dover) r 36, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

apple orchard 200 trees, and farmer 130. 
PRATT MELVIN R., (Newfane) kalsominer, painter and paper hanger, h 

Main, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols, and in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols. 
PRATT NOBLE E., (Newfane) dealer in cattle, farmer 20. 
Radway Eddie W., (Newfane) r 11, farmer, with his father, Edwin M. 
Radway Edwin M , (Newfane) r 11, farmer 150. 
Radway Frank A., (Newfane) r 10, prop, cider-mill, apple orchard 100 trees, 

farmer 50. 
Rand Chester, (Newfane) carpenter and builder, h and lot. 
RAND WILLIAM R., (Newfane) sugar orchard 200 trees, dealer in Short- 
horn Durham cattle, farmer 165. 
Ransom Paris, (Newfane") farmer 12. 
Redfield George W., (Williamsville) justice of the peace, shoemaker, farmer 

10. 
Reed James, (Newfane) r 29, farmer 75. 

Rice Henry, (Newfane) retired merchant, born in 1801, h and 6 acres. 
Rice Nelson \V., (Newfane) sugar lot 350 trees, apple orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 390. 
Rice Rachel, (East Dover) r 34, widow of Luke K,, h and lot. 
Richardson George E., (Newfane) r 7, farmer 60. 
Robinson HoUis F., (Williamsville) resident, aged 80. 
Root Sophronia, (Newfane) widow of William B., h and lot. 
Sabins Daniel S., (Williamsville) farmer 131. 
Saunders Asa, (Newfane) off r 5, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 400 

trees, farmer 115. 
Sherman Albert N., (Williamsville) clerk for his father, O. L. 
Sherman Oscar L., (Williamsville) general merchant, h and Jot. 
Sherwin George W., (Newfane) farmer, with Sarah S. Cook. 
Sherwin Sylvanus, (Newfane) shoemaker. 
Shipman James W., (Williamsville) shoemaker, h and lot. 
Sibley Nancy B., (Newfane) r 28, widow of I. T., sugar orchard 200 trees, 

apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 140. 
Sibley William B.. (Newfane) r 28, farmer 100, and works estate of I. T. 140. 
SIMONDS PARKER S., (Wilhamsville) general supt. of Howard Brothers 

card-board mill. 
Simonds Samuel L., (VViUiamsville) employee in Howard Bros, card-board mill. 
Smith Alton W., (Newfane) laborer. 
Smith Henry H., (Newfane) farm laborer, h and lot. 
Snow Dewitt C, (Williamsville) employee in Howard Bros. mill. 
Snow Leavitt J., (Williamsville) employee in Howard Bros, card-board mill. 
SPARKS CHARLES E., (South Newfane) off r 30, apple orchard 100 trees, 

farmer 105. 
Sparks Harland E., (Williamsville) off r 25^, sugar orchard 350 trees, 25 

sheep, farmer 200. 
Sparks Herbert C, (Williamsville) r 32, sugar orchard 500 trees, apple orch- 
ard 200 trees, 40 Southdown sheep, farmer 180. 
SPARKS SYLVESTER W., (South Newfane) r 42, shoemaker, farmer 8. 
Stanley Francis H., (Brattleboro) r 48, farm laborer. 
Stedman Charles K., (Williamsville) r 29, employee of G. W. Dickinson,^ 

farmer 15. 
Stedman Gilbert D., (South Newfane) farmer 130. 
Stiles Eugene E., (Newfane) farmer 30. 



460 TOWN OF NEWFANE. 



Stockwell Anna, (Brattleboro) r 47, widow of Luke, farm 100. 

Stratton Alice A., (South Newfane) r 40, school teacher. 

STRATTON ALONZO V., (South Newfane) sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 

125, and woodland 50. 
Stratton Asa H., (Williamsville) r 47, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 

150- 
Stratton Daniel O., (South Newfane) r 40, apple orchard 200 trees, and farmer 

160. 
Stratton Ebbee N., (WiUiamsville) r 38, farmer, with his father, Ebenezer M. 
STRATTON EBENEZER M., (South Newfane) r 38, farmer no, also carries 

on his mother's farm of 95. 
STRATTON JOHN S., (South Newfane) r 42, veterinary surgeon, and 

farmer 25. 
Tenny Lyndon H., (Newfane) r 5, farmer 40. 
Thayer Charles P., (Williamsville) laborer. 

Thomas Andrew J., (East Dover) r 35, farmer, with Eunice H. 75. 
THOMAS EUNICE H., (East Dover) r 35, (Mrs. Andrew J.,) farmer 75. 
TLMSON ALBERT L., (WiUiamsville) prop, of saw and shingle-mill, and 

farmer 150. 
TIMSON CLARK, (Williamsville) ist selectman, overseer of the poor, and 

farm laborer for Rosanna Williams. 
Timson Leonard J., (Williamsville) r 29, retired farmer. 
Tuthill Jarvis W., (Williamsville) r 17, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, apple 

orchard 200 trees, wool grower 26 sheep, and farmer 300. 
TUTHILL DELIA M., (Newfane) resident, with her mother, Zilpha. 
Tuthill Zilpha A., (Newfane) widow of RoUin, h and lot. 
Twitchell Marshall H., (Newfane) r ii, United States consul at Kingston, 

Canada, lost both arms in late war. 
Tyler Charles E., (Williamsville) farm laborer, h and lot. 
Underwood Fred W., (Newfane) employee of Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Underwood George W., (Newfane) (Davenport, Underwood & Co.,) jailor. 
Underwood John N., (Newfane) employee of Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Walker Ephraim C, (Newfane) prop, of saw-mill, and farmer 45. 
Ward Calvin, (Newfane) att'y at law, h and lot, aged 75. 
Warren Albert T., (Newfane) county treasurer, justice of the peace, secretary 

of Windham County Agricultural Society, painter, carriage maker, and 

farmer 20. 
Webster Elroy, (Newfane) r 5, farm laborer, h and lot. 
Webster Louis K., (Newfane) employee of Davenport, Underwood & Co. 
Wellington Samuel M., (Newfane) r 29, farmer, leases of Sabin P. Morse, of 

Fayetteville, 130. 
WELLMAN HENRY B., (Newfane) r 11, blacksmith, carriage ironer, and 

farmer 75. 
Wheeler Eugene P., (Williamsville) (Wheeler & Morse,) carpenter and 

builder, h and lot, and farmer 3. 
Wheeler Frank M., (Williamsville) laborer. 
Wheeler George R., (Williamsville) r 47, sugar orchard 200 trees, and 

farmer 93. 
Wheeler John, (WiUiamsville) farm laborer, h and lot and 65 acres. 
Wheeler & Morse, (Williamsville) (Eugene P. Wheeler and Luke O. Morse,) 

props, of tub factory and planing-mill. 
Whitaker C. E., (WiUiamsville). 
Whitaker Foster H., (South Newfane) sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder of pure 

blood Plymouth Rock and white and brown Leghorn fowls. 



TOWN OF NEWFANE. 461 



Whitaker H. Joseph, (East Dover) r 37, farmer 50, and carries on for Walter 

A. farm 72. 
Whitaker Walter A., (South Newfane) farmer 72. 
White Betsey A , (South Newfane) r 42, widow of Eli, h and lot, 
WHITE FRANK H.. (South Wardsboro) r 15, 40 Southdown sheep, and 

farmer 240. 
WHITE GEORGE B., (Newfane) resident, owns farm 12. 
White George S., (Williamsville) r 42, farm laborer, resides with Betsey A. 
White Mason C., (East Dover) r ^;^, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple orchard 

100 trees, breeder of and dealer in Durham cattle and Southdown sheep, 

and farmer 140. 
White P. P., (Williamsville) alio, physician and surgeon. 
Whitney Daniel, (Newfane) laborer. 
Whitney Joseph W., (Williamsville) laborer. 

Whitney Solomon, (Newfane) carriage and sleigh manuf., house and lot. 
Williams Charles F., (Williamsville) r 43, laborer. 
Williams Edward J., (Williamsville) r 42, laborer, 
WILLIAMS GEORGE B , (Williamsville) apple orchard 200 trees, breeder 

of grade Durham cattle, farmer 175. 
Williams Gertrude A, (Williamsville) widow of John W., resident. 
Williams Mary B., (Williamsville) r 29, widow of Jay H., house and lot. 
Williams Rosanna M., (Williamsville) widow of William H., farm 150. 
WILLIAMSVILLE HOTEL, (WiUiamsville) Frank B. Phmpton, prop., 

livery connected. 
WILLIS CHARLES H., (Williamsville) r 42, employee in W. A. Brooks's 

saw mill. 
Willis Joseph, (Newfane) oft' r 6, with J. F. Howe, farmer 80. 
WINCHESTER KENDALL H., (Newfane) r 23, sugar orchard i,oop 

trees, apple orchard 200 trees, farmer 140 
WINDHAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, (Newfane) Samuel D. Winslow, 

pres. ; Milon Dividson, treas. 
Winslow Mary R., (Newfane) widow of Lemuel I., resident. 
Wiswall Ichabod, (Newfane) r 6, farmer 370. 
Wood Rosetta, (Newfane) off r 5, widow of Alonzo M., sugar orchard 500 

trees, farmer 90. 
Wood Sherman O., (Newfane) off r 5, farmer with his mother, Rosetta. 
Worden Isaac, (East Dover) r 34, farmer 30. 
Worden John, (East Dover) retired farmer. 
WORDEN JOHN H., (South Newfane) r 37, apple orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 125. 
Works Andrew S., (Newfane) r 5, farm laborer, house and lot. 
Worster Charles S., (Newfane) employee in Fayetteville Hotel. 
Worster Stillman, (Newfane) prop. Fayetteville Hotel and livery stable. 



462 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 



PUTNEY. 

(For explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ 

Abbott Albert W., (Putney) r 50, farmer i. 
Adams John, (Putney) paper maker, bds. Water. 

Adams William H., (Putney) jobber, and farmer 2, h Water. 

Aiken Charles C, (East Putney) r 47, farm laborer. 

Allen Henry R., (Putney) resident. Main cor Circle. 

Ambling Frederick L., (Putney) farm laboror. Factory. 

APLIN GEORGE T., (East Putney) off r 14, farmer with William S. 

APLIN WILLIAM S., (East Putney) off r 14, breeder of pure Durham cat- 
tle, dairy 14 cows, and farmer about 275. 

Austin Franklin, (Putney) r 11, retired farmer, aged 70. 

Austin John F., (Putney) r ir, farmer 185. 

Avereli Lucius W., (Putney) hostler for D. H. Kendrick. 

Ayer Abigail P., (Putney) r 31, widow of Moses, resident, aged 97. 

AVER BROTHERS, (Putney) r 31, (Elmond, Moses and William P.,) {j.rm^ 
ers 40, and in Rockingham 100. 

AYER ELMOND, (Putney) r 31, (Ayer Brothers). 

AYER HAZEN, (Putney) r 48, (Ayer & Ingalls). 

AYER MOSES, (Putney) r 31, (Ayer Brothers). 

AYER WILLIAM P., (Putney) r 31, (Ayer Brothers). 

AYER & INGALLS, (Putney) r'48, (Hazen Ayer, Moses C. Ingalls) dairy 
to cows, and farmers 200. 

Bacon Maria M., (Putney) widow of William, farmer 150, Main. 

BAILEY CHARLES F., (Putney) mail carrier and express messenger, 
Main st. 

Bailey Lucy, (Putney) widow of Russell, h Main st. 

Bailey Royal S., (Putney) r 5, breeder of Southdown sheep and Jersey cattle, 
and farmer 100. 

Bailey Walter C, (East Putney) r 45, turner for F. L. Pierce. 

Bake Fayette S., (Putney) r 5, retired farmer. 

BAKER FANNY A., (Putney) widow of Haynes E., owns farm 18, h 
High St. 

Baker John, (East Putney) r 47, section hand. 

BAKER JOHN M., (Putney) r 5, breeder of Jersey cattle, dairy i3 cows, 
and farmer 200. 

Ballou Ganzy, (Putney) r 20, laborer. 

Baraby William, (Putney) r 10, farmer 60. 

Bell David, (Putney) r 39, helper at steam mill. 

BENNETT WARREN, (Putney) r 37, fruit grower, sugar orchard 500 
trees, breeder of grade Durham cattle, and farmer 300. 

BLACK HIBBARD C, (Putney) r 39, breeder of Durham cattle and Me- 
rino sheep, sugir orchard 200 trees, slate quarry, and farmer with Hor- 
ace 200. 

BLACK HORACE, (Putney) r 39, slate quarry, and farmer 200. 

BLACK JAMES B., (Putney) r ^'i, agt. for Moseley creamer and Stoddard 
churn, breeder of Holstein cattle. Southdown sheep, Hambletonian and 
Morgan horses, prop, of stock horse "Sir Henry," sugar orchard 1,000 
trees, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 160, and in N. Y. 200. 



TOWN OF PUTNEY. 463 



Blanchard George E., (Westminster) r ii, farmer, son of John P. 
BLANCH ARD IRA S., (East Putney) r 15, breeder of grade Durham cat- 
tle, dairy 10 cows, farmer 200, and in BrookHne 60, served in Co. B, 

i6th Vt. Regt. 
Blanchard John P., (Westminster) r 11, dairy 6 cows, and farmer 100. 
Blanchard Leonard, (East Putney) r 15, retired farmer, aged 87. 
Blanchard William H., (Westminster) r 11, schoolteacher, and farmer. 
Blodgett Clarence A., (Putney) r 28, farmer, son of Oscar B. 
BLODGETT OSCAR B., (Putney) r 28, lumberman, and farmer 283. 
BLOOD LUKE, (Putney) r 2, farmer 135. 

Blood Oliver, (Putney) r i, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 523. 
Blood OUie O., (Putney) r i, farmer with Oliver. 
Blood Reuben, (Putney) r 21 cor 22, farm laborer. 
BOLSTER JOEL C, (Putney) r 42, insurance agt., carpenter and joiner, 

dealer in lumber, shingles and coal, and faimer 28. 
Booth Charles, (East Putney) r 45, works in saw-mill. 
Brainerd Harvey A., (Putney) r 19, thresher, and farmer. 
BRALEY RUSSELL H., (Putney) r 2 cor 21,, Hster, and farmer 100. 
Britton Oilman, (Putney) rig, farmer 4. 
Brooks Charles VV., (East Putney) r 45, engineer. 
Brown Charles F., (Putney) r 6 cor 21, farmer 4, also ^ of 80 acres with 

Horace Kidder. 
Brown George D., (Putney) r 28, farmer 110. 

BURNHAM HENRY J., (Putney) r 41, dealer in cattle, andfarmer 125. 
Burrows David A., (Putney) works in paper mill. Factory st. 
Buxton Albert, (East Putney) r 45, wheelwright and painter, and farmer 7. 
Campbell Lydia A., (Putney) widow of Charles, h Main. 
Clark Hiram, (Putney) r 11, farmer 50, aged 84. 
Clark John F., (Putney) works in toy shop, h High. 
CLARK L. C. Mrs., (Putney) resident. 
Clough Cynthia M., (Putnty) widow of Reuben, resident. 
Clough Dana B., (Putney) r 42, teamster. 
CLOUGH DORR, (Putney) deputy sheriff, strawberry grower, and farmer 

50. h Main. 
Clough Norman, (Putney) r 43, farmer 80. 

Clough William, (Putney) r 42, carpenter and joiner, and farmer, about 50. 
Clune Patrick, (East Putney) r 47, section hand. 
Cobb David R., (Putney) carpenter and joiner, h High. 
COBB FRED R., (Putney) painter and paper hanger, h High. 
Cobb Harry VV., (Putney) r 39. turner at steam saw-mill. 
Cobb Norman, (East Putney) r 45, farmer 50. 

COBB NORMAN Jr., (East Putney) r 45, general blacksmith and ma- 
chinist, manuf. cutlery. 
Colebrook Barney, (East Putney) r 48, section boss, farmer. 
Colebrook John, (East Putney) r 48, section hand. 
Cole Mary A., (Putnev) widow of James M., High. 
COLE WILLIAM A., (Putney) (Cole & Gough) h off Circle. 
COLE & GOUGH, (Putney) (W. A. C. & H. W. G.) manuf. of tissue ma- 

nila. Eagle mills. National and Excelsior toilet papers, Circle. 
Coombs William, (Putney) r 39, helper in steam saw-mill. 
Corser Adelbert M.. (Putney) clerk for H. E. Wheat, bds Main. 
Cory Frank A., (Putney) r 22, farms for Leonard C. 180. 
CORY LEONARD C., (Putney) r 23, foreman of phosphate factory at 

Portsmouth, R. I., stock grower and farmer 210. 



464 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 



Crawford Eliza M., (Putney) r 20, resident. 

Crawford Ellen, (Putney) resident, 8 acres, High. 

Crawford Henry, (Putney) r 20, grand juror, breeder of Durham cattle and 

Merino sheep, tobacco grower and farmer 375, 
Crawford James, (Putney) rig, farmer 400. 

Crawford Judith H., (Putney) r 20, widow of Mark, resident, aged 77. 
CRAWFORD WALTER C, (Putney) r 19, breeder of Durham cattle, 

dairy 10 cows, and farmer, leases of James 400. 
Crowley CorneHus, 'Putney) r 50, farmer 200. 
Crowley Cornelius, Jr., (Putney) laborer in paper mill. 
Crowley Daniel, (Putney) r 50, works in paper mill. 
Daggett Albert M., (East Putney) r 14, farmer, leases of Charles Knights, of 

Westmoreland, N. H., also owns in Grafton 140. 
Darby Dorr, (Putney) r 39, helper at steam mill. 
Davis Charles D., (Putney) r 7, farmer, leases town farm of 150. 
DAVIS DENISON, (Putney) r 6. justice of the peace, overseer of the poor, 

town agent, stock grower, dealer in horses and cattle, tobacco grower,. 

and farmer 400. 
Davis George G., (Putney) farm laborer. Factory. 
Davis Morton C, (Putney) r 7, school teacher. 
Davison Ann M., (Putney) r 41, widow of Isaac N. 
Deavenport Charles, (Putney) stone mason, Factory. 
Deming Mary, (Putney) widow of Alonzo, h High. 
Downs Frank O., (Putney) barber. Main cor Circle. 
EAGLE MILLS, (Putney) Cole & Gough, props., manufs. of tissue manila, 

paper, Circle. 
Farnum Charles F., (Putney) r ir carriage maker, painter, and farmer 2. 
Farington Adolphus, (Putney) r 1 1, farmer 90. 
Farington Charles E., (Putney) r ir, farmer, with Adolphus. 
Farr Harlan P., (East Putney) r 47, farmer 620, in Westminster about 270, 

and in Grafton 150. 
Field Lorenzo, (Putney) r i cor 2, sugar orchard about 600 trees, farmer 150. 
Fish J. K., (Putney) r 8, farmer 130. 
Foley John, (East Putney) r 47, laborer. 
Foley Owen E., (East Putney) r 47, section hand, farmer 7. 
Foley Thomas, (East Putney) r 47. section hand. 

FOSTER AMOS, (Putney) r 19, retired Cong, minister, and farmer 7. 
FOSTER GEORGE S., (Putney) alio, physician and surgeon, graduate of 

the medical department of the University of Vermont, Main. 
Frost David M., (East Putney) r 47, postmaster, station agent, express agent, 

and telegraph operator, dealer in cigars and tobacco, and confectionery, 

h and lot. 
Fuller Frank A., (Putney) r 48, works for Fred C. 
Fuller Fred C, (Putney) r 48, dairy 30 cows, and farmer, leases of J. K. 

Parker about 250. 
Fuller George W., (Putney) r 44 cor 17, farmer, son of J. S. 
Fuller Jeremiah S., (Putney) r 44 cor 17, fruit grower 400 trees, sugar orchard 

1,000 trees, farmer 240. 
Fuller Joshua J., (East Putney) r 14, farmer, teamster for steam mill. 
Fuller Joseph M., (Putney) r 42, farmer 
FULLER PARKER A., (East Putney) r 14, dairy 17 cows, and farmer, 

leases of Ira Davis, of Springfield, Windsor Co., 180. 
Fuller Proctor J., (Putney) r 4, farmer 100. 



TOWN OF PUTNEY. 465 



Gassett Bela, (Putney) rig, farmer 30. 

GASSETT E. O. & H. D., (Putney) r ig, (Elmer O. and Herman D.,) 

packers and dealers in leaf tobacco, tobacco growers, and farmers 65. 
GASSETT ELMER O., (Putney) r 19, (E. O. & H. D. G.) 
GASSETT HERMAN D., (Putney) rig, (E. O. & H. D. G.) 
Gale Marshall H., (Putney) r 45, carpenter and joiner. 
Gale Mary F., (Putney) r 8, farmer 6. 

GALE NEWELL J., (Putney) off r 37, farmer, leases of Maria M. Baconi5o. 
Gibson George, (Putney) r 39, bench sawyer, steam mill. 
Gilbert James M., (East Putney) r 45, turner, also runs threshing machine. 
Goodell Samuel L., (Putney) off r 30, stock grower, farmer 125. 
Gorham John B., (Putney) r 6, agent for W. A. Wood's mowing machines, 

an d^ farmer 220. 
Gorham Lewis C., (Putney) teamster. Main. 
GOUGH HENRY W., (Putney) (Cole & Gough) h off Circle. 
HALL FRANK J., (Putney) r ig, carpenter and jomer, contractor and 

builder, and carriage * repair shop, farmer 2. 
Hall Frank O., (Putney) carpenter and joiner for F. J., bds do. 
Hall Tom W., (Putney) carpenter and joiner for F. J,, bds rig. 
HANNUM PUTNEY S., (Putney) r ig, dairy 12 cows, stock grower, and 

farmer 225. 
Harding John R., (Putney) off r 32, dairy 10 cows, farmer 131. 
Harlow Lincoln, (Putney) pastor Congregational church, off Main. 
Harness Jerry, (East Putney) r 48, farmer 10. 
Harvey Winslow G., (East Putney) r 45, works in saw-mill. 
Heffron Robert, (Putney) r 42, laborer. 
HEWITT ALEXIS B., (Putney) town clerk and treasurer, and farmer 150, 

Main. 
Hitchcock John, (Putney) works in paper mill. Circle. 
Hitchcock Simon S., (Putney) farmer 7, h High st. 
Holland Herbert, (Putney) off r 40, farmer 50. 
Holton Ann J., (Putney) r 21 cor. 22, (Mrs. Timothy) farmer 208. 
Holton George F., (Putney) r 31, farmer 53. 
Hooper Edward F., (Putney) r ig, farmer, with George. 
Hooper George, (Putney) r ig farmer 60. 
Houghton Curtis E., (Putney) carpenter, h Factory, 
Houghton Elbridge F., (Putney) r 42, carpenter and joiner. 
HOUGHTON FREDERICK L., (Putney) off r 39, lawyer, prop. Houghton 

farm, breeder and dealer in thoroughbred Holstein cattle, bred from 

Cheney importation, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 350. 
Houghton George A., (Putney) resident, h High. 
Houghton Levi J., (Putney) farmer, with J. C. Roberts. 
Houghton Oliver R., (Putney) farmer, High. 
Houghton Simon W., (Putney) farmer 140, High, 
Houghton Susanna R., (Putney) widow of Curtis E., h Factory. 
Houghton William, (Putney) harness maker. High. 
Hunt Nelson J., (East Putney) r 45, works in saw-mill. 
INGALLS MOSES C, (Putney) r 48, (Ayer & Ingalls) 
Ingram Clarence E., (Putney) r ig, farm laborer. 
Jacobs Rufus, (East Putney) r 14, farm laborer. 
Jeffrey John, (East Putney) r 11, farmer 50. 
JEFFREY JOSEPH, (Putney) r 11, farmer 45. 
Jeffrey Zeb, (Putney) r 10, farmer 36. 

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466 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 

Johnson Almira, (Putney) resident, h Main st. 

Johnson George H., (Putney) works in paper mill, Circle st. 

Johnson George S., (Putney) carpenter and joiner, manuf. of sledge, adz, 

hammer and pick handles. Factory st. 
JOHNSON WILLARD R. F., (Putney) r 39, farmer 120. 
Johnson WiUiam, (Putney) manuf. of sledge, adz, hammer and pick handles, 

High St. 
JosUn Lorenzo L., (Putney) r 48, general mechanic, and farmer, leases of H. 

P. Farr 200. 
Kathan Arthur L., (Putney) r 41, farmer, son of Henry. 
Kathan Charles H., (Putney) r 48, farm laborer. 
Kathan Henry, (Putney) r 41, farmer 36. 
Kathan Henry W., (Putney) r 41, tinsmith. 
Kathan Robert, (Putney) r 19 cor 20, lister, and farmer 5. 
KENDALL FRANK D., (Putney) butcher and dealer in fresh and salt 

meats, High st. 
KENDRICK DUDLEY H., (Putney) prop, of hotel and Uvery, Main 

cor High sts. 
KENDRICK'S HOTEL, (Putney) D. H. Kendrick, prop., Main cor High. 
Kent A., (Putney) r 23, farmer 3. 
Kent Joseph H., (Putney) r 23 cor 22, farmer 50. 
Kerr George A., (Putney) r 34, farmer 116. 
Keyes Laura H., (Putney) widow of James, h Main. 
Keyes Lemon D., (Putney) r 19, farmer 25. 

Kidder Amasa N., (Putney) r 50, manuf. of monuments, grave stones, &c. 
Kidder Henry, (Putney) r 31, farmer 25 
Kidder Horace, (Putney) r 5, farmer 160, also owns one-half of 80 with 

Charles F. Brown. 
KIMBALL CHARLES W., (Putney) farmer with John, High st. 
KIMBALL JOHN, (Putney) retired lawyer, and farmer 150, h High st. 

(Died Feb. 25, 1884, aged 88.) 
Knight Charles D., (Putney) painter, Main st. 
Knight Edwin E., (Putney) works in toy shop, h Main st. 
Knight Frank R., (Putney) works for James H., h Main. 
Knight Fred H., (Putney) Methodist minister, h Main st. 
KNIGHT JAMES H., (Putney) prop, of saw and planing-mill and job shop, 

undertaker, and farmer 4, Circle St., h Main st. 
Knight Lucy P. H., (Putney) widow of Samuel, h Main st. 
Knight Perry, (Putney) resident. Main st. 
Lamphear Sidney, (Putney) farm laborer, h High st. 
Laughton Henry H., (Putney) off r 39, supt. Houghton farm. 
Laughton Joel, (Putney) r 23, resident, aged 94, the oldest man Hving in 

town. 
Laughton Oscar R., (Putney) r 32, farmer 89. 
Lawrence Nathan, (Putney) r 6, farm laborer. 
Leach Emily, (Putney) widow of Isaac, Factory. 

LEACH WARREN, (East Putney) r 48, farmer 100, and in Brookline 60. 
Leeman Frank E.. (Putney) r 44 cor 17, blacksmith. 
LEWIS FRANKLIN M., (Putney) summer boarding house, and livery, and 

farmer 5, Factory st. 
Lewis Lorenzo D., (Putney) r 31, resident, lives with WiUiam E. 
LEWIS WILLIAM E., (Putney) r 31, breeder of Palen cattle, wool grower 
200 sheep, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and farmer 210. 



TOWN OF PUTNEY. 467 



Lord Fanny F., (West Putney^ r 13, widow of John D., owns farm 14. 
Lovell Henry M., (Putney) r 6, plasterer and brick layer, and farmer 150. 
LOVELL JOHN B., (Putney) r 37, dealer in cattle, sugar orchard 150 trees, 

and farmer 200. 
Maley Michael, (East Putney) r 47, section hand. 
Mansfield Davis H., (Putney) laborer, Kendrick's Hotel. 
Mansfield Emery, (Putney) r 19 cor 41, carpenter and joiner. 
Marcotte Antoine, (Putney) r 42, boot and shoemaker. 
Marcy Rodney, (East Putney) off r 14, dairy 25 cows, and farmer 75, and in 

Newfane 160. 
Marrietta W. Curtis, (Putney) dealer in horses, bds at Kendrick's Hotel. 
Mason Emery. (Putney) resident. Main. 
McRae Farker, (Putney) off r 48, farmer 40. 
Miller Homer B., (Putney) clerk for George I^. Pierce, bds High. 
Miller Lyman W., (Putney) r 19, farmer, leases of Amos Foster 7. 
Mooney Patrick, (Putney) r 39, works in paper-mill. 
Moore Rufus, (Putney) off r 6, resident. 
Moore Thompson, (Putney) r 44, resident. 
Moulton John, (Putney) r 39, teamster for steam mill. 
Munger Edson S., (Putney) alio, physician and surgeon, High, h do. 
Murphy Martin, (Putney) r 31, farmer i. 
Murphy Michael, (Putney) r 31, farmer, with Martin. 
Murphy Nancy, (East Putney) r 47, widow of Martin. 
Murphy Patrick, (Putney) r 50, works in paper-mill, farmer 15. 
Myers Betsey R., (Putney) widow of Robert, resident, with T. B. Puffer, 

aged 72. 
Newcomb Jarvis A., (Putney) r 48 cor 49, farmer 130. 
Newcomb Nelson C, (Putney) r 8, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 130. 
Newcomb Quincy B., (Putney) r 17, farmer 115. 
Nichols John E., (East Putney) r 48, section hand. 
O'NEAL PATRICK C, (Putney) carpenter and joiner, and millwright, and 

farmer f acre, Factory. 
OWL MILLS, (Putney) William Robertson & Son, props., manuf of tissue 

manila paper, Water. 
PAGE CHARLES R., (Putney) r 31, breeder of grade Durham cattle and 

Merino sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 280. 
Page Willie A., (Putney) r 31, farmer with Charles R. 
Palmer Rmald W., (Putney) r 11, farmer about 36, aged 70. 
PARKER EDGAR C, (Putney) r 11, highway surveyor, farmer 65. 
PARKER GEORGE P., (East Putney) r 47, auctioneer, wool grower 150 

sheep, farmer 200, and in Londonderry 75, also owns in Putney and Dum- 

merston, one-half of 240 with J. K. Parker. 
Parker George R., (East Putney) r 45, helper at saw-mill. 
PARKER. JOSI AH K., (Putney) r 48, breeder of grade Durham cattle, dairy 

16 cows, and farmer 250, also owns 240 with George P. Parker. 
PARKER STERNE O., (East Putney) r 45, selectman, mauf wire tooth- 
rakes, farmer 170. 
Parker WiUiam, (Putney) r 11, retired farmer. 
PARSONS NAAMAN D., (Putney) r 19, pastor Baptist church. 
Patterson Edwin E., (Putney) teamster, off Main. 
Pember Milton H., (Putney) r 38 cor 41, selectman, sugar orchard 800 trees, 

and farmer 100. 
Perry Charles, (Putney) works for F. D. Kendall. 



468 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 



Perry Marcus T. C, (Putney) farmer 7, h High. 
Perry William J., (Putney) r 24, farmer 100. 
Perry William J. Jr., (Putney) r 24, farmer. 
Persons David, (East Putney) r 45, farmer 130. 
Philips Charles, (Putney) laborer, Main cor High. 

PHILLIPS GEORGE H., (Putney) r 6, town representative, breeder of 
Durham cattle, dealer in cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 8 cows, 
farmer 275. 
Phillips Sumner J., (Putney) r 20, farm laborer. 
Pierce Herbert L., (Putney) clerk for H. E. Wheat, bds High. 
Pierce Carrie E., (Putney) r 50, telegraph operator. 
Pierce Daniel R., (East Putney) r 45, sawyer. 
Pierce Franklin C., (East Putney) r 45, magnetic healer. 
Pierce Franklin L., (Putney) r 45, prop, saw-mill and manager and agent for 
steam saw-mill on r 39, chair stock and box factory, wagon spokes, etc., 
farmer 150, and of tnnber 250. 
Pierce Frederick O., (East Putney) r 45, prop, cider-mill, foreman for F. L. 

Pierce. 
Pierce George A., (Putney) r 39, sawyer in steam mill. 
Pierce George L., (Putney) general merchant, High, h do. 
Pierce Leroy, (East Putney) r 45, prop, grist-mill and farmer 10, and pasture 

50, aged 80. 
PIERCE MARSHALL, (Putney) r 50, agent Vt. Valley R. R. ticket, ex- 
press and freight office, tobacco grower and farmer 50. 
Pierce Merrill,, (East Putney) r 14, farmer, leases of Oliver Martin, of Wal- 

pole, N. H., 125. 
PRADT NOAH, (East Putney) r 45, farmer 225. 
Pratt Charles S., (East Putney) r 45, medical student. 

PRIEST NEWTON E., (Putney) r 19, selectman, breeder of Jersey cattle, 
carpenter and joiner, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 85, and in Massachu- 
setts 30. 
Prouty Charles E., (Putney) oft' r 5, farmer 87. 
Prouty Isaac R., (Putney) boot and shoemaker. High. 
Puffer Isaac B., (Putney) r 42 cor 43, farmer 175, and with N. E. Starkey, 

225. 
Puffer Norris B., (Putney) r 43, farmer with Isaac B. 
Pullen John, (Putney) farm laborer. Main. 
Randall Frank, (Putney) r 39, helper at steam mill. 
Reed Elisha, (East Putney) r 45, works in saw-mill. 
Reed Frank, (East Putney) r 45, works in saw-mill. 
Richards Dennis, (Putney) works in paper-mill, Factory. 
Roberts Charles, (Putney) r 19, resident, aged 90. 
Roberts Eliza J., (Putney) r 31, widow of Charles W., resident. 
ROBERTS JAMES C, (Putney) off" r 6, farmer 146. 

ROBERTSON FRANK M., (Putney) (William Robertson & Son,) h Main. 
Robertson Fred E., (Putney) paper maker, Main st. 

ROBERTSON WILLIAM, (Putney) (WiUiam Robertson & Son,) h Main. 
ROBERTSON WILLIAM & SON, (Putney) (William and F. M.,) manufs. 

of manila tissue paper. Water st. 
Sanderson Edwin, (Putney) carpenter. Main st. 
Sawyer Frederick P., (Putney) r 50, farmer, with Marshall Pierce. 
Scott Horace L., (Putney) r 31, tobacco grower, and farmer ;2o. 
Scovell Sarah M., (East Putney) r 45, widow of Wilhs A., resident. 



TOWN OF PUTNEV. 469 



Shattuck Asa C, (Putney) r 50, farmer 140. 

Shattuck Mary E., (Putney) milliner and dressmaker, High st. 

SHAW BENJAMIN L., (East Putney) r 14, lumberman, owns timber land 

in Newfane 500. (Moved to Bellows Falls). 
SHAW JEROME v., (East Putney) r 14, tobacco grower, stock grower, 

and farmer 225. 
Shelley James M., (East Putney) r 15, farmer 130. 
SHELEEY LEROY, (East Putney) r 15, Hster and school superintendent, 

telegraph operator, and farmer, with James M. 
SHERWIN LUKE, (Putney) runs engine in toy shop, oft" Circle. 
Sischo John T., (Westmoreland Depot, N. H.,) r 11, carpenter and joiner, 

and farmer 23. 
Sleeper Martin V., (Putney) r 43 cor 17, farm laborer, served in Co. B, 4th 

Vt. Vols. 
Smart William T., (Putney) r 17, farmer 30. 
SMILEY EDWARD, (Putney) r 50, pastor of Universalist church. (Moved 

to Richmond, Vt.) 
Smith Arthur G., (Putney) r 8, farm laborer. 
Smith David G., (East Putney) r 14, farm laborer. 
Smith George, (East Putney) r 14, farm laborer. 
Smith Henry, (Putney) works in paper-mill, h Circle st. 
Smith Ira C, (Putney) r 9, farmer 15. 
Smith Martha C, (Putney) widow of J. W., h Main st. 
Smith Sheldon, (Putney) r 42, works in paper-mill. 
Smith Willard, (Putney) r 44, farmer 5. 
Smith William, (Putney) r 9, farmer i. 
Smith Willie H., (Putney) r 44, turner. 
Starbird Joseph A., (Putney) r 41, farmer 40. 

Starkey Noyes E., (Putney) r 19, farmer 6, and with I. B. Puft"er 225. 
Stearns David, (Putney) constable and collector, and farmer 130, h High st. 
Stowell George R., (Putney) laborer, Main st. 
Stowell J. W. & Co., (Putney) (J. W. Stowell and D. H. Wheeler,) manufs. 

of toys, chairs, writing desks, toy chamber sets, extension tables, etc., 

Water st. 
Stowell John W., (Putney) (J. W. Stowell & Co.,) h Main st. 
Taylor Duane S., (East Putney) r 46, farm laborer. 
Teft't Clark A., (Putney) machine tender in paper mill, h Main. 
Thornton Willis C, (Putney) r42, farm laborer. 
Thwing Charlie L., (Putney) miller with Orrin S. 
Thwing Nancy K., (Putney) widow of Loring D., h High. 
Thwing Orrin M., (Putney) rig, laborer. 
THWING ORRIN S., (Putney) prop, grist-mill, dealer in feed, grain etc., 

Water, h off Main. 
Tibbetts Lorinda R., (Putney) r 50, widow. 
Timothy James, (East Putney) r 11, laborer. 
Townsend Albert F., (Putney) r 23, farmer 60. 

Townsend Estella S., (Putney) r 50, widow of John, farmer 140, h Main. 
Underwood Cyrus K., (Putney) r 8, farmer 21. 
Walker George H., (Putney) clerk for G. L. Pierce, bds High. 
Walkup Ellen Miss, (Putney) millinery and fancy goods. High. 
Walkup John W., (Putney) r 20, prop, of saw and grist-mill, manuf. of coarse 

lumber, shingles and baskets, and farmer 40. 
Ward James D., (East Putney) r 45, dealer in dry goods, groceries, and pro- 
visions. 



47© TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 

Ward Mary H., (Putney) widow of Richard, h Factory. 

Ward Myron, (Putney) artist, portrait painter, Factory. 

Ware Walter, (East Putney) r 14, farmer, leases of William Aplin 100. 

WASHBURN JULIUS F., (Putney) r 19, breeder of thoroughbred Jersey 

cattle, dairy 20 cows, tobacco grower, farmer 170. 
WHEAT HERBERT E., (Putney) postmaster, dealer in- dry goods, small 

wares, groceries, crockery, hardware, ready-made clothing, hats, caps, 

boots, shoes, drugs, medicines, fertilizers, lime, plaster, and cement, 

High cor Factory. 
WHEAT JOHN D., (Putney) r 19, breeder of thoroughbred Southdown and 

Merino sheep, and farmer 300. 
Wheat Samuel E., (Putney) r 50, assistant postmaster, farmer 14. 
WHEELER DEMAUSTER H., (Putney) r 50, (J. W. Stowell & Co.) 

farmer 5. 
White Charles H., (Putney) r 50, gardener and fruit grower, farmer 16. 
White Irwin C, (Putney) works for F. D. Kendall. 
White Sarah, (Putney) r 50, widow of Sebra B. 
Whitney James P., (Putney) r 37, farmer about 25. 
Whitney Morgan, (Putney) r 3, farmer 22. 
Wilber Clinton D., ( Putney) r 50, painter, farmer 2. 
Wilber Elisha, (East Putney) r 48, farmer 40. 
Willard Charles B., (Putney) blacksmith. Factory. 
WILLARD JAMES D., (Putney) r 50, farmer, leases of Warren 75. 
Willard Warren, (Putney) general blacksmith, and farmer 75, Circle. 
Willard William, (Putney) r 50, tobacco grower and farmer 23. 
Wood Brick P., (Putney) off r 24, owns farm 75 on r 33, aged 77. 
Wood Ephraim, (Putney) works in paper mill, h High. 
Wood Lyman B., (Putney) r 28 cor 34, farmer 160. 
Wood Oliver B., (Putney) r 24, stock grower, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 114. 
Young Willis, (Putney) r 31, farm laborer. 



ROCKINGHAM. 



TOWN OUTSIDE OF BEIxLOWS FALLS. 



(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

Abbott Jehiel, (Saxton's River) r 52, laborer. 

Adams Henry A., (Rockingham) r 28, farmer, for L. W. Adams 92. 

Adams Lucius W., (Bartonsville) r 3, station agent C. V. R. R., proprietor 

of cider-mill, and farmer 320. 
Adams Samuel E., (Rockingham) r 12, farmer 90. 
Aiken (ieorge W., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Pleasant. 
ALBEE CHARLES P., (Bellows Falls) r 30, dairy 8 cows, breeder of 

grade Durham cattle, Cotswold and Southdown sheep, farmer 40, and 

pasture and timber land 120. 
Albee Charles S., (Bellows Falls) r 30, son of Charles P. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM— OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 471 



Albee John, (Saxton's River) r 40, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 100. 
ALBEE LEWIS, (Springfield) r 7, dairy 8 cows, breeder Spanish Merino 

sheep, registered^ and farmer 250. 
Albee Samuel, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 160. 
ALBEE SAMUEL F., (Bellows Falls) r 30, farmer 100. 
Albee VViUiam P., (Springfield) r 7, with Lewis Albee, farmer. 
Aldrich Jonas A., (Rockingham) r 16, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 150 and in 

Grafton 130. 
Alexander John F., (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth & Co.) h Factory st. 
Alexander John F., Jr., (Saxton's River) wool sorter, bds Factory st. 
Alger N. W., (Saxton's River) r 41, Baptist home missionary and farmer, 

leases of Isaac Glynn 65. 
AUbee Elijah W., (Saxton's River) house painter, h Main. 
Allbee George, (Cambridgeport) r 23, farmer 195. 
AUbee George B., (Rockingham) r 15, tinsmith and farmer, works for Lewis 

L. Albee of Bellows Falls. 
Allbee Henry, (Cambridgeport) r 23, with George, farmer. 
Allbee Horace, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 45, aged 86. 
ALLBEE SIMON M., (Rockingham) r 13, farmer with Samuel Albee. 
Amadon Henry M., (Rockingham) r 26, jeweler. 
Amsden Monroe J., (Saxton's River) manuf and dealer in boots, shoes and 

rubbers. Main, h do. 
Andrews Joseph, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster. 
Austin John H., (Saxton's River) r 43, farmer 36. 
Bacon Holden D., (Bartonsville) r 19, dealer in poplar wood. 
Bailey Emery, (Saxton's River) r 37, breeder of Durham cattle and farmer 

140. 
Bailey George A., (Saxton's River) carriage painter, h River. 
Baker Edwin L., (Rockingham) r 14, laborer. 
Baker John J., (Saxton's River) r 42, resident. 
Ball Elizabeth, (Saxton's River) widow of Mark, h River. 
Barrett John H., (Saxton's River) r 44, with Joseph H., farmer. 
Barrett Joseph H., (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 130. 
Barry Kendal P., (Saxton's River) retired farmer, aged 8r, h Main. 
BARRY LU('IUS P., (Saxton's River) dealer in real estate, farmer 180, 

and in Grafton 200, bds Main. 
Barry Milton P., (Saxton's River) (B. & Scofield) farmer, h and 3 acres, h 

Pleasant. 
Barry Royal E., (Saxton's River) r 35, laborer, owns h and lot. 
Barry & Scofield, (Saxton's River) (M. P. Barry and F. B. Scofield) wool pul- 
lers, tanners, and dealers in wool, pelts, hides, calf skins, etc., River. 
Barry WiUiam S, (Saxton's River) r 40^, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 10 

cows, and farmer 200. 
Barry Walter W., (Saxton's River) r 40^, with William S. Barry, farmer. 
Bathrick Charles, (Saxton's River) dealers in pulp wood, owns 74 acres spruce 

timber, also 80 of timber, h Westminster. 
Bathwick Frank, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster. 
Baylis Lydia A. Mrs., (Saxton's River) matron of Farnsworth Hall, Vt. Acade- 
my, bds do. 
Benson Dexter C, (Rockingham) r 26, blacksmith. 
Biglow Edward B., (Rockingham) r 15, section boss, and station agent C. 

V. R. R. 
Biglow Marvin, (Rockingham) r 15, with E. B. 



472 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF ^ELLOWS FALLS. 

Billings Laura, (Bartonsville) r i, widow of Samuel, with Elizabeth Thomp- 
son, farmer lOo. 
Bishop Charles A., (Saxton's River) house painter. 
Bishop Ellen, (Saxton's River) widow of C.Amos, resident, h Main. 
Bissell Lucius W., (Saxton's River) (Bissell Manufacturing Co.) Main, h 

River. 
Bissell Manufacturing Co., (Saxton's River) (L.W. Bissell and Frank Gibbs, of 

Springfield, Vt.) manufs. of proprietary medicines, extracts, bay rum and 

perfumery. Main st. 
Blair James P., (Bellows Falls; r 30, with R. H. 
BLAIR ROSWELL H., (Bellows Falls) r 30, dairy 18 cows, breeder of 

Holstein cattle, and farmer 225. 
Blake Leonard W., (Saxton's River) laborer h Main. 
Blake Rhoda, (Saxton's River) widow of Leonard, resident, Main. 
Blodgett Fred F., (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. 
Bowker Harrison H., (Bartonsville) r 3, postmaster, and dealer in general 

merchandise. 
Boynton George E., (Saxton's River) farn>er 10, h Pleasant. 
Bradish Charles H., (Rockingham) oftr 15, track hand C. V. R. R. 
Britton Ebenezer, (Saxton's River) retired farmer, owns 4, h Westminster, 
Brockway Charles, (Bellows Falls) r 43, works in paper mill. 
Brockway Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 45 cor 46, paper maker. 
Brockway Laura, (Bartonsville) r 17, widow of Carl M., farmer 47. 
Brown Calvin, (Rockingham) r 6, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 160. 
Buemond Daniel B., (Rockingham) r 13, grain thresher, and farmer, leases 

of Lewis Olcott. 
Buemond George E., (Rockingham) r 13, laborer. 
Bugbee Danford A., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Pleasant. 
Burt John A., (Rockingham) r 26, farmer 70. 
Burr John W., (Cambridgeport) r 40, millwright, and farmer 90. 
Burt Louisa, (Bartonsville) r 3^, widow of David, resident. 
BURT MAYNARD F., (Bartonsville) justice of the peace, sugar orchard 150 

trees, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 350. 
Burr Willard J., (Cambridgeport) with John W., farmer. 
BURWELL IRA D., (Saxton's River) r 40, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 100. 
Buss Cyrus, (Saxton's River) r 46, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co. 
Buss Luthera, (Saxton's River) widow of Albee, h Academy ave. 
BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (Cambridgeport)4(John L. Butterfield, of 

Grafton, and Charles Smith) manufacturers and dealers in soap-stone. 
BUXTON JOHN L., (Saxton's River) off r 35, sugar orchard 130 trees, and 

farmer 79. 
Cain James, (Cambridgeport) boarding house, h Main. 
Campbell Colin, (Saxton's River) cattle ranch in Texas, summer resdence 

Main. 
CAMPBELL DANIEL, (Saxton's River) physician and surgeon. Main, h do. 
CAMPBELL WILLIAM H., (Saxton's River) livery, sale and boarding 

stables, Main, h do. 
Carleton Charles B., (Saxton's River) dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry 

and repairer. Main, h do. 
CASSIDY WILLIAM P., (Saxton's River) (Cassidy& V/alker.) 
CASSIDY & WALKER, (Saxton's River) (W. P. C. & R. C. W.) props. 

mail and stage line from Saxton's River to Bellows Falls, Cambridge- 
port, Grafton and Townshend, h Main. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 473 

Chadwick Albert, (Saxton's River) r 43, wool sorter. 

Chapin George F., (Saxton's River) pastor Cong, church, h Westminster st. 

Chapin Henry B., (Cambridgeport) r 40, physician and surgeon. 

Childs Stephen, (Saxton's River) carriage ironer,'h Westminster st. 

Christy Hugh, (Rockingham) r 25 cor 24, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 125. 

Clark Albert, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer 78. 

Clark Joseph, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer with Albert. 

Clark Lewis, (Saxton's River) r 43, basket maker. 

Clark Mary Mrs., (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster st. 

Clayton John, (Rockingham) r 4, works in saw-mill. 

Cobb Ella, (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. 

Cobb Henry, (Saxton's River) r 52, dairy 10 cows, breeder of Durham and 
Jersey cattle, farmer 140. 

Cobb Laura B., (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. 

Cobb Mary J., (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. 

Cobb Sisters, (Saxton's River) (Mary J., Ella and Laura B.) farmers 18, h 
Westminster st. 

Colcord E. J. Rev., A. M., (Saxton's River) teacher of ancient languages and 
history, Vermont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. 

Colton Jonathan, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 50. 

Cook Romanzo, (Bellows Falls) r 30, house painter. 

Corlew Henry M., (Saxton's River) harness maker, h Main st. 

Coughlin William, (Saxton's River) spinner, h Livery st. 

Cram James B., (Bartonsville) r 3, carpenter and joiner. 

Cram Harrison, (Bellows Falls) pent road from 30 to 31, farmer for D. K. 
Barry 150. 

Cunningham Abner, (Saxton's River) mason, house painter and paper hanger, 
h Main st. 

Cushing David F., (Cambridgeport) general merchant, farmer 65, in Grafton 
10, and in Athens 65. 

Damon Dexter B., (Rockingham) r 10, farmer 90. 

Daniels Orpha A., (Saxton's River) widow of John, h Pleasant st. 

Davenport Elwin A., (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. 

Davis George, (Rockingham) r 33, farmer 50. 

DAVIS HUBBARD B., (Rockingham) r 34, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
breeder of Spanish Merino sheep and grade Durham cattle, and farmer 
180. 

Davis Haskell G., (Cambridgeport) r 23, wool grower 59 sheep, farmer 100. 

Davis Ramson, (Saxton's River) off r 40, sugar orchard 200 trees, wool 
grower 100 sheep, and farmer 200. 

Davis Wallace H., (Saxton's River) r 44, laborer. 

Day Edward F., (Bartonsville) r 3, paper maker. 

Day Franklin, (Bartonsville) r 3, house painter. 

Day William D., (Saxton's River) peddler, bds Main st. , 

Dimond Stephen M., (Cambridgeport) blacksmith, Main st., h r 40. 

DivoU J. B. & J. L., (Rockingham) r 16, breeders of Merino sheep, and 
farmers 300. 

Divoll John L., (Rockingham) r 16, (J. B. & J. L.). 

Divoli Josiah B., (Rockingham) r 26, (J. B. & J. L.) town auditor, postmas- 
ter, and dealer in dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, hard- 
ware, &c. 
DORAND PETER, (Bartonsville) r 21, meat market. 
Dorand Quartos M., (Bartonsville) r 3, mason. 



474 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 

Dugan Archi W., (Saxton's River) house painter, h Main. 

Dunham Alva, (Bartonsville) r 17^, manuf. of ink, blacking, &c., owns h and 
3 acres. 

DutcherC. H., (Rockingham) ofif r 15, track hand C. V. R. R. 

Dutton Dorothy, (Saxton's River) widow of Samuel C, h Livery. 

Dutton Horatio W., (Saxton's River) miller, h Pleasant. 

Dwinnell Benjamin F., (Saxton's River) employee of Farnsworth & Co., h 
River. 

Dwinnell Charles, (Cambridgeport) r 23, (Weaver & Dwinell. 

P^arle Orson, (Rockingham) r 24, farmer 10. 

Earle Sidney R., (Saxton's River) wagon maker and jobber, River St., h 
Livery. 

Eastman Lewis H., (Cambridgeport) r 40, laborer. 

Eddy Lewis S., (Rockingham) r 26, overseer of the poor, sexton Rocking- 
ham cemetery, dealer in cattle, and farmer 800. 

Edson Isaiah, (Rockingham) r 29, farmer 140. 

Edson John W., (Bartonsville) rig, stone mason. 

Edson Josiah E., (Bartonsville) r 3, carpenter and joiner. 

Ellis WiUiam, (Bellows Falls) on pent road from r 30 to 31, farmer 90. 

ELLIS WILLIAM H., (Rockingham) r 31, farmer 98. 

EUison Barney, (Bartonsville) r 3, with Delos, farmer. 

EUison Delos, (Bartonsville) r 3, farmer, leases of Almon Ayers, of Putney. 

Ellison Gifford, (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. 

Emery Lucy Ann, (Bartonsville) r 3, (Mrs. O. B.,) farmer 70, and in Graf- 
ton 100. 

Emery Osman B., (Bartonsville) r 3, mason, and farmer 7. 

Emery Samuel H. R., (Bartonsville) r 3, stone mason. 

Estabrook Caroline, (Rockingham) r 16, (Mrs. Lucius H.,) owns in Grafton 
30 acres. 

Estabrook Lucius H., (Rockingham) r 16, sugar orchard 80 trees, and far- 
mer 138. 

Evans Horace, (Saxton's River) employee of Farnsworth & Co., bds Factory. 

Evans Sophia, (Bellows Falls) r 30, widow of Henry. 

Factory Boarding House, (Saxton's River) Farnsworth & Co., props., Fac- 
tory St. 

Fairbanks David, (Charlestown, N. H.,) r 11, farmer 200, and in Langdon, N. 
H., pasture 90. 

Fairbanks George R., ^Saxton's River) r 39, (G. S. & G. R.) 

Fairbanks George S., (Saxton's River) r 39, (G. S. & G. R. 

Fairbanks George S. & George R., (Saxton's River) r 39, farmer 60. 

Fairbanks Keziah Miss, (Saxton's River) h Academy ave. 

Fairbanks Samuel A., (Rockingham) r 31, farmer 50. 

Fairbrother Mark M., (Saxton's River) highway surveyor and truckman, h 
Main. 

Faneuf Ferdinand, (Saxton's River) barber. Factory cor Main, h Pleasant. 

Farnsworth George R., (Saxton's River) manuf. of feed and meal, and dealer 
in flour, feed, meal and corn. Main, h do. 

FARNSWORTH JOHN A., (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth & Co.,), trustee 
and treasurer, and one of the executive committee of the Vermont 
Academy, vice-president of Bellows Falls Savings Institution, h Main. 

FARNSWORTH & CO., (Saxton's River) (John A. Farnsworth, J. F. Alex- 
ander, Ransom E. Smith, W. C. Mitchell,) manufs. of fancy cassimeres. 
Factory st. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 475 

Fay Fred H., (Bellows Falls) r 28, farmer, leases of D. K. Barry 180. 

Fisher Jennie Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster. 

Flagg Josephine Mrs., (Bartonsville) r 3, pension agent. 

Foster Edith L. Miss, (Saxton's River) bds Pleasant st. 

Foster John H., (Saxton's River) retired farmer, aged 73, h Pleasant st. 

Foster Lyman D., (Bartonsville) r i, supt. of Rockingham town farm 300, 
and owns in Perkinsville, Windsor Co., farm 25. 

French Calvin W., (Bartonsville) r i, farmer 30. 

French Stephen T., (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 75. 

Frost Charles S., (Saxton's River) manuf. and dealer in boot and shoes. 
Main st., h do. 

Fuller Frank W., (Bartonsville) r 3, musician. 

Fuller Frederick C, (Bartonsville) r 3, brakeman on passenger train, Ches- 
hire R. R. 

Fuller Jabez, (Saxton's River) teamster, h Main st. 

Gammell Frank, (Rockingham) r 14, farmer. 

Ganimell Fred, (^Rockingham) r 6, farmer 260. 

Gammell Royal, (Rockingham) r 8, farmer 15. 

Gates John E., (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 70. 

Gay Edwin P., (Bellows Falls) r 30, (Johnson & Gay). 

Gilson Arabella Miss, (Bartonsville) r 19. 

GLAZIER EBEN L., (Saxton's River) r 44, (E. L. & E. N.) 

GLAZIER EDDIE N., (Saxton's River) r 44, (E. L. & E. N.) 

GLAZIER E. L. & E. N., (Saxton's River) r 44, (Eben L. and Eddie N.,) 
breeders of Spanish Merino sheep, flock 200, and farmers, lease of C. 
L. Barber 300, and pasture land 375. 

Glynn C. L. & Co., (Saxton's River) (Cyrus L. and Isaac Glynn,) general 
merchants, and dealers in drugs, paints and oils, hardware, etc., Main st. 

Glynn Cyrus L., (Saxton's River) (C. L. Glynn & Co.,) town agent, h Mainst. 

Glynn Isaac, (Saxton's River) (C. L. Glynn & Co.,) sugar orchard 300 trees, 
and farmer 150, h Pleasant st. 

Glynn Walter B., (Saxton's River) salesman for C. L. Glynn & Co., bds 
Pleasant st. 

Glynn Willie I., (Saxton's River) salesman for C. L. Glynn & Co., bds Pleas- 
ant St. 

Golden Thomas, (Rockingham) r 28, farmer 25. 

Goodnow Harriet, (Rockingham) r 15, widow of Leonard, farmer 90. 

Goodnow Hattie A. Miss, (Rockingham) r 15, with Mrs. Harriet Goodnow. 

GRAHAM ELLIS J., (Saxton's River) house painter, h Main st. 

Grant John E., (Rockingham) r 26, mail carrier. 

GRAVES JOHN W., (Saxton's River) manuf. and dealer in harness, car- 
riages, sleighs, robes, whips, etc.. Main st , h do. 

Green Henry B., (Saxton's River) r 50 cor 51, dairy 10 cows, and farmer, 
leases of Maria L. Mason estate 140. 

GREENWOOD HENRY, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., h 
Main. 

Greenwood Joseph, (Saxton's River) cloth finisher, h Main. 

Greer John H., (Saxton's River) r 37, breeder of Durham and Holstein cat- 
tle, and farmer 125. 

Hadwin Chester, (Rockingham) r 8, farmer 500. 

Hall Cynthia Miss, (Bartonsville) r 3. 

Hammond George P., (Saxton's River) r 36, sugar orchard 150 trees, and 
fanner 70. 



476 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 

Harty Patrick, (Saxton's River) laborer, h River. 

Harwood Liberty, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 8, and timber land 20. 

Haselton Charles R., (Saxton's River) r 39, laborer. 

Haselton George C, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer, works on shares for 
Albert G. Sterling, of Keene, N. H., 150. 

Hastings Zella S., (Bartonsville) r ig, widow of Horace H. 

Hawley E. L. Mrs., (Saxton's River) milliner and dressmakar, Main h do. 

Heath George M., (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h Livery. 

Hill James Joyce, (Saxton's River) wool sorter, h Factory. 

Hinckley Charles W., (Rockingham) r 29, house painter. 

Hinckley Samuel A., (Rockingham) r 29, house painter. 

Hodgkins Roswell F., (Saxton's River) carriage painter, and dealer in car- 
riages, horses, h River. 

Hoit Theophilus, (Saxton's River) retired woolen manuf., h Factory. 

Holden Elzina, (Saxton's River) r 43, widow of Harrison, farmer 25. 

Holden Merritt H., (Saxton's River) r 43, carpenter and joiner. 

Holmes Amos, (Saxton's River) sexton, Saxton's River cemetery, h Main. 

Holt George, (Saxton's River) r 44, laborer. 

Holton Elisha D., (Saxton's River) farmer 10, h Westminster. 

Hopkins Hiland H., (Bartonsville) r i, invaHd. 

HOUGHTON EDWIN A., (Saxton's River) engineer for Farnsworth & Co., 
h River. 

Howard Amazia, (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 40. 

Howard Harriet S., (Saxton's River) r 45 cor 46, widow of Willard W., dairy 
12 cows, and farmer 75. 

Howard Henry W., (Saxton's River) r 45 cor 46, farmer for Harriet S. 75, 
owns 20 acres. 

Howard Sidney A., (Bellows Falls) r3o, carpenter. 

Howard Thomas C., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Pleasant. 

Howe Oscar W., (Saxton's River) baggage teaming to and from Bellows Falls, 
h Main. 

Howe Wayne B., (Saxton's River) dealer in staple and fancy groceries, hard- 
ware, crockery, glassware, stationery, text-books, tobacco, cigars, &c., 
Main, h do. 

Hubbard Leonard C, (Saxton's River) justice of the peace and notary pub- 
lic, and manuf. of lumber, feed and meal, Westminster, h Main. 

Hughes Thomas, (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h Pleasant. 

Hulett Lois, (Saxton's River) widow of William W., h Pleasant. 

Huntington Sophia L., (Saxton's River) widow of Oliver, h Livery. 

Jaques Benjamin C, (Rockingham) r 6, laborer. 

Johnson Charles, (Bartonsville) off r 21^-, farmer, leases of L. W. Adams 170. 

JOHNSON GRANVILLE R., (Bartonsville) r 3. blacksmith and jeweler. 

Johnson John L., (Bellows Falls) r 30, (Johnson & Gay). 

Johnson & Gay, (Bellows Falls) r 30, (J. L. Johnson and Edwin P. Gay) 
dairy 9 cows, breeders of grade Durham and Ayrshire cattle. Merino 
and Cotswold sheep, and farmers 350. 

Kendall Frank, (Bartonsville) r 20, laborer. 

Kendall S. Miss, A. B., (Saxton's River) teacher of sciences and German, bds 
Jones Hall. 

Kinney Charles, (Bartonsville) r 3, Advent minister. 

Knjght Ernest L,, (Saxton's River) son of W. F. 

Knight Fred L., (Saxton's River) wagon-maker, bds Westminster. 

Knight Henry W., (Saxton's River) (W. E. & Son) bds Westminster. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 477 



Knight W. E. & Son, (Saxton's River) (W. E. & H. W.)manufs. of carriages, 
wagons and sleighs, and general jobbers, near Main. 

Knight Willard E., (Saxton's River) (W. E. & Son) h Westminster. 

Knowlton John S., (Bellows Falls) r 46, paper maker. 

Lake Clark S.. (Saxton's River) manuf. of cement water pipe, and owns 
on road 50, farm 150, h West. 

Lake Edwin, (Saxton's River) r 50, farmer, leases of C. S. Lake 150. 

*LAKE HENRY E., (Saxton's River) music teacher and dealer in pianos 
and organs. Main, h do. [Card on page 484.] 

Lamb Alden E., (Bellows Falls) r 30, carpenter and builder. 

Lawrence George M., (Saxton's River) r 35, sugar orchard 175 trees, breeder 
of Merino sheep, and farmer 90. 

Lawrence Levi, (Bartonsville) off r 4, farmer 75. 

Lawrence Martin R., (Bartonsville) r 17^, selectman, prop, of grist-mill, saw- 
mill, and turning-shop, and dealer in lumber, bark, etc., and farmer 109. 

Lawton Lafayette F., (Bellows Falls) r 28, carpenter and farmer 12. 

Liddle John A., (Bartonsville) r i, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 125. 

LIVERMORE CHARLES, (Saxton's River) r 41 cor 35, dairy 12 cows, 
wool-grower 60 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 600. 

Livermore David B., (Saxton's River) retired merchant. 

Livermore Elisha, (Saxton's River) r 41 cor 35, aged 95 years. 

Locke AmeHa B., (Saxton's River) widow of Cyrus H., resident, h and lot. 

Locke F. B. &: Co., (Saxton's River) dealers in paper stock, metals and wool, 
stoves, tin, glass and wooden ware. Main cor Factory. 

Locke Foster B., (Saxton's River) F. B. & Co., h Pleasant. 

Lord John, (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 196. 

Loveland Charles A., (Rockingham) r 26, laborer. 

Loveland Charles W., (Rockingham) r 26, farmer, leases of Fred H. Fay 150. 

Loveland Frederick M., (Rockingham) r 26, laborer. 

Lovell Charles M., (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. 

Lovell Fred L., (Bartonsville) r 3, employee of Gage & Co. 

Lovell John H., (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 54. 

Lovell Lewis C, (Rockingham) r 26, prop, of Rockingham Hotel, and far- 
mer 170. 

Lovell Michael L., (Rockingham) r 18, farmer 120. 

Lovell WiUiam M., (Bartonsville) r 3, cattle broker and farrier. 

Lovell Winfield S., (Bartonsville) r 3, painter. 

Luce Foster, (Cambridgeport) laborer, h Main. 

Mack Michael, (Saxton's River) r 43, laborer, owns h and i acre. 

Mack Patrick, (Saxton's River) r 43, spinner. 

MacLoud Hugh M., (Bellows Falls) r 46, employee of Fall Mountain 
Paper Co. 

MacLOUD WILLIAM, (Bellows Falls) r 46, employee of Fall Mountain 
Paper Co., owns farm 130. 

Maddigan Thomas, (Charlestown, N. H.,) r 11, laborer. 

Marcy Alfred, (Rockingham) r 29, farmer 8. 

Mark Hans H., (Rockingham) r 14, farmer 120. 

Mark James H., (Saxton's River) r 39, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 10 
cows, and farmer for Rev. J. A. Leach, of Keene, N. H., 400. 

Marlborough James, (Saxton's River) harnessmaker, h Westminster. 

Marlborough Patrick, (Saxton's River) r 43, laborer. 

Marlborough Thomas, (Saxton's River) laborer, h IJvery st. " 

McGreen John, (Rockingham) r 26^ blacksmith. 



478 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 

McQuaid Lewis, (Rockingham) r 32, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 150. 

McWade James, (Cambridgeport) r 23, farmer 3. 

Mehan Pattrick, (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 8. 

Milliken Royal^ (Saxton's River) blacksmith, and farmer 50, h River st. 

Miner Kate Miss. (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster. 

Mitchell Webster C, (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth &: Co.,) h Main st. 

Moar Clifford N., (Saxton's River) r 39, farmer for Marinda N. Moar 75. 

Moar Marinda N., (Saxton's River) r 39, widow of John, farmer 75. 

Moore Charles A., (Rockingham) r 6^, laborer. 

Morgan Herbert F., (Saxton's River) butcher, h Westminster. 

Moriarity Emily I., (Rockingham) r 13, with Jennie B. Wiley farm 61. 

Morrison George W., (Bartonsville) r 17, breeder of and dealer in Durham 
cattle, sugar orchard t,ooo trees, and farmer 900. 

Morrison George W., Jr., (Saxton's River) milk dealer, dairy 10 cows, and 
farmer 120. 

Morrison Solon D., (Saxton's River) stone mason and carpenter and joiner, 
h Westminster. 

Muzzy Charles, (Bartonsville; r 3, quarryman. 

Newton EHzabeth W., (Saxton's River) widow of A. A., h Main st. 

Nichols Martin, (Saxton's River) wool cleanser, h Factory st. 

Nourse Homer, (Saxton's River) r 41, wool grower 57 sheep, sugar orchard 
70 trees, and farmer 60. 

Oak George M., (Saxton's River) off r ;^;^, farmer, with Seth. 

Oak Seth. (Saxton's River) off r ^;^, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 50. 

Ober Joel B., (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 50, also farm in Athens. 

Ober John, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 140, and in Athens timber and 
pasture land 150. 

Ober Patten B., (Saxton's River) r 51, farmer 23. 

Ober Rodney, (Saxton's River) off r 41, farmer 90. 

O'Brien Patrick, (Rockingham) r 14, dairy 18 cows, and farmer 230. 

Olcott Lewis, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 230. 

Olcott Mary L., (Rockingham) r 32 cor 16, widow of John H. 

Osgood Charles, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Prospect st. 

Osgood Eliot R., (Saxton's River) postmaster, h Main st. 

Osgood Holland W., (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 119. 

Packard Alonzo, (Saxton's River) r 36, farms for Mary E. Packard. 

PACKARD MARY E., (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer, leases of E. S. Sabin. 

Page Frederick, (Bartonsville) r 19, superannuated Universalist minister. 

Parker Loring D., (Bartonsville) r 17, woodturner, and manuf. of viohns. 

Parker Pliny B., (Bartonsville) r 20, physician and surgeon, and farmer 90. 

Parmenter Jerome B., (Saxton's River) laborer, h River st. 

Partridge Leonard H., (Rockingham) r 1 2, farmer, leases of Horace Albee 20. 

Perham Catharine, (Cambridgeport) widow of Royal, h Main st. 

Perry Eliza Mrs., (Bartonsville) r 17^, resident. 

Perry Frank, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Factory st. 

Person Charlie O., (Rockingham) r 28, farmer with D. E. 

Person David E., (Rockingham) r 28, farmer, leases of Nathan Proctor 100. 

Pettingill Edward H., M. D., (Saxton's River) physician and surgeon. Fac- 
tory St., h do. 

PHILLIPS HORACE, (Bartonsville) r 18, farmer 10. 

Piper Charles, (Rockingham) r 12, laborer. 

Pitts Roberts, (Bartonsville) r 17, wood turner. 

Powers Oscar, (Rockingham) r 26, works at Rockingham House. 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 479 

Proctor John, (Rockingham) r i6, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, farmer 

250, and with H. J. Wiley 240. 
Proctor Nathan, (Rockingham) r 26, farmer 250. 
Pulsipher Ruth B. Mrs., (Saxton's River) lady principal Vermont Academy, 

bds Jones Hall. 
Putney John H., (Saxton's River) r 41, resident. 
Putney Nancy, (Rockingham) r 10, widow of Benjamin F., farmer 25. 
Ramsey John H., (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h Main st. 
Rand Mary, (Cambridgeport) r 23, widow of Moses G. 
Rand Moses G. estate, (Cambridgeport) r 23, farm 100. 
RANDALL WILLIAM H., (Saxton's River) pastor of Baptist church, h 

Pleasant st. 
Eice Abel, (Bartonsville) r i, laborer. 
Rice George A., (Bartonsville) r i, laborer. 
Rice Lorenzo D., (Saxton's River) resident, h Livery st. 
Richardson Fred, (Rockingham) r 33, laborer. 
RICHARDSON HENRY E., (Saxton's River) r 37, with J. H. Greer, 

farmer. 
Richardson Harvey E., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster st. 
Richardson Marshall C, (Bartonsville) off r 17, farmer 150. 
RICHARDSON RICHARD, (Rockingham) r 32, breeder of Spanish 

Merino sheep, farmer, works on shares for J. L. & J. B. Divoll 200. 
Riggs Albert, (Cambridgeport) r 40, pastor M. E. church in Athens. 
Rockingham Hotel, (Rockingham) r 26, Lewis C. Lovell, prop. 
Rockingham Town Farm, (Bartonsville) r i, sugar orchard 250 trees, and 

300 acres. 
Rogers James, (Bartonsville) r 21, stock grower and farmer. 
ROLLINS JAMES R., (Rockingham) r 6^, breeder of Spanish Merino 

sheep, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 425. 
Roundy Morton C, (Rockingham) r 13, cattle dealer and farmer 60, and 

pasture. 
Rumerill Luman, (Bartonsville) r 3, section hand C. V. R. R. 
Sabin Allen H., (Saxton's River) (E. S. & A. H.) manuf. of clothing, h Main. 
Sabin E. S. & A. H., (Saxton's River) general merchants. Main. 
Sabin Elisha S. Jr., (Saxton's River) (E. S. & A. H.) prop, of Forest Woolen 

Mills, h Main. 
Sabin Elisha S. Sen., (Saxton's River) retired farmer," h Main. 
Sanger Jennie L., (Saxton's River) pastry cook at Proctor Hall, bds do. 
Sanger Mary L., (Saxton's River) widow of George, matron in charge of 

Proctor Hall, Vt. Academy, bds do. 
SAXTON'S RIVER HOTEL, (Saxton's River) M. A. Wilder prop., Main. 
Scofield Benjamin, (Saxton's River) wool dealer and farmer 60, h Main. 
Scofield Frank, (Saxton's River) tanner, h Main. 
Scofield Frank B., (Saxton's River) (Barney & Scofield) h Main. 
Scollay Grace E. Miss, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., bds 

Main. 
Scollay Harriet A., (Saxton's River) widow of Amos D., h Main. 
Searles Adoniram J., (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h River. 
Severance Joseph, (Saxton's River) wheelwright and carpenter, h Main. 
Severance Warren, (Saxton's River) job teamster, runs threshing machine, h 

Main. 
Severance Samuel W., (Saxton's River) r 35, laborer. 
Severens Hattie, (Saxton's River) widow of Charles, h Academy ave. 



480 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 

Severens Martin, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., h River. 

Sherman Wilbraham, (Bartonsville) r 17, laborer. 

Simonds Joseph V., (Saxton's River) stone mason, oft" Main. 

Simonds L. Willard, (Bartonsville) oft" r 17, farmer 115. 

Simpson Charles F., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster. 

Smalley Charles, (Bartonsville) r 16, farmer 75. 

Smalley Willie G., (Bartonsville) r 17^, engineer Conn. R. R. R. 

Smith Arnold M., (Rockinghamj r 31, laborer for D. K. Barry on farm 135. 

Smith Byron M., (Rockingham) r 14, laborer. 

SMFFH CHARLES, (Saxton's River) (Butterfield & Smith) selectman, 

dairy 10 cows, milk dealer, and farmer 10, and timber 150, h Pleasant. 
Smith Eunice B., (Saxton's River) widow of Miles G., h Prospect. 
Smith James A. V., (Bellows Falls) r 30, laborer. 
Smith Moses E., (Rockingham) r 16, carpenter and joiner. 
Smith Ransom E., (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth & Co.) h Pleasant. 
SMITH WILLIAM M., (Saxton's River) r 37, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

dairy 10 cows, breeder of grade Jersey cattle and Merino sheep, wool 

grower 100 sheep, and farmer 250. 
Snow Francis, (Saxton's River) r 52, gardener i. 
Spaulding Alfred P., (Saxton's River) r 50, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, 

and farmer 200. 
Spaulding Charles A., (Saxton's River) r 50, with Alfred P., farmer. 
Spaulding Henry, (Saxton's River) r 43, farmer 42. 
Spaulding William A., (Saxton's River) retired miller, h Westminster. 
Spooner C. H. Mrs., (Saxton's River) teacher of drawing and painting at Ver- 
mont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. 
Spooner Charles H., Maj., B. S., (Saxton's River) teacher of military tactics 

and mathematics, Vermont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. 
Stevens Frank, (Saxton's River) second hand in weaving-room, h Main. 
Stevens Warren, (Cambridgeport) general merchant. Main, h do. 
Stoddard John, (Springfield) r 4, farmer 300. 
Stoddard Sidney, (Saxton's River) cloth-finisher for Farnsworth & Co., h 

Factory. 
Stoddard Isaiah, (Cambridgeport) r ao, farmer, 84 years old. 
STOWELL CHARLES G., (Rockingham) r 16, breeder of Spanish Merino 

sheep, and farmer 200. 
Stowell Elva, (Saxton's River) dressmaker, West. 
Stowell Ida, (Saxton's River) dressmaker, West. 
Stowell Oscar D., (Rockingham) r 26, carpenter and joiner. 
STUART WALTER C, (Rockingham) r 16, farmer for J. Proctor. 
Studely George, (Saxton's River) on pent road off r 23, farmer, leases of Lewis 

Olcott 150. 
Swain Melvin, (Cambridgeport) teamster, h Main. 
Taft Preston W., (Saxton's River) photographer, Main, h do. 
Tarbell Martin, (Saxton's River) employee of Vt. Academy, bds do. 
Taylor Joseph, (Cambridgeport) dyer, h Main. 
Tenney Lewis, (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h West. 
Thompson EHzabeth, (Bartonsville) r i, widow of Richard, with Laura Billings 

farmer 100. 
Thompson Herbert, (Cambridgeport) carpenter, h Main. 
Thompson Leonard R., (Springfield) r 7, Way & Thompson. 
Thrasher Bros., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 36, (R. E. & W. A.) farmers 20. 
Thrasher Roswell E., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 39, (Thrasher Bros.). 



TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 48 1 

Thrasher Waldo A., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 39, (Thrasher Bros.) 

Tinney Levi, (Cambridgeport) off r 40, laborer. 

Tinney William, (Bartonsville) r 19, laborer. 

TOWER GEORGE R., (Saxton's River) carpenter and mason, h Academy 
ave. 

Tower Willard, (Saxton's River) laborer, h River. 

VERMONT ACADEMY, (Saxton's River) Horace M. Willard, A. M., prin- 
cipal. 

Walker Romanzo C., (Saxton's River) (Cassidy & Walker) blacksmith. River, 
h Pleasant. 

Warner Israel R., (Saxton's River) (S. W. & Son) dealers in dry and fancy 
goods, notions, etc., h Main cor Pleasant. 

Warner S. W. & Son, (Saxton's River) (Israel R.) dealers in stoves, tinware, 
glassware, wooden ware and Yankee notions, Main. 

Warner Samuel W., (Saxton's River) farmer 200, h Westminster. 

Way Dexter R., (Springfield) r 7, (Way & Thompson.) 

Way & Thompson, (Springfield) r 7, (Dexter Way and Leonard R. Thomp- 
son,) breeders of Durham cattle, and farmers 304. 

Weaver Solon J., (Cambridgeport) r 23, (Weaver & Dwinell,) farmer 200. 

Weaver & Dwinell, (Cambridgeport) r 23, (S. J. W. and Chester D.,) dealers 
in wood, and farmers 200. 

WEBB CARLTON E., (Bellows Falls) r 30, Hster and town auditor, dairy 
10 cows, sugar orchard 60 trees, breeder of grade Durharas, and far- 
mers 160. 

WEBB JOSEPH M., (Bellows Falls) r 30, farmer 125. 

Webb William J., (Bellows Falls) pent road from r 30 to 31, farmer 224, and 
works for Joseph M. Webb 125. 

WEEDEN BROS., (Rockingham) r 6, (Charles E. and Marshall F.,) wool 
growers, breeders of Durham and Holstein cattle, sugar orchard 125 
trees, farmers 250, and pasture 50. 

WEEDEN CHARLES E., (Rockingham) r 16, (Weeden Bros.,) farmer 2. 

WEEDEN MARSHALL F., (Rockingham) r 6, (Weeden Bros.) 

Welch Edward, (Bartonsville) telegraph operator. 

Welch Patrick, (Bartonsville) track hand C. V. R. R. 

WESTGATE STRATTON W., (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h 
Pleasant. 

Weston Ezekiel M., (Rockingham) r 11, farmer 130. 

Weston Henry N., (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer, for Lucius 300. 

Weston J. Page, (Rockingham) r 34, sugar orchard 150 trees, breeder of 
Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 271. 

Weston John, (Bartonsville) r 3, retired merchant. 

Weston Lucius, (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer 300. 

Weston Wallace, (Rockingham) r ^^, wool grower 135 sheep, and farmer 
200. 

Wheelock Lucius, (Saxton's River) porter^ Saxton's River Hotel. 

Whipple Sidney, (Saxton's River) designer, h Livery. 

Whitcomb Calvin, (Saxton's River) laborer, bds Main. 

Whitcomb Jotham, (Saxton's River) sawing, planing, turning, and job shop, 
River St., h Main. 

Whitcomb Chauncey T,, (Saxton's River) hostler, h Main. 

White James, (Bartonsville) r 21, farmer, leases of James Rogers. 

Whiting John G., (Saxton's River) r 32, breeder of Merino sheep, and far- 
mer 92^. 

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482 TOWN OF SOMERSET. 



Whittaker E. Bertha Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher of French in Vermont 

Academy, bds Jones Hall. 
Wilder Levi W., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Main. 
WILDER MARSHALL A., (Saxton's River) prop, of Saxton's River Hotel, 

Main. 
Wiley Amanda E., (Saxton's River) r 35, widow of Lucius S., sugar orchard 

225 trees, wool grower 80 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Wiley Frederick, (Saxton's River) off r 35, farmer 60. 
Wiley George, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 150. 
Wiley Haskell L, (Rockingham) r 25, dairy 20 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 536, and owns farm with John Proctor. 
WILEY HENRY C, (Saxton's River) lister, stock and wool dealer, and far- 
mer 225, h Pleasant. 
Wiley John A., (Saxton's River) r 46, laborer. 
WILEY MILTON W., (Saxton's River) farmer 250, h Main. 
Wiley Rodney^ (Rockingham) r 16, farmer 75. 

Wiley Samuel, (Saxton's River) r 46, formerly a carpenter, owns h and 4 acres. 
Wiley Sarah A. Mrs., (Rockingham) r 25, pastor Spiritualist church. 
Wiley Walter P., (Rockingham) r 13, farmer. 
WILLARD HORACE M., A. M., (Saxton's River) principal of Vermont 

Academy, vice-president of the American Institute of Instruction, h 

Main. 
Williams Albert, (Saxton's River) dealer in papers, periodicals, groceries, 

hardware, etc., telegraph operator, and prop, circulating library. Main, 

hdo. 
Wood George E., (Cambridgeport) r 40, hostler. 
Woodbury Henry L., (Bellows Falls) r 30, laborer. 
Woodruff H. Estelle Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher of music in Vermont 

Academy, bds Jones's Hall. 
Woods John T., (Saxton's River) blacksmith. Main, h Academy ave. 
Woodward Wright M., (Saxton's River) carpenter, h Westminster. 
Wooley Daniel, (Cambridgeport) off r from Athens, laborer. 
Wooley James, (Cambridgeport) r 2^, gentlemen of leisure. 
Worthington Albert Mrs., (Saxton's River, h Main. 
Wright Mary J., (BartonsviUe) r 18, widow of Dr. Henry, owns farm 10. 
Wright Walter, (BartonsviUe) r 17, farmer 150. 
WYMAN COMFORT S., (Rockingham) r 14, laborer, and works farm on 

shares. 



SOMERSET. 

Railroad stations are IJrattleljoro, 30 miles soutlieast, and Bennington, 20 miles soutliwest. 
Stage Tuesdays and Saturdays. 

(J^or explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ 

Allen Norman, (South Somerset) r 2, laborer for F. D. Chase. 

Bailey William C., (Somerset) r i, farmer 100. 

Burnaj) Asa, (Somerset) r 6, 2d selectman, farmer 273. 

Chase Frank D., (Somerset) r 2, prop, of saw-mill, and chair stock factory, 

farmer 2,000. 
Grout Darius A., (Somerset) r 6, sawyer. 



TOWN OF STRATTON. 483 



GROUT REUBEN B., (Somerset) r 6, town lister, ist constable and col- 
lector, justice of the peace, manuf. of lumber. 

Harris Clark, (Somerset) r 5, manuf of lumber m Glastenbury, Bennington 
Co., lives in Someset. 

Leonard Elliott, (Somerset) r 4, town treasurer, and farmer 457. 

Mason Anna, (Somerset) r 5, (Mrs. Henry) farmer 71. 

Mason Henry, (Somerset) r 5, farmer. 

Pike Edward, (Somerset) laborer. 

Rice Jason W., (Somerset) r 4, town grand juror, town lister, supt. of schools, 
justice of the peace, and farmer. 

Roberts Ebenezer, (Somerset) r 3, 3d selectman, farmer 85. 

Roberts Marceona, (Somerset) town lister, laborer. 

Town Emma M., (Somerset) r 5, postmaster. 

TOWN HOLLIS, (Somerset) r 2, tow.i auditor, town clerk, ist selectman, 
justice of the peace^ farmer 220. 

Tudor John, (Somerset) r 6, with William, manuf. of lumber. 

Tudor Mark, (Somerset) laborer for William and John. 

Tudor William, (Somerset^ r 6, with John, manuf, of lumber. 

Wheeler James C., (Somerset) r 5, farmer 7. 



STRATTON. 

Railroad stations are Jamaica, 14 miles northeast, on B. & \V. R. R., and Arlington, Ben. 
Co., 16 miles west, on Ben. & Rut. R. R. 

(J^or explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

Akley Martin E., West Wardsboro) otf r 19, farmer 100. 

Akley Myron J. ^ (West Wardsboro) r 19, farm labo'"er. 

Akley Newell, (West Wardsboro) r 19, farmer 100. 

Allen Arthur, (Stratton) off r 17, sugar orchard 400 trees, rents of Daniel 

Willis farm 185. 
Allen Cheselton, (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 250. 
Allen Chessie J., (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 325. 
Allen Dana, (Stratton) off r 4, farm laborer. 
Allen Ebenezer^ (Stratton) r 16, justice of the peace, lister, farmer 49, leases 

160 acres of Mrs. Polly Lee, of Vernon. 
ALLEN LEANDER L., (Stratton) off r 4, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 

46. 
Allen Lucy, (Stratton) r 16 cor 17, widow of Ebenezer. 
Allen Miranda A., (Stratton) r 11, widow of Chester. 
Allen Orville E., (Stratton) r 16, (farm laborer.) 
Babcock Jonathan, (West Wardsboro) r 16, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 

96. 
Baldwin Ruth, (West Jamaica) r 5, widow of John, farmer 200. 
Ball Edward A., (Stratton) r 10, farmer 50. 

Brown George, (Stratton) off r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer no. 
Davidson Riley A., (Jamaica) off r i, farmer, rents of Newton Howard, of 

Jamaica, 160. 
Eddy Edgar J., (Stratton) r 10, farm laborer. 



484 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



(Successor to C. B. Dickinson ^} Manufacturer and Wholesale and detail Dealer in 

ii'ealjiiiiiiiCaks, 

CRACKERS, CONFECTIONERY, &c. 

All orders promptly filled. 

CRACKERS A SPECIALTY. 





57 MAIN STREET, 



B RATTLE BO RO, VT, 



HI. E. LJLICE, 



DEALER IN 



PIANOS AND ORGANS, 



Music Books, Stoo/s, Etc. 

I have the general agency for several first-class Pianos 
and Organs and arrangements by which I can furnish 
nearly all the best makes. 

The Weber, Clilclterlng-, Hardinan, 
Ouild and other first class and medium priced 
Pianos. 

The celebrated Mason & Hamlin Orjs^ans, 
which, as everyone knows, have received the highest 
honors at every great World's Fair for the past sixteen 
years The sweet toned Carpenter Organ, 
made by the Worce ter Organ Company. Also I can 
furnish other makes. 

I shall intend to have the agency for the best and 
most reliable Pianos and Organs at all times. 

Instruments sold for cash, or on installments, and at 
very low prices. 

I am confident that I can and will sell instruments at 
prices, that parties thinking of buying, will find it for 
their interest to order of me. 

Satisfaction guaranteed or no sale. 

Write for catalogues and prices. 

Also Teaclier of Vocal Music, in classes 
or private lessons. Special attention given to the 
direction of Cantatas, for which oriental costumes and 
books will be furnished. 

SAXTON'S RIVER, VT. 



A. F. WI,N.NEWISSER, 



Xiestler izi 




"X 



Crockery, 

Window Shades, 
Paper Hangings, 
SpNsvwvR^ Carpets, 

Silver P fated Ware, Pictures and 
Picture Frames, &c., &c., &c. 

GOODS SOLD FOR CASH 

AND AT BOTTOM PRICES. 

A. F. WINNEWISSEB, 

BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 



J^. S. DNs/^ITOHIELL, 



IDIE-^^XjEE^ IliT 



HEMLOCK BARK 

P. 0. Address, East Lexington, Mass. Box 11. 

Ilcilll<»ck Bark wanted in large or small lots, deliveted on cars at any railroad 
.slalion in the Stale. 

Highest cash prices paid. Satisfact(>ry measure guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. 



TOWN OF STRATTON. 485 



Eddy Elmer A., (West Wardsboro) off r i8, farmer, rents 75 acres of A. H. 

Pike. 
Eddy Orrin, (Stratton) r 10, farmer no. 
Eddy Phineas O., (Stratton) r 10, farm laborer. 
EDDY WILLIAM H., (Stratton) r 17, town auditor, sugar orchard 200 

trees, farmer 260. 
Edwards Charles, (Stratton) r 4, farm laborer. 
Edwards Dolph, (Stratton) r 4, retired farmer. 
Edwards George, (Stratton) r 4, farmer 50. 
Fields George H., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r :i, farm laborer. 
Forrester Douglass H., (Stratton) r 4, farm laborer. 
FORRESTER HENRY P., (Stratton) r 4, ist selectman, sugar orchard 

400 trees, farmer 125. 
Forrester Hiland H., (Stratton) r 15, farm laborer. 
FORRESTER RODERICK B., (Stratton) r 15, constable, sugar orchard 

400 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 446. 
GOULD CARLTON O., (Jamaica) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, cattle 

dealer, farmer 250. 
Grout Edwin L., (Stratton) r 8, justice of the peace, farmer 500. 
Grout Irving E., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, &c. 
GROUT JOEL F., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, shingles, 

chair stock and plained and matched lumber, farmer 1,200. 
Grout Joel F. Jr., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, &c. 
Hescock Charles, (Stratton) off r ic, farm laborer. 
Hescock Frank E., (Stratton) ofif r 10, farm laborer. 
HESCOCK OLIVER P., (Stratton) off no, farmer 185. 
Johnson EUsha, (West Wardsboro) r 16 cor 18, retired farmer. 
Johnson George W., (West Wardsboro) r 16 cor 18, farmer 50. 
Johnson Homer, (West Wardsboro) r i8. painter and farm laborer. 
JOHNSON ORRIN A., (West Wardsboro) ofT r 19, works Mrs. Emily Rice's 

farm of 258. 
Jones Jesse C, (Stratton) r 1 1, farmer 239. 

Jones Lester, (Stratton) r 4 cor 6, farmer, rents of Orrin Parsons 100 acres. 
Kent William P., (Stratton) off r n, farm laborer. 
Knight Andrew D., (West Wardsboro) r 19, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 

140. 
LACKEY FRANK G., (Stratton) r 16 cor 15, farmer 145. 
Lowe Aaron, (Stratton) r 16, sugar orchard 360 trees, farmer 100. 
Lowe Charles, (Stratton) r 16, farmer 100. 
Lowe Maurice C, (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. 
Lyman & Son, (West Wardsboro) off r 18, (Rufus and William R.) manufs. 

and dealers in lumber and eave spouts, casings and matched lumber. 
Lyman Rufus, (West Wardsboro) offr 18, (R. Lyman & Son) farmer 570. 
LYMAN WILLIAM R., (West Wardsboro) ofT r 18, (R. Lyman cV- Son) 

2d selectman, farmer 100. 
Moran James, (Stratton) r 15, retired farmer. 
Parsons Alfred, (Stratton) r 16, farmer 30. 
Parsons Orrin, (West Jamaica) r 5 , farmer 200. 
Parsons Otis P., (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. 
Parsons Ralph A., (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. 

PIKE ABEL J., (West Wardsboro) r 18, sugar orchard 200 trees, lum- 
berman, and rents farm of Josiah Davison, of Wardsboro, 160. 
PIKE ALEXANDER H., (West Wardsboro) r 18, manuf. of lumber, &c., 

and farmer 700. 



486 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Pike Calvin N., (Jamaica) r i, 3d selectman, and farmer 178. 

Powers Joseph, (Jamaica) off r i, farm laborer. 

Ray Nelson, (Jamaica) r t, farmer 100. 

Rice Emily, (West Wardsboro) off r 19, widow of Perez, sugar orchard 500 
trees, and farmer 258. 

Robinson Alonzo, (Stratton) r 6 opp. 9, farm laborer. 

Sage Jesse, (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 350. 

Sheldon Lafayette, (Stratton) r 11, postmaster, town clerk, treasurer, black- 
smith, and farmer 32. 

SHEPARD VVILLARD, (Stratton) r 11 cor 10, town representative, justice 
of the peace, lister, hotel keeper, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 189. 

Shepherdson Calvin D., (Stratton) r 8, farmer 95. 

Shepherdson Charles C, (Stratton) r 8, farm laborer. 

Smith Samuel, (Stratton) r 6, opp. 9, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer. 

Sprague Alfred I., (Stratton) r ri, farmer with Isaac, leases of Hosea Mann, 
of Dover, 100, and of Joseph Adams, of Fair Haven, Rut. Co., 100. 

Sprague Isaac, (Stratton) r 17, farmer with Alfred I., leases of Hosea Mann, 
of Dover, 100, and of Joseph Adams, of Fair Haven, too. 

Sprague James T., (Stratton) r 11, retired carpenter. 

Sprague Jewett, (Stratton) r 11, widow of Lyman W„ farmer 23. 

Styles Alvah, (Stratton) r 11 opp. r 10, farm laborer. 

Styles Caroline S., (West Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Harvey D., farmer 25. 

Styles Jeremiah D., (Stratton) r 11 opp. 10, farmer, rents of Daniel Harris, 
of Stratton, 100. 

Styles William H., (West Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 25. 

TEMPLE JEROME B., (Stratton) off r 16, justice of the peace, farmer 7. 

Torey Orin P., (Stratton) off r 11, farmer 100. 

Wheeler Alonzo L., (West Wardsboro) r 9, lister, sugar orchard 450 trees, 
farmer 160. 

Wilder David F., (Stratton) off r 6, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 120. 

Wilder Lewis J., (Stratton) r 6, farmer 122. 

Williams George A., (Jamaica) r 2, farmer 100. 

Williams Lewis, (Jamaica) r 2, retired farmer. 

Willis Daniel, (West Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 75. 

WILLIS EVANDER H., (Stratton) oft" r 16, auditor, sugar orchard 350 
trees, wool grower 35 sheep, and farmer 193. 

WILLIS HERBERT F., (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 250 trees, lumber- 
man, and farmer 100. 

Willis James A., (West Jamaica) r 5, farm laborer. 

WILLIS JOHN, (West Jamaica) r 5, farmer 255. 

Woodard Rachel, (Stratton) oft' r 4, widow of Jonas. 

WOODCOCK JAMES W., (Stratton) r 4, farmer 54. 



TO^TO^NSHKND. 

(For explanations, etc., see page 305.J 

Acterian H. H., (Townshend) Congregational clergyman. 

Adams Jerome G., (West Townshend) general blacksmith. 

Adams Wright, (West Townshend) r 30, bridge builder, B & W. R. R. 

ALLEN FRED, (West Townshend) butcher and dealer in fat cattle. 



TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 487 



Allen Jonas, (Townshend) r 38, photographer and jobber. 

Allen Seth T., (West Townshend) r 30, carpenter and joiner, h and 7 acres. 

Austin Albert A., (Townshend) r 24, farmer. 

Austin Arnold, (Townshend) r 20, aged 83. 

Austin Carrie E., (Townshend) widow of Elton E., milliner and dressmaker, 

and dealer in fancy goods. 
Austin Charles L., (Townshend) r 38^ laborer. 
Austin Henry M., (Townshend) r 20, farmer 140. 
Austin Mary M., (Townshend) r 23, teacher. 
AUSTIN RILEY H., (Townshend) r 23, apple orchard 100 trees, and 

farmer 67. 
Austin Royal M., (Townshend) r 40, disabled soldier, served in Co. I, 4th 

Vt. Vols. 
Ayer A. D., (West Townshend) eclectic physician and surgeon, and prop, of 

hotel. 
Barber Augustus A., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 35. 
BARBER BROTHERS, (West Townshend) (Frank F. and Theodore P.,) 

dealers in dry goods, groceries, hardware, hats and caps, boots and shoes, 

fine teas a specialty. Main st. 
Barber Clarissa F., (Townshend) resident. 
BARBER FRANK F., (West Townshend) (Barber Brothers). 
Barber Junia D., (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, retired farmer. 
BARBER LOT, (Townshend) r 43. sugar orchard 80 trees, and farmer 125. 
BARBER THEODORE P., (West Townshend) (Barber Brothers). 
BARRETT CORTES P., (West Townshend) dealer in dry goods, groceries, 

flour and meal, boots and shoes, patent medicines, ready-made clothing, 

watches and jewelry, dress and fancy goods a specialty. Main st., h do. 
Bartlett Mary, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Elijah, Harmonyville. 
Batchelder Edward B., (Townshend) r 39, Hster, sugar orchard 400 trees. 

farmer 96, pasture and wood lot 200. 
BATCHELDER IRA K. Hon., (Townshend) r 32, justice of the peace, and 

retired farmer. 
Bellamy Edward S., (Townshend) r 39, resident, aged 71. 
Bellows Herbert D., (Townshend) r 38, laborer, leases of Mrs. H. Howe h 

and lot. 
BEMIS DAVID L., (Townshend) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 

160. 
Bemis James, (Townshend) r 35, farmer. 

Bennett Oscar F., (Townshend) r 21, sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 140. 
Benson Arza D., (Townshend) r 32, stone cutter, owns farm "j^. 
Benson Henry E., (Townshend) off r 44, owns with N. E. farm 155. 
Blood Artemas A., (South Windham) r 10, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar 

orchard 300 trees, and farmer 125. 
Boutwell Lyman A., (Townshend) r 19^, farmer 230. 
BOYDEN DEXTER E., (West Townshend) freight, express, telegraph and 

ticket agent of B. & W. R. R., insurance agent, and notary public ten 

years. 
Boyden Mary F., (West Townshend) teacher. 
Boynton Levi J., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 65. 
Boynton Romanzo P., (West Townshend) r 31, owns h and lot. 
Bradley Calvin, (Townshend) r 46, farmer 8o- 
Bradley David, (West Townshend) r 31, deaf mute. 
BRIGHAM BELA B., (Townshend) r 46, wool grower 150 sheep, dairy 9 

cows, and farmer 340. 



488 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Brigham Lyman H., (Townshend) r 36, retired farmer, aged 88. 

Brooks George, (Townshend) r 48^, breeder of brown Leghorn fowls, sugar 
orchard 200 trees, and farmer 120. 

Brown Henry L., (Townshend) r 29^, resident. 

BROWN JAMES F., (West Townshend) r 31, carpenter and bridge builder, 
owns woodland 10. 

Burnap Ehza M. «&: Lorilla Misses, (Townshend) r 32, farm 30. 

Burnap Oren E., (Townshend) off r 38^, laborer, Harmonyville. 

Burnham Mary N., (Townshend) r 39, widow of Rev. Charles, owns farm 28. 

Burroughs Benjamin B., (West Townshend) r 30, manuf. of tinware. 

Burroughs Chapman, (West Townshend) r 30, teamster. 

Burroughs David A., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 3. 

Carpenter Mark Mrs., (Townshend) r 38, widow of Rev. Mark, house and 
garden. 

Carr Haskel H., (Townsliend) r 17, farmer no. and with H. J. Hastings 125. 

Carr Prentiss D., (Townshend) r 14, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 
with J. W. Chapin 130. 

CATHAN LUCIUS H., Townshend) r 38^^, photographer, h and 3 acres. 

Cathan Mary, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Emory, aged 89. 

CHAFFEE JAMES C, (Townshend) r 22, wooden ware salesman for S. 
Gage & Co., of Bellows Falls, breeder of Merino sheep and grade Dur- 
ham cattle, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200. 

Chamberlin Estella, (Townshend) (Mrs. H. H.) milliner. 

ChamberUn Harrison H., (Townshend) prop, of saw-mill, carpenter and 
joiner, owns farm 15.- 

Chamberlin Mary, (Townshend) widow of Gilman, aged 76. 

Chapin John W.., (Townshend) r 14, farmer with P. D. Carr. 

CHASE EDWIN, (West Townshend) r 10, West Townshend and Wind- 
ham stage driver. 

Chase Irving, (West Townshend) r 10, son of Edwin. 

Church James C, (Townshend) r 29^, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 160. 

Churchill Frank H., (Townshend) r 39, farmer 170. 

Churchill J. A., (Townshend) r39, (J. A. & Son) own farm 170. 

Clark Frank A., (Townshend) laborer. 

CLARK SILAS B , (Townshend) dealer in drugs and fancy goods, owns 
farm 39. 

Colburn J. D., (Townshend) r 38, returned missionary from Burmah. 

Coombs Osman F., (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, ist constable, prop, of 
West River House and livery stable. 

Cook Allen L., (Townshend) r ^8^, farm laborer. 

Covey Adelbert M., (Grafton) r 7, teamster and farmer. 

Covey Myron A., (Grafton) r 7, prop, of saw-mill, farmer 60. 

Crane Thomas, (Townshend) r 47, farmer 190. 

Cudworth Abijah W., (Townshend) r 44^, dairy 26 cows, and farmer, leases 
with F. Smith, of O. S. Howard, 320. 

Cudworth Maria L., (Townshend) r 44^, teacher. 

Cushmg Alliston M., (Townshend) cor r 22 and 24, farmer, with R. G., 200. 

Gushing Ralph G., (Townshend) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, with A. M., 
farmer 200. 

Davis Grin A., (Townshend) r 34, 25 sheep, farmer 200. 

Dean Charles M., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer with O. F. 

Dean Oscar F., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 130. 

Derby Salina, (Townshend) r 38, resident. 



TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 489 



Derry Abner T., (Townshend) r 21, resident, aged 71. 

Derry Albert, ^Townshend) r 24, teamster. 

DERRY BENJAMIN F., r2i, farm laborer, served in Co. H, 8th Regt. Vt. 

Vols. 
Derry Edson W., (Townshend) owns farm 150. 
Derry Elvin B., (Townshend) r 21, farmer 125. 
Derry Fred L., (Townshend) r 21, farmer with E. B., 125. 
DERRY JAMES D., (Townshend) r 23, (J. D. D. & Son). 
DERRY JAMES D. & SON, (Townshend) r 23, (Judson B.) breeders of pure 

Durham cattle, fruit growers, wool growers 40 sheep, sugar orchard 800 

trees, dairy 10 cows, farmers 500. 
DERRY JUDSON B., (Townshend) r 23, (J. D. D. & Son). 
DERRY SIDNEY F., (Townshend) r 22, farmer, leasts of N. Bemis. 60. 
Dodane John, (Townshend) r 25, laborer. 
Donpier John, (West Townshend) railroad laborer. 
Dunham George, (Townshend) r 14, farmer 120, 
Dutton D. William, (Townshend) oft r 24, 25 sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 180. 
Dyer Benjamin, (Townshend) r 28, farm 10. 
Early William A., (Grafton) off r 7, farmer, leases of V. Wilbur. 
Eddy Elwin F., (Townshend) r 40, works in his father's mill. 
Eddy Francis W., (Townshend) r 40, prop, of chair stock factory, and farm 

40. 
Eddy Walter A., (Townshend) r 40, son of F. W. 
Eddy Willard H., (Townshend) r 38^, employee of Charles H. Willard. 
Evans Herbert T., (Townshend) r 38, farmer with Thomas. 
EVANS THOMAS, (Townshend) r 38, sugar orchard 340 trees, farmer 125, 
Ewings Laura H., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Walter W., resident. 
Ewings Samuel G., (^^Townshend) r 32, farmer 49. 
Farr Luman, (Townshend) r 21, farmer 50. 

Farwell Atwell G., (West Townshend) farmer with J. S. FuUerton. 
Farwell Wales R., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 75. 
Fessenden Alonzo D., (Townshend) r 39, farmer no. 

Fessenden Edwin H., (Townshend) dealer in marble and granite, farmer 75. 
Fisher A. J. & A. D., (South Windham) r 9, wool growers 40 sheep, and 

farmers 130. 
Fisher Alfred J., (South Windham) r 9, (A. J. & A. D. F.) 
Fisher AureUus D., (South Windham) r 9, (A. J. & A. D. F.) 
Fisher Daniel Dea., (South Windham) r 9, (D. Fisher & Son,) deacon of 

Baptist church about 50 years. 
Fisher Daniel & Son, (South Windham) r 9, (Fred D.) wool growers 40 sheep, 

and farmers 180. 
Fisher Fred D., (South Windham) r 9, (D. F. & Son.) 
Fisher Sophia M., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Willard R. 
Fisher WiUiam R., (Townshend) r 24, farmer 140. 
Fletcher Harriet, (Townshend) widow of Horace, h and garden. 
Flint Mary B., (Townshend) widow of Calvin, resident, Harroonyville. 
FOLLETT JAMES O., (Townshend) r 34, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols., 

dairy 16 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 400. 
Forbes Brigham M., (Townshend) r 38^, farm laborer. 

FRANKLIN HENRY F., (Townshend) r 37, sugar orchard 300 trees, far- 
mer 200, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols. 
Franklin James H., (Townshend) r 27, farmer 235. 

32 



490 



TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Frost Ransel, (West Townshend) leases of Mrs. Wilkinson, h and 2 acres, 

employee of Alvin. 
Fuller Ephraim, (Townshend) off r 18, dairy 11 cows, sugar orchard 600 

trees, farmer 500. 
FULLERTON JOHN H., (West Townshend) r 30, dealer in sewing ma- 
chines, palm leaf and palm hats, h Main. 
FuUerton John S., (West Townshend) off r 31, overseer of the poor, justice 

of the peace, aged 79, farmer 100. 
Gale Horace O., (Townshend) r 47. dairy 14 cows, wool grower 54 sheep, 17 

head of young stock, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 450. 
Gale Pliny, (Townshend) r 16, farmer 84. 
Garfield Oscar R. & Son, (West Townshend) r 30, (Sidney O.,) dealers in 

young stock, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmers 175. 
Garfield Oscar R., (West Townshend) r 30, (O. R. & Son,) town agent, dep- 
uty sheriff, and lister. 
Garfield Sindey O., (West Townshend) r 30, (O. R. & Son.) 
Gleason Frank E., (West Townshend) peddler. 

Gleason Marcia A. Mrs., (West Townshend) widow of Charles, h and lot. 
GOODELL A. A. & CO., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell, H. S. Kidder, 

and W. R. Livermore,) manufs. and dealers in chair stock, all kinds of 

lumber, own 95 acres of timber land. 
GOODELL A. A., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.,) Main st. 
Goodell Catherine Mrs., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Amasa, aged 91. 
Gould Charles C, (Townsend) r 33, farmer 60. 
Gould Ehzabeth, (Townshend) r 48^, resident. 
Gould William F., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 40, aged 74. 
Gray Charles S., (Townshend) r 32, apiarist 11 swarms, farmer 100. 
Gray Veslerma H., (Townshend) r 35 cor 34, owns farm 150. 
Greenwood Asa B., (Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 650 trees, farmer 160. 
Hall Charles H., (Townshend) r 14, carpenter and joiner, farmer. 
Hammil Peter, (W^est Townshend) r 9, farmer, leases 80. 
Harris Daniel, (West Townshend) r 31, mechanic and jobber, h and lot. 
Harris Elmer J., (West Townshend) r3i, son of Daniel. 
HARRIS EDWIN D., (Townshend) r 32, dealer in flour and feed, owns 

farm 66. 
Harris Lucius J., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer, son of Daniel. 
Harris Norman W., (Townshend) r 48, farmer, leases of C. C. Taft 45. 
HASTINGS EDWIN L., (Townshend) off r :i8^, depot master, wool grower 

TOO sheep, farmer 125. He is the first man who put in a silo in this 

town, 125 tons capacity. 
Hastings Holland J., (Townsend) r 14, farmer, owns with H. H. Carr 123. 
Hastings Loren W., (Townshend) r 32, prop, grist-mill. 
Hastings Nathan, (Townshend) r 38^, farmer 90. 
HAZELTON EDWARD R., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer, served five 

years in 2d U. S. Infantry. 
Hewes Orasmus H., (Grafton) r 8, farmer. 
Hewes Richard, (Grafton) r 8, farmer 250. 

Hescock Sylvester, (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 70, and in Jamaica 150. 
Holbrook Harriet, (Townshend) cor r 32 and 37, widow of Arba E. 
Holbrook Harvey P-, (Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 100 trees, farmer 200, 

aged 75. 
HOLBROOK HUGH H., (Townshend) r 32, director of Windham Co. 

Savings Bank, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols., sugar orchard 700 trees, 

farmer 220. 



TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 49 1 



I 



Holbrook Mary J., (Townshend) r 32, teacher. 

Holbrook Sybil, (Townshend) r 32, teacher. 

Holden Charles C, (West Townshend) r 11 cor 31, laborer. 

HOLDEN CHESTER O., (Wardsboro) r 42, sugar orchard, farmer 250. 

Holden Eddie W., (Townshend) r 29^, farmer. 

Holden Evie, (Wardsboro) r 43, teacher. 

Holden Eora M., (Wardsboro) r 42, teacher. 

HOLDEN PHILEMON, (Grafton) r 19, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer, 

200 in Athens, and 150 in Townshend. 
HOLDEN ZENAS D., (Grafton) r 6, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 150. 
Holland Hannah, (Townshend) r 32, widow of Reba, resident, aged 100 

years. 
Holland Henry C, (Townshend) r 46, farmer with his father, T. J., 200. 
Holland Phebe, (Townshend) cor r 32 and 37, widow of Joab, h and lot. 
Holland Thomas J., (Townshend) r 46, farmer with his son, Henry C, 200. 
Holland WiUiam S., (Townshend) prop, of livery stable. 

HOLMES EDWARD A., (West Townshend) prop, grist-mill, h and 4 acres. 
HOLT CYRUS P., (Townshend) off r 39, farmer 160. 
Houghton George H., (Townshend) r 39, rst selectman, sugar orchard 340 

trees, wool grower 40 sheep, breeder of Durham cattle, farmer 275, and 

143 timber land. 
Houghton Henry W., (Townshend) clerk for E. J. Knapp. 
HOWARD ANSON O., (Townshend) off r 40, farmer with Obadiah. 
Howard Choate O., (Townshend) farmer, son of O. S. 

Howard David, (Townshend) r 44^^, farmer 159, with his son W. H. M., 155. 
Howard Emery, (West Townshend) r 12, laborer. 

HOWARD HANNAH E., (Townshend) widow of AureHus C, resident. 
HOWARD HORACE C, (Townshend) attorney at law. 
Howard Minerva A., (^West Townshend) r 3, h and lot. 

Howard Obadiah, (Townshend) off r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 107. 
HOWARD ORMANDO S. Hon., (Townshend) retired farmer 500, aged 68. 
Howard WiUiam H. M., (Townshend) r 44, farmer with his father, David, 155. 
Howe Abram F., (West Townshend) r 10, highway surveyor, wool grower 40 

sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 300. 
Howe Clark, (W^est Townshend) r 10, farmer, aged S;^. 
Howe Otis E., (West Townshend) section hand B. & W. R. R. 
Howe Waitstill V., (West Townshend) cor r 12 and 13, farmer, leases Taft 

estate 100. 
Ingalls AUurus H., (West Townshend) blacksmith, employee of J. G. Adams. 
Ingalls William H., (Townshend) r 32, blacksmith, carriage-maker and gen- 
eral repairer. 
Jacobs John, (Townshend) r 25, farm laborer, h and 8 acres. 
Jenison A. Judson, (South Windham) r i, farmer 118. 
Jenison Dana H., (Townshend) r 27, leases of Edson Derry 150. 
Jenison Elliott, (Townshend) r 29^^, farmer 99. 
Jenison Romanzo F., r 37, prop, of bobbin mill. 
Jenison Sehm W., (West Townshend) r, — , h farmer 6. 
Jenison William O., (West Townshend) farmer 75. 
Jenkins John W., (Townshend) r 28, laborer. 
Jenkins Samuel W., (Townshend) r 28, farmer. 
Johnson Carlos C, (Townshend) cor r 25 and 28, dealer in sheep, sugar 

orchard 500 trees, farmer 65. 
JOHNSON EDWIN S., (Townshend) r 41, sugar orchard 320 trees, leases 

of John Underwood farm of 70. 



492 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Johnson John W., (Townshend) off r 21, wool grower 35 sheep, sugar orchard 

400 trees, and farmer 255. 
Jones Charles, (West Townshend) r 10, sugar orchard 160 trees, farmer 144. 
Jones Emery S., (Townshend) r 12, laborer. 
Kellogg John W., (West Townshend) clerk for C. P. Barrett. 
KENYON HENRY B., (Townshend) r32, alio, physician and surgeon. 
Kidder Herbert S., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.) farmer 16. 
Kimball Charles O., (West Townshend) r3i, teacher of penmanship, 
KIMBALL FRED S., (Newfane) r 49, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple 

orchard 100 trees, and farmer 120. 
Kimball John R., (West Townshend) wheelwright, and manuf. of hght and 

heavy wagons. 
KNAPP EDWARD J., (Townshend) r 32 cor 38, dry and fancy goods, 

groceries, crockery, glassware, and ready-made clothing. 
Lawrence Benjamin F., (Townshend) r 20, laborer, employee of J. L. 

Nichols. 
Lawrence Kimball D., (West Townshend) r 10, farmer 75. 
Lawrence William A., (West Townshend) r 10, farmer with K. D. 
LAWRENCE WILLlAxM B., (West Townshend) off r 10, dairy 11 cows, 

25 young cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 200. 
Leonard Joel S., (Townshend) r 31, farmer 85. 
Leonard William, (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer, h and lot. 
Livermore Frank S., (Townshend) r 48^, lives with his father, J. L. 
Livermore Fred F., (Townshend) off r 39, farmer 160, with A. F. Livermore, 

of Londonderry. 
Livermore Jonas L., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 250, and on r 45, farmer 160. 
Livermore William R., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.) 
Lowe George J., (Townshend) r 40, owns farm 25. 
LOWE LESLIE D., (Townshend) r 40, fruit grower, wool grower 50 sheep, 

sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 300. 
Manning William H., (Townshend) r 32 cor 37, carpenter and joiner. 
Marcille Moses, (Townshend) r 32, blacksmith. 
Martin Marshall M., (Townshend) r 38, shoemaker. 
MASON ADELBERT A., (Townshend) r 23, lister, dairy 12 cows, wool 

grower 30 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 340. 
MILES WILLIAM H., (Townshend) off r 20, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 215, served in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols. 
Miller Seneca, (Townshend) r 29^, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 136. 
Mitchell Richard S., (Townshend) r 38.I, pastor of Baptist church. 
Morse Elliot S., (Townshend) r 48^^, farmer 230. 
NICHOLS HOLLIS, (Townshend) r 20, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 

200, born on his present farm 1801, aged 83. 
Nichols John L., (Townshend) r 20, farmer 165. 
Ober Elbridge N., (Townshend) r 48^, teacher. 

Ober Kezia, (Townshend) widow of Ebenezer, resident, aged 78. J 

Ober Ora O.; (Townshend) off r 32, wool grower 125 sheep, farmer 275. 1 

Ober Samuel, (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 80, aged 76. 
Page Levi W., (West Townshend) postmaster, grand juror, road surveyor, . 

harnessmaker, and farmer 50. 
Parker Addison J., (Townshend) r 38^, dentist. 

Perry Hernan R., (Townshend) r 24, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 106. 
PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., (Townshend) r 31, town treasurer, counselor 

at law, and farmer 15. 



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493 



Phillips Abner S., (West Townshend) resident. 
Phillips Everett W., (Townshend) r 38^, farmer. 
Phillips Reuben, Townshend) r 38^, farmer 175. 
Phillips Rolla D., (Townshend) laborer. 
Pierce Albert R., (West Townshend) resident. 
Pierce Franklin, (Townshend) r 46, farmer 130. 

Pierce George R., (West Townshend) r 10, sugar orchard 900 trees, far- 
mer 90. 
Pierce Nathan, (West Townshend) retired farmer, aged 82. 
Plumb Francis E., (Townshend) r 38^, carpenter and joiner, farmer 100, 

Harmonyville. 
Pomroy David A., (West Townshend) r 30, miller. 

Pomroy Nathaniel B., (Townshend) dealer in wool, farmer 30, h Main. 
Porter George Rev. Dr., (Townshend) Cong, clergyman. 
PRATT BRADLEY D., (Townshend) r 38! house painter, and paper- 
hanger, h and lot. 
Pratt Cynthia B., (Townshend) r ;i8^, widow of Oliver C, resident. 
Prouty George O., (Townshend) laborer. 
Rand Frank T., (Townshend) laborer. 

RAND FRED C, (Townshend) r t,8^, teamster, dealer in horses, h and lot. 
Rand Henry E., (Townshend) r 46, farmer 130. 
Rand Theodore C, (Townshend) r 38^, insurance agent. 
Randall Herbert A., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer, with Moses. 
Randall Moses, (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 180. 
Rawson C. W., (Townshend) laborer, 
Redfield Marshall C, (Townshend) off r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower 20 sheep, and farmer, leases 120. 
Rhoades Janson W., (Townshend) r38^, miller, employee of Nelson Winslow. 
Richardson Alverdon O., (West Townshend) r 9, with his father, David B., far- 
mer 140. 
Richirdson David B., (West Townshend) r 9, withhisson, Alverdon O., far- 
mer 140. 
Robbins Frank H., (Grafton) r 16, farmer, with Nathan. 
Robbins Nathan, (Grafton) r 16, farmer 85. 

Ross Susan, (Townshend) r 32, resident, owns with S. G. Ewings 49 acres. 
Rutter Phillip H., (Townshend) r 48^, breeder of thoroughbred, Short-horn 
cattle, reg., dairy 10 cows, town representative, farmer 290, in New- 
fane 40. 
Salisbury Henry, (Townshend) postmaster, town clerk, and undertaker, owns 

timberland 25. 
Sanders Hynes W., (Townshend) r 32, carriage maker and repairer, carpenter 

and joiner. 
SANDERSON I. EUGENE, (West Townshend) r 30, shoemaker and 

repairer. 
Sanderson Royal, (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer, owns h and garden. 
Scott Martha, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of VV^alter, tailoress. 
Shattuck Edmund (Townshend) r 27, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. 
SIMPSON CHARLES C, (Townshend) r 38, Townshend, Grafton, and 

Bellows Falls stage driver and mail carrier. 
SIMPSON HERBERT W.. (Townshend) son of C. C. 
Simpson Oliver W., (Townshend) r 28 cor 29, farmer 75. 
Smith Betsey, (Grafton) r 19, widow of E. D., resident, aged 74. 
Smith Fred, (Townshend) r 44^, leases with A. W. Cudworth, of O. S. How- 
ard, 320. 



494 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 



Smith R. W., (West Townshend) r — , h and lot. 

Snow Alroy A., (Townshend) off r 43, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 140. 

Snow Eunice. (Townshend) r 38, widow of Ambrose, resident, aged 85. 

Sparks Martin A., (Townshend) laborer. 

Stebbins Charles Q., (Townshend) r38, dairy 10 cows, wool grower 50 sheep, 
sugar orchard 375 trees, secretary and treasurer of Leland & Gray 
Seminary, farmer 400, prop, of silo of 100 tons capacity. 

STODDARD ABISHAI Hon., (Townshend) r ^8, attorney, judge of pro- 
bate, aged 72, owns farm 30. (Moved to Westminster.) 

Stoddard James W., (Townshend) owns on r 41 farm 150. 

Stratton Charles H., (West Townshend) owns farm 229. 

Swan Ballou, (Townshend) r 38^, retired. 

Suitzer Christopher J., (West Townshend) Cong, clergyman. 

Taft Charles C, (Townshend) r 38^, manuf, and dealer in light and heavy 
harness, owns farm 45. 

Taft Elzina E., (Townshend) r 38, widow of Willard, h and lot. 

Taft George F., (West Townshend) employee of J. H. Fullerton. 

TAFT GEORGE W., (West Townshend) r 12, retired farmer 300. 

Taft Hannah P., '(Townshend) r 23, resident, aged 92 years. 

TAFT JOSIAH* W., (West Townshend) r 12, farmer 150. 

Taft OUve, (West Townsend) widow of Josiah, resident,^ aged 90, owns farm 

Terrell Clark M., (Townshend) r 38, alio, physician and surgeon. 

Thayer Jason D., (Townshend) r 33, farm 170. 

Thayer Lucien O., (Townshend) r 32, farmer 65. 

Thompson Agnes A., (South Windham) r 2, teacher. 

Thompson Sarah A., (South Windham) r 3 teacher, 

Thompson Wm. Henry, (South Windham) r 2, farmer 165, wool grower 25 

sheep. 
Thompson Sarah J., (West Townshend) widow of Frank, resident. 
Townsend Antoinette, (Townshend) widow of Eugene, owns mill and 14 acres. 
Tuttle Otis C, (Townshend) r 35, farmer 180. 

Twitchell Henry M., (Townshend) 38^, farm laborer, leases h of Mrs. Powers. 
Twitchell Lucius N., (Townshend) r 38, farmer 200. 
Twitchell Nellie H., (Townshend) r 38, teacher of instrumental music. 
Underwood Henry, (Townshend) r ;^8, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower, 

breeder of grade Durham cattle, farmer 240. 
Wade Thomas, (Townshend) section foreman B. & W. R. R., Harmon ville. 
Ware John J. H., (Townshend) r 32, (J. B. W. & Son ) 
WARE JOSEPH B., Dea., (Townshend) r 32, (J. B. W. ^ Son.) 
WARE JOSEPH B. & SON, (Townhsend) r 32, (John J. H.) breeders and 

dealers of Jersey cattle, dealers in sheep, dairy 16 cows, and farmers 

350. 
Watson Margaret S., (Townshend) r 28, widow of James, farmer 40. 
Weatherbee Elliott M., (Townshend) r 37, blacksmith, employee of W. H. 

Ingalls. 
West River House, (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, O. F. Coombs, prop. 
Wheeler Ebenezer C, (West Townshend) r 30, deacon of the Cong, church, 

farmer 15, 
Wheeler Ronell W., (West Townshend) r 9, farmer with W. T. 
Wheeler William T., (West Townshend) r 9, sugar orchard 300 trees, 20 head 

young cattle, and farmer 235. 
Wheelock Catherine, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Lucius T., resident with 

her daughter Mrs. L. H. C^than, aged 90. 



TOWN OF VERNON. 495 



Whitcomb John C, (Townshend) off r 32, farmer. 

Whitcomb Roswell, (Townshend) off r 32, farmer 130. 

White Andrew J., (Townshend) cor r 34, 35 and 37, farmer, leases of V. H. 
Gray 150. 

Whitney Windsor W., (Townshend) r 36, leases of R. Bemis, of Athens. 

Wilder Frank I., (West Townshend) r 30. dentist. 

Willard Charles Dea., (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer. 

WILLARD CHARLES H., 2nd, (Townsend) r 381, prop, of shingle-mill, 
saw-mdl and chair stock factory. 

Willard Fred H., (Townshend) r 29^, farmer 140. 

WILLARD WARNER H., (Townshend) r 38I lives with his son. 

Williams Samuel E., (West Townshend) r 30, grocer, peddler, farmer 160. 

Wilson Andrew J., (Townshend) manuf and dealerinall kinds of tin ware. 

Winslow Abba A., (Townshend) r 28, widow of George, farm 40. 

Wmslow George P., (Townshend) r 28, farmer with Abba A. 

Winslow Nancy, (Townshend) widow of Peleg, Harmonyville. 

WINSLOW NELSON, (Townshend) r 38! deputy sheriff, prop, of grist-mill. 

WINSLOW SAMUEL D. 2d, (Townshend) cor r 33 and 38, deacon of Con- 
gregational church, president of Windham Co. Savings Bank, general 
merchant, druggist and dealer m flour and feed. 

Wiswell Catharine, (Townshend) r 32, widow of Samuel H., h and lot. 

Wood David H., (West Townshend) off r 10, farmer, leases of Taft estate 
100. 

Wood John, (Townshend) r 13, farmer 100. 

Wood George N., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer, with N. W. 

Wood Lucy B., (West Townshend) r 31, widow of Joseph, resident, aged 93. 

WOOD NORMAN W , (West Townshend) r 31, 2d selectman, dairy 10 
cows, wool grower 50 sheep, and dealer in cattle, farmer 500. 

Wright Henry C, (Grafton) r 19, fruitgrower, aparist 8 swarms, farmer 160. 



VERNON. 

(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

ALLEN JASON C. (Vernon) r 21, justice of the peace, farmer, leases of 

Robert Allen 100. 
ALLEN ROBERT, (Vernon) r 21, manuf. of Allen's cholera and dysentery 

syrup, peddler and agent for patent medicines and stationery, farmer 100. 
BAILEY LAURA E., (Vernon) r 14, (Mrs. S. W.) cloak and dressmaker. 
BAILEY SILAS M., (Vernon) r 14^ farmer, leases of Hiram DooHttle, h 

and lot. 
BARBER FRANKLIN, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, tobacco grower, 

farmer 50, in Mass. 69. 
BARBER GEORGE F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, dentist, office at 

Franklin Barber's. 
Beers J. Addison, (Vernon) r 14, tanner, and farmer. 
Bemis Charlie W., (Vernon) r 9, farm laborer. 
Bishop Willard I., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, telegraph operator, station 

agent Connecticut R. R. R. and New London Northern R. R. 



49^ TOWN OF VERNON. 



Bishop Carl S., (West Northfield, Mass.,) night telegraph operator for Conn. 
R. R. R. 

Blanchard Hosea, (Vernon) r 21, farmer 48. 

BROOKS ADDISON L., (Vernon) r loi leader of Brooks & Mellendy's 
orchestra, slater, carpenter, and farmer. 

BROOKS CHANDLER R., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, farmer, with 
Nathaniel. 

Brooks Eugene L., (Vernon) r 10, son of L. C. 

Brooks George M., (Vernon) off r 20, dairy 9'cows, farmer, leases of Na- 
thaniel Brooks 100. 

Brooks Henry N., (Vernon) r 14 cor 15, tobacco grower, and farmer, leases 
of Nathaniel Brooks 30. 

Brooks Lewis, (Vernon) r 10^, farmer 68. aged 79 years. 

BROOKS LEWIS C, (Vernon) r 10, farmer 34. 

BROOKS NATHANIEL, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 10, dairy 9 cows, 
farmer 100. 

Brooks Sarah M., (Vernon) r jo^, widow of M. C. 

Brooks Uriel, (Vernon) r 12, carpenter and builder, farmer 30. 

Brosnahan Patrick, (Guilford) r 5, farmer 200. 

BROWN LOWELL W.,(West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, 3d selectman, breeder 
of Jersey cattle, farmer 300. 

Brown Edwin B., (Vernon) r 10, carpenter and farmer 23. 

Brown Fred L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, farmer 290. 

BROWN J. ALEXANDER, (Vernon) r 10, lister, farmer 103. 

BROWN LORENZO, (West Northfield, Mass.,) justice of the peace, town 
grand juror, agent for fertilizers, retired farmer, aged 78. 

Brown Martin H., (Vernon) r 23, son of W. H. 

Brown Oren W., (Vernon) r 10, farmer. 

Brown Sally, (Vernon) r 20, widow of Jeremiah, aged 85 years. 

Brown William H., (Vernon) r 23, farmer 127. 

Bryant Nahum F., (Vernon) r 14, retired lawyer, farmer r5o. 

Burrows Buelah M., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of J. F. 

Burrows Isabella J., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of H. W. 

Burrows Jarvis F., (Vernon) r 9^^, laborer. 

BURROWS WARNER W. H., (Vernon) r 9I, fireman on New London 
Northern R R. 

Butterfield George H., (Vernon) r 11, butcher and farmer. 

Carroll Michael, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, laborer. 

Clark Charles M., (Vernon) r 10, farmer, leases of M. Lee 100. 

Clark Charlotte H., (Vernon) r g^, widow of Samuel. 

Coffee William, (Vernon) r 14, retired gardener, aged 83 years. 

Coller Watson, (Vernon) r 20, tin peddler. 

Combs Charity T., (Vernon) r 20, widow of Chauncey P., farmer 17. 

Cone Charles F., (Vernon) r 10 cor 20, farmer 10. 

Cook Calvin L., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, section hand on New Lon- 
don Northern R. R. 

Cook Salmon Rev., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 18, farmer 30. 

CROWELL HILAND R., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, postmaster in 
Mass., dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, Yankee notions, 
hardware, patent medicine, also flour, ^ store in town of Northfield and 
the other in Vernon, residence Northfield, Mass. 

DAVIS CHARLES E., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, wagon repairer, farmer 25. 

Davis Samuel W., (Vernon) r 9, farmer. 



TOWN OF VERNON. 497 



Doolittle Rodney D., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, car inspector for Conn 
R. R. R. 

Dunnakin Calvin J., West Northfield, Mass.) r x6, basket maker and laborer. 

Dunklee Adelbert A., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, school teacher. 

DUNKLEE NELSON, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, farmer 102. 

Dunklee Wesley N., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, son of Nelson. 

Eames James M., (Guilford) off r 4, farmer 117. 

Eason Timothy W., (Vernon) r 9, (Prescott & Eason) repairer for New Lon- 
don R. R. 

EDDY LSAAC, (Brattleboro) r 2^, farmer 200. 

Emerson Frank H., (Brattleboro) r 2^, farmer 55. 

FAIRMAN DWIGHT S., (Vernon) r 10, farmer, leases of Mrs. H. N. 
Witt 25. 

Fairman Elijah, (Vernon) r 12, retired farmer, aged 76. 

FAIRMAN ELIZABETH, (Vernon) r 9, widow of Wilder H., farmer 66 

FAIRMAN GEORGE E., (Vernon) r 9I, carpenter and farmer. 

FAIRMAN HENRY W., (Vernon) r 9, prop, of custom grist-mill, and far- 
mer with Ehsabeth. 

Fairman John, (Vernon) r 20, Baptist mmister, resident. 

Fairman Maria, (Vernon) r 22, widow of Asa, farmer 18. 

FAIRMAN MARY A., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of Edward J. 

Fairman Samuel C, (Vernon) r 22 farmer. 

Fairman SuUivan A., (Vernon) r 22, farmer,. 

FAULKNER DAVID S., (Guilford) r 4, overseer for C. N. Johnson, of 
Turner's Falls, Mass., farmer 300. 

Finn Daniel J., (West Northfield, Mass.) oil r 19, works for Conn. R. R. R. 

Finn John A., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, brakesman on Conn 
R. R. R. 

Finn Michael J., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, section boss Conn 
R. R. R. 

Finn Richard R., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, telegraph operator for Conn 
R. R. R. 

FRANKLIN JOSEPH E., (Guilford) r 4, farmer, with W. A. 

FRANKLIN WOODBURN A., (Guilford) r 4, proprietor of cider-mill, far- 
mer 170. 

Freeman Joel A., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, shoemaker, and farmer 

FRENCH CHESTER W., (Vernon) off r 3, farmer 60. 

Frost Julius O., (Vernon) r 14, traveling salesman, dealer in grain and flour 
in Hartford, Conn., breeder of full blood Jersey cattle, dairy 10 cows 
farmer 45. 

GOODWILLIE THOMAS, (Vernon) r 14, physician and surgeon, justice 
of the peace, farmer 38. 

GOULD GILBERT F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) 3d selectman, farmer 160 

GOULD LEWIS F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, retired farmer. 

GRANT GEORGE W., (Vernon) r 21, agent for Dr. Garland's sanitary 
lamp filler, family bibles, and other works. 

GRAVES EDWIN F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, switchman for Conn 
R. R. R. 

Graves Julia, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, widow of Edward. 

Hamilton Henry L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) off r 19, engineer on Conn 
R. R. R. 

HARRIS CHARLES S., (Vernon) r 10, retired farmer 25. 

Harris EUza, (Vernon) r 10, widow of Austin, resident. 



498 TOWN OF VERNON. 



HASKELL CHARLES F. B., (Vernon) r 14, civil engineer, farmer 3. 

HEARD EDMUND M., (Vernon) r 9, tobacco grower, farmer 133, 

Hickey Frank, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, farm laborer. 

Hill Benjamin, (Vernon) off r 9^, laborer. 

HOUGHTON SAMUEL B., (West Northfield Mass.,) off r 18, town audi- 
tor, tobacco grower, dairy 10 cows, farmer 200. 

Howe Fran Celia, (Vernon) r 3, widow of Arad H. 

Howe David, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, barber. 

Howe Lydia, (Vernon) r 3, widow of Ebenezer, Jr. 

HOWE WARREN M., (Vernon) r 3, farmer, leases of Lydia Howe 150. 

HUBBARD GEORGE H., (Vernon) r 3, hop and tobacco • grower, far- 
mer 1 16. 

JACKSON CHARLES, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 20, deputy sheriff, far- 
mer, leases of Mrs. Cora Fox, of New York City, 150. 

Johnson Charles S., (Vernon) r 2;^, farmer 160. 

JOHNSON D WIGHT, (Vernon) r 20, constable and collector, dairy 12 
cows, agent for Ferguson's creamery, Elmer's double acting churn, 
dealer in corn, cotton seed, and oil meal, and feed, farmer 225, in Guil- 
ford i 12. 

Johnson Elias P., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, farmer 22. 

JOHNSON FREDERICK W., (Vernon) r 15, town representative, town 
agent, farmer 77. 

JOHNSON HARRIET, (Vernon) r 15, widow of WiUiam. 

Johnson Isaiah W^., (Vernon) r 15, retired farmer 63. 

Johnson Israel, (Vernon) r 3o, house painter, and paper-hanger, farmer 60. 

Johnson Solomon B., (Guilford) off r 8, farmer 100. 

JOHNSON T. WEBSTER, (Vernon) r 15, 2d selectman, farmer, leases of 
Isaiah W. 60. 

Johnson T. W. & W. D., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (Thurlow W. and 
Walter D.,) props, of grist and saw-mill, dealers in feed and grain, also 
meat market. 

Johnson Thurlow W., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (T. W. & W. D.,) 
butcher and meat peddler. 

Johnson Walter D., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (T. W. & W. D.) 

Kendall Dan, (Vernon) r 21, farmer 125. 

Kendall Fred B., (Vernon) r 21, son of Dan. 

LEE CHESTER, (Vernon) r 17, farmer 35. 

LEE GEORGE N., (Vernon) r 14 cor 13, blacksmith, grower of vegetables 
and plants for market, farmer 96. 

LEE GEORGE W., (Vernon) r 21, hop grower for 45 years, and farmer 150. 

LEE MARSHALL, (Vernon) r 10, farmer 150. 

Lillis Michael, (Guilford) off" r 5, farmer 100. 

Logan George W., (Vernon) r 9, farmer 5. 

Mack James, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, laborer. 

Mack John, (West Northfield, Mass.,) off r 17, farmer 10. 

Marshall Henry C, (Vernon) r 11, house painter and paper hanger. 

MARSHALL JAMES, (Vernon) r 11, farmer 83, 

McNulty Bernard, (West Northfield, Mass.,) section foreman of New London 
Northern R. R., Vermont and Massachusetts division. 

MILLER SIDNEY L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, aged 75, farmer 167. 

MORGAN JAY H., (Vernon) r 13, breeder of Jamestown Poled cattle, and 
farmer 60. 

Merrill Charles, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, farm laborer. 



TOWN OF VERNON. 



499 



MORRILL JOSIAH M., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, conductor on Conn. 

R. R. R. 
NEWTON CHARLES H., (Vernon) (Tyler & Newton,) prop, of cider mill, 

hop grower, and farmer 140. 
Newton Daniel, (Vernon) off r 17, farmer 50. 

Newton William A., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, shoemaker, and farmer 27. 
Newton William E., (Vernon) r 20, farmer 40. 
Norton Charles H., (Vernon) r 9, civil engineer. 
NORTON RICHARD H., (Vernon) r 9 cor 9I butter maker for Mrs. R. 

A. Norton. 
NORTON ROSSILLA A., (Vernon) r 9 cor 9^, widow of E. L., dairy 43 

cows, butter a specialty, and farmer 800. 
O'Rourke Michael, (West Northfield. Mass.,) offr 19, works for the Conn R 

R. R. 
Peeler Abigial L., (Vernon) r 9, widow of Rodolphus, farmer 5. 
PEELER ALLENDER, (Vernon) r 13, carpenter and builder, and farmer 39. 
Peeler Benjamin H., (Vernon) r 3, farm laborer. 
Peeler Cyrus W., (Vernon) r 9^, farm laborer. 
Peeler Elliot R., (Vernon) r 9, carpenter and farmer. 
Peeler Ethan L., (Vernon) r 9, blacksmith. 
Peeler Mansel H., (Vernon) r 9!^, farm laborer. 
Pierce Charles I., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19,- farmer 60. 
Phetteplace Ann Mara, (Vernon) r 9^, resident. 
Powers Martin H., (Vernon) off r 10, works oa repairs on New London 

Northern R. R. 
Prescott Daniel P., (Vernon) r 9^, (Prescott & Eason) foreman of repairs on 

New London Northern R. R. 
Prescott & Eason, (Vernon) r 14, (Daniel P. P. and Timothy W. E.) manuf. 

of bone meal, also manufacturers of lumber, custom feed grinding. 
Ramsdell Mary, (Vernon) r 15, widow of John C. 
Randolph Edmund, (Vernon) r 9, shoemaker. 
Ray Gilbert W., (Vernon) r 20, carpenter, sawyer and farmer. 
Ray Nancy A., (Vernon) r 20, widow of Francis S., farmer 60. 
Reed Emeline, (Vernon) offr 21, widow of Charles. 
REED MARSHALL I., (Vernon) r 9, ist selectman, justice of the peace 

farmer 60. 
Robbins Lemon, (Vernon) r 21, retired farmer. 
Russell Roswell W., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 16, trackman for Conn R 

R. R. 
Sawyer Brydone, (West Northfield) Mass.) r 19, job teaming. 
Scott Alva E., (Vernon) r 20, tobacco grower, farmer 10. 
SCOTT ELEAZER G., (West Northfield, Mass.) r i8, farmer 90. 
Scott Frank W., (Vernon) r 20, farmer, son of A. E. 
Scott Jane A., (Vernon) r 20, widow of O. A., farmer 76. 
Severance Curtis D., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 18, farmer 75.. 
Severance Fred C, (West Northfield, Mass.)r 18, book agent and peddler. 
Sheldon Russell E., (Vernon) r 10. farm laborer. 
Sherman Charles, ^^ Vernon) r 9, foreman for Mrs. R. A. Norton. 
Slate Charles, (Vernon) off" r 10, shoemaker. 

Smith Charles H., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, clerk for R. F. Smith. 
Smith Robert, (Vernon) offr 20, farmer 14. 
SMITH RUSSELL F., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, prop. South Vernon 

House, livery attached, 



500 TOWN OF VERNON. 



SOUTH VERNON HOUSE, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, Russell F. 

Smith, prop., livery in connection. 
SQUIERS WILLIAM A., (Vernon) r 9, prop, of the Vernon Hotel, Hvery 

in connection. 
Starkey Willie F., (Guilford) r 5, farm laborer. 
Stebbins Albyn A., (Vernon) r 13, farmer, son of G. P. 
Stebbins Alonzo, (Vernon) r 13, dairy 20 cows, stock grower, farmer 157. 
Stebbins Chandler H., (Vernon) off r 14, carpenter and builder. 
Stebbins EHjah, (Vernon) r 13, farmer 50. 
Stebbins George K., (Vernon) r 13, farmer, son of G. P. 
Stebbins George P., (Vernon) r 13. butter maker and farmer 90. 
STEBBINS JOSIE S., (Vernon) r 9^ widow of Seth S., station agent at 

Vernon for Central Vt. R. R., agent for U. S. & C. and American ex- 
press Co., freight agent. 
Stevens Fanny F. H., (.Vernon) r 3, widow of R. D., farmer 116. 
Stockwell Dexter, (Vernon) r 9, farm laborer. 
Stockwell Elijah T., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, and builder. 
STODDARD FAYETTE W., (Vernon) r 21, peddler, dealer in tin, glass 

and wooden ware, and farmer 35. 
Stoddard John F., (Vernon) r 21, miller, and farmer. 
Stoddard Theron C, (Vernon) r 21, farmer. 
Stoddard Willard F., (Vernon) r 21, farm laborer. 
Stone Calvin J., (Vernon) r 22, farmer 15. 
STREETER BENJAMIN A., (Vernon) r 10, general blacksmith, breeder. 

of fancy poultry of all the leading varieties, game fowls a specialty, 

breeder of Rouen and Pecan ducks, farmer 38. 
STREETER NOYES, (Vernon) r 9, blacksmith, and farmer 45. 
Streeter Rachel, (Vernon) r 21^ widow of David. 
Thayer Albert I., (Vernon) r 10, farmer. 

Thayer Chauncey, (Vernon) r 17, architect and builder, and farmer 70. 
Thayer Solomon, (Vernon) r 20, broom maker, farmer 70. 
Thomas Sereno F., (Vernon) r 10, farmer 35. 
Titus Demis Miss, (Vernon) r 9, resident, h and lot. 
TITUS SUMNER, Capt., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19 cor 18, retired 

shoemaker, and farmer too. 
TYLER CHARLES M., (Vernon) r 17, (Tyler & Newton.) 
TYLER ERASTUS, (Vernon )r 18, grower of hops and tobacco, farmer 130. 
Tyler George E., (Vernon) r 18, town superintendent of schools. 
Tyler Harriet, (Vernon) r 18, widow of Erastus, aged 80. 
Tyler Mary, (Vernon) oft" r 21, widow of Asa, farmer 18. 
Tyler Olive B., ((iuilford) r 7 cor 5, farmer 195. 
TYLER & NEWTON, (Vernon; r 17, (Charles M. Tyler, and Charles H. 

Newton,) wholesale and retail dealers in fresh fish and oysters. 
VERNON HOTEL, (Vernon) r 29^, Wm. A. Squiers, prop. 
Washburn Artemas H., (Vernon) r 14, justice of the peace, pound keeper, 

and farmer. 
Weatherhed Alanson E., (Vernon) r 15, butcher and meat peddler. 
WEATERHED JONAS G., (Vernon) r 15, lister, breeder of thoroughbred 

Durham cattle, and farmer 160. 
Wheeler Alonzo W.; (Vernon) off r 21, farmer 17. 
Wheeler Charles W., (Vernon) r 23, farmer 22. 

WHITE BRIDGET A., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, farmer 16. 
White Cyrus M., (Vernon) r 13, carpenter and builder, and farmer 75. 



TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 50I 



White John, (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 14, laborer. 

White- Michael, (West Northfield, Mass.) section man for New London 

Northern R. R. 
WHITE MICHAEL D., (West Northfield, Mass.) oft" r 19, baggage master 

Conn. R. R. R. 
Whithed Addison, (Vernon) r 14, postmaster, town clerk, town treasurer, 

prop, grist and saw-mill, dealer in dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, etc. 
Wilder Elbert H., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, farm laborer. 
Witt Harriet M., (Vernon) r 10, widow of T. [., farmer 25. 
WOODARD FRANCIS H., (Vernon) r 13, farm laborer. 



^ATARDSBORO. 

Raih-oad station is Jamaica, 4 miles north, on B. iS: W. R. R. Tri-vveekly stage. 
(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

Adams Charles A., (South Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 

170. 
Aldrich Russel, (South Wardsboro) r 28, town surveyor, dealer in Durham 

cattle, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 125, and in Newfane 75. 
Allen Charles A., (Wardsboro) r 16, cooper. 
Allen Winslow, (Wardsboro) r38, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, leases of 

Nelson K.ennon, of Bennington, 150. 
Baldwin Riley E., (West Wardsboro) r 23, laborer. 
Barber Emmons D., (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 17. 

BARRETT HERBERT M., (South Wardsboro) r 36 cor 25, farm laborer. 
Barry Lucius M., (Wardsboro) r 6, harness maker. 
Bemis Charles H., (South Wardsboro) r 49, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer, 

leases of Henry Kidder, of Wilmington, 130. 
Bemis Frank W., (Wardsboro) laborer, bds at Wardsboro House. 
Bemis Henry C, (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. 
BENSON DENNIS L., (Wardsboro) r 6, (Benson & Son.) 
BENSON HOLLAND C, (Wardsboro) r 6, (Benson & Son.) 
BENSON & SON, (Wardsboro) r 6, (Holland C. & Dennis L.) hardware 

and tinware, stoves, and house furnishing goods, also blacksmiths. 
Bills Lewis G., (West Wardsboro) r 41 cor ■t^Z, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farmer 140. 
Bishop WiUiam S., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 11'. 
Bissell Edward B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, postmaster. 
Bissell Horace, (Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 60. 
Bissell Lucretia I., (Wardsboro) r 22, widow of George M. 
BHst Abner F., (Wardsboro) r i\, alio, physician. 
Blodgett Elbredge,(West Wardsboro) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. 

Blodgett , (West Wardsboro) r 2, widow of Jonas. 

Boynton George, (Wardsboro) off r 15, mechanic, rents h and lot of A. H. 

Wilber, of Leverett, Mass. 
Boynton Relief, (Wardsboro) r 8, widow of William. 
Briggs Chailes A., (Wardsboro) r 7^, general merchant, h r 8. 
Briggs George W., (Wardsboro) r 8, clerk for Charles A. Briggs. 



502 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 

Brigham Dexter E., (Wardsboro) r y^, farmer lo. 

Brigham Haley F., (Wardsboro) r 7^, retired blacksmith. 

Brown Franklin, (Wardsboro) r 26, road surveyor, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
farmer 117. 

Brown Frederick L., (Wardsboro) r 26, farm laborer. 

Brown Gillman B., (South Wardsboro) r 34, blacksmith, owns farm 9. 

BROWN MANLEY W., (West Wardsboro) (Brown & Shipman,) mechanic, 
owns 40 acres of woodland in Stratton. 

Brown & Shipman, (West Wardsboro) r ig, (Manley W. Brown and Ezra O. 
Shipman,) props, of grist-mill, and manufs. of lumber and shingles. 

Bruce Harvey O., (East Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- 
mer 150. 

BRUCE Wn^LARD G., (East Townshend) r 28, farm laborer. 

Bryant WiUiam A., (Wardsboro) r 7^, Methodist clergyman. 

Butler Dianah, (Wardsboro) r "j^, housekeeper for A. C. Read. 

Carter Lyman, (^West Wardsboro) r 21, farm laborer. 

Chamberlain Moses, (South Wardsboro) r 50, sugar orchard 300 trees, and 
farmer 150. 

Chase Daniel, (Wardsboro) r 6 opp 7^, retired farmer. 

Chase Elery A., (Wardsboro) r 18, farm laborer. 

Chase Ichabod, (Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 100. 

Clark William F., (Wardsboro) r 7^, painter. 

Cobb Hiram N., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 8, farm laborer. 

Cobb Zina E., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 8, farm laborer. 

CoUester Betsey H., (Wardsboro) r 7, widow of John. 

Collins Ezekiel B., (Wardsboro) r 15, farm laborer. 

Collins Lyman B., (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 650 trees, wool grower 
50 sheep, and farmer 400. 

Covey Elmer E,, (South Wardsboro) r 36, farm laborer. 

Covey Nathan, (South Wardsboro) r 36, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool grower 
40 sheep, and farmer 180. 

Davidson Josiah R., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farmer 60. 

Davidson Wallace J., (West Wardsboro) off r 20, sugar orchard 450 trees, 
and farmer 180. 

Davis Hiram, (Wardsboro) r 10, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 65. 

Dexter Avery J., (Wardsboro) r 24, town clerk, ist selectman, justice of the 
peace, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 60. 

Dexter Dehvan C, (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. 

Dexter Frederick H., (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. 

Dexter Roxelana, (Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Daniel. 

DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., (South Wardsboro) oft" r 34, sugar orchard 300 
trees, wool grower 35 sheep, manuf of shingles and cider, dealer in cat- 
tle, and farmer 300. 

Doolittle Oscar B., (South Wardsboro) r 48, sugar orchard 700 trees, and 
farmer 150. 

DURKEE ALMON F., (West Wardsboro) r 17, breeder and dealer in Jer- 
sey cattle, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 13 cnws, and farmer 145. 

EAGER DAVID H., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farmer 30. 

Eddy Alexander, (Wardsboro) r 28, farmer 52. 

Eddy Asa G., (Wardsboro) r 15, carpenter. 

Eddy Maria, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of David. 

Eddy William B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, manuf. of wagon shafts, owns with Ed- 
ward S. Morse 30 acres. 



TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 503 



Edwards Abbott T., (Newfane) (Edwards & Miller,) lives in Newfane. 
Edwards & Miller, (South Wardsboro) r 35, (A. T. Edwards and J. M. Mil- 
ler.) general merchants. 
Ellis Fay, (West Wardsboro) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 165. 
ESTABROOK JEDADIAH C, (Wardsboro) r 24, justice of the peace, 

manuf. of butter tubs, owns farm 8. 
Estabrook Jedadiah C, Jr., (Wardsboro) r 24, painter. 
ESTABROOK SAMUEL G., (Wardsboro) r 24, carpenter. 
FARNUM DAVID, (Wardsboro) off r 9, sugar orchard 650 trees, breeder 

of and dealer in cattle, farmer 175, and in Dover 313. 
Farnum John, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 13. 
Fitts Elmer, (South Wardsboro) r 35, farmer 40. 
Fitts Elwin N., (West Wardsboro) r 17, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 

20 sheep, dairy 8 cows, breeder of Jersey cattle, farmer 100. 
FITTS HENRY N., (West Wardsboro) r 18, constable, collector, sugar 

orchard 500 trees, dairy 20 cows, breeder of Jersey cattle, farmer 250, 

and owns 10 acres in Stratton. 
FITTS OSMER C, (West Wardsboro) r 20, postmaster and general mer- 
chant. 
Flagg Polly B., (West Wardsboro) r lq, widow of Lucius. 
Fletcher Almon D., (Wardsboro) r 6, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200. 
French Horace, (Wardsboro) r 16, retired farmer. 
GALE CHARLES C., (Wardsboro) r 7^, general merchant. 
Gale Nelson B., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 20. 
Gale Wealthy, (Wardsboro) r 6, widow of Gardner. 
Gilfeather FeHx, (South Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 

140. 
Glazier Fred F., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200. 
Glazier John N., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 35. 
Gleason Candace, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, widow of Squire. 
Gleason Ella, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, dressmaker. 
Gleason John E., (Wardsboro) r 7, farm laborer. 
GLEASON MARTIN J., (Wardsboro) r 7, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 

120. 
Gould Betsey, (South Wardsboro) r 31, widow of John. 
Gould Joseph, (South Wardsboro) r 31, sugar orchard 325 trees, farmer 130. 
Graves Esther C., (West Wardsboro) r 17, owns farm with A. F. Durkee. 
Green Mountain House, (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, Henry A. Wait, 

proprietor. 
GURNNEY ANDREW J., (West Wardsboro) off r 2, sugar orchard 300 

trees, farmer 100. 
Hall Henry F., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. 
Hammond Darwin A., (West Wardsboro) rig cor 2, justice of the peace, 

cattle dealer, and farmer 75. 
Harrington Harriet R., (Wardsboro) r 24, widow of Daniel G. 
Harris Lucina, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Clark. 
HASKINS MARSHALL S., (West Wardsboro) off r 22, 3d selectman, 

sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 260. 
Hatch Charles W., (Wardsboro) r 14, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 

28 sheep, and farmer 200. 
HATCH EDWARD R., (Wardsboro) r 14, town surveyor, and farm laborer. 
Higgins Caroline, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Josiah G. 
Higgins Harland P., (Wardsboro) r 25, farmer, leases of John D. Watson 60. 
Hodgkins George, (Wardsboro) bet r 26 and 16 opp 14, tailor. 



504 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 



Holden Erastus J., (West Wardsboro) r 23, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 

100. 
Holden Lyman E., (Wardsboro) r 14, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 

20 sheep, and farmer 190. 
Holden Satira P., (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Culwell. 
Hopkinson Henry M. Rev., (West Wardsboro) r 20, Baptist clergyman. 
Houghton H. N. & L. C, (Green River) r 24, (Horatio N. and Lawson C.) 

manufs. of sweet cider jelly. • 

Howard Abbie, (Wardsboro) r 10, widow of Frederick. 
HOWE EDWARD R., (Wardsboro) r 16, manuf. of lumber, shingles, and 

chair stock, owns 160 acres in Newfane. 
Howe EUiott, (West Wardsboro) r 20, farm laborer. 
Howe Lucretia, (Wardsboro) r 8, widow of Hiram. 
Hoyt William H., (South Wardsboro) r 35, farmer 70. 
Hubbard Charles A., (West Wardsboro) r 23, (C. A. Hubbard & Co.,) 
Hubbard C. A. & Co., (West Wardsboro) r 23, (Charles A. H. and Thomas 

F. Johnson,) manufs. of chopping and butter trays. 
INGALLS JAMES W., (West Wardsboro) r 19, blacksmith, and farmer 8. 
Johnson Edson, (Wardsboro) r 24, farmer 20. 
Johnson Frank, (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 125. 

Johnson Fred, (South Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 240. 
Johnson George S., (South Wardsboro) r 26, postmaster, retired farmer. 
Johnson Laura, (South Wardsboro) r 26, widow of Willard. 
Johnson Lawrence A., (Wardsboro) r 10, widow of William, owns farm with 

Martin Johnson. 
JOHNSON MARTIN L., (Wardsboro) r 10, opp. 11, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, farmer 230. 
Johnson Nathaniel B., (South Wardsboro) r 29 cor 28, retired farmer, owns 

farm of 150 acres with H. E. Kidder. 
Johnson Norman C, (South Wardsboro) r 35 cor 26, justice of the peace, 

sugar orchard 375 trees, farmer 130. 
JOHNSON THOMAS F., (West W^ardsboro) r 23, (C. A. Hubbard & Co.,) 

carpenter and auctioneer, farmer 11. 
Jones Owen M., (South Wardsboro) r 46, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 93. 
Kendall George B., (Wardsboro) r 37, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 100. 
Kidder Harriet, (Wardsboro) r 38, widow of Foster. 
KH)DER HENRY M., (Wardsboro) r 14, 2d selectman, sugar orchard 

1,270 trees, farmer 385. 
Kidder Herbert E., (South Wardsboro) r 35, manuf. of chair stock, shingles, 

lumber. &c., owns farm of 150 acres with N. B. Johnson. 
Kilburn Dan, (Wardsboro) off r 13, farm laborer. 
Knights Edmund E., (Wardsboro) r 7^, laborer. 
Lamson Caleb B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, manuf. of chair stock, and lumber, owns 

25 acres. 
Leonard Martin, (West Wardsboro) r ig cor 2, sugar orchard 640 trees, wool 

grower 26 sheep, farmer 285. 
Lyman Lucius, (West Wardsboro) r 21, farmer 15. 
Marsh Osborn, (South Wardsboro) r 34, farmer 35. 
MARTIN ADDISON J., (Wardsboro) r 6, wheelwright, justice of the peace, 

and local preacher. 
Martin Charles W., (Wardsboro) off r 7^, farm laborer, owns farm 150 in 

Mt. Holly, Rut. Co. 
Martin Franklin, (Wardsboro) off r 7^, botanic physician, farmer 15, and 5 

acres of land in Jamaica. 



TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 505 



May Danford, (Wardsboro) r y^, retired farmer. 
May Herbert A., (Wardsboro) bds with H. F. Brigham, farm laborer. 
May Lucy M., (Wardsboro) r 6, widow of William E. 
Metcalf Shubael B., (South Wardsboro) r 48, retired farmer. 
Miller John M., (South Wardsboro) r 35, (Edwards & Miller,) assistant post- 
master. 
MOORE ALMOND B., (South Wardsboro) r 27, farm laborer. 
Moore Joshua, (South Wardsboro) r 27, farmer 120. 
Morse Abigail A., (West Wardsboro) off r 4, widow of Finley S. 
Morse Edw.-rd J., (West Wardsboro) off r 4, farmer 48. 
MORSE EDWARD S., (Wardsboro) r y^, supernumerary minister, manuf. 

of wagon shafts. 
Moulton Ira F. (South Wardsboro) r 48, farmer 75. 
MuUt Frau Mrs., (South Wardsboro) r 35, not hving with her husband, owns 

— acres of land. 
Mundell James, (South Wardsboro) r 35, farm laborer. 
Needham WiUiam, (South Wardsboro) r 48 cor 52, farmer 140. 
NEEDHAM WILLIAM A., (South Wardsboro) r 48 cor 52, farm laborer. 
Newell Lyman M., (Wardsboro) r 24, town treasurer, town agent, farmer 12. 
Newell Oscar M., (West Wardsboro) r 4, farmer 190. 
PARSONS WILLIAM A., (West Wardsboro) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farmer 150. 
PAYNE HENRY Z., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 13. 
Peirce Emerson F., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 30. 
Perry James A., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farm laborer. 
Perry James A. Mrs., (West Wardsboro) r 20, dressmaker. 
Perry James T., (Wardsboro) r 4, retired farmer. 
Perry S. Stephen, (West Wardsboro) r 19, miller, farmer 43. 
PhiUips Samuel S., (Wardsboro) r 6, lister, shoemaker. 
Pierce Curtis R., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 475 trees, farmer 

116. 
Pike Sarah E., (Wardsboro) r 16. widow of Melvin F. 
Plimpton Alice, (Wardsboro) r j^. 
Phmpton Dorr E., (Wardsboro) r y^, machinist. 
Plimpton Edward D., (Wardsboro) r 7^, pro^. of flour and grist-mill. 
Plimpton Martin, (South Wardsboro) r 35, cor 25, farmer 13. 
Pratt Chandler, (Wardsboro) r 7^^, retired. 
Putnam Erwin L., (West Wardsboro) r 40, sugar orchard i,ooo trees, farmer 

160. 
PUTNAM LUCIUS F., (West Wardsboro) r 4, town surveyer, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 270. 
Putnam Phebe P., (West Wardsboro) r 3i, widow of Levi. 
Putnam Prentice B., (Wardsboro) r 24, retired farmer. 
Putnam Salina, (West Wardsboro) r i, widow of George W., sugar orchard 

300 trees, farm 180. 
Putnam William A., (West Wardsboro) r 21, farmer 256. 
Ramsdell Joseph W., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, (J. W. Ramsdell & Son) 

owns farm of 70 with W A. Ramsdell. 
Ramsdell J. W. & Son, (Wardsboro) r 24 (Joseph W. & W. A.) manufs. of 

lumber and run a cider-mill. 
Ramsdell Welcome A., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, (J. W. Ramsdell & Son) 

lister, owns farm of 70 with J. W. Ramsdell. 
Randall Alonzo, (South Wardsboro) r 29 cor 28, retired farmer. 

33 



5o6 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 

Randall George O., (South Wardsboro) farmer, leases of H. E. Kidder and 

N. B. Johnson 150. 
Read Austin B., (South Wardsboro) r 36 cor 35, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

farmer 200. 
Read Austin C, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 65. 
READ EDMUND B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, sugar orchard 300 trees, sexton of 

Methodist church, farmer 12. 
Read Jerome P., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 11. 
READ JUSTIN B., (South Wardsboro) r 32, sugar orchard 250 trees, 

farmer 175. 
READ OTIS M., (South Wardsboro) r 31 cor 34, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

and farmer 85. 
Rice Charles W., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 100. 
Rice Ephraim, (Wardsboro) r 7^, retired farmer 20. 
Rice Ezra L., (West Wardsboro) r 19, blacksmith, and farmer 60. 
Rice Fayette M., (South Wardsboro) r 31, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- 
mer 125. 
Rice Seneca R., (Wardsboro) r 27, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 125. 
Richardson Nathaniel, (South Wardsboro) r 35, Congregational minister, bds 

with John M. Miller. 
Rigby Georgiana, (West Wardsboro) r 20, widow of Rev. George. 
Robinson Fred, (West Wardsboro) r i, farm laborer. 
Robinson Nahum H., (West Wardsboro) r i, farmer 300. 
Robinson Spencer, (Wardsboro) r 38, town re{>resentative, and farmer 140. 
RYDER CHARLES H., (West Wardsboro) r 21, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

and farmer 150. 
SAGE JOHN B., Jr., (South Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, and 

farmer 100. 
Sage Mason A., (West Wardsboro) r4i, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 

230. 
Scranton John S., (South Wardsboro) r 46, farmer 96. 
Scranton Stephen T., (South Wardsboro) r 46, sugar orchard 350 trees, and 

farmer 100. 
Shakshober Anna M.^ (West Wardsboro) off r 23, widow of John, sugar 

orchard 450 trees, and farmer 1x5. 
SHINE MYRON M., (West Wardsboro) off r 41, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

and farmer 150. 
Shipman Ezra O., (West Wardsboro) r 19, (Brown & Shipman,) carpenter, 

owns 40 acres of woodland in Stratton with M. W. Brown. 
Simonds John, (South Wardsboro) r 47, retired farmer. i 

Simonds Lois, (South Wardsboro) r 47. j 

SMEAD HENRY C, (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, shoemaker, and farmer 30.' 
Smead Lucinda G., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, widow of Samuel. 
Smith Alonzo K., (West Wardsboro) r 23, stage driver from Wardsboro Station 

to West Wardsboro. 
Smith Anna E., (West Wardsboro) r 33, widow of Jonas H. 
Smith Betsey B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Richard W. 
Smith David L., (Wardsboro) r 4, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 170^ 
Smith Moses, (Wardsboro) r 16, farm laborer. 
Smith Moses A., (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 13c 
Smith Robert H., (Wardsboro) r 7^, wheelwright and wagonmaker, paini 

ing, etc. 
Smith William, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farm laborer. 



TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 507 



Smith William J., (West Wardsboro) r 4 cor 3, sugar orchard 500 trees, rents 

farm of A. M. Higgins, of Summerville, Mass. 
Snow Daniel, (Wardsboro) r 24, (Snow & Stevens.) 
Snow & Stevens, (Wardsboro) r 24, (D. Snow and L. L. Stevens,) flour and 

grist-mills. 
Sprague Francis C, (Wardsboro) r 24, sugar Orchard 300 trees, farmer 37. 
Stevens Jacob B., (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. 
Stevens Lewis L., (Wardsboro) r 24, (Snow & Stevens,) lister. 
STOCKER DANIEL M., (South Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 600 trees, 

wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 114. 
Streeter Daniel W., (West Wardsboro) r 39, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool- 
grower 29 sheep, farmer 400. 
Streeter John A., (West Wardsboro) r 39, farm laborer. 
Sumner George LL, (Wardsboro) r 24, rents house and lot of L. J. Foster, 

farm laborer. 
Taylor Calvin, (West Wardsboro) retired farmer, bds Green Mountain 

House. 
Thrasher Mary A., (Wardsboro) r 6 off 72, widow of Charles. 
Torry Arthur E., (Wardsboro) r 6. farmer 200. 

UNDERWOOD FRED, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, prop. Wardsboro House. 
Wait Asenith, (Wardsboro) r 5, widow of Luther, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farm 100. 
Wait Dexter, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, retired. 

WAIT ETHELBERT H., (West Wardsboro) r 40, farm laborer, owns saw- 
mill with M. V. B. 
Wait Henry A., (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, prop, of Green Mountain 

House, farmer 35. 
Wait Martin V. B., (West Wardsboro) r 40, owns saw-mill with E. H., sugar 

orchard 400 trees, farmer 450. 
Wait Tyler, (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, retired farmer. 
Wait William, Wardsboro) r 5, farm laborer. 
WAKEFIELD ALDEN, (Wardsboro) r 37, sugar orchard 1,300 trees, 

farmer 250. 
Wakefield Dorr A., (Wardsboro) r 37, farm laborer. 

WARDSBORO HOUSE, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7I Fred Underwood, prop. 
WARE JOHN A., (South Wardsboro) r 35, retired farmer, sugar orchard 

2,000 trees, owns 160 acres of land on r 31. 
Watson Adelphia, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, widow of Asahel, owns hotel. 
Watson John D., (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 200. 
Watson Lydia J., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, dressmaker. 
Webster (ieorge B , (Wardsboro) r 13, farm laborer. 
Wellman Pardon, (West Wardsboro) r 19, retired farmer. 
Wells Dennis Rev., (Wardsboro) r 75, superannuated minister. 
Wells Jesse E., (Wardsboro) r 24, blacksmithing, bds at Lucretia Bissell's. 
Wheeler Emery, (South Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 162. 
Whitaker Asa, (South Wardsboro) bet r 35 and 43, farmer 8. 
WHITAKER GEORGE, (South Wardsboro) bet. r 35 and 43, farm laborer. 
Whitaker Lucy M., (Wardsboro) r 7^. 

Whitaker Walter A., (Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. 
Whitcomb Edgar A., (Wardsboro) r 10, farm laborer. 
WHITCOMB LUTHER A., (Wardsboro) r 10, town surveyor, sugar orchard 

700 trees, farmer 170. 
White Alvin H., (South Wardsboro) r 44, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer, 

leases of Charles Nichols, of Newfane, 275. 



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White Bezaleel, (South Wardsboro) ofif r 26, retired farmer. 

WHITE EDWIN L., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool 

grower 25 sheep, farmer 306. 
WHITE ELIOTT R., (South Wardsboro) r 51, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 

wool grower 50 sheep, dairy 9 cows, cattle dealer, farmer 1,200. 
White Francis A., (Wardsboro) r 4, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 260. 
White Gilford H., (South Wardsboro) r 28, farmer 80. 
White Marshall A., (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 8. 
White Orwell Q., (South Wardsboro) oft^ r 26, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farmer 126. 
White Sarah L., (South Wardsboro) r 51, widow of Marcus. 
Whitcomb Henry, (Wardsboro) r 7^^, retired farmer 13. 
Wilbur George H., (Wardsboro) r 6, wool grower 25 sheep, farmer 150. 
Wilder Clarinda, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of George W. 
Wilder Ellis, (Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 238. 
Wilder Nathaniel, (Wardsboro) r 24, farmer 100. 
Willard Wales H., (Wardsboro) r 16, carpenter, owns 5 acres. 
Woodburn Ann, (Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Charles C., owns farm of 20. 
Wright William G., (South Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 

180. 
Wyman Harriet, (South Wardsboro) r 26, widow of Ebenezer. 



^^ATKSTMINSTKR. 

(For explanations, etc., see page 305. J 

Abbott Abial, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer. 

Abbott Kneeland, (Westminster Station) r 30, retired mason, aged 77 years. 

Albee Almeda Miss, (Westminster) r 34, resident, 

Adams Abel, (Westminster Station) r 30, carpenter. 

Albee Ebenezer H., (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer, 

Albee George H., (VVestminster) r 31, farmer, leases of Ralph Saftbrd 25. 

Aldrich Lyman C., (Saxton's River) r 4, wool grower 120 sheep, farmer 220. 

Allen David, (Westminster) r 31, farmer. 

Ambeau Frank, (Bellows Falls) works in pulp mill. 

Arnold Ambrose, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 250. 

Arnold Charles F., (Westminster Station) r 3c, farmer, leases of Fenelon 125. 

Arnold Fenelon, (Westminster Station) r 30, selectman, farmer 125. 

ASHWELL THOMAS, (Westminster) r 37, sugar orchard 450 trees, and 
farmer 150. 

Atcherson Alexander, (Westminster,) r 34, dealer in furs of all kinds, and 
farmer 5. 

Atcherson Byron F., (Westminster) r 34, manuf. of wagons, carriages and 
sleighs, and general repairer. 

Atwood Fred H., (Westminster Station) r 30, station agent. 

Baker John, (Bellows Falls) r 1 1, laborer. 

Banks Ann C, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Edward, owns house and lot. 

BANKS GEORGE N., (Westminster) r 44, wool grower 125 sheep, and 
farmer 160. 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 509 



Barnes J. J. & L. F., (Saxton's River) r 3, (Joseph J. and Lawrentius F.) 

wool growers 100 sheep, farmers 155, and in Athens 50. 
Barnes Joseph J., (Saxton's River) r 3, (J. J. & L. F.) trapper. 
Barnes Lawrentius F., (Saxton's River) r 3, (J. J. & L. F.) 
BARNES MYRON O., (Westminster' West) off r 38, dealer in cattle, horses, 

hogs, sheep, produce, wagons, etc., farmer, leases of D. C. Graham about 

100. 
Bell George W., (Westminstef West) r 57, farmer, leases of A. P. Ranney 

about 100. 
Bemis Gideon, (Saxton's River) r i, sugar orchard 300 trees, stock raiser and 

farmer. 
Blood Adams A., (Putney) r 59, stock raiser, and farmer 220. 
BOND HENRY F., (Bellows Falls) r 11, roof slating and dealer in furs of 

all kinds. 
BRALEY MARY M., (Westminster West) r 52, farmer 172. 
BRALEY GORHAM C., (Westminster West) r 50, teamster and farmer, 

leases of Christopher Crowell, of Walpole, N. H., 100. 
Brigham Ebenezer, (Westminster) r 31, farmer 195 
Brigham Lyman H., (Westminster) r 31, laborer. 
Brooks James I., (Bellows Falls) r 13, laborer. 
Brooks Thaddeus, (Bellows Falls) r 7 cor. 13, laborer. 
Brooks William H., (Bellows Falls) r 27, white washing and kalsomining. 
Brown Collister J., (Bellows Falls) r 8, (Mrs. Clarence W.) 
Burnham Henry, (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer. 
Burt -Horace, (Westminster Station) r 30, old resident. 
BUTTERFIELD ELWIN G., (Westminster West) r 39, carpenter and 

joiner. 
Buxton Franklin R., (W^estminster West) r 64, retired farmer. 
Buxton Otis F., (Westminster West) r 64, wool grower 40 sheep, and far- 
mer 75. 
CAMPBELL CHARLES H., (Westminster West) r 40, George Campbell's 

Sons. 
CAMPBELL FREU G., (Westminster West) r 40, (George Campbell's 

Sons.) 
CAMPBELL GEORGE C, (Westminster) r 35, cotton planter and farmer 

in Mississippi about 1,450. 
CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (Westminster West) r 40, (E.G. & C. H.) 

agents for St. Albans horse power and threshing machine, and Kemp 

manure spreaders, and breeders and dealers in Spanish Merino sheep. 

breeders of Durham cattle and Poland China hogs, manufs. cider and 

cider jelly, stock growers, and farmers 600. 
Carpenter Bradford W., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer with Ira S. 
CARPENTER HORACE C, (Putney) r 57, dairy 21 cows, and farmer 

260. 
Carpenter Ira S., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer about 100. 
Chandler George W., (Westminster West) r 53, farmer 85. 
Chapin Sarah, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Jacob, owns house and i acre. 
Chapman Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. 
Chase Aaron K., (Westminster Station) r 30, retired farmer, owns h and lot. 
Chase George M., (Westminster) r 66 cor 44, stock grower and farmer 200. 
Chipman Sophronia Miss, (Westminster) r 35, resident. 
CHURCH BETSEY, (Bellows Falls) r 10, widow of Harmon, with Martha 

Mary and Rebecca^ own farm 7 acres. 



510 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



CHURCH CHARLES, (Westminster Station) r 28, breeder of Atwood 
Merino sheep, reg., thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, dealer in live stock, 
and farmer 212. 

Church Charles H., (Westminster Station) r 28, carpenter and farmer. 

Church Fortin J., (Westminster) r 26, teamster and farmer 4. 

Church Martha, (Bellows Falls) r 10. 

Church Mary, (Bellows Falls) r 10, resident. 

Church Rebecca, (Bellows Falls) r 10, resident. 

CHURCH TIMOTHY W., (Bellows Falls) r 11 cor 7, farmer 25. 

Clark Eugene, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. 

Clark Guy, (Bellows Falls) r ti, works in basket factory. 

CLARK J. HUNT, (Westminster West) off r 40, sugar orchard 600 trees, 
breeder of grade Ayrshire cattle, stock grower, and farmer 200. 

Clark Mary C, (Westminster West) r 39, widow of Fessenden. 

Clark Mary F. Miss. (Westminster West) r 39, postmaster. 

Clark Orah P., (Westminster) r 26, widow of Perez. 

Clark Scott, (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. 

Clark Wallace S., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. 

CLARKE JOSEPH, (Westminster) r 46, breeder of grade Jersey and Dur- 
ham cattle, and farmer 150. 

Clay Frank W., (East Putney) r 65, (William B. Clay & Son). 

Clay William B., (East Putney) r 65, (William B. Clay & Son). 

Clay William B. & Son, (East Putney) r 65, (W. B. C. & F. W. C.) dairy 11 
cows, and farmers 100, and in Putney 26. 

Cobb Alfred R., (Westminster) r 35, blacksmith at Bellows Falls. 

Cobb Fred. R., (Westminster) r 35, blacksmith at Bellows Falls. 

Cobb Madison, (Westminster) r 26, blacksmith. 

COBB STEPHEN K., (Westminster Station) r 30, breeder of Durham cat- 
tle, farmer 200. 

Codding Alonzo W., (Westminster West) r 40 laborer. 

COLLINS JOHN L., (Westminster) r 34, farmer 5. 

Cook EUiott J., (Putney) r 61, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer, owns 
about 200 acres with Ivers Cook. 

Cook Ivers, (Putney) r 6r, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer, owns about 
200 acres with Elliott J. Cook. 

COOMBS JOHN B. W., (Westminster West) r 54, stock raiser, farmer 25, 
and leases of Tolman T. 40. 

Coombs Tolman T., (Westminster West) r 54, farmer 40. 

CORY GEORGE M , (Westminster West) r 50, butcher, breeder of thor- 
oughbred Southdown sheep, and farmer 130. 

Cory Imla, (Putney) r 59, retired farmer. 

CORY WILLIAM W., (Putney) r 59, blacksmith, sugar orchard 600 trees, 
stock grower, and farmer 123. 

Corlew Morris, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer 150. 

Crawford Lucinda, (Westminster) r 34, widow of Levi, farmer 6. 

Crowell Henry H., (Westminster West) off r 18, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 
and farmer 96. 

Cutler Bradford, (Westminster) r 31, shoemaker. ■ 

Cutler William, (Westminster) r 31, shoemaker. 

Cutting Franklin H., (Westminster West) student, and farmer, son of Wil- 
liam B. (Gone to Michigan.) 

CUTTING WILLIAM B., (Westminster West) r 39, member of town school 
board, State senator, justice of the peace, lister, and farmer 88. 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 5II 



Cyr Charles, (Bellows Falls) r ii, stone mason. 

Cyr Joseph, (Bellows Falls) r ri, laborer. 

DAGGETT SAMUEL, (Bellows Falls) r 8, stone mason. 

Dascomb Alfred B. Rev., (Westminster) r 31, Congregational minister, pastor 

of church in Bellows Falls. 
Davidson John M., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. 
Davis George C, (Westminster West) r 56, painter. 
Davis Henry E , (Saxton's River) r 3, farmer 134. 
DAVIS MARVIN W., (Bellows Falls) r 10, member of the State Board of 

Agriculture, surveyor, milk dealer, and proprietor River Dale Farm of 

300 acres. 
Davis Seymour A., (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer with M. W. 
Day Elmer, (Westminster West) r 51, farmer. 
DINSMORE HARLAN P., (Westminster West) r 50 coi 53, sugar orchard 

450 trees, and farmer 150. 
Dinsmore Zilpha, died Nov. 22, 1883, aged 83. 
DriscoU Michael, (Bellows Falls) r 8, laborer. 
DRISLANE DENNIS D., (Bellows Falls) r 10, runs milk wagon to Bellows 

Falls, breeder of grade Durham cattle, and farmer 187. 
Drislane John, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer, son of Dennis D. 
Drislane Patrick, (Westminster West) r 38, farmer about 90. 
Drislane Thomas J., (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer, son of Dennis D. 
Dugan John, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. 
Dunham Addison, (Westminster) r 23 cor 38, retired farmer. 
Dunham EHhu, (Westminster) r 23 cor 38, sugar orchard 300 trees, and far- 
mer 50. 
Dunham Frasier O., (W^estminster West) r 39, retired carriage manuf., and 

farmer 50. 
Ellis James H., (Westminster) r 49 cor 44, farmer 150, and in Putney 80. 
Ellis John E., (Westminster) r 42, wool grower 180 sheep, and farmer 210. 
Ellis John F. G., (Westminster) r 32, farmer 2. 
Ellison George P., (Westminster) r 4, farmer about 29. 
FAIRBANKS ALMON E., (Bellows Falls) off r 7, farmer 70. 
Fairbrother Almira, (Westminster) r 45, widow of Eliakiin, resident, aged 74. 
Fairbrother Dighton H., (Westminster) r 45, farmer, leases of Oliver Martin, 

of Walpole, N. H., 40. 
FAIRBROTHER GEORGE H., (Athens) r i, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

wool grower 75 sheep, farmer 140, and in Athens 150. 
Farnham Sarah J., (Westminster) r 34, widow of FrankUn H. 
Farr Austin I., (Saxton's River) r 4, farmer, lives with L. C. Aldrich. 
FARR IVAH N., (Westminster) r 31, retired farmer 50. 
Farr John V., (Westminster Station) r 30, wool grower 100 Merino sheep, 

farmer 73, in Walpole, N. H., 133. 
Farr Nancy S., (Westminster) r 31, daughter of I. N. 
Farr Robert D., (Westminster) r 31, farmer about 230. 
Farr Willis, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. 
Farwell Henry J., (Westminster) r 44, farmer, son of Jason A. 
FARWELL JASON A., (Westminster) r 44, farmer 100. 
Field Timothy H., (Saxton's River) r 17, farmer, son of William. 
Field William, (Saxton's River) r 17, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 150. 
Fish Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 8, sawyer. 
Fish Harrison W., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. 
FISHER OCTAVIUS L., (Westminster) r 31, (P. & O. L. Fisher ) 



512 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



FISHER PLINY, (Westminster) r 31, (P. & O. L. Fisher.) 

FISHER P. & O. L., (Westminster) r 31, (Pliny and Octavius L.) breeders 

of Jersey cattle and Merino sheep, and farmers 160. 
Forest Woolen Co., (Bellows Falls) r u, manufs. of shoddy flocks, dealers 

in rags, waste, &c. 
FOSTER GEORGE (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer no. 
Gage Ada, (Bellows Falls) r n, (Sidney Gage & Co.) 
Gage Sidney, (Bellows Falls) r 11, (Sidney Gage & Co.) 
Gage Sidney & Co., (Bellows Falls) r 11, (Sidney Gage & Ada (iage) saw, 

planing-mill, bracket factory and farmer 50. 
Gates Charles, (Westminster) r 47, farmer 5. 

Geer Eli, (Bellows Falls) r 16, farmer with George E., leases of John Leach. 
Geer George E., (Bellows Falls) r 16, farmer with Eli, leases of John Leach. 
Glynn Henry L., (Saxton's River) r i, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, stock grower, 

farmer 140, and owns 150 of pasture in Athens with William Glynn. 
GODDARD DANIEL, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 90. 
Goodell Charles C, (Westminster West) r 56, sugar orchard 700 trees, fruit 

grower, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 200. 
Goodell Elijah R., (Westminster) r 52, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 

75 sheep, and farmer 250. 
GOODELL FRASIER H., (Westminster West) r 56, sugar orchard 1,300 

trees, breeder of Durham cattle, stock grower, dairy 8 cows, wool grower 

6q sheep, and farmer about 400. 
GOODELL GEORGE F., (Westminster West) r 56, farmer, son of Frasier H. 
Goodell Loren A., (Westminster West) r 55 cor 56, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

dairy 8 cows, farmer 67, and in Grafton 40. 
Goodhue Hiland, (Westminster West) r 39, traveling salesman for Lord & 

Stone, of Fall River, Mass. 
GOODHUE HOMER, (Westminster West) r 39, trustee of surplus revenue 

money, state supervisor of insane, and farmer 30. 
GOODHUE HORACE, (Westminster West) r 38, sugar orchard 360 trees, 

and farmer 213. 
GOODHUE IRA, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 50. 
GOODHUE CHARLES F., (Bellows Falls) r 10, butcher and dealer in 

meats, runs cart to Bellows Falls. 
Goodridge Austin, (Westminster) r 31, postmaster, dry goods and groceries, 

farmer 45. 
GOOLD REUBEN C, (Westminster West) r 40, prop, mail route from 

Saxton's River to Westminster West, and farm 5, 83 years of age. 
GORHAM DAVID C, (Westminster West) off r 38, 2d selectman, breeder 

Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 400. 
Gorham Edwin E., (Westminster West) off r 38, artist, portrait and land 

scape painter. 
GORHAM FREEMAN, (Westminster West) r 61, justice of the peace, 

wool grower 200 sheep, and farmer 500. 
Gorham Henry C, (Westminster West) oft r 38, farmer, son of Daniel C. 
GORHAM JASON, (Westminster West) r 39 cor 40, painter and paper 

hanger, and farmer 65. 
GORHAM WILLIAM A., (Westminster West) r 39 cor 40, painter and pa- 
per hanger. 
Graves Ora W., (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer 12. 
Graves Orpha, (Westminster) r 46, widow of Aaron, aged 85 years. 
Green , (Saxton's River) off^ r 2, farmer, leases of Rev. W. N. Wilbur 

250. 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 513 



Grout Cassandra, (Westminster) r 34, widow of Sylvester, h and 5 acres. 

Hall Charles A., (Westminster West) r 38, farmer about 150. 

Hall Ebenezer, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 50. 

Hall Edward B., (Westminster West) r 39, sugar orchard 700 trees breeder 

of Jersey cattle, reg., wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 400. 
Hall Otis H., (Westminster) r 34, resident. 

Harlow Almira, (Westminster West)r 40, widow of Eldad H., aged 77. 
Harlow Arthur L., (Westminster West) r 21, farmer, son of George C. 
Harlow Charles W., (Westminster West) off r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees wool 

grower 50 sheep, and farmer 120. 
Harlow Eldad H., (Westminster West) r 40, retired farmer, 80'years'of age 

(Died Oct. 17, 1883.) • .V . fe • 

HARLOW GEORGE C, (Westminster West) r 21, overseer of poor, sugar 

orchard 800 trees, stock raiser, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 400. 
HARLOW GEORGE R., (Westminster West) r 39, town representative 

and farmer 8, and of timber 20. 
Harlow Henry (i., (Westminster West) r 40, prop, saw mill, wool grower 50 

sheep, and farmer 160. 
Harris Jonas, (Westminster) r 34, shoemaker and farmer about 25. 
HARRIS ROMANZO A., (Westminster) r 14, farmer, leases of Nelson 

Johnson 140. 
Hathaway Charles, (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer. 
Hay ward Frederick E., (Westminster) r 31, farmer. 
Herbert David, (Bellows Falls,) r 9, laborer. 
HILLS DAVID A., (Westminster) r 35, farmer 2. 
HILLS EDWARD A., (Westminster) r 35, telegraph operator. 
Hitchcock John R., (Westminster West) r 17, farmer leases of Henry M. 

Carlew, of Rockingham, about 70. 
Hitchcock Ruth M. Miss, (Westn)inster West) r 18, sugar orchard 100 trees 

wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 350. 
Hitchcock WiUiam H., (Westminster West) r 17, wool grower 60 sheep, and 

farmer 180. 
Hitchcock William S., (Westminster West) r 21, resident. 
Hogan John, (Bellows Falls,) r 8, works in basket factory. 
Hogan Michael, (Westminster,) r 34, section hand. 
Harrington Walter L., (Westminster) r 34, alio, physician and surgeon and 

member of town school board. 
Holden E. W., (Westminster West) r 52, farm laborer. 
HOLDEN JEROME, (Westminster West) r ;^8 cor. 40, breeder and dealer 

in Spanish Merino sheep, reg., SulTolk and Poland China hogs, thorough- 
bred Durham cattle, and farmer 575. 
Holton Ira B., (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer, owns house and lot. 
Houghton Freeman J., (Westminster West) r 39, apiarist and farmer 40. 
Houston Isaac, (Bellows Falls) r 8, whip salesman. 
Houston John, (Bellows Falls) r 8, painter, glazier, kalsominer and paper 

hanger. 
Howard William H. H., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer. 
Hubbard Samuel E., (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 2. 
Jeffrey Edward, (Westminster) off r -, farmer, leases of Edgar Riley 6. (Moved 

to Grafton.) 
Jeffrey Lewis, (Westminster) r 35, laborer. 
Jennison George A., (Westminster) r 34, farmer. 
Jennison Mary E., (Westminster) r 34, widow of John, resident. 



514 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 



Jennison , (Cambridgeport) farmer leases of M. Bemis 300. 

Johnson Nelson, (Westminster) r 30 cor 29, farmer 300. 
KEACH JOHN B., (Westminster) r 37, farmer 18, was in Co. F, ist Ver- 
mont Cavalry. 
Keefe James E., (Westminster) r 31, farm laborer. 
Keefe Jeremiah E., (Westminster) r 23, farmer 15. 
Kellogg Daniel, (Westminster) r 31, farmer 20. 
Kellogg William M., (Westminster) r 31, son of Daniel. 
Kendall Albert M.. (Westminster Station) r 30, with Horace, gardener and 

farmer 10. 
Kendall Horace, (Westminster Station) r 30, with Albert M., gardner and 

farmer 10. 
Kerr Alonzo D., (Westminster West) r 60, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower 50 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Kimball Harry H., (Saxton's River) r 31, teacher of vocal music, breeder 

and dealer in Spanish Merino sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 

240, also farms unsettled estate of Levi Kimball, 200 acres. 
Kimball James F., (Saxton's River) r 3, farmer with H. H. 
Lake Colin C, (Saxton's River) r 2 farmer, leases of Charles Davis, of Rock- 
ingham, II. 
Lane Frederick L, ^Westminster) r 31, farmer, works farm of Henry C. 40. 
LANE HENRY C, (Westminster) r 31, president of Bellows Falls Savings 

Institution, town clerk, justice of the peace and farmer 40. 
Lawton Charles B.. (Bellows Falls) r 11, teamster. 
LEACH DAVID W., (Westminster) r 31, breeder of Jersev cattle, Hamble- 

tonian horses, and prop, of stock horse "Palmar," and farmer 70. 
Leach Herbert W., (Westminster) r 31, farmer with John S. 
LEACH JOHN S., (Westminster) r 31, wool grower 200 sheep, 100 head of 

cattle, farmer 1,200. 
Leach Susie L., (Westminster) r 31, school teacher. 
Leach Walter P., (Westminster) r 31, farmer with John S. 
Lewis Elwin F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer with A. S. Stevens. 
Little James E., (Saxton's River) r 4, farm laborer for Joseph Smith. 
Littlefield George A., (Westminster West) r 20, farmer. 
Locke Henry, (Bellows Falls) r 8, retired farmer, (Died Jan 6, 1884.) 
Locke Nelson W., (Bellows Falls) r 8, farmer 13. 
Lord George L., (Westminster) r 37, farmer, leases of Dwight Edson, of 

Orange, Mass., 125. 
Lord Joseph J., (Bellows Falls) r 7, laborer. 
Lord Zenas, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 4. 
Lovell George, (Bellows F'alls) r 8, works in paper mill. 
Manning Henry, (Bellows Falls) r 8, carpenter and joiner. (Moved to New 

Terrace, Bellows Falls.) 
Marcy Ernest L., (Westminster) r 35, farmer, leases of H. P. Farr, of Putney 

about 75. 
MAY EVELINE M., (Westminster) r 31, widow of James owns farm 21. 
M.A.YO PETER, (Westminster) r 37, prop, grist and saw-mill, and farmer 2. 
McClure John, (Westminster) r 35, manuf of brick, and farmer, leases of 

Suiter, of Boston, 20, and owns in Stoddard, N. H , 77. 
McNeill John, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 10. 
Metcalf George W., (Westminster) r 34, constable, deputy sheriff, general 

blacksmith, mail carier and farmer 50. 
MILLER JAMES M., (Westminster) off r 23, dairy 10 cows, stock raiser, 

breeder of Chester white hogs, and farmer 1 60. 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 515 



MILLER REUBEN, (Westminster West) r 64, sugar orchard 600 trees, 
breeder of grade Jersey and Guernsey cattle, dairy 15 cows, and farmer 
215. 
MINARD HENRY O., (Westminster West) r 20, farmer 240. 
MINARD JOHN B., (Saxton's River) r 2, lister, sugar orchard 540 trees, 

breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 210. 
Miner Clement S., (Westminster) otT r 14, stock grower and farmer, leases of 

Albion Brigham 50, also owns in Chazy, N. Y., 70. 
MOORE CHARLES F., (Westminster West) r 60, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

dairy 8 cows, and farmer 100. 
Moore Edwin P., (Westminster West) r 57, farmer with Newell C. 
Moore John B., (Bellows Falls) r 7 carpenter and joiner, and farmer 13. 
Moore Newell C, (Westminster VVest) r 57, farmer 153. 
Morris Frank, (Westminster) r 34, laborer. 
Morris Sabin, (Saxton's River) r 5, wool grower 250 sheep, and farmer, leases 

of J. D. Bridgman 150. 
Morse Adeline H. Miss, (Bellows Falls) off r 16, farmer 160. 
Morse Eveline, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Samuel. 

MORSE JOHN B., (Westminster) r 23, chairman of town school board, 
sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 700 sheep, farmer 460, and 
leases of John R. 440. 
Morse John R., (Westminster) r 23, farmer 450. 

Moulton Moses S., (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, resident, house and 2 acres. 
Moultrop Ansel, (Saxton's River) r 3, retired farmer. 

•Moultrop Ansel Jr., (Saxton's River) r 3, highway surveyor and farmer 100. 
Moultrup Willard S., (Bellows Falls) r 6, teamster and farmer 20. 
NEWCOMB GEORGE W., (Westminster) r 29 cor. 31, retired farmer 16 

acres, aged 84 years. (Died March 27, 1884.) 
Newcomb George W. Jr., (Putnev) r 65, farmer 48. 
NICHOLS TRUMAN A., (Bellows Falls) r 8, carpenter and joiner. 
Nutting Charles A., (Westminster) r 34, lister, stock grower, dealer in live 

stock and farmer 200. 
Nutting Hiram. (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, retired farmer 86 years of ao-e 
(Died Feb. 2, 1884.) * ' 

Nutting Nathaniel, (Westminster) r34, retired farmer. 

Nutting Stephen M., (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, grand juror, dealer in lum- 
ber, wood and timber, breeder and dealer in Southdown sheep and far- 
farmer 500. 
Ober John D., (Bellows Falls) off r 16, farms Nancy Morse estate 100 and 

Hiram F. Morse estate 150. 
O'Brien Mary, (Bellows Falls) r 8, widow of James. 
PAGE BRADFORD P., (Westminster) r 47, farmer 200. 
Page Henry C, (Westminster) r 46, farmer 40. 
Page Michael G., (Westminster) r 47, farmer. 
Parmenter Lucian N., (Saxton's River) r 3, carpenter and joiner. 
Partridge James A., (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. 
Peck Charles C, (Westminster) r 42, sugar orchard 250 trees, wool grower 

30 sheep, and farmer 130. 
Peck O. Elmore, (Westminster) r 49, farmer, son of O. F. 
PECK ORESTES F., (Westminster) r 49, agent for Granite State mower, 

farmer 105. 
PHELPS BRIGHAM T., (Westminster Station) r 30, inventor of excelsior 
square system of dress cutting. 



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TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 517 



Phelps John, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 50. 

PhiUips Herbert, (Westminster West) r t8, farm laborer. 

Phipps Fred E., (Westminster) r 47, farmer 20. 

Pierce Clark, (Westminster) r 47, farmer about 120. 

PIERCE NATHAN G., (Westminster) r 36, justice of the peace, prop, of 
Pierce's improved Canada 12 rowed corn and Pierce's improved Colum- 
bia 8 rowed corn, breeder of Holstein cattle, and farmer 150. 

Potter Sarah C, (Westminster) r 31, widow of William S. 

Powers Charles, (Westminster West) r 55, farmer 40. 

POWERS JOSEPH M., (Westminster West) r 20, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 
stock raiser, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 213. 

Powers Roswell, (Westminster West) r 20, retired farmer. 

Putnam Sardine B., (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. 

Quigley Richard, (Westminster) r 34, section boss C. V. R. R. 

Ramsey Ernest E., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. 

Ranney Alfred P., (Westminster West) r 39, dealer in dry goods, groceries, 
boots, shoes, hardware, and country produce, and farmer no. 

Ranney Amaziah T., (Westminster West) off r 60, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 200. 

Ranney Arristella, (Westminster) r 31, owns house and i acre. 

Ranney Charles H., (Westminster West) r 62, farm laborer. 

RANNEY G. A. & J. P., (Westminster West) r 51, (George A. & Joseph P.) 
threshers and wood sawyers. 

RANNEY GEORGE A., (Westminster West) r 51, (G. A. & J. P.) farmer 

5°- <• 
RANNEY HENRY P., (Westmmster West) r 62, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

wool grovver 100 sheep, farmer 170, also 125 acres pasture land with 

Rollin W. 
RANNEY JOSEPH P., (Westminster West) r 62, (G. A. & J. P.) farmer 

100. 
Ranney Matilda, (Westminster West^ r 39, widow of Grant W. 
Ranney Oscar J., (Westminster West) off r 60, farmer, son of A. T. 
Ranney Rollin W. (Westminster) r 47, farmer 80. 
Reed Calvin H., (Putney) r 59, farmer 40. 
Reynolds Joseph S., (East Putney) r 65, farm laborer. 
Rice CharlesE., (Westminster) r 44, farmer with Porter, also leases of Austin 

Goodridge 25. 
RICE LUKE L., (Westminster) r 25, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 

175 sheep, and farmer 275. 
RICE PORTER, (Westminster) r 44, wool grower 60 sheep, and farmer 90. 
Richardson Edgar S., (Bellows Falls) r 8, employee of Gage & Co. 
RICHARDSON JOHN C, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 230. 
RICHARDSON LUCIUS C, (Westminster) r 35, carpenter and builder, 

and farmer 12. 
RICHMOND BENJAMIN F., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner, 

gardener, and farmer 2. 
Richmond John, (Westminster) r 31, clerk at depot restaurant Bellows Falls. 
Riley Edgar, (Westminster) r 42, farmer 6. 
Roche Thomas, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer i. 
Rogers George, (Saxton's River) r 17, farm laborer. 
Rounds Joseph H., (Saxton's River) r i, farmer with O. K. 
ROUNDS ORLANDO K., (Saxton's River) r 2, stock raiser and farmer, 

leases of H. H. Kimball 200. 



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Sabin Adeline F., (Bellows Falls) r 7, widow of William I. 

SABIN GEORGE C, (Bellows Falls) r 7, teamster and farmer 100. 

SABIN GEORGE P., (Westminster) r 35, farmer. 

SABIN HENRY W., (Bellows Falls) r 9, farmer 300. 

Sabin Henry VV. Jr., (Bellows Falls) r 9, teamster. 

Safiford Ralph S., (Westminster) r 31, town treasurer, dealer in dry goods, 
groceries, flour, boots and shoes, &c., farmer 25. 

Sewell John L , (Westminster) r 35, pastor Congregational church. 

SHATTUCK SAMUEL A., (Westminster West) r 54, carpenter, sugar or- 
chard 450 trees and farmer 100. 

Shelly HoUis, (Bellows Falls) r 6, farmer 70. 

Shelley Sewell F., (Bellows Falls) r 6, resident. 

Shipman Albert M., (Bellows Falls) r 8, paper maker for F. M. P. Co. 

Sischo Samuel, (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and farmer 17. 

Sleeper Benjamin F., (Westmmster) off r 31, farmer 65. 

Smith Henry, (Westminster) r 26, laborer. 

SMITH IR-A, (Westminster) r 31, owns saw-mill run by Peter Mayo, stock 
raiser, wool grower 150 sheep, farmer 350, and in Putney 125. 

SMITH JONATHAN E., (Saxton's River) r 4, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 
250. 

SMITH JOSEPH, (Saxton's River) r 3, wool grower 500 sheep, dealer in 
sheep and horses, and farmer 800. 

Smith Roderick R., (Bellows Falls) r 13. farmer 25. 

Snow J. Don, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farm laborer. 

SNOW MARTIN A., (Westminster) r 46 cor 45, wool grower 200 sheep, and 
farmer no. 

Spalding Charles H. L., (Bellows Falls) r 7 blacksmith. 

Spaulding Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 11, laborer. 

Spaulding Edward, (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. 

Spaulding Lemuel, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 250. 

Spencer Sidney A., (Westminster) r 49, carpenter and cabinet maker and 
farmer 80. 

Stears William G., (Westminster) r 37, farmer 60. 

Stevens Alfred, (Westminster) r 40, Congregational minister and farmer 20. 

Stevens Alonzo F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer 75. 

STODDARD ABISHAI, (Westminster) r 31, judge of probate and attor- 
ney at law. 

Stoddard Ezra L., (Westminster) r 31, resident. 

Stratton Isaac, (Saxton's River) r 19, farmer 60. 

Sughland Albert, (Westminster) r 24, farmer. 

Sweeney Thomas W., (Westminster) r 31, laborer. 

Tarbell John S., (Saxton's River) off r 16, farmer, leases of C. W. Fairbrother, 
of Charlestown, N. H. 

Thompson Amos L., (Westminster) r 24, farmer, leases of John Leach 200. 

Thompson Henry W., (Westminster) r 24, farm laborer. 

Thompson John W., (Westminster) off r 24, farmer, leases of J. C. Rich- 
ardson. 

Tinney Charles, (Saxton's River) r 3, farm laborer. 

Titcomb Ruth, (Westminster) r 35, resident. 

Tulipa Mitchell, (Bellows Falls) r 9, fireman in paper mill. 

UNDERWOOD G. HERBERT, (Westminster) r 31, breeder of Jersey 
cattle and Merino sheep, farmer, leases of N. Fisher's estate 138. 

Underwood Joseph H., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 



TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. iJIQ 

Upham Charles H., (East Putney) r 46, farmer 35. 

Vassar Mitchell A., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. 

Walker Barton A., (Westminster West) r 39, carpenter and joiner, farmer 4. 

Walker Horace S , (Bellows Falls) r 8. works in paper mill for Moore, Arms 

& Thompson. 
WARD ARTHUR A., (Westminster) r 34, farmer with Emily H. 30, and 

in Putney 25. 
Ward Emily H., (Westminster) r 34, widow of Lafayette F., owns farm 

about 70. 
Ward Joseph F., (Westminster) r 34, school teacher, manuf. of brick, and with 

Emily H. farmer 70. 
WATKINS ALEXANDER S., (Westminster Station) r 30, wool grower 250 

Merino sheep, 20 head of young cattle, farmer 300. 
Watkins Foster, (Westminster) r 44, farm laborer. 
Watson Erwin C., (Westminster) r 18, farm laborer. 
Wellman Horace E., (Westminster West) r 39, wheelwright, manufacturer 

of sleighs and wagons, Portland sleighs a speciality, farmer 10. 
WELLS HENRY A., (Westminster) r 43 cor 44, dairy 12 cows, farmer 100, 

and in Brookline 140. 
Wells Silence, (Westminster Station) r 30, widow of Allen, born May 26, 1796, 

resides with A. S. Watkins. 
Weston George A., (Bellows Falls) (Bridgeman & Weston) att'y and coun- 
selor at law. 
Weston Hinman, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer 150. 
Wetherell George, (Westminster) r 31, retired farmer, aged 81 years. 
WETHERELL GEORGE T., (Westminster) r 31, owner of stallion " God- 
frey Patchen, Jr.," and farmer 100. 
White Jessie M., (Westminster) r 24, carriage maker's apprentice. 
Whitney Clark P., (Westminster) r 35, farmer 200. 
Whitney Norman H., (Westminster) r 42, farmer, leases of Lemuel Spauld- 

ing about 150. 
Whitney Submit, (Westminster) r 42, widow of Roswell. farmer 20. 
WHITTLE GEORGE W., (Westminster) r 31 cor. 34, formerly steward of 

McLean Asylum, of Somerville, Mass. 
Wilbur Amos, (Westminster) r 44, farmer 12. 

Wilbur WiUiam J., (Saxton's River) off r 2, medical student, son of Wm. N. 

Wn.BUR WILLIAM N. Rev., (Saxton's River) off r 2, Baptist clergyman, 

breeder of Jersey cattle, Spanish Merino sheep and Poland China hogs, 

dairy 15 cows, and farmer 250. (Removed to Newport, Vt.) 

' WILCOX HENRY M., (Bellows Falls) r 10, foreman for W. Flint, of 

Bellows Falls. 

Wilder Lemon A., (Westminster West) off r 50, wool grower 75 sheep, and 

farmer 200. 
Wiley Ira, (Westminster Station) r 30, retired farmer 16, aged 82. 
WILEY THOMAS W., (Westminster) r 34, trustee of surplus revenue 

fund, grand juror, town auditor and farmer 40. 
WILKINS JACOB, (Westminster) r 34, retired farmer, 77 years of age. 
Wilkins Luther A., (Westminster) off r 7, painter. 
Willard C. Stephen, (Westminster) oft" r 23,' farm laborer. 
Willard Charles D., (Westminster) r 31, farmer 25. 
Willard Henry A., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner. 
Willoughby Charles V., (Bellows Falls) r 8, molder and teamster. 
Winchester Benjamin F., (Westminster West) r 39, general blacksmith. 



520 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 



Witt Esther, (Westminster) 131, widow of Willard T. 

Wood Allen E., (Westminster) r 47, farmer, leases of Mrs. Cobb. 

Wood Charles, (Westminster) r 35, farm laborer. 

Wood George A., (Westminster) r 35, farmer, leases of Eliza French, 01 

Lowell, Mass., 60. 
Wood Henry W., (Westminster Station) r 28, farmer, leases of A. S. Watkins 

80 acres. 
WRIGHT ALVIN, (Westminster) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool growei 

200 sheep, and farmer, leases of Joseph H. 400. 
WRIGHT DANIEL C, (Westminster) r 31, ist selectman, justice of the 

peace, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, and 

farmer 200. 
Wright Frederick, (Bellows Falls) r 9, works in machine shop. 
Wright George C, (Westminster) r 31, farmer, leases of Daniel C. 200. 
WRIGHT JOSEPH H., (Westminster) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool 

grower 200 sheep, and farmer 400. 
Wyman Charles R., (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. 
Wyman Horace F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer 25. 
Wyman VVinfield, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. 



V/HITINGHAM. 

Raihoad stations are Shelburne Falls, 18 miles southeast of Jacksonville, and North 
Adams, Mass., 22 miles southeast of Whitingham. Daily stage to each. 

(For explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ 

Albee Frank A., (Whitingham) r 27^, chair maker with his father, George L. 

ALBEE GEORGE L., (Whitingham) r 25, manuf. wood seat chairs. 

Aldrich James B., (Jacksonville) r 33, harness maker. 

Allard Charles E., (Jacksonville) r 37, farmer 150. 

AUard Burdette H., (Whitingham) r 42, lumberman, and farmer, leases of 

Sarah Allard 300. 
ALLARD HALL H., (Whitingham) r 25, farm laborer. 
Allard Samuel R., (Jacksonville) r 57, farmer, leases of Charles Waste. 
Allard Sarah J., (Whitingham) r 42, sugar 'orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 300, 

(Died Mar. 12, 1884.) 
ALLEN ELIJAH S., (Jacksonville) oft"r 32, clerk of Universalist society, 

justice of the peace, 20 sheep, farmer 129^. 
Allen Lois P., (Jacksonville) r 34, widow of F.. S., owns 30 acres. 
Atherton John, (Readsboro) off r 42, farmer 200. 
Atherton Eugene J., (Whitingham) oft" r 41, farmer 100. 
BAKER CALVIN, (Whitingham) wool carder, undertaker, millwright, h 

and 2 acres. 
BALLOU HOSEA B., (Whitingham) justice of the peace, town clerk 40 

years, ex-assistant judge, carpenter and joiner, owns house and lot. 
Barker Charles A., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 125. 
Barker Forest C, (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer with Charles A. 
Barker Simeon, (Whitingham) r44, carpenter, and farmer. 
Barnes Albert, (Whitingham) r 60, farmer with Daniel. 



TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 52 1 



Barnes Frank E., (Whitingham) r 2, wool grower 21 sheep, farmer 60, and 

in Readsboro 121. 
Barnes Reuben, (Whitingham) r 60, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer 109. 
Bell Frank P., (Jacksonville) r ;^Ti, farmer 20. 
Bickford Sylvester G., (Whitingham) r38 cor 37, farmer. 
Bishop Luna, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 43, carpenter, millwright, and machin- 
ist, aged 81. 
BISHOP MILTON B., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 43, clergyman, prop, hme 

kiln, silver mine, saw-mill, and cider-mill, carpenter, and millwright, 

farmer 170. 
Bishop Sullivan, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) near r 43, farmer, leases of Burdette 

AUard 300. 
Bishop William M., (Readsboro, Ben Co,) r 43, mechanic. 
Blanchard Henry E., (Whitingham) r 44, farmer 150. 
Blanchard Henry S., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, retired farmer. 
BLANCHARD MERRITT L., (Jacksonville) off r 35, farmer 40. 
Boyd Ansel M., (Whitingham) r 25, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

farmer 320. 
BOYD CYRUS C, (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 150. 
Boyd Ransom W., (Jacksonville) r ^^, farmer 13, 

BRIGGS CHESTER, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer, house and lot. 
Briggs Elmer, (Jacksonville) r 33, laborer. 
BRIGGS GEORGE N., (Jacksonville) r ^s, farm laborer. 
Briggs Jared, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, laborer, house and lot. 
Brown Aldis Dea., (Whitingham) r58, farmer 280. 
Brown Bros., (Whitingham) (Francis L. and Frank L.) r 58, work farm 280 

owned by Aldis Brown. 
Brown Elizabeth M., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Rufus B., tailoress, h 

and lot. 
Brown Elliot A., (Jacksonville) r 17, foreman in Putnam's butter box 

manufactory, h and lot on r 17, on r 62 farm 25. 
Brown Hezekiah N., (Whitingham) wagon maker. 
Brown Irving, (Jacksonville) r 29, 14 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer. 

(Moved to Brattleboro.) 
BROWN LEONARD, (Jacksonville) r ^^, cabi^iet maker. 
Brown Mary A., (Jacksonville) r t,^, widow of Martin B., dressmaker, h 

and lot. 
Brown Mary T., (Jacksonville) r ^^, widow of Amos A., owns 30 acres. 
BROWN MERVIN M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, painter and paper hanger. 
Brown Russell D., (Jacksonville) r 15, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 

120. 
BROWN WILLIAM A., (Jacksonville) r ^^, assessor, school teacher, deputy 

sheriff", and notary public, dealer in lumber, and owns 50 acres. 
Burrincjton Lucy, (Jacksonville) r 58, widow of James, farmer 120. 
BUSBY ALONZO, (Whitingham) r 38, farmer 55. 
Butterfield A. Augustine, (Jacksonville) r 31, lawyer, State's attorney, justice 

of the peace, notary public, h and 15 acres. 
CAIN HENRY H., (Jacksonville) r 34, mechanic, enlisted in Co. D, nth 

Maine Vols, honorably discharged, /armer, leases of Lois P. Allen 30. 
CANEDY D \NA M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, teamster from Jacksonville to 

Shelburne Falls, tri-weekly. 
CARLEY LUANA, (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Hiram W. 
Carley Mary B., (Jacksonsille) r ^;^, widow of Joseph, owns 22 acres. 

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CARPENTER WHITMAN J., (VVhitingham) r 47, 14 sheep, sugar orch- 
ard 400 trees, and fanner 100. 

CHAMBERLAIN DANA J., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, blacksmith, leases shop 
of Edwin Starr. 

Chase Abraham, (VVhitingham) 20 sheep, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 
280. 

Chase Bertie W., (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer, works for Wilbur F. 

CHASE CHARLES S., (Whitingham) attorney at law, stenographer official 
for Bennington and Rutland counties, town treasurer and justice of the 
peace. 

Chase Fred W., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 95. 

Chase George W., (Whitingham) off r 20, farm laborer. 

Chase Harley L., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer. 

Chase Jacob C, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer, owns at Sadawga 
farm 147. 

CHASE JOSEPH & WILLIS D., (Whitingham) r 21, dairy 11 cows, 5 
full blood Jersey cattle, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 125, and heavy 
timber land 125. 

CHASE JOSIAH B., (Jacksonville) r 30, nurseryman, 12 sheep, sugar orch- 
ard 800 trees, and farmer 130. 

Chase Lucinda C, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, widow of Miner, farmer 40. 

Chase Newton C, (Whitingham) r 28, farmer and lumberman. 

Chase Norman A., (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, lumber dealer and farmer 70. 

CHASE OSCAR R., (Jacksonville) r 29, 31 sheep, sugar orchard 700 trees, 
and farmer ti6. 

Chase Royal, (Whitingham) oft" r 20, farmer 80. 

Chase Samuel B., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 100. 

Chase Wilbur F., (Jacksonville) r 35, 26 sheep, and farmer 106. 

CHASE WILLIS D., (Whitingham) r 21, assessor, and farmer with Joseph. 

Cheney Wales A., (Jacksonville) r 33, prop, saw-mill, chair stock manuf. 

CHILLCOTT PERRY P., (Whitingham) r 48, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
farmer 123. 

Coates Hezekiah C, (Whitingham) mechanic, farmer 130. 

Converse Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 33, town charge. 

Corkins Elisha J., (Jacksonville) r 33, saw-mill, manuf. of chair stock, far- 
mer 20. 

CORKINS GEORGE E., (Jacksonville) r 17I farmer 42. 

CORKINS HENRY, (Jacksonville) r 16, prop, saw-mill, farmer 80. 

Corse C. Henry, (Jacksonville) r28, farmer with Lester C. 

Corse Chandler W., (Jacksonville) r i'6, 20 sheep, farmer 50. 

Corse James O., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, carpenter and laborer in butter box fac- 
tory. 

CORSE LESTER E., (Jacksonville) r 28, 30 sheep, sugar orchard 700 
trees, farmer 250 and 25 on 29. 

Crown Lucina, (Jacksonville) r 15I, widow of Foster. 

CROWN PARLEY F., (Jacksonville) r 15^, 37 sheep, farmer 200. 

Cutler Charles E., (Whitingham) r 25, house painter, ])r6p. of Sadawga Hotel. 

CUTLER EDWARD A., (Whitingham) r 25, prop, of Spring Hotel at 
Sadawga, livery, owner of mineral spring, boats on lake for guests. 

Cutting Asa, (Jacksonville) r 52, faftner 160. 

Dalrymple Dexter M., (Whitingham) r 4, farmer. 

Dalrymple Fletcher J., (Whitingham) r 4, farmer. 

Dalrymple Lyman P., (Jacksonville) r 53, 25 sheep, farmer 160. 



TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 523 



Dalrymple M. Fillmore, (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer, and works in Stetson 

Bros, shop, owns 8 acres. 
Dalrymple Sabrina, (Whitingham) r 4, widow of James D., sugar orchard 400 

trees, farmer 60. 
Davis Arad A., (Whitingham) r 23, carriage maker, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, 

farmer 130. 
DAVIS FRANK E., (Whitingham) oft" r 23, 24 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, farmer with Hannah 133. 
DAVIS FREEBORN G., (Whitingham) r 22, 30 sheep, sugar orchard 500 

trees, farmer 150. 
Davis Hannah, (Whitingham) off" r 23, owns with Frank E. farm 133. 
Davis Richard I , (Jacksonville) r 33, butcher, laborer. 
Davison Daniel S., (Whitingham) r 28, farmer 106. 
DIX CHARLES W., (Jacksonville) r52, surveyor of highways, 13 head of 

cattle, farmer t8o. 
Dix Cranston P., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer. 
Dix David A., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer with Geo. H. 30. 
Dix Fred O., (Whitingham) r 27^, lumberman and farmer, leases of N. D. 

Tainter 30. 
Dix George E., (Whitingham) r 41, farmer 108. 
Dix George H., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer. 
Dix Henry, (Whitingham) r 38, farmer. 
Dix John P., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer 24. 
DIX JOSEPH, (Whitingham) r 45, farmer 75. 
Dix Wilbury, (Jacksonville) r52, retired farmer. 
Donahue VVilham, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, laborer, h and lot, 12 acres, 
Dix Winslow J., (Whitingham) r 48, farm 150. 
EASTMAN HUBBARD, (Jacksonville) r 17, minister of the M. E. church 

in the Vt. conference, sec'y of conference 4 years, presiding elder 4 

years, (now retired) correspondent for newspapers, h and lot. 
Easton Solomon G., (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and builder. 
Edwards Abiather P., (Whitingham) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, fa'^mer 93. 
Fairbanks Abraham, (Jacksonville) r 56, retired farmer, aged about 75. 
Fairbanks Francis W., (Jacksonville) r 56, farmer 50. 
Fairbanks Odid C, (Jacksonville) r 53, farmer 140. 
Farnum Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer. 
Farnsworth George W., (Jacksonville) r 31, (L. R. & G. W.) 
Farnsworth Luther R., (Jacksonville) r 31, (L. R. & G. W.) 
Farnsworth Luther R. & George W., (Jacksonville) r 31, blacksmith, apple 

orchard 350 trees, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmers 175. 
FAULKNER ALBERT J.. (Jacksonville) r 34, dairy to cows, 75 sheep, far- 
mer 260, leases of S. D. 300. 
FAULKNER GEORGE R., (Jacksonville) r 9, dairy 8 cows, 15 sheep, 18 

head of young stock, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 280. 
Faulkner Mary Ann M., (Whitingham) off 4, widow of Levi F., sugar orchard 

1,000 trees, dairy 10 cows, 30 sheep, farmer 202, and 50 on r 20. 
FAULKNER SHEPHERD D., (Jacksonville) r 34, sugar orchard 800 

trees, wool grower 23 sheep, stock grower 20 head, farmer 300. 
FAULKNER WILLARD R., (Whitingham) r 5, dairy 18 cows, 23 sheep, 

sugar orchard 3,000 trees, farmer 400. 
FAULKNER WILLIE D., (Whitingham) off r 4, farmer, bds with Mary Ann. 
Flynn Thomas, (Whitingham) r 46, farmer, leases of J. S. N. Kentfield 125. 
Foster Cushman, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer x6. 



524 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 



FOSTER WILLARD, (Whitingham) r 27^, wagon maker, his gra,ndfather 
was one of ten of the first pioneers of Whitingham. 

Fowler Lois, (Jacksonville) r 18, widow, of Daniel, h and lot. 

Fowler Thomas, (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer 104, h and lot. 

FOX MARTIN L., (Jacksonville) r 33, house painter, h and lot. 

French Franklyn J., (Jacksonville) r 17, harness maker. 

French Josiah, (Jacksonville) r 17, harness maker, farmer 50. 

FULLER ALFRED, (Jacksonville) r 8, retired farmer. 

Fuller Edward L., (JacksonvfUe) r 8, dairy 12 cows, 40 sheep, sugar orchard 
2,000 trees, and farmer 450. 

Gale Fred A., (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 150. 

GATES ALBERT E., (Jacksonville) r 18, farmer and peddler, h and lot on r 
14^, half interest in h and lot on r 33. 

Gates Henrietta, (Whitingham) r 37, widow of John G., h and lot. 

Gates Sarah W., (Jacksonville) r 14 cor 16, widow of Ellis W., farm 63. 

Gillett Herbert B., (Whitingham) blacksmith and horse shoer, bds with Benja- 
min Reed. 

Gillett Sopbronia, (Whitingham) r 48 cor 39, widow of Henry. 

Gillet Wallace L., (Whitingham) r 48 cor 39, farmer. 

GILLETT WATERS, M. D., (Whitingham) 48 cor 39, physician and sur- 
geon, 22 head of cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 260, 75 on r 51, 
82 on r 47. 

Gleason Azro, (facksonville) r ^^, laborer at Glen House. 

GLEN HOUSE, (Jacksonville) R. Q. Wilcox, prop. 

Goodelle David, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) off r 62, farmer, leases of his son, 
David T., 25. 

GOODNOW CHARLES S., (Whitingham) r 38 cor 27^, selectman, 30 sheep, 
20 head of cattle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 263. 

GOODNOW GEORGE" S., (Whitingham) dealer in hard and soft lumber, 
prop, siw-mill, employs 50 men, timber land 160, and in Readsboro 400, 
bds Spring Hotel. 

Goodnow Henry, (Whitingham) farmer 30. 

Goodnow Henry S., (Whitmgham) resident. 

Goodnow Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer and mechanic, h and lot. 

GRAVES JAMES D., (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer. 

Graves Joseph G., (Jacksonville) r 17, laborer. 

Graves Theodore, (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer 65. 

Greene Juliana, (Jacksonville) r 50, widow of AsaG., farmer 130. 

Hagar Albert M. V., (Jacksonville) r 54, prop, saw-mill and farmer 34, 
lives in Halifax. 

Hall Philander, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer 14. 

HAMILTON GEORGE G.. (Jacksonville) r 32, mechanic, jeweler, farmer 
118. 

HANCOCK WILLIAM H., (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) stage driver at Jack- 
sonville. 

Harrington Ardelia, (Whitingham) r 26, widow of Marshall, carpet-weaver, 
owns farm 8. 

HARRINGTON GEORGE, (Whitingham) r 26, 53 sheep, sugar orchard, 
farmer 75. 

Haskins James, (.Whitingham) off r 58, farmer, leases of W. R. Porter 114. 

HATCH lAMES W., (Jacksonville) r ^^, shoemaker and carpenter, house 
and tot. 

Hicks Ernest L., (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, clerk in store of M. W. Stickney. 



TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 



525 



Hicks Lysander, (Whitingham) r 26, sawyer tor Andrew J. Hull. 

HICKS WILLIAM H., (Whitingham) r 28, school teacher, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 50. 
HIX HORATIO N., (Whitingham) r 27! postmaster, real estate owner, 

farmer 78. 
HOLBROOK FRED E., (Jacksonville) r 33! farmer. 
Holbrook Henry, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, h and 30 acres. 
Holbrook Peter, (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer 250. 
Holbrook Selah H.^ (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer'ioo. 
Houghton James S., (Jacksonville) r 52, mason, sugar orchard Soo trees, and 

farmer 105. 
Howard Levi C, (Jacksonville) r 33, dealer in palm hats, dry goods, and 

varieties, owns farm 140 in Windsor Co. 
Huber Charles, (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer, leases of Aaron Nedd 52. 
HULL ANDREW JACKSON, (Whitingham) r 26, prop, saw-mill, chair 

stock factory, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 153. 
Hull Frank E., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer. 
Hull Fred W., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer and carpenter. 
HULL HORACE A., (Whuingham) r 21, farmer 35. 
Hunt Walter O., (Jacksonville) r ;^^, clerk in Athol, Mass. 
Ingraham Levi, (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer 15. 
JEPSON HERBERT C, (Jacksonville) r ^^, blacksmith and machinist, 

leases shop. (Moved to (juilford.) 
Jewell Burgess D., (Whitingham) r t, sugar orchard 300 trees, farm 75, and 

in Readsboro 50. 
Johnson Frank B., (Jacksonville) r ;^2^ physician and surgeon. 
JOHNSON WILLIAM E., (Readsboro) engineer in town of Marlboro, farm 

35. (Gone to Brattleboro.) 
JONES WELLS P., (Jacksonville) r 33, retired merchant, house and lot. 
Jillson Arthur G., (Whitingham) r 45, farmer, leases of Sarah E. 60. 
Jillson Daniel, (Whitingham) r 60, farmer, leases of J. Wheeler 100. 
Jillson David, (Whitingham) r 46, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. 
JILLSON LESTINA P., (Whitingham) r 45, widow of James, owns farm 80. 
JILLSON SARAH E., (Whitingham) r 45, widow of Lewis, farmer 90. 
Jillson Ora M., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Rinaldo E., milliner. 
Jillson Uberto C, (Whitingham) r 41, farmer, leases of Lestina P. 80. 
Kentfield Joshua S. N., (Whitingham) r 48, 160 sheep, sugar orchard 2,000 

trees, farmer 874, in Massachusetts 175, and in Bennington Co. 460. 
Kingsbury Hairiet Mrs., (Jacksonville) r 17, h and lot. 
Kii-gsbury Lyman, (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 60. 
KINGSLEY JULIA A. Mrs., (Jacksonville) r 33, millinery store, owns 2 

houses and lots. 
Lamb Dennis W., (Whitingham) r 42, farmer, leases of the town of Whit- 
ingham 13. 
Lamphear Henry N., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer 30. 

LOOMIS EUGENE W., (Jacksonville) r 58, farmer, leases of Elijah Stone 80. 
Loomis William, (Whitingham) r 50, farmer, leases of Harriet S. Williams 70. 
Lynde Horace W., (Jacksonville) r 37, retired carriage maker, farmer 85. 
Lynde Mowry W., (Jacksonville) r 37, farmer. 

Marsh Theodore C, (Whitingham) r 21, wool grower 25 sheep, farmer 80. 
MILLINGTON HENRY C, (Whitingham) r 27, dealer in general mer- 
chandise at Sadawga Springs, ist selectman, town superintendent, deputy 
sheriff, farmer 1^0. 



526 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 



Morse Elliot K., (Jacksonville) r 36, n 37, carpenter and farmer 20. 
Morse Frank B., (Whitingham) r 37, farmer, leases of Miss H. Shumway 55. 
MORSE JOSEPH W., (Jacksonville) r 35, constable and collector, farmer 96. 
Murdock Abba W., (Jacksonville) r 18, widow of Charles P., h and lot. 
Murdock Schuyler, (Jacksonville) r 19, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. 
Nedd Aaron, (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer 52, leases to Frank Huber. 
Nelson George H., (Jacksonville) r 15^, farmer 115. 
NEWELL CHESTER B., (Whitingham) r 46, 39 sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 

trees, farmer 254. 
Newell Eh, (Whitingham) r 45, farmer 75. 

Newell Frederick J., (Whitingham) r 37 cor 38, farmer, h and lot. 
NEWELL FRED W., (Jacksonville) farmer, leases of Ruel WilHs 140. 

(Gone to Rowe, Mass.) 
Newell Sandford, (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 75. 
Newton Carrie C, (Jacksonville) r 33, nurse, h and lot. 
NORCROSS DAVID W., (Jacksonville) r 33, jeweler and farmer 18. 
OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (Jacksonville) r 33, blacksmith, carriage ironer 

and horse shoer. (Moved from Marlboro.) 
PARKER WILLIAM H. H., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 150. 
Parsons Maturin W., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, has been blind 19 years. 
PEEBLES EMERY, (Jacksonville) r 31, carpenter and joiner, farm 20. 
PEEBLES JAMES M., (Jacksonville) r ^2, carpenter and joiner. 
Pierce Irving G., (JacksonviUe) r 31, farm laborer. 
Pierce Putnam H., (Jacksonville) 131, mason and farmer 30. 
Pike Ahas P., (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer 90. 
Pike Alfred, (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer 50. 
PIKE AMOS W., (Whitingham) r 41, farmer 60. 
Pike Arvine, (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 75. 
Pike Chandler, (Whitingham) r 2, farmer 60. 
Pike Deliverance, (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer, hfe lease of 50. 

Pike Dehverance C, (Whitingham) r 40, farmer 75. 

PIKE GEORGE H., (Whitingham) r 27^, farmer 100. 

Pike James R., (Whitingham) r 28, farmer 50. 

Pike Joseph P., (Whitingham) farmer 3I. 

Pike Josiah, (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 190. 

Pike Otis H., (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. 

PikeWillard, (Whitingham) r 41, prop, cider-mill and lime kiln, sugar orchard 

500 trees, farmer 75. 
'Plumb George E., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 62, farmer 66. 

Plumb Adin 1., (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer with Hiram 160. 

Plumb Hiram, (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer 160, with Adin I. 

Plumb Lucius H., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.;) r 62, saw-mill, h and 3 acres. 

PLUMB LUKE F., (Whitingham) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- 
mer 80. 

Porter Eli, (Jacksonville) r 33, school teacher and miller. 

Porter George, (Jacksonville) r 18, justice of the peace, real estate owner, 
carpenter, and farmer 8, and in Wilmington 100. 

PORTER HERBERT G., (Jacksonville) r ^z, miller, carpenter, manuf. of 
butter boxes and grain measures, leases shop of George. 

PUTNAM EDWIN E., (Jacksonville) r 33, manuf. butter boxes and tubs, 
and custom sawing, owns 2 acres, hotel lot and 40 acres on r 63. 

PUTNAM FRANK H., (Jacksonville) r 32, farmer 160. 

Putnam John, (Jacksonville) r 32, farmer, life lease of 150. 



TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 527 



Reed Benj. W., (Whilingham) r 27^, teamster, h and lot, leases of C. B. 
Newell. 

Reed Emery P., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, hardware store and tin shop. 

REED ELMER J., (Whitingham) carpenter, h and lot. 

REED HENRY S., (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and far- 
mer 1 18. 

Reed Elvira, (Jacksonville) r 35, widow of W. P., resident. 

ROBERTS ANDREW J., (Jacksonville) r 14, works for J. M. 

Roberts George E., (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer, works farm for J. M. 

Roberts Henry M., (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer 62^, and in Wilmington 185. 

Roberts James M., (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer 280. 

SADAWG.\ HOUSE, (Whitingham) Charles E. Cutler, prop. 

SAWYER DIODORUS, (Jacksonville) r 58, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 
farmer 168. 

Sawyer Fred W., (Jacksonville) r 58, carpenter and farmer, with D. 

Sawyer George, (Jacksonville) farmer 30. 

Sawyer George E., (Whitingham) mechanic and farmer 40. 

Sawyer John W., (Whitingham) r 27^^, mechanic, and farmer 6. 

SAWYER LINCOLN H., (Whitingham) r 27I manuf. and dealer in hard 
and soft lumber, prop, of saw-mill, stock grower, and farmer 166. 

Shepardson Henry C, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, carriage manuf., h and lot. 

Sherman Allaric W., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 61, farmer. 

Sherman Drury A., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, general merchant, 2^ sheep, 

farmer, leases of Miranda Hines 170. 
SHERMAN NATHAN D., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, Universalist cler- 
gyman, and farmer 4, 
SHIPPEE JAMES L., (Jacksonville) r 52, 22 sheep, farmer 135. 
SHIPPEE JAMES L. Jr., (Jacksonville) r52, farmer. 
Shumway Elmer L., (Readsboro, Ben Co.) r 61, farmer 60. 
SIBLEY ALLEN F., (Whitingham) r 27^ hotel prop., leases of H. N. Hix. 

(Gone to Readsboro.) 
Sitterly John, (Whitingham) r 38, with Catharine farmer 12. 
Smead John, (Whitingham) r 38 cor 27^, farm laborer. 
Smith Berrilla M., (Jacksonville) r 18, widow of Hollis, milliner. 
Snow Ira A., (Whitingham) farmer, house and lot. 
Snyder Frank, (Whitingham) r 51, farmer with S. M. 
Snyder Silas M., (Whitingham) r 51, farmer 160. 
SPRAGUE JONATHAN, (Jacksonville) r 33I, farmer 100. 
Sprague William F., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 147. 
SPRING HOTEL, (Whitingham) E. A Cutler, prop. 
Stafford Frank D., (Whitingham) r 27J, physician and surgeon. 
STAFFORD JASON, (Whitingham) r 2, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer, 

leases of Benjamin Snow 157. 
Stafford Martin, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer. (Moved to Readsboro.) 
STAFFORD RIJSSEL A., (Whftingham) retired farmer. 
Stanclift Josiah W^, (Jacksonville) r ;i2, farmer. 
Stanclift Renewed, (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Josiah. 
Stanclift Royal E., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer, leases of Samuel Winn estate, 

farm 80. 
Stanton Charles A., (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer. 
Starks Francis A., (Whitingham) r 48, 15 sheep, farmer 125. 
STARR EDWIN C, (Jacksonville) r 33, tanner, real estate owner, retired 

merchant, farmer 45. 
STETSON ALBERT C, (Jacksonville) r :is, (Stetson Bros.) 



528 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 



STETSON BROS., (Jacksonville) r 33, (A. C. & E. H.) manufs. butter 
boxes and tubs, cider-mill, saw-mill, shingle-mill, and chair stock factory. 
STETSON ELVVIN H., (Jacksonville) r 33. (Stetson Bros.) 
Stetson Ezra, (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 22. 

Stetson Forest L., (Jacksonville) r 33, job printer, and clerk for N. L., owns 
orange grove in Florida. 

STETSON NORRIS L., (Jacksonville) r 33, postmaster for 35 years, gen- 
eral merchant, dry goods and groceries, drugs, boots and shoes, 3 houses 
and lots, and 28 acres. 

Stickney Harvey, (Jacksonville) r 33, peddler, farmer 68. 

STICKNEY LEWIS M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, foreman of Stetson Bros., 
factory. 

STICKNEY MELVIN W., (Jacksonville) r 33, dealer in dry goods, grocer- 
ies, boots and shoes, and sewing machines, h and lut. 

Stimpson Ernest C, (Whitingham) r 40, farmer with his father J. C. 

STIMPSON JOEL C., (Whitingham) r 40, music teacher, and farmer 30. 

Stimpson Martin D., (Jacksonville) r 51, farmer 67. 

Stockwell Caroline, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 62, widow of Lyman S., farmer 
70. 

Stockwell Henry, (Readsboro, Ben. Co) r 62, farmer, leases of his mother, Car- 
oline, 70. 

Stone Elijah, (Whitingham) off r 58, farmer 80. 

STONE FREDERICK E., (Whitingham) off r 58, sugar orchard 500 trees, 
farmer 145. 

Stone Harry R., (Jacksonville) r 18, assessor, teacher, and farmer 13. 

Streeter Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 56, farmer 100. 

Streeter Moses, (Whitingham) r 38, house painter, farmer 75. 

STREETER ROYAL C, (Whitingham) r 48, deacon in Baptist church, 
sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 170. 

Tainter Addison C, (Jacksonville) r 29, sugar orchard 450 trees, farmer r8. 

Tainter Frank, (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer. 

Tainter James M., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 250. 

Tainter Norman F., (Jacksonville) r 50, farmer, leases of Juliana Greene 130. 

Tainter Norris D., (Whitingham; r 27^, farmer 28. 

Taylor Don G., (Jacksonville) r 33, manuf. of doors, sash, blinds, coffins, 
caskets, &c., undertakers. 

Taylor Robert G. (Jacksonville) off r 35, farmer, with Mrs. Abbie 75. 

TENNEY ERNEST L., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer, and laborer in saw-mill. 

THAYER MERRITT W., (Jacksonville) r ^s, mechanic. 

Thomas Amelia, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, widow of Ira A., h and lot. 

Thomas Lucius L., (Whitingham) r i, 34 sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- 
mer 135. 

Toby Ansel E., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, farmer 40. 

Toby Cassius, (Whitingham) r 42, farmer, bds with Ansel C. 

TOBY HENRY A., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, pensioner of the war of the 
Rebellion. 

Trueworthy Freeman C, (Whitingham) laborer. 

Tyler George, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) off r 24, farmer 75. 

Tyler Obed, (Whitingham) r 38, peddler. 

Underwood Amos Mrs., (Whitingham) rear r 38. 

UPTON BETSEY, (Whitingham) widow of George G., owns farm 52. 

Upton George G., (Jacksonville) r 28, farmer 108. 

Upton George N., (Whitingham) r 25, (G. N. and J. H.) 



TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 529 



Upton George N. & James H., (Whitingham) r 25, 49 sheep, farmers 259. 

Upton Ithamer E.. (Jacksonville) off r 19, farmer about 100. 

Upton James H., (Whitingham) (G. N. & James H.,) farmer. 

Valentme Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 32, laborer, h and lot. 

Warren Linus A., (Jacksonville) r 33, deacon of Baptist church at Sadawga 
Springs, farmer 45. 

Waste Charles H.. (Jacksonville) r 57, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 345. 

WELLMAN S. FRED, (Whitingham) r 46, chair maker, farmer 125, leases 
of F. A. Starks. 

WHEELER CYRUS W., (Whitingham) r 3, 50 sheep, sugar orchard 2,500 
trees, farmer 225. 

WHEELER D. BYRON, (Jacksonville) r 31, mason, and farmer, h and lot. 

WHEELER EPHRAIM, (Whitingham) r i, 15 sheep, 18 head of grade 
Durham cattle, farmer 75, and in Readsboro 180. 

WHEELER HALBURT A., (Whitingham) r 40, laborer in butter box 
factory, inspector of lumber. 

Wheeler Henry F., (Whitingham) r 2, 5 cows, 23 sheep, 22 head of cattle 
sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 300. 

WHEELER ICHABOD N., (Whitingham) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- 
mer 125. 

Wheeler Mary B., (Whitingham) widow of Deliverance W., h and lot. 

WHEELER OTIS B., (Whitingham) r — , justice of the peace, prop, of saw- 
mill, butter box manuf., and farmer 108. 

Wheeler Sophronia, (Jacksonville) r 31, widow of Samuel, farmer 40, aged 86. 

Wheeler Zachariah, (Whitingham) r 26, miller, and farmer 30. 

Wheeler Zachariah, 2d, (Reedsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, selectman, sugar orchard 
700 trees, farmer 400. 

Whitcomb Nathaniel, (Whitingham) r 21, cooper and farmer 50. 

White Addison, (Jacksonville) r 58, farmer, leases of Lucy Burrington t2o. 

WILCOX ROYAL Q., (Jacksonville) r ^t„ prop, of Glen House, owns 4 
acres on r 32, and farmer 22. 

Wilcox Willard, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer. 

Wilder Amelins A., (Whitingham) r 23, sugar orchard 1,100 trees and far- 
mer 100. 

Wiley Albert W., (Jacksonville) r 29, farmer 100. ' 

Williams Harriet S., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer 73. 

Willis Ruel, (Jacksonville) r 15^, farmer 25, and in Wilmington 50. 

Wilson Frank, (Reads'boro, Bennington Co.) r 42, farmer, leases of Z. Whee- 
ler 100. 

Winn Diana L., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Samuel, resident. 

WINN SAMUEL, (Jacksonville) r ^^, farmer 80. (Died Feb. 14, 1884, aged 
67 years.) 

Winn Samuel Jr., (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer 40. 



530 ^ WILMINGTON VILLAGE TOWN OK WILMINGTON. 



YllUMlKGTOn 



INSIDE CORPORATION. 



Railroad Stations are Brattleboro, 15 miles east, on Vl. \'a]Iey K. R., and Bennington, 20 
miles west, on Beii. & Rut. R. R. Daily stage to each. 

(J^or expla7iations^ etc., see pcige 305.^ 

AUis Wells P., cooper, bds Maple. 

Andrews Charles S., clerk for Anrews & Spencer, bds at Vermont House. 

Andrews Samuel H., (Andrews »Sc: Spencer,.) bds Vermont House. 

Andrews &: Spencer, (S. H. Andrews and C. D. Spencer,) general merchants, 
and dealers in paints and oils, hardware, ready-made clothing and coun- 
try produce, North River st. 

Averill Philetus, carpenter, owns 5 acres, h off South River st. 

Ballou Ursula, widow of Hosea, dressmaker, cor West Main and South 
River sts. 

Barber Hardy F., shoemaker, h i Pleasant st. 

BARBER LUTHER H., shoemaker, bds i Pleasant. 

Barnard Benjamin L., farmer 19, h East Main 

Barnard Seth B., deacon of Congregational church, and fancier 100, h East 
Main. 

BARTLETT EMMA S., widow of Curtis R., h 14 East Main. 

Bassett John S., harnessmaker. East Main, h 11 South River. 

Baty Jasper A., tinsmith, h i Maple. 

Bell Edward, constable and collector, and farmer 57, h 4 Maple. 

Bigelow Ivory, cooper, h Riverside. 

Bouker Jane, widow of Henry, dealer in fancy dress goods. North River st. 

Bouker Paulina, widow of Charles B., h West Main. -. 

BOYD CHARLES E., laborer, h Maple, r 51 outside. 

Boyd Stephen, farmer 62, h Maple. 

Buell Albert C, stone cutter, h South Main. 

Buell Daniel A., farmer 45, h West Main. 

BUELL JOHN R., marble manuf.. West Main, h High. 

Bugbee Alonzo, r 43, farmer 21. 

Bugbee Henry A., farmer, owns i)asture 56, h North River. 

BUTTEREIELD OSCAR E., att'y at law, member of fmance committee 
of Wilmington Savings Bank, East Main, h South River. 

Canedy William M., teamster, h East Main. 

Chambcrlin Stillman E., retired mechanic, h and i acre, 13 East Main. 

Cheeseman Allen P., house painter, h West Main. 

CHH.DS ADNA L., groceries and Yankee notions, restaurant, 4 West Main, 
h 2 East Main. 

Childs Marilla L., widow of WiUiam W., h Maple. 

Clark Sylvanus, farmer, h East Main. 



WILMINGTON VILLAGE TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 53 1 

Colegrove Abigail, widow of Lemuel, h 8 West Main. 

Courtemanche Tunis, blacksmith, h West Main. 

Courtemanche Joseph, blacksmith, h West Main. 

Davenport Stephen T., att'y at law, 5 South River, h West Main. 

Davis Izadia, widow of Chester D., h West Main. 

Demming Theodore B., tailor, over O. O. Ware's store, h do. 

Dennison George E., laborer, h West Main. 

DIX JUSTUSH., farmer, retired, owns 170 acres, h 8 East Main. 

Forbes Esther S., widow of Volney E., h 8 Maple. 

Forrest Hanson F., pastor M. E. church, parsonage 5 East Main. 

Fox Herbert L., farmer. East Main. 

Fox Lucius, farmer, h East Main. 

Goodnow Augustus W., pastor of Baptist church, h Pleasant. 

Goodnow Milton A., lawyer, h i Riverside. 

Gorham Eleazer, retired merchant, bds Riverside. 

Gorham Orinda, widow of Oscar J., invalid, h High. 

Halladay Albert H., clerk of Wilmington Savings Bank, bds East Main. 

Hanks W. H., painter, h South Main. 

Harris Murray, wagon maker for O. Howe, h West Main. 

HARRIS OSCAR P., (Morris & Harris,) h North River st. 

Harris RoUin E., farmer, h High. 

Haskell William B., dealer in drugs, hardware, and groceries, cor North River 
and Main, h Beaver. 

Haynes Elmira, widow of Emerson H., farmer 10, h Maple. 

Haynes George E., carpenter and joiner, h Pleasant. 

Holland Calvin, resident, h East Main. 

Holland Ephraim, laborer, h South Main. 

Howe Charles L., jeweler, North Main, h South River. 

Howe Fred E., invalid, bds North River. 

Howe Oscar F.. wagon maker and blacksmith, h North River. 

Hubbard David G., expressman, h North River. 

Hubbard Horace M., shoemaker, and farmer 17, h North Main. 

Johnson Albert M., dentist, h West Main. 

JONES ANSEL C, tin shop, dealer in hardware, Riverside st., bds North 
River. 

Jones Orien H., clerk for O. O. Ware, bds South River. 

Kidder J. Henry, deputy sheriff, dealer in horses and cattle, owns 150 acres, 
and half interest in Vermont House. 

Kingsbury Eunice, widow of Elliot B., resident, North Main. 

LAMB CHARLES A., teamster to Brattleboro and North Adams, h South 
River. 

Loomis Edward L., farmer and machinist, h High. 

LYON JOHN F., stage driver and mailcarrier to Bennington, bds West Main, 

Mann Hosea, Jr., town clerk and treasurer, notary public, treasurer of Wil- 
mington Savings Bank, and attorney at law, h East Main. 

Moore Fred, laborer, h Robinson House. 

Morris Alvarado D., laborer, h West Main. 

MORRIS ANSON L., (Morris & Harris) bds North River. 

MORRIS & HARRIS, (Anson L. Morris and Oscar P. Harris) props, grist- 
mill, saw-mill, and planing-mill. North River st. 

Morris John, house painter, h West Main. 

Norton Sabrina W., widow of Luman, h West Main. 

Patch John, trustee and member finance committee of Wilmington Savings 
Bank, farmer 200, h 12 East Main, 



532 WILMINGTON VILLAGE ^TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 



Pettee Lucy B., widow of Dr. A. L., h 12 West Main. 

Pike Ernest B., school teacher, bds High. 

Pike John L., carpenter and joiner, h High. 

Prouty Plummer, farmer i|^, h West Main. 

Rice Alger W., M. D. physician and surgeon, West Main. 

Rich Belinda, widow of Benjamin, h 8 West Main. 

ROBINSON STILLMAN, marble dealer, h West Main. 

Robinson — -, widow of Sherman M., resident, West Main. 

Rose George, undertaker, cabinet maker, and carpenter, h High. 
Rudd George E., teamster, bds Maple. 

Rudd John W., farmer, leases of Stone Bros, about 30, h Maple. 
Russell Chandler M., elocutionist, and farmer 9, h High. 

Russell , widow of Jordan H., owns farm about 70, h High. 

Sage Phebe, widow of John S., h North River. 

Sargent Estus C., notary public, bds High. 

Sargent Nathan \V., resident h High. 

Smith Chauncey, farmer, h South River. 

Snow Charles E., prop, of Wilmington and Brattleboro stage route, h near 

East Main. 
Snow Charles F., laborer, bds East Main. 
Spencer Charles D., (Andrews & Spencer) h East Main. 
STANLEY JOHN S., mechanic, h 14 East Main. 
Stanley Lucretia P., widow of F. L., h High. 
Stowe John, retired farmer, h Maple. 
Swift Amanda, widow of Jehiel, h East Main. 
SWIFT FANNY A., widow of Flavius J., M. D., h Pleasant. 

Taylor , widow of Charles, resident, Pleasant. 

Titus Elmer J., M. D. physician and surgeon, h i South River. 

TITUS HERBERT R., pastor Union Congregational church, parsonage 14 

West Main. 
Tyler Benoni, laborer, h West Main. 
Vermont House, Paxton G. Wilder, prop. West Main. 
Walcott Alonzo, h r 43, farmer 8. 
Ware Orrin O., postmaster, and dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots and 

shoes, ready-made clothing, hardware, hats and caps, cor East Main and 

South River, h South River. 
WHEELER ALBERT L., tinshop, dealer in hardware, North Eiver, h East 

Main. 
White Lestina A. Miss, millinery, North River. 
Wilder John, resident, owns 4 acres, h North River, 

Wilder Liberty, trustee and member finance committee of Wilmington Sav- 
ings Banlf, bds Vermont House. 
Wilder Pa.xton G., prop, of the Vermont House. 
Wilmington Savings Bank, E. L. Fuller, of Whitingharn, pres.; H. Mann, Jr., 

treas.; West Main. 
Winchester Helen C, widow of Carley, h West Main. 
Winchester Mary F., widow of Wilson M., h South River, owns 3 acres. 
Winslow Jane L., widow of Edward W., h Pleasant. 
Woodard Hannah J., widow, h East River. 



TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 533 



WlUMlKGTOn. 



TOWN OUTSIDE CORPORATION. 



Railroad stations are Brattleboro, 15 miles east, on Vt. Valley R. R., and Bennington, 20 
miles west, on Ben. & Rut. R. R. Daily stage to each. 

( For explanatiotis, etc., see page 305.^) 

ADAMS ADIN, (Wilmington) r 18, (May cSr Adams.) 

ADAMS HENRY, (Wilmington) r 18, (Adams & Haynes) 10 grade Dur- 
ham cattle, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100, and one-half inter- 
est in 36 acres on road 20. 

Adams John, (Wilmington) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. 

ADAMS NEWELL, (Wilmington) r 29, dairy 8 cows, 20 grade Durham cat- 
tle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 200. 

*ADAMS & HAYNES, (Wilmington) r 18 and 19, (Henry A. and CHnton 
C. H.) manufacturers of patent liquid holders, gathering tubs, Victor 
evaporators, and watering troughs. [Cards on pages 534 and 548.] 

Aldrich Frank H., (Wilmington) off r 38, farmer 134. 

Alvord Calvin T., (Wilmington) r 63, 53 sheep, 12 head of cattle, sugar or- 
chard 350 trees, farmer 160 

Alvord Frank H., (^Wilmington) r 63, farmer with his father. 

Alvord Horace, (Wilmington) r 63, retired farmer, bds with Calvin T. 

Averill Charles, (Wilmington) r 48, farmer with Stephen. 

Averill Stephen, (Wilmington) r 48, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer. 

Ames Kendall P., (Wilniington) r 40, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, 15 grade 
Durham cattle, farmer for town of W^ilmington 190. 

Ballou David S., (Wilmington) r 63, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 60. 

Ballou William M., (Wilmington) r 48, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer, leases 
of Elial Crosby 200. 

Barber Henry W., (Jacksonville) r 64, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 20 grade 
Durham cattle, farmer 150. 

Barnard Frank E., (Wilmington) r 60, prop, saw-mill, sugar orchard 2,000 
trees, farmer 250. 

Barnard Franklin, (VV-'ilmington) r 60, retired farmer 8. 

BASSETT J. MANNING, (Wilmington) r 45, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 
700 trees, farmer 212. 

Basseit William N., (Wilmington) farmer 46. 

Batchelder John G., (Wilmington) r 55, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer no. 

Bellows Albert, (Wilmington) r 27, laborer. 

BELLOWS JOHN, (Wilmington) r 21, farm laborer. 

Bellows Maria, (Wilmington) r 27, widow of William, farmer 5. 

BELLOWS TIMOTHY, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard" 350 trees, far- 
mer 80. 



534 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



Water Tank for Stock. 




(:F'.^T'E3STTEr)-) 



With and without Warming Apparatus. A good supply of water always at 

hand. They are made from the best of stock, therefore very 

durable and will not freeze. 



Improved Gathering TuL 




(r'.A.TE3>Ti' -^x'I'IjIex) ^^oI^.) 



Snow, Fine Ice, Sticks, Leaves and Dirt all taken out. They are easy to 

gather into; they are easy to keep clean ; they ride completely on the 

sled ; one-fourth of the team work saved. 

[See also page 548.] WII.]?IIKC«TO]V, VT. 



TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 535 

Bissell Charles W., (Wilmington) r 38, breeder of Durham cattle, reg., sugar 
orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 210, and leases of Asel Lamb 125. 

Bouker Elijah, (Wilmington) r 41, (Burr & Bouker.) 

Boyd Arvme, (Wilmington) r 71, with Henry E. 

Boyd Asa S., (Wilmington) r 57, dairy g cows, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, 
farmer 250. 

BOYD EDMAN M., (Wilmington) oft" r 70, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- 
mer 1 80. 

BOYD EDWARD C, (Wilmington) r 35, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 700 
trees, farmer 90. 

BOYD EL AM, (Wilmington) r 56, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 85. 

BOYD GILBERT A., (Wilmington) r 66, 26 sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 
trees, farmer 228. 

Boyd Henry C, (Wilmington) r 51, farm laborer. 

Boyd Henry E. & Arvine, (Wilnnngton) r 71. dairy 11 cows, 20 sheep, sugar 
orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 250, and in Readsboro 150. 

BOYD JASPER, (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 10. 

BOYD JASPER E., (Wilmington) r 67, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 390. 

Boyd Leslie W., (Wilmington) r 70, school teacher, and farmer with W. R. 

BOYD LORENZO M., (Wilmington) r 52, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- 
mer 125. 

BOYD OSCAR W., (Wilmington) r 57, farmer with his father, Warren. 

Bnyd Phebe D., (Wilmington) oft r 70, widow of James M., bds with E. M. 
Boyd. 

Boyd Samuel H., (Wilmington r 41, mechanic. 

Boyd Walter E., (Wilmington) off r 70, farmer with his father, E. M. 

BOYD WARREN R., (Wilmington) r 70, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 
174. 

BOYD WARREN cV- OSCAR W., (Wilmington) r 57, dairy 11 cows, 41 
sheep, 25 head young cattle, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 190, 200 
on r 59, 20 on r 51, 160 on r 59, and in Searsburg 500. 

Boyd Wmfield, (Wilmington) farmer, leases of J. B. 10. ^ 

Brown George W, (Wilmington) r 41, resident with Mills. 

Brown Mills, (Wilmington) r 41, lister, 33 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 
farmer 156, and 80 on r 52. 

Bryant Cyrus, (Wilmington) r 71, farmer 4. 

Burr Manly L., (Wilmington r 41, (Burr & Bouker.) 

Burr & Bouker, (Wilmington) r 41, sugar orchard 100 trees, and farmers 300. 

Buffin Edward B., (Wilmington) r 14, supt. of schools, sugar orchard 350 
trees, farmer 2 1 5. 

Butterfieid Benjamin F., (Wilmington) r 32, resident. 

Canedy Edwin, (Wilmington) r 70, farm laborer. 

Carpenter Calvin E., (Wilmington) r 53, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 165. 

Carpenter Calvin & Son, (Wilmington) r 53, (Watson D.) sugar orchard 600 
trees, farmer. 

Chandler Clark, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 200. 

Chase Susan Miss, (Whitingham) r 71, dairy 9 cows, farmer 180. 

Church Henry, (Wilmington) r 42, h and lot and cooper shop, farmer 2. 

Clark Anson B., (Wilmington) r 36, farmer 11. 

CLARK CHARLES C, (Wilmington) r 17, prop, of saw-mill, farmer, leases 
of S. Clark 40, and on r 14, 100, leases of the town of Wilmington 360 
acres woodland. 

CLARK JOHN L., (Wilmington) r 23, sugar orchard 2,400 trees, dairy 13 
cows, and farmer 235. 



536 TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 

Clark Luther, (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, leases of John Smith 30. 

Clark Luther A., (Wilmington) r 39, teamster, leases of John May. 

Cobb Chauncey, (Wilmington) r 27, farmer 100. 

Cobb Eugene R., (W^ilmington) r 27, farmer, with Chauncey. 

Coleman Joshua, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 162. 

Cook Alanson, (Wilmington) r 55, fanner. 

Cook Elizabeth A., (Dover) r 15, widow of James R. 

COOK LEVERETT M., (Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 108. 

Cook Martin B., (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 7. 

Corbett Eranklin J., (Wilmington) r 21, farmer, with his father, J. H. 

Corbett Jonathan H., (Wilmington) r 21, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 10 

cows, 21 grade Durham cattle, and farmer 446. 
Corbett Judson F., (Wilmington) r 22, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, 18 grade 

Durham cattle, and farmer, leases of J. H. 200. 
Corse Oliver P., (Jacksonville) r 63, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, wool grower 

29 sheep, dairy 10 cows, 12 grade Durham cattle, and farmer 382. 
Covey George W., (Wilmington) r 41, farmer 80. 
Crosby Elial, (Wilmington) r 48, farmer 200. 
Crosier Martha M., (Wilmington) r 52, widow of L. C. 
Crosier W. A., (Wilmington) r 52, farmer, with Martha M. 
Cummings John R., (Wilmington) r 56, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, wool 

grower 22 sheep, and farmer 50. 
Curtis Sumner, (Wilmington) r 13, retired farmer. 
CUSHMAN eIjGENE E., (Wilmington) r 55, sugar orchard 450 trees, 

dairy 10 cows, and farmer 150. 
Cushman Hiram, (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orcharrl 1,000 trees, farmer 50. 
CUTTING BROTHERS, (West Dover) r 11, (V. M. and R. D.,) sugar 

orchard 600 trees, farmers 112, 96 in Dover, a.id in Somerset 118 tim- 
ber land. 
CUTTING ROBERT D., (West Dover) r 11, (Cutting Brothers). 
CUTTING VARILLUS M., (West Dover) r 11, (Cutting Brothers). 
Davenpert Edgar H., (Wilmington) r 19, lawyer, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

dairy 8 cows, farmer 130, owns with W. W. Davenport dairy 20 cows 

and farm 65. 
Davison John, (Wilmington) r 60, farm laborer. 
DICKLMSON ORLANDO J., (Wilmington) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

and farmer 185. 
DONELSON SAMUEL M., (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 88. 
DIX JONAS W., (Wilmington) r 59, farmer, works for Justus Dix 170. 
Edson Solomon, (Wilmington) r 57, bds with C. E. Snow. 
Elgar Charles L., (Wilmington) r 36, farm laborer. 
FAULKNER ROYAL H.. (Wilmington) r 67, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, 

wool grower 22 sheep, and farmer 200. 
Fitch Delphi R., (Wilmington) r 13, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 100. 
Fitch Erastus A., (Wilmington) r 16, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 135. 
Pitch Horace M., (Wilmington) r 16, surveyor of liighways, sugar orchard 

700 trees, and farmer 200. 
FORD WELLS H., (Wilmington) r 63, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer, 

leases of J. Whitney 65. 
Fox Albert M., (Wilmington) r 61, farmer 160. 
Fox Dolly B., (Wilmington) r 38, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 100, with 

E. K. 
Fox Edw. K., (Wilmington) oft" r 38, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 100, 

with D. B. 



TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 537 

Fox Moses K., (Wilmington) r38, farmer 20. 

Gallop Frank J., (Jacksonville) r 63, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 150. 

Gates Solomon K., (Wilmington) r 33, farmer. 

GIFFORD JEREMIAH, (Wilmington) r 60, Universalist minister, and far- 
mer 65. 

Gifford Russell C, (Wilmington) r 61, sugar orchard 700 trees, and far- 
mer 158. 

Graves Joel, (Wilmington) r 69, sugar orchard 9,000 trees, farmer 164. 

Green George S., (Wilmington) r 45, gunsthith, retired, bds. with A. M. Par- 
melee. 

Green Nathan A., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 30. 

Grover Henry, (VVilmington) r 64, farm laborer. 

HALL THOMAS J., (Wilmington) r 32, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 
faimer, leases of F. J. Miller 125. 

Harrington Albert A., (Wilmington) r 49, farmer 3. 

Harrington Luther, (Wilmington) r 70, commissioner of highways,, sugar 
orchard 400 trees, farmer 125. 

Harris Eugene H., (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, bds. with L. P. Harris. 

Harris Franklin C., (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, leases of Lorin P. Harris 75. 

HARRIS LORIN P., (Wilmington) r 28, 20 grade Durham cattle, sugar 
orchard 600 trees, farmer 240. 

HARRIS LUCIUS M., (Wilmington) r ^6, wheelwright and farmer, leases 
of H. Haskell 20. 

Haskell Ephraim, (Wilmington) r 40, carpenter, dairy 10 cows, sugar orch- 
ard 1,000 trees, farmer 200. and 280 on r 10. 

HASKELL HENRY F., (Wilmington) r 39, (Hiram & Son.) 

Haskell Hiram 1st, (Wilmington) r 36, farmer 20. 

HASKELL HIRAM 2d & SON, (Wilmington) (Henry F.) r 39, dairy 8 
cows, 19 grade Durham cattle, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 165, 
and undivided half of 285. 

Haskell W. N., (Wilmington) r 39, farmer. 

Haskins Freeman, (Wilmington) r 22, retired farmer, aged 89. 

Havnes Albert L., (Wilmington) r 17, farmer 25, and on r 14 farm 100. 

HAYNES CLINTON C, (Wilmington) (Adams & Haynes.) selectmen, 
patentee cf milk coolers and sap evaporators, sugar orchard 1,300 trees, 
farmer, leases of Ophir 155. 

Haynes Elbridge M., (Wilmington) r 12, (I. & E. M.) 

HAYNES ESrUS W., (Wilmington) r 16, blacksmith, 30 sheep, sugar orch- 
ard 800 trees, farmer 130. 

HAYNES I. & E. M., (Wilmington) r 12, dairy 10 cows, 25 sheep, 19 grade 
Durham cattle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 225, and in Dover 50. 

HAYNES ISRAEL, (Wilmington) r 12, (I. & E. M.) 

Haynes Ophir, (Wilmington) r 19, owns farm 135. 

HAYNES PHILETUS, (Wilmington) r 31, (P. Haynes & Sonj 

HAYNES P. & SON, (Wilmington) r 31, (Philetus and Wallace L.,) props, 
saw-mill, dairy 19 cows, 40 sheep, 51 head cattle, sugar orchard 3,600 
trees, farmers 600. 

HAYNES WALLACE L., (Wilmington) r3i, (P. Haynes & Son.) 

Hescock Ambrose E., (Wilmington) r 20, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, far- 
mer 85. 

Hescock Fred, (Wilmington) r 20, farmer. 

HOLDEN FRANK E., (Wilmington) r 31, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 
217, and in Marlboro 14. 

35 



538 TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 

Howard Henry, (Wilmington) r 32, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 115, 

and in Marlboro 40. 
Howard John B., (Wilmington) r 32, carpenter, and farmer 35. 
HUBBARD CHESTER C, (Wilmington) r 59, (George C. & Sons.) 
Hubbard Fred B., (Wilmington) r 43, farmer 62. 
HUBBARD GEORGE C. & SONS, (Wilmington) r 59, (Porter G. and 

Chester C.,) dairy 18 cows, 20 head young cattle, sugar orchard 2,500 

trees, farmers 300. 
HUBBARD PORTER G., (Wilmington) r 59, (George C, Hubbard & 

Sons.) 
Hudson Marshall, (Wilmington) farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son 150. 
Johnson Frank S., (West Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 160. 
Jordan William E., (Wilmington) r 41, bench and hand screw manuf., leases 

of Mrs. A. B. Medbury h and lot, mill in Searsburg. 
Knowlton Fred D., (Wilmington) r 36, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, 

leases of Fitch Bros. 150. 
Lamb Asahel, (Wilmington) r 38, farmer 25, and leases to C. W. Bissell 125. 
Lawton Melissa F., (Wilmington) r 35, widow of Israel 
Lawton Osamus B., (Wilmington) r 35, ist selectman, ^^vigar orchard 700 trees, 

dairy 12 cows, farmer. 
Lyman Alvah, (Wilmington) r 45, farmer 1 1. 
Lyman Warren F., (Wilmington) r 9, farmer 130. 
Mann Nathan D., (Wilmington) r 42, farmer. 
Mason Deloss, (Wilmington) r 51, farmer 7. 
Mason Nelson J., (Wilmington; r 49, farm laborer, h and lot. 
MAY HENRY, '(Wilmington) r 18, (May & Adams). 
MAY HORACE E., (Wilmington) r 22, farmer, leases of Samuel S. sugar 

orchard 1,000 trees, and 65 acres, owns 114 acres timber land on r 24. 
MAY SAMUEL S., (Wilmington) r 22, dairy 10 cows, 30 sheep, 15 grade 

Durham cattle, farmer 240. 
MAY & ADAMS, (Wilmington) r 18, (Henry May and Adin Adams) dairy 

8 cows, 17 sheep, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and farmers 200. 
Medbury Daniel, (Wilmington) r 52, 16 sheep, farmer 86, and in Bennington 

Co. 220. 
MEDBURY FRANCIS E., (Wilmington) r 52. mechanic. 
Medbury Mary H., (Wilmington) r 52, widow of Andrew B. 
MILLER THOMAS J., (Wilmington) off r 32, (Stowe & Miller.) 
Miller William D., (Wilmington) r 40, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 165. 
Millington Ann E., (Wilmington) r 66, widow of Charles, bds with Her- 
bert L. 
MILLINGTON HERBERT L., (Wilmington) r 66, 34 sheep, sugar orchard 

600 trees, faimer ;85. 
Morris Gilbert A., (Wilmington) r 26, farm laborer. 
MORRIS HANNAH C, (Wilmington) r 26, widow of David, sugar orchard 

1,500 trees, and farmer 142. 
Morris Sidney O., (Wilmington) r 26, farmer with his mother, Hannah C. 
Newland Haskell M., (Wilmington) r 39, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, farmer, leases of E. Haskell 340. 
PALMETER ALBERT, (Wilmington) r 37, farmer, leases of Daniel J. 155. 
P.A.LMETER Dx'VNIP^L J., (Wilmington) r 37, dairy 10 cows, 20 grade Dur- 
ham cattle, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 255. 
PARMALEE CHIPMAN S., (Wilmington) r 18, lister, mechanic, sugar 

orchard 1,000 trees, farmer. 



TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 539 

Parmelee Charles H., (Wilmington) r 62, school teacher, sugar orchard 600 
trees, and farmer 160. 

Parmenter or Palmeter Daniel E., (Wilmington) r 13, sugar orchard 1,000 
treeSj farmer, leases of Philetus Haynes & Son 130. 

Parmlee Mary P., (Wilmington) r 45, widow of Jeremiah P., bds with Ash- 
ley M. 

PARMLEE ASHLEY M., (Wilmington) r 45, sugar orchard 600 trees, and 
farmer 200. 

Pease Henry ]., (Wilmington) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer, 
leases of Mrs. Julia Dalrymple 150. 

Pease Warren, (VVilmington) 60, farm laborer. 

PIKE SAMUEL C, (Wilmington) r 25, carpenter, 10 head of cattle, sugar 
orchard 3,500 trees, farmer 200. 

Quinn Fred ]., (Whitingham) r 45, farm laborer. 

Ray Frank E., (Wilmington) r ;^8, farmer 200. 

Ray Fidelia, (Wilmington) r ^8, widow of William, farmer no. 

E.eed Charles F., (Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 250. 

RICE JOHN S., (Wilmington) r 37, lister, stock grower and dealer, mason, 
sugar orchard 6c . treos, and farmer 222. 

RICH PERLEY, (Wilmington) r 58, breeder of Hambletonian horses, sugar 
orchard 700 trees, -'5 head of young stock, farmer 140. 

Rich Sidney, (Wilmington) r 58, farmer, with Perley. 

Robinson Fred, (Wihaington) r 26 cor 38, laborer. 

RUSSELL LEANDER C, (Wilmington) r 49, mason, and farmer 6. 

Sage Jared, (Wilmington) r 55, laborer, owns 7 acres. 

SHEPHARDSON CLARK H., (Wilmington) r 57 cor 68, 20 sheep, sugar 
orchard 2,000 trees, and farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son 200. 

Smith Bros., (Wilmington) r 35 and 11, (W. H., F. R. and L. M.,) own un- 
divided estate. 

SMITH BURTON F.,(W"ilmington) r 65, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 130. 

SMITH FRANCIS R., (Wilmington^ r 36, farmer, breeder of thoroughbred 
Durham cattle, reg., dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, far- 
mer 215 

Smith Gains R., (Wilmington) r 65^ farmer, bds with Burton F. 

Smith Houghton G., (Wilmington) r 65, farmer, bds with B. F. Smith. 

Smith Sylvester, (Wilmington) r 43, farmer. 

Spencer Arthur E , (West Dover) r ri, farmer, with his father. 

Spencer David, (West Dover) r i r, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 10 cows, 
29 sheep, farmer 115, loo on r 44, and 125 in Dover. 

Spencer Harding, (Wilmington) r 44, farmer 100. 

Stanclift Frank L., (Wilmington) r 45, farmer, with his father. 

Stanclift Rufus, (Wilmington) r 45, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 45. 

STOVVE JOHN H., (Wilmington) r 34, dairy 10 cows, 20 grade Durham 
cattle, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 200. 

Stowe Wilber H., (Wilmington) r 34, farmer, with his father. 

STOWE & MILLER, (Wilmington) r 32, (A. T. Stowe, of Brattleboro, and 
T. J. Miller,) dairy 8 cows, 50 sheep, and farmer 435. 

Streeter George H., (VVilmington) r 60 cor 62, farmer 20. 

TEMPLE C. W., (Wilmington) r 19, (W. H. & Sons.) 

TEMPLE J. W.. (Wilmington) r 19, (W. H. & Sons.) 

TEMPLE WILLIS H. & SONS, (Wilmington) r 19, (J. W. and C. W.,) 
sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmers 225. 

Thomas Wilton, (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 30. 



540 TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 

Titus Alfred W., (Wilmington) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. 

Titus Alonzo, (Wilmington) r 42, farmer 5. 

Titus Edwin, (Wilmington) r 42, selectman, prop, of cider-mill and saw-mill, 
manuf of apple jelly and butter boxes, farmer 37. 

Titus William, (Wilming'on) r 21, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer, leases 
of A. Titus 100. 

Vose Thomas, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer go. 

VValcott Charles I., (Wilmington) r 35, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 148. 

Ward Oscar J., (Wilmington) r 57, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 173. 

Ware Charles B., (Wilmington) r 51, farmer 125. 

WARE CHARLES M., "(Wilmington) r 5 f, (Charles and Leslie A.) farmer 
5 on r 56. 

WARE CHARLES M. & LESLIE A., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 
700 trees, farmers, lease of Charles B. 125. 

Ware Heman B., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 150. 

Ware Henry C, (Wilmington) r 34. dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, 
farmer 215. 

WARE LESLIE A., (Wilmingtcn) r 51, (C. M. &: L. A.) 

Ware Oscar C, (Wilmington) r45, sugar orchard 2co trees, farmer 85. 

WARE SCHUYLER, (Wilmington) r i^k^ farmer 60, and h and lot in village. 

Ware William G., (Wilmington) r32, farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son. 

Watkins Frank A., (Wilmington) off r 40, farmer on F. S. Watkins est. 185. 

Watkins Lydia A., (Wilmington) off r 40, widow of Frank S., sugar orchard 
1,300 trees, farmer 185. 

Watkins Willie S., (Wilmington) off r 40, farmer 185, on F. S. Watkins est. 

WELLMAN GEORGE F., (Wilmington) r 48, laborer. . 

Wellman Henry A., (Wilmington) r 35. farm laborer. 

Wheeler Adna, (Wilmington) r 24, farmer with Eli. 
-Wheeler Daniel, (W^ilmington) r 52, sugar orchard 6co trees, and farmer 100. 

Wheeler Eli, (Wilmington) r 24, farmer 100. 

Wheeler Elmer E., (Wilmington) r 42, butcher, sugar orchard 600 trees, far- 
mer 86. 

Wheeler John, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer. 

Wheeler William C, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer 100. 

White Francis E, (Wilmington) r 30, 22 sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees ^ 
farmer 150, 34 in Somerset. 

WHITE JAMP^S L., (Wilmington) r 55, carpenter, dairy 9 cows, sugar or- 
chard 3,000 trees, farmer 298. 

Whitney Henry, (Wilmington) r 35, farm laborer, bds at C. Walcott's. 

Wilder Alson L., (Wilmington) r 49, poundmaster, sugar orchard 200 trees, 
and farmer 65. 

Wilder , (Wilmington) r 53, widow of Adin S., owns farm. 

Wilder Oscar G., (Wilmington) r 45, wagonmaker and carpenter. 

Willard Edwin A., (Wilmington) r 42, farmer 3. 

Willard Edwin A., Jr., (Wilmington) r 42, butcher, with E. E. Wheeler. 

Willard Fred, (Wilmington) r 42. laborer. 

Winchester Carley C, (Wilmington) r 12, farmer, leases of Hart 58. 

WINCHESTER HART H., (Wilmington) r 12, 9 grade Durham cattle, 
farmer 134, and in Dover sugar orchard 700 trees and farm 135. 



TOWN OF WINDHAM. 541 



■WINDHAM. 

Railroad stationis Chester, 10 miles northeast, on Rut. Div. C. V. R. R., and West 
Townshend, 6 miles south on B. & W. R. R. Daily stage to Chester. 

(For explatiations^ etc., see page 305.) 

Abbott Henry M., (Windham) r 19, painter and farmer 10. 

ADAMS GEORGE, (South Windham) r 28, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar 

orchard 400 trees, farmer with A. M. Goodell 210, and 75 pasture land 

in Jamaica. 
Baker Alson J., (South Windham) r 28, wool grower 95 sheep, farmer 160. 
Baker Henry V., (South Windham) r 36, Baptist clergyman. 
Ballou Luman H., (Windham) r 29, dealer in cattle and sheep, wool grower 

72 sheep, farmer 130. 
Bemis Henry M., (Windham) r 9, overseer of the poor, sugar orchard 1,000 

trees, farmer 175. 
Blodgett Andrew, (Wmdham) r 24, laborer. 
BRINTNALL JONATHAN T., (Windham) r 11 cor 9, farmer with L. M. 

Lawrence 265, and 320 on r 18. 
Brown Homer, (South Wmdham) r 28, scythe stick manuf. 
BUTTERS CHARLES F., (Grafton) r 12, teamster and farmer. 
Butters Enoch, (Grafton) r 12, cooper and farmer 160. 
CHAPMAN LUTHER. B., (Windham) r 19, town clerk, postmaster, town 

treasurer^ h and lot. 
Converse Charles H., (East Jamajca) r 34, leases of N. Hastings 115. 
Cook Henry A., (Windham) cor r 13 and 17, farmer 50. 
CRONIN WILLIAM L., (Windham) r 19, telegraph operator, soldier ist 

Heavy Artillery, nth Reg't Vt. Volunteers, enlisted Aug, 5, 1862, dis- 
charged June 6, '65, farmer 34. 
Dady P^benezer L., (South Windham) r 26, farmer 75. 
Densmore Charles, (South Windham) r 26, leases of B. M. Pierce 250. 
Densmore John A., (South Windham) r 28, leases of D. D. Deuel. 
Deuel Dorastis D.. (South Windham) r 28, farmer 121. 
DIMICK GEORGE W., (Windham) off r 19, ist selectman, potato dealer, 

sugar orchard 1,700 trees, 25 head young stock, farmer 275. 
Donley Alexander, (Windham) r 29, general blacksmith. 
Dutton Augustus E., (Windham) r 2,2,, farmer 130. 
Dutton Stephen C, (Windham) r ^i, farmer 160, and in Jamaica pasture 

land 75. 
Edson Aaron H., (Windham) r 56, breeder of young cattle, farmer 160. 
Edson Leroy M., (Chester) r 7, wool grower 30 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farmer 102. 
Farnsworth John, (North Windham) r 10, wcol grower 50 sheep, sugar orch- 
ard 300 trees, and farmer with M. A. 300. 
Farnsworth Marcius A., (North Windham) r 10, (John and M. A.) 
Farr George A., (Windham) r 28, wool grower 75 sheep, potato grower and 

dealer, and farmer 300. 
FARR WILLIAM C, (South Windham) r 36, home farm 150, in Jamaica 

100. 
Francis Susan, (South Windham) r 25, widow of Gillman, resident. 



542 TOWN OF WINDHAM. 



Giles Barnabas, (North Windham) r 13. farmer 217. 

Giles Horace E., (North Windham) r 13, farmer, leases of his father 217. 

GOODELL ADDIE M., (South Windham) r 28, widow of George A., resi- 
dent, one-third owner of farm 2 to. 

Gordon Edwin, (Windham) r 1 1 cor 9, farm laborer. 

Gould Elliot, J., (Windham) r 14, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. 

Gould James, (Windham) r 7, aged 79 years. 

GOULD JEFFERSON B., (Wmdham) r 12. 

Gould James W., (Windham) r 7, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 600 
trees, farmer 120, in Londonderry pasture land 60. 

Harrington George R., (Windham) r 14, farmer 100 leased land. 

Harrington Randall, (Windham) r 31, farmer 100. 

HARRINGTON RANSLEY, (South Windham) r 36 carpenter and joiner, 
prop, of saw-mill in Jamaica, farm about 40. 

Harris Calvin H., (Windham) r 16, farmer 134. 

Harris Chauncey C., (Windham) r 16, North Windham and Windham stage 
driver, and farmer, lives with his father, C. H. 

Harris Frank H., (Windham) r 19 cor 15, (William Harris & Son.) 

HARRIS WILLIAM, (Windham) cor r 15 and 19, avilliam Harris & Son) 
pres. West River National Bank of Jamaica, real estate owner, 3,000 
acres in Jamaica, Londonderry and Grafton. 

HARRIS WILLIAM & SON, (Windham) (Frank H.) general merchants. 

HASTINGS CHARLES W., (Wmdham) r 31, deacon Congregational 
church, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 900 trees, wool grower 56 sheep, 
farmer 280. 

Hastings Henry D., (Windham) r 31, with C. W. 

Holbrook Amos, (Windham) r 19, pastor Congregational church. 

Holden George K., (Windham) r 5, farmer, leases of Mrs. Emma Rhoades 
160. 

Holden Seth A., (South Windham) r 25, farmer for Mrs. Pierce. 

Howard Harland P., (Windham) otf r 17, works for his mother, Sarah How- 
ard, farm 209. 

Howard Levi. (Windham) off r 7, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 150. 

HOWARD LYMAN L., (North Windham) r 5, farmer, leases ot Aiken es- 
tate 100. 

Howard Sarah, (Windham) oft' r 17, widow of W'illard, 50 sheep, farm 209. 

Howard Sewell T., (North Windham) r 5, farmer 55. 

Howe John C, (South Windham) r 36, farmer 16. 

Howe Zeno D., (Windham) r 32, 23 sheep, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 
160. 

Jenison Kirk E., (Windham) r 29 cor 23, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 160 
with L. E. 

Jenison Lyman E., (Windham) r 29 cor 23, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar 
orchard 200 trees, farmer i6d with K. E. 

Jenison Elias H., (South Windham) r 35, farmer 180. 

Jones Elvira E. H., (Windham r 19, widow of James D., aged 73. 

Jones Emory H., (Windham) r 19, farmer. 

Kendall Solon W., (Windham) r 7, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 400 
trees, farmer 90. 

Kingsbury Everett, (South Windham) r 36, scythe stick maker. 

Kingsbury Hiland S., (South Windham) r 36, dea'er in flour, meal and feed, 
h and lot. • 

Kingsbury Nelson, (South Windham) r 36, retired farmer, deacon of Baptist 
church. 



TOWN OF WINDHAM. 543 



Lawrence Angie H., (Windham) r 7, teacher. 

Lawrence Eli, (Windham) r 11, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 175. 

Lawrence Elmer H., (Windham) r 7, 35 sheep, farmer 150. 

Lawrence John B., (Windham) r 11, lister, farmer with his father. 

LAWRENCE LESLIE M., (Windham) corr 9 and 11, wool grower 50 sheep, 

farmer 265, with J. T. Brintnall. 
Mack Albert, (Windham) r 19, farm laborer, lives with A. H. Mack. 
MACK ARCHIBALD H., (Windham) off r 19, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 

130. 
Mack Samuel, (Windham) r 8, farmer 130, aged 72. 
Marsh William W., (South Londonderry) r 31, sugar orchard 700 trees, leases 

of C. Holman, of Chester, 185. 
MASON ALBERT O., (Windham) r 29, prop, of saw-mill. 
Moore Louisa Miss, (Windham) r zt,, farmer no. 
Moore Samuel, (Windham) cor r 20 and 24. wool grower 58 sheep, farmer 

325. 
Parker Andrew J., (Windham) r t^i, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 125. 
Penor Peter, (Windham) r 14, leases Woodward estate 360. 
Pierce Benjamin M., (South Windham) r 28, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 

350, also 200 on r 37, 250 on r 26, and 250 off r 18. 
Pierce Dorcas Mrs., (South Windham) r 25, widow of Simeon, farmer 205. 
Pierce Ezra, (South Wmdham) r 29, prop, of grist-mill, and chair stock fac- 
tory, farmer 250, and in Jamaica 300. 
Pike Silas, (South Windham) r 28, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 37. 
Prentiss Asahel O., (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, 60 sheep, 

farmer too, and mountain lot 160. 
Prentiss Bliss, (Windham) r 31, son of H. N. 
Prentiss Harvey N., (Windham) r 31, farmer 146. 
Puffer Winslow A., (South Windham) r i2>, 35 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, 

farmer 150. 
Randall Charles H., (Windham) r 15, farmer, leases of Mark Moore 100. 
Rhoades Aaron A., (Windham) rig, carpenter and joiner, and farm laborer, 

aged 63. 
Rhoades Bishop H., (Windham) r 12, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 124. 
Rhoades Emma, (Windham) r 2, widow of Sumner, owns farm 385. 
Rhoades Henry C, (Windham) r 15, farmer 208. 
Rhoades Hibbard A., (Windham^ off r 19, employee of William Harris, farmer 

75- 
Rhoades Randall. (Windham) r 9. sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 175. 

Rhoades Warren H., (Wmdham) r 8, farmer 85. 

Rhoades Wellman B., (Windham) r 29, farmer 85. 

RICHARDSON GEORGE A,, (Windham) r 29, prop, shingle-mill, wheel- 
wright, farmer 10. 

ROBBINS DAVID E., (South Windham) r 36, justice of the peace, wool 
grower 100 sheep, 60 young cattle, dealer in cattle and sheep, farmer 
300 in Jamaica. 

Rumrill Edwin J., (Windham) r 16, employee of William Harris. 

SALTER LYMAN Q., (Grafton or Windham) r 12, agent for Granite State 
mower, wood dealer, sugar orchard r,ooo trees, farmer 140, wood land 
160. 

Simons Leonard H., (North Windham) r 10, farmer 100. 

Simons Lewis E., (North Windham) r 10, lives with his son L. H., aged 82. 

Smith Asa, (South Windham) r 36, postmaster, shoemaker, and farmer 125. 



544 TOWN OF WINDHAM. 

SMITH FRANK O., (South Windham) r 36, lister, son of Asa. 

Smith Daniel, (Windham) r 17, resident, with W. J. 

SMITH WALDO J., (Windham) r 17, wool grower, and farmer 230. 

Stearns Adelbert J., (Windham) r 24, (Clark Stearns & SonJ enlisted in Co. 

D, i6th Regt. Vt. Vols., July, 1862. 
Stearns Clark, (Windham) r 24, (Clark Stearns & Son) 
Stearns Clark & Son, (Windham) r 24, (A. J.,) wool growers 120 sheep, and 

farmers 400. 
STEARNS HENRY A., (Windham) r 24, (James & Son). 
STEARNS JAMES, (Windham) r 24, (James & Son,) farmer, aged 79. 
Stearns Jam^s & Son, (Windham) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool growers 

60 sheep, and farmers 260. 
STOWELL CALVIN, (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 

250. 
Stowell Ebenezer W., (Windham) r 22, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 50. 
Stowell Hollis G., (Windham) r 23, dairy 9 cows, farmer 200. 
Stowell William H., (Windham) r 23, farmer, with H. G. 
Tenney Calvin, (Wmdham) r 12, farmer 9. 

Tripp Henry, (South Windham) r 28, farmer, leases of D. D. Deuel. 
UPHAM ASAHEL, (Windham) r 31, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 170. 
Upham Gardner, (Windham) r ig, farmer, h and 4 acres, aged 85. 
Waite Abner H., (Chester) r 6, farmer 80, aged 65. 
Warner Curtis A , (Windham) r 29, employee in Ezra Pierce's chair stock 

and grist-mill. 
Warner Vilroy C, (Windham) r 29, employee in E. Pierce's mill. 
Wellman John, (South Windham) r 35. son of S. P. 
WELLMAN SILAS P., (South Windham) r 35, highway surveyor, sugar 

orchard 800 trees, and farmer 97. 
Whipple James A., (South Windham) r 18, farmer, leases of J. T. Brintnall 

320. 
WHIPPLE JAMES E., (South Windham) r 38, general merchant, and owns 

farm 27, served in Co. G, 21st Regt. Mass. Vols. 
WHITCOMB HENRY C, (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 1,400 trees, wool 

grower 60 sheep, and farmer 250. 
White Charles R., (South Windham) r 35, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 

. '75-. 
White Elijah, (Windham) r 8, farmer 150, aged 82. 
White Foster, (North Windham) r 4, farmer. 

White James E., (Windham) r 8, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 60. 
White Lewis S., (Windham) r 9, sugar orchard 600 trees and farmer 160. 
White Wilber, (North Windham) r 4, farmer. 

Whitman Asa, (South Windham) r ;^8, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 175. 
Wiggins Charles W., (Chester) r 6, farmer 107. 

Woodburn Samuel C, (Windham) off r 20, lister, wool grower 50 sheep, and 
farmer, leases of the State 130. 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 545 



GUILFORD. 

Railroad station is Brattleboro, 3 miles northeast. Daily stage. 
(For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ 

Adams Simeon, (Guilford) r 11, farmer. 

AKELEY ALLARD B , (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 160. and with R. 
W. 75. 

Akeley Hiram, (West Brattleboro) r 3, farmer. 

AKELEY MARTIN, (West Brattleboro) r 4, prop, of cider-mill, and farmer 
190. 

AKELEY RANSOM W., (West Brattleboro) r 6, prop, of cider-mill, sugar 
orchard 200 trees, farmer, leases of A. B. Akeley 160, and with A. B. 
owns 75. 

Akeley Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 4, farm »r 39. 

ALDRICH MARY L., (Green River) r 25, widow of Silas W., sugar orchard 
700 trees, and farmer 130. 

ALEXANDER CHARLES E , (Brattleboro) r 11, dealer in meats and pro- 
visions in Brattleboro, dealer in live stock, and farmer 150. 

Alexander Judson A., (Guilford Center) r 27, proprietor of stage route from 
Jacksonville to Shelburne Falls, Mass., breeder of Jersey cattle and far- 
mer, leases of Miss Emma Shepirdson 140. 

ALLEN MINER W., (Guilford) r 30, milk peddler, dairy 10 cows, farmer, 
leases of Sarah E. Jacobs 100. 

Andrews Chester H., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 56, farmer. 

Andrews Herbert D., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, farmer with Sandford. 

Andrews Nehemiah, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, farmer. 

Andrews Sandford, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, stock grower, farmer 700. 

ASHCRAFT THADDEUS S., (Guilford) r 39, farmer 340. 

BAKER DAVID G., (Guilford) r 53, farmer 100. 

Barber Ansel S., (Guilford) r 9, farmer 9. 

Barber Charles S., (Guilford) r 34, farmer 50. 

Barber James, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 55, farmer 70. 

Barber Sarah, (Guilford) r 9, widow of Ebenezer. 

Barney Charlotte L , (Guilford Center) r 28, postmaster, resident. 

Barney Elizabeth B., (Guilford Center) r 29, resident. 

Barney Emily A., (Guilford) r 28, resident. 

Barney Henry C, (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. 

BARNEY WTLLIAM W.. (Guilford Center) r 22, town clerk, town treasurer, 
justice of the peace, lister, farmer 180. 

Barry Ella A., (Green River) off r 27, resident, 

Barstow Gervis, (Guilford Center) r 28, carpenter and wagon maker and far- 
mer 16. 

Bartlett William, (Guilford Center) r 28, farmer. 

BARTON DANA S., (Guilford Center) r 41, farmer 16. 

Bassett Joseph, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, farmer 20. 

Bassett Joseph, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. 

Bassett Moses, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. 

Bebo Joseph, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, farmer 90. 

Bell Charles A., (Leyden, Mass.) r 41, sugar orchard, 300 trees, farmer 130. 



546 TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



Betterley Thomas F., (West Brattleboro) r 3, farmer 50. 

BIXBY ALBERT H., (Guilford) r 11, teamster. 

BIXBY DANIEL, (Green River) off r 23, retired farmer. 

BIXBY SAMUEL H., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer 40. 

BLANCH ARD MARY A., (Guilford) r 17, widow of E. C., resident. 

Bond Charles W., (Green River) r 2, farmer 80. 

Bond Dexter S., (Green River) r 2, carpenter and farmer 130. 

Bond George N., (Guilford) r 17, farmer 165. 

Bond Mary E., (Guilford) r 17, widow of George W., resident. 

Boyden Hannah, (Guilford) r 14, widow of Horace, aged 84. 

Boyden Henry, (Guilford) r 18, retired shoe manufacturer, aged 81. 

BOYDEN LEVI, (Guilford) r 1 1, trustee of surplus fund, aged 81 years, 

farmer 200. 
Boyden Oscar, (Guilford) r 8, farm laborer. 

BOYDEN SAMUEL B., (Guilford) r 18, carpenter and farmer 65. 
Brackett Charles F., (Green River) r 27, carriage maker and carpenter. 
Brackett Elvira D., (Green River) r 27, widow of Timothy N., aged 71. 
BRACKETT FRED N., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. 
Brackett George F., (Green River) r 27, sugar orchard 400 trees^ and far- 
mer 175. 
Brenenstuhl Benjamin, (Green River) r 27, farmer 99. 
Briggs Henry M., (West Brattleboro) r 5, farmer 90. 
Briggs Thomas, (West Brattleboro) r 5, farmer 10. 
Britton Charles J., (Guilford) r ^;^, manuf. of light and double harness, and 

farmer, h and lot. 
Broad Brook House, (Guilford) r ti, C. C. Miller, prop. 
BROWN ALFRED S., (Guilford) r 15, stock grower, and farmer 240. 
Bullock Hannah, (Guilford) r 29, widow of S. K., farmer 65. 
BULLOCK JOHN C, (Guilford Center) r 7, prop, of cider-mill, sugar 

orchard 250 trees, and farmer 275. 
Bullock John L., (Guilford) r 17, farmer 76. 
Bullock Sarah W., (Guilford) r 38, widow of Lovell, aged 92. 
BURDICK FRED T., (Guilford) r 39^, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and 

farmer 200. 
BURDICK THOMPSON E., (Guilford) r 39I retired farmer. 
BURNETT HOLLIS H., (Guilford) r 8, justice of the peace, lister, sugar 

orchard 500 trees, and farmer 133. 
BURNETT JOHN, (Guilford) r 8, farmer 133. 
Burrows Allen, (Green River) r 24, farmer. 
Camp Andrew J., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer 84. 
Camp Ebenezer, (Leyden, Mass.,) r 40, farmer 80. 

Campbell Matthew, (Guilford) r 52, carriage, sign and ornamental painter. 
CAMPBELL SAMUEL, (Green River) r 42, sugar orchard 300 trees, and 

farmer 80. 
CARPENTER BROTHERS, (Guilford) r 39, (C. B. and E. J.,) props, of 

saw, shingle and fiouring-mill, manufs. and dealers in hard and soft 

wood lumber, general job shop. 
CARPENTER CHARLES B., (Guilford) r 39, (Carpenter Brothers,) bridge 

carpenter. 
CARPENTER EMERSON J., (Guilford) r 39, (Carpenter Brothers,) bridge 

carpenter. 
Cemeron Lewis, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. 
Chandler Lucy I., (Guilford Center) r 21, widow of Augustus, resident. 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 547 



CHAPIN NATHAN P., (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, justice of the peace for 

47 years, farmer 140, aged 82. 
Chase Frank E., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 42. 
Christopher Miles, (Guilford) r 31, laborer. 
Clark Charles C, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 54, farm laborer. 
CLARK GILBERT, (Guilford Center) cor r 24 and 26, breeder of full blood 

Jersey and Guernsey cattle, and farmer 150. 
CLARK HERBERT ]., (Green River) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, and 

farmer 200. 
Clark Jason, (Green River) r 24, farmer 156. 
CLARKE GILBERT, (Guilford Center) r 28 cor 26, stock grower, breeder 

of full blood Jersey and Guernsey cattle, farmer 200. 
Cleveland Charles R., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 45. 
Cleveland Isaac F., (Guilford) carriage maker, bds Broad Brook House. 
CLISBEE CHARLES, (Green River) r 27, postmaster, dealer in dry goods, 

groceries, boots, shoes, &c. 
Clisbee Lucv J. Miss, (Guilford) r 11, resident, with M. A. 
Clisbee Mary A. Miss, (Guilford) r it, resident, h and lot. 
CONANT NATHAN, (Guilford Center) r 28, retired cooper, aged 92 

years. 
Cook Francis F., (Guilford) r 18, manuf. of fork, broom and hoe handles, 

turning of all kinds, manuf. of shingles, farmer 5. 
Cooledge Frank A., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 
Cooledge Fred A., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 
Cooledge George S., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 
COOLEDGE MARIA L., (Guilford) r 39, (Mrs. R. S.,) resident. 
Cooledge Willie R., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 
Cooledge Rufus S., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 
Crary Isaac, (Guilford) r 11, house painter. 
Cross Elbridge G., (Green River) r 23, farmer. 
Cudworth Abbie, (Green River) off r 27, farmer 50. 
Cudworth Emily A., (Green River) off r 27, resident. 
CUTTING JOSEPH C, (Guilford Centre) r 22, dairy 20 cows, farmer 

175- 
Cutting Mary J., (Guilford Center) r 22, (Mrs. J. C.,) timber land in Wards- 

boro 200. 
CUTTING RUSSELL S., (Green River) r 27, with Samuel C, sheep 

grower and farmer 200. 
CUTTING SAMUEL C, (Green River) r 27, with R. T., farmer 200. 
Daniels Moses, (West Leyden, Mass.,) r 48, farmer 100. 
DeWolf R. Watson, (Green River) r 25, laborer. 
Dickinson Jonathan B., (Green River) r 25, retired farmer 4. 
Duggan Timothy, (Guilford) r 29, brick molder, and farmer 7. 
Fames Prescott S., (West Brattleboro) off r 5, 3d selectman, farmer 115. 
Eddy Artemas, (Guilford) r 14. farmer and mason. 
Eddy Erastus, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, laborer. 
EDWARDS BENAJAH, (Guilford Center) off r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, 

farmer 200, aged 81. 
EDWARDS J. HARVEY, (Guilford Center) off r 41, farmer. 
EUingwood Ephraim, (Bernardston, Mass.,) off r 55, farmer. 
ELLINGWOOD HART J.. (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 55, carpenter and 

builder, farmer 100. 
Esterbrook Charles F., (Guilford) r 14, manuf. of cider brandy. 



548 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



i'Qur Liquid Holder*^^ 




(X=^f^TEiT'XEX) TXTL-S" s, leso.) 



Is particularly adapted to the storage of Maple Sap, Feeders to Portable 

Engines, Reciving Tanks in Cider Mills, and many other purposes. 

The Holders are hooped with round iron, and nuts on each end ; 

by giving the nuts a turn in case of shrinkage, the trouble 

from leakage is avoided. 



-^^^^ 



-^^^i>- 



VICTOR. 



>^ 




The only Evaporator that converts Maple Sap into Sugar without being taken 
from the fire. There is no burning. It has an Arch Door combined. 

Patentees a.M.5. X^a.iiij.£a,ct-va.rers, 
[See also page 534-] WILMIXOTOX, VT. 



TOWN OF GUILFOKD. 549 



FESSENDEN WARREN S., (Green River) r 4, agent for Bellows Falls 
sugar evaporator, churns, butter workers, Gleaner horse rake, the 
pneumatic fruit drier, and other implements made by the Vermont 
Farm Machine Co.. sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 125. 

Fitzgerald Morris, (Guilford) r 11, laborer. 

FIFE FRANK, (Green River; off r 27, carpenter and farmer. 

FLAGG JOEL, Sr., (Guilford) r 11 cor i 2, breeder of grade Durham cattle, 
and faimer 130. 

FLAGG JOEL, Jr , (Guilford) r 11 cor 12. 

Fletcher Charles. (Green River) r 25, farmer. 

FRANKLIN CHARLOTTE, (Guilford Center) r 41, widow of Samuel. 

FRANKLIN GEORGE W., (Guilford) r 39, wheelwright, carpenter, mason, 
and farmer 17. 

Franklin Jabez, (Guilford Center) r 41, retired farmer 140, aged 89. 

FRANKLIN JABEZ R., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer and teamster. 

Franklin James H., (Guilford Center) r 4[, farmer with Jabes. 

FRANKLIN JEDEDIAH, (Guilford Center) r 41, farmer 58. 

FRANKLIN LORENZO I)., (Guilford Center) r 41, sugar orchard 400 
trees, faimer 150. 

Frizzell Lydia L., (West Brattleboro) r 6, widow of J. 

Frost Edmund, (Guilford Center) r 39, farmer 90. 

FULTON ROBERT, (Green River) r 48, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 

. '75- 
Gaines Chester B., (Bernardston. Mass.) r 55, farmer 70. 

Gaines Evereth E., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 57, son of Joel. 

Gaines Horace, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 56, farmer 30. 

GAINES JOEL, (Barnordston, Mass.) r 56. stock grower, farmer 250. 

GALE JANE E., (Guilford) r 45, widow of John E., owner of cider-mill, and 

farmer 65. 
GALLUP AMOS S., (Green River) off r 43, building mover, carpenter, 

sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 250. 
Goodenough Fatima S.. (Green River) r46, widow of Gaius R., resident, 
Goodnow Jessie, (Guilford Center) r 40, farm laborer. 
Gould Lucinda, (Green River) r 25, resident. 
Gould Lucretia, (Guilford) r 14, widow of Thomas, aged 84. 
GREEN RIVER HOTEL, (Green River) r 27, Park W. Shearer, prop. 
HALL C.\LEB H., (Guilford) r 1 r, late prop. Broad Brook House. 
HALLADAY HENRY O., (Brattleboro) r 10, peddler for C. H. Eddy 

& Co. 
HALL.A.DAY OBED H., (Brattleboro) r 10, carpenter and farmer 8^. 
Hancock Julia, (Green River) r 43, with Nelson. 
Hancock Nelson, (Green River) r 43, with Julia, farmer 50. 
Harris Mary, (Guilford) r 11, widow of Erastus, aged 82. 
Hasting William S., (Guilford) off r 39, carpenter, farmer. 
Haven Olive J., (Green River) r 2, widow of Jonas. 

HAYNES CLIFTON F., (Guilford) r 37, farmer, leases of J. E. Jacobs 100. 
Heath James S., (Guilford) off r 18, fruit orchard 300 trees, sugar orchard 

500 trees, and farmer 107. 
HENRY DAVID A., (Guilford Center) r 26, breeder of Plymouth Rock 

fowls, farmer 75. 
HICKS HERNANDO A., (Green River) r 27, ph) sician and surgeon. 
Hicks Lorenzo A., (Green River) r 25, farmer. 
Hillman WiUiam, (Green River) r 25, farmer 130. 



55° TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



Holden William W., (Guilford Center) r 22, farmer 150. 

Holt Lovell, (Guilford) r 11, works for Smith & Hunt. 

HOUGHTON GEORGE E., (Guilford) r 11, brick and lime maker, and 
farmer. 

HOUGHTON JOSEPH M., (Guilford) r 11, manuf. of brick and lime, 
farmer 193. 

Houghton Lawson C, (Green River) r 25, farmer for Mary L. Aldrich. 

Howard Erastus C., (Green River) r 27, carpenter and farmer 73. 

Howard Jennie, (Guilford) r 37 cor 38^, (Mrs. George.) 

Hughes Robert E.. (Guilford) off r 31, roof slater and farmer 8. 

HUNT SAMUEL L , (Guilford Center) r 28 cor 29, farmer 50. 

HUNT SAMUEL S., (Guilford) r 11, (Smith & Hunt.) 

Ingraham Alpheus, (Guilford Center) r 26, farmer 100. 

Jacob Frank E., (Guilford) r 37 cor 36. farmer. 

JACOBS HENRY VV., (Guilford) r 30, manuf. of hand rakes, job shop, far- 
mer 60. 

Jacobs Joseph E., (Guilford) r 37 cor 36, 20 cows, farmer 375. 

JACOBS MARY W , (Guilford Center) r 19 cor 7, widow of William. 

JACOBS SARAH E., (Guilford) r 30, widow of Joseph, farmer 100. 

JACOBS W. HERBERT, (Gudford Center) r 19 cor 7, breeder of full blood 
Durham cattle and grade stock, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. 

JAQUETH LEWIS E., (Guilford Center) r 40, sugar orchard 600 trees, 
breeder grade Durham cattle, farmer 140. 

JEPSON HERBERT C, (Gmlford) blacksmith and machinist. 

JOHNSON TYLER L., (Vernon) r 31, manuf. of lumber, agent for the 
Belclier agriculture manufacturing company's implements, all kinds of 
farming tools, breeder of Poland China hogs, owner of stallion "Thomas 
Jefferson, Jr.," stock grower and breeder and dealer, farmer 1,500. 

Kieth Vinal, (Green River) r 2, carpenter and farmer 30. 

King Cynthia A., (Guilford Center) r 28, widow of Chauncey, farmer 65. 

KING FRANK R., (Guilford) r 30, farmer, leases of Mrs. Katherine King 90. 

King Katherine, (Guilford) r 30, widow of Joseph, farmer 90. 

King Mary M., (Guilford Center) r 7, widow of John H. 

Knights John, (Guilford Center) r 4, farmer 30. 

Lake Lyman, (Green River) r 43, farmer 80. 

Lake Richard A., (Green River) r 25, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, 
farmer 130. 

LAMPHEAR GEORGE E., (Elm Grove, Mass.) r 47, school teacher. 

LAMPHEAR JAMES F., (Elm Grove, Mass.)r 47, sugar orchard 100 trees, 
farmer 100. 

Lazelle Daniel, (Green River) r 43, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 200. 

Leonard Oscar, (Guilford) r 10, farmer 106. 

Leonard Rolin, (Guilford) r 10, farmer. 

Lynde Charles C, (Guilford) r n, farmer. 

Lynde David, (Green River) r 44, farmer 120. 

LYNDE GILBERT D., (Green River) r 42, carpenter, building mover and 
farmer 55. 

LYNDE HENRY E., (Green River) r 44, general blacksmith. 

Lynde Oliver M., (Guilford Center) r 26, widow of Barnard, aged 84 years. 

Lynde Sarah M., (Guilford Center) r 26, resident, traveling agent. 

LYNDE THOMAS N., (West Brattleboro) r 40, grower of small fruits, far- 
mer no. 

Mallory Isaiah T.,(Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, veterinary surgeon and farmer 30. 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



551 



Masecott Frank, (Bernardston) Mass.) ofif r 35, farmer 30. 

Martin Willie, (Green River) r 25, laborer. 

Miller Charles C., (Guilford) r 11, prop, of Broad Brook House. 

McClure Celia L. Miss, (Bernardston, Mass.,) olT r 35, teacher. 

McClure Daniel, (Bernardston, Mass.,) ofif r 35, farmer 240. 

McClure Gilbert N., (West Brattleboro) farmer 55. 

McClure Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 4, farmer. 

MELLIN ARCHIBALD, (Guilford) r 12, farmer, leases of E. Bushnell, of 
Brattleboro, 104. 

Miner Jerrah C. (Guilford) off r 39, farmer 100. 

Miner Norman B., (Guilford) r 39, farmer 68. 

MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., (Green River) r 44, watch and clock re- 
pairer, manuf. of the Montague pleasure swings, carpenter, wagon re- 
pairer, saw filing, and general repairs. 

Morris Paul, (Guilford) r 8, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 170. 

Morse John M., (West Brattleboro) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and far- 
mer 130. 

Newton George, (Guilford) r 13, teamster for Smith & Hunt. 

Newton Horace M., (Guilford) r 15, blacksmith, and farmer 75. 

Noyes James M., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer 43. 

NOYES JEREMIAH T., (Guilford) r 11, farmer. 

Noyes Oscar A., (Brattleboro) r 31, farmer, leases of H. Joy, of Brattle- 
boro 96. 

O'BRIEN JOHN, (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. 

Orcutt Elisha K., (Guilford) r 15, shoemaker, and carpenter. 

Parker Edgar R., (Guilford) r 11, works for Smith & Hunt. 

Parker Flavell, (Guilford Center) r 4, farmer. 

Parker George W., (Guilford) r 11, employee of Smith & Hunt. 

Parker Willard, (Guilford) r 38, machinist and carpenter. 

Parmenter George W., (Guilf^ord Center) r 28, farmer. 

PENNIMAN CAROLINE C, (Guilford Center) r 28, widow of George W., 
resident. 

PERRY MILON F.. (Green River) r 27, prop, of stage and mail route to 
Brattleboro and Jacksonville, farmer, owns farm in Jamaica 50. 

Potter Charles P., (Guilford Center) r 22, carpenter, farmer 70. 

Potter Charles W., (Guilford Center) r 22, son of Charles P., farmer. 

Prouty George W., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. 

PUTNAM AUGUSTUS W., (Guilford Center) r 21, shoemaker, and far- 
mer 5. 

Quinn Cornelius G., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer. 

Randall Chester, Jr., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 40 cor 44, farmer 106. 

Reed Edward L., (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 130. 

Reed Fred, (Guilford) r it, works for Smith & Hunt, bds Broad Brook 
House. 

Richmond Frank A., (Green River) off r 23, farmer, son of Martin. 

RICHMOND HERBERT J., (Guilford Center) r ii, manager of Guilford 
Springs farm, breeder of full blood Jersey cattle, reg., Poland China and 
Yorkshire hogs, and Plymouth Rock fowls. 

RICHMOND J HENRY, (Green River) r 23, deputy sheriff and constable, 
justice of the peace, and lister, agent for fire, life and accident insur- 
ance, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 170. 

Richmond Martin, (Green River) ofif r 23, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 
200. 



552 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



Richmond Peleg, (Green River) off r 23, retired farmer. 

Richmond Russell, (Green Riverj r 25, farmer. 

Robb Isaac, (Green River) r 23, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 90. 

Roberts Betsey, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, widow of Alsetus, aged 86. 

Roberts Russell J., (Guilford) r 14, farmer, leases of R. L. Roberts 160. 

Roberts Russell L., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, carpenter and joiner, farmer 

250. 
RUDD JOHN H., (Guilford) off r 9, farmer 100. 
Rudd Richard K., (Guilford) r 52, blacksmith. 
Ryan Patrick, (Guilford) r 33^, farmer 140 
Salisbury John L., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer 130. 
SHEARER PARK W., (Green River) r 25, proprietor Green River Hotel 

and farmer 6. 
Shepardson Charles H., (Green River) r 24, farmer 70. 
Shepardson Edmond B., (Guilford Center) r 27, carpenter. 
Shepardson Emma A. Miss, (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 140. 
Shepardson Loren, (Guilford) r 34, laborer. 
Sherman Cyrus S. Rev., (Green River) r 2 and i, pastor of the Baptist 

church. 
SFIINE JOHN S., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees and 

farmer 225. 
SIBLEY SAMUEL L., (Guilford Center) r 26, sheep grower and farmer 160. 
Simonds John B., (Guilford) r 14, retired shoemaker, aged 79. 
SIMONDS JOHN L., (Guilford) r 14, sec'y and treas. of Brattleboro 

Sewing Machine Co., farmer 80. 
Smith Anna L., (Guilford) r 11, widow oi Stephen, resident. 
Smith Charles E., (Guilford) r 16, farm laborer. 
Smith Henry S., (Guilford) r 11, wholesale butcher and farmer, leases of 

Mary E. Smith 15. 
Smith Hiram E., (Guilford) r 36, farmer 200. 
Smith Mary E. Miss, (Guilford) r 11, farmer 15. 
Smith Rachel, (Guilford) r 36, widow of Hiram, aged 82. 
SMITH SANFORD A., (Brattleboro) r 11, (Smith & Hunt, and S. A. 

Smith & Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.) owns farm 40. 
Smith & Hunt, (Brattleboro) (Sanford A. Smith and Samuel S. Hunt) manufs, 

of children's carriages, main shop Frost St., Brattleboro. 
Spears John, (Guilford) r37 cor ;^8^, farmer 100. 
Squiers Charles A., (Guilford) r 16, dealer in live stock, farmer 6co, 
Squiers Edward P., (Guilford) r 16, farmer. 
Squiers Jesse L., (Guilford) r 16, farmer. 
STAFFORD JOHN A., (Guilford) r 11, postmaster, carpenter and builder, 

sawyer for Smith & Hunt. 
Stafford Joshua C, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, farmer 145. 
Stafford Wolcott, (Green River) r 43, farmer. 
STATTEN HERBERT A., (Guilford) manager of Guilford grist-mill owned 

by C. S. Stockwell and E. G. Frost of Brattleboro, dealers in grain, 

fiour, feed, salt, phosphates, etc. 
STEBBINS JOSEPH B., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, lumberman, farmer 135. 
Stevens Edwin VV., (Guilford Center) r 27, retired school teacher and farmer 

ISO- 
Stevens Miranda Miss, (Guilford Center)r 27, daughter of Dr. B. W.Stevens. 
Stowe Henry, (Green River) r 44, proprietor of grist and saw-mill. 
Stowe Lydia L., (Bernardston, xMass.) off r 35, farmer 100. 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 553 



Taft Aurelia D. Miss, (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, schoolteacher. 

TAFT FRED H., (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, blacksmith. 

TAFT HORACE W., (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, blacksmith. 

TAYLOR FR.\NCIS G., (Guilford) r 30, town representative, jst select- 
man, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, agent for the Vermont 
Mutual and New England Fire Insurance Cos., farmer 330. 

Thayer Frank E., (Guilford Center) r 22, breeder of Durham cattle, stock 
grower, farmer 246. 

Thayer Harvey D., (Guilford) r 3c, son of Orson. 

Thayer John G.. (Guilford Center) 122, farmer with F. E. 

Thayer Lesley O., (Guilford) r 30, son of Orson. 

Thayer Marshall W.. (Guilford) r 14, farmer, leases of Frank McClure, of 
Brattleboro, 60. 

Thayer Orson, (Guilford) r 30, breeder of full blood Durham cattle, rcg., 
and Messenger horses, farmer 245. 

Thayer Roland S., (Guilford Center) r 22, retired farmer 35, aged 76. 

THOMAS ALVAH E., (Green River) r 2, farmer 100. 

THOMAS CLARK V., (Green River) r 25. carpenter and builder, farmer, 
leases of Amos Denison, of Keene, N. H., 30. 

Thomas Henry, (Guilford) r 37, carpenter and builder^ farmer 79. 

Thomas Merton A., (Guilford) r 37, son of Henry. 

THOMPSON DAVID M. (Guilford) r 51, peddler of Yankee notions, and 
cutlery, farmer 43. 

THURBER AMOS, (West Brattleboro) r 3, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 

2£^0. 

THURBER EDWARD, (West Brattleboro) r 3, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, 

dairy 10 cows, farmer 155. 
Thurber John W., (West Brattleboro) r 3, with Edward farmer. 
Titemore John, (Guilford) r ^^, .sawyer and farmer 50. 
Todd Cynthia, (Green River) r 25, widow of William G. 
Tubbs Philena E., (Bernardston, Mass.) oft" r 56, widow of Samuel. 
Tubbs Richard J., (Bernardston, Mass.) off"r 56, farmer 175. 
Tyler S. Maria Miss, (Guilford) r 9, resident. 
TYLER WILLIAM H., (Guilford) r 9, 2nd selectman, sugar orchard 300 

trees, stock grower, farmer 133. 
Vevier John, (Guilford) r 30, farm laborer. 
WALLACE JOSEPH, (Green River) r 46, pensioner late civil war, 24th 

Reg. Mass. Infantry, farmer 90. 
WALLEN JOHN A., (Guilford Center) r 26, veterinary surgeon. 
WARD FRANK E., ((Guilford Center) r 28, town superintendent of schools, 

farmer 185. 
Ward Henry H., (Guilford) r 28, farm laborer. 
Ward Mary, (Guilford) r 17, widow of Samuel, aged 87. 
WARD SAMUEL B., (Guilford) r 30, breeder of grade Durham cattle, 

breeder of Morgan and Messenger horses, farmer 70. 
WEATHERHEAD ALONZO, (GuiKord) r 14, farmer 100. 
Weatherhead Alonzo J.. (Guilford) r 14, farmer 114. 
WEATHERHEAD ASENATH F., (Guilford Center) r 39, resident. 
Weatherhead Austin, (Guilford) r 53 cor 39, farmer 30. 
Weatherhead Charles G., (Guilford) r 52, carpenter and builder. 
Weatherhead Charles L., (Guilford) r 52 farmer, with Willard. 
Weatherhead Davis L., (Guilford) r 14, machinist. 
Weatherhead Edwin, (Guilford) r 17, farmer 95, and in Brattleboro 60. 

36 



554 



TOWN OF GUILFORD. 



Weatherhead Eugene H., (Guilford) r 37, son of Hiram. 

Weatherhead Henry A., (Guilford) r 14, son of Alonzo. 

Weatherhead Henry J., (Guilford) r 53, farmer. 

Weatherhead Hiram, (^Guilford) r 37, prop, of cider-mill, manuf of ox yokes 

and sleds, farmer 200. 
Weatherhead Jesse, (Guilford) r 33, farmer 165. 

WEATHERHEAD JOSEPH L., (Guilford Center) r 39, farmer 190. 
Weatherhead Willard, (Guilford) r 52, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- 
mer 150. 
Weeks & Potter, (of Boston, Mass.,) (Andrew J. Weeks and Warren W.Potter,) 
props, of Guilford Mineral Spring farm, breeders of full blood Jersey 
cattle, reg., and farmers 165. 
WELD ISAAC A, (Guilford) r 39, prop, of shingle and cider-mill, and far- 
mer 130. 
Weld Willie A., (Guilford) r 39, son of Isaac A. 
Wheeler Stephen, (Guilford Center) r 20 cor 29, retired farmer 10. 
White Walter E., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 49, engineer on Boston & Providence 

R. R., and farmer iSo. 
White Walter L., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 49, farmer, son of \V. E. 
WHITNEY LEMUEL P., (Green River) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, 

dairy 10 covins, farmer 255. 
Whitney Lucius L., (Green River) r 2, farmer 25. 
Whitney Milton A., (Guilford) r 11, butcher. 
Whitnev Wesley E., (Green River) r 2, farmer. 
WHITNEY WILLIS F., (Green River) r 24, farmer, with L. P. 
Wilcox Angeline L., (Green River) r 44, widow of Cushman. 
Wilcox Everett, (Green River) r 46, farmer 150. 
Wilder Aaron, (Guilford) r 52, retired farmer, aged 95. 
Wilder George A., (Guilford) r 52, farmer, with J. M. 

WILDER HENRY M., (Guilford) r 52, manuf. of all kinds of buggies, car- 
riages, wagons and sleighs, painting, repairing and horse-shoeing, dealer 
in live stock, and farmer 43. 
WILDER JOSEPH M., (Guilford) r 52, carpenter, and blacksmith, and far- 
mer 100. 
WILDER WARREN J., (Guilford) r 38, prop, of cider-mill, sugar orchard 

300 trees, farmer 300. 
Wilkins Barnard C, (Green River) r 35, peddler, and farmer 40. 
Willey Alonzo, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, laborer. 
Williams Lyman E., (Green River) r 46. farmer 75. 
Wills Willie, (Guilford) r 52, farmer. 
Wilson Warren, (Green River) r 25, farmer 15. 
Wood Charles P . (Guilford Center) r 23, farmer 160. 
Woodard John W., (Green River) r 42, sugar orchard 8co trees, stone mason, 

and farmer 100. 
Worden David, (Green River) r 43, farmer 4. 
Worden L. Allen, (Green River) r 44, carpenter and farmer 100. 
Worden Lucius S., (Green River) r 25, carpenter, shoemaker, repairer of 

wagons, and farmer, 4. 
WORDEN MARCUS, (Guilford) r 28, carpenter and builder, farmer 140. 
WORDEN WORTHY G., (Guilford Center) r 28, school teacher, son of 

Marcus. 
WRISLEY LUKE L., (Green River) r 24, mason, carpenter and farmer. 
Yeaw Arthur E., (Guilford) off r 37, farmer. 
Yeaw Truman, (Guilford) off r 37, farmer 200. 



CLASSIFIED BUSII^ESS DI1[ECT0[[Y 



OIF 



WINDHAM COUNTY. 



EXPLAIVA-TIOIV. 

The towns are alphabetically arranged at the end of the line, under the business 
classifications. The postoffice address of each individual or firm follows after the same. 
Where no postoffice is given after the name, it signifies that the name of the postoffice 
and the township is the same. In the villages the name of the street is generally given 
and precedes that of the postoffice. The clssification of farmers is omitted in this list, as 
they can readily be found in the general list, by noting the figures at the end of the line, 
which indicate the number of acres owned or leased by each. Road numbers signify the 
same as in the general list. 

Academies and Schools. 

GLENWOOD CLASSICAL SEMINARY, H. H. Shaw, A. M., prin- 
cipal; Miss May Richmond, Miss Ella Bennett, and Miss Maria 
Steadman, assistants; Prof. G. W. Bryant, teacher of music. Main 
St., West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 

Rowland Elizabeth B., (private) Asylum st., " 

St. Joseph School,. Amelia Anna, Sister Superior, Walnut st. " 

St. Agnes Hall, Miss Jane Hapgood, prin., ii School St., Bellows 

Falls, Rockingham 

VERMONT ACADEMY, Horace M. Willard, A. M., principal, Sax- 
ton's River. 

Agents Railroad. 

See Railroad agents. 

Agents Ticket. 

See Railroad agents. 

Agricultural Implements. 

(See also Hardware, also General Merchants.) 

CLARK BARNA A., 5 Crosby Block, Brattleboro 

Dunklee Noah W., r 31I, West Brattleboro, 

MINER OZIAS L., r 47, 

PRATT J. HENRY, Oak cor Grove, " 

TAFT ISAAC B., Asylum st, 

Wood Edward A., 53 Main, " 



556 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS — AUCTIONEERS. 

OSGOOD LUTHER, r 8, Newfane, • Brookline 

Howe DeWitt C, r 24, East Dover, Dover 

Fessenden Warren S, r i^. Green River, Guilford 
JOHNSON TYLER L., r 31, Vernon, 

Garfield Eo:bert S , Londonderry 
Thompson Leroy, r 25, South Londonderry, " 
BLODGETT ELLIOTT VV., off r 9, Newfane 
Gorham John B., r 6, Putney 
PARKER STERNE O., (manuf. of wire tooth rakes) r 45, East Put- 
ney, " 
*VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Nathan G. WiUiams, man- 
ager, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (horse powers, threshing machines, 

manure spreaders, "l r 40, Westminster West, Westminster 
PECK ORESTES F., (mowers) r 49. 

SALTER LYMAN Q., r 12, Grafton or Windham, Windham 

Apiarists. 

Cresey Romanzo C, 35 High St., Brattleboro 
PRATT J. HENRY, Oak cor Grove. 

STARK JEDEDIAH, r 50. South Halifax, Halifax 

DAY SIMEON S., • Jamaica 

Gray Charles S., r 32, ' Townshend 

Wright Henry C, r 19, Grafton, " 

Houghton Freeman J.,-r 39, Westminster, West, Westminster 

Apothecaries. 

(See Drugs and Medicines.) 

Architects and Builders. 

(See also Carpenters and Builders, and Masons and Builders.) 
Hines George A., 51 Canal St., Brattleboro 

Thayer Chauncey, r 17, Vernon 

Artists, Portraits, Landscapes, etc. 
(See also Photographers.) 
Boyden Sarah A., (crayon) 34 Canal St., Brattleboro 

"Gordon Mary S., (landscape) Main cor Terrace, " 

Hardie Robert G., Jr., (oil and crayon) 53 Canal St., " 

Schuster Lizzie F., Grove St., " 

WY.^TT & PHILLIPS, (water colors, India ink and crayon) 61 

Main St., 
Birrett Charles, (crayon) Grafton 

White Mattie S., (crayon) r 29, " 

Ward Myron, (portrait painter) Putney 

Spaulding D. Nelson, (scenic and portrait painter) Prospect Hill, Bel- 
lows Falls, Rockingham 
Gorham Edwin E., (portrait and landscape) off r ;^S, Westminster West, 

Westminster 
Artists Materials. 

MITCHELL BROS, 15 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Auctioneers. 

WYMAN ANDREW A., r i, Cambridgeport, Athens 

HERRICK SETH M., Union block, Brattleboro 



AUCTIONEERS BARBERS AND HAIR DRESSERS. 



557 



Grafton 
Halifax 
Jamaica 
Londonderry- 
Putney 
Rockingham 
Wardsboro 



Brattleboro 
Rockingham 



PHELPS FRANCIS, Main cor Townshend, 

CLARK GEORGE L., r 31, West Hahfax, 

SPRAGUE LEWIS N., 

WAIT BARNETS., 

PARKER GEORGE P., r 47, East Putney, 

Lovell Leverett T., 2d., Bellows Falls, 

JOHNSON THOMAS S., r 23, West Wardsboro, 

Bakers tind Confectioners. 
(See also Confectionery, Fruits, &c.) 
*THURBER ALBERT E., 57 Main, [Card on page 484,] 
BELLOWS FALLS BAKERY, 5 Canal, Bellows Falls, 

Bands. 
(In Societies, etc., see contents.) 
Banks. 
BRATTLEBORO SAVINGS BANK, B. D. Harris, pres.; C. W. 

Wyman, treas.; Main st., Brattleboro 

PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK, Parley Starr, pres.; William A. 

Faulkner, cashier; Main cor Elliot, " 

VERMONT NATIONAL BANK, William P. Cune, pres.; George 

S. Dowley, cashier; Main cor Elliot, " 

VERMONT SAVINGS BANK, Frederick Holbrook, pres.; N. F. 

Cabot, treas.; 109 Main, " 

Jamaica Savings Bank, William Harris, pres.; J. C. Robinson treas.; 

Main St., Jamaica 

West River National Bank, Main st., " 

WINDHAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, S. D. Winslow, pres.; 

Milon Davidson, treas.; Newfane 

BELLOWS FALLS SAVINGS INSTITUTION, H. C. Lane, pres.; 

John H. Williams, treas.; Centennial block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
NATIONAL BANK OF BELLOWS FALLS, J. H. Williams, pres.; 

P. H. Hadley, cashier. Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " 

Wilmington Savings Bank, E. L. Fuller, of Whitingham, pres.; H. 

Mann, Jr., treas.; West Main St., Wilmington 

Barbers and Hair Dressers. 
Baker Robert H., 39 Main St., Brattleboro 

Cook James G., Main st, " 

RATTE PRUDENT, 103 Main st, " 

Schneider Conrad, Bank block, Elliot St., " 

Spaulding George, r 31, " 

WEEKS FRANK W., 24 Main st, 

Howard John L., Jamaica 

Wellman Wilbur H., 

WILKINS BYRON M., Main st, Londonderry 

Downs Frank O., Main cor Circle st., Putney 

Embo Cyrille, Russell st.. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Faneuf Ferdinand, Factory st. cor Main. Saxton's River, "' 

Flavin John H., The Square cor Rockingham St., Belbws Falls, " 

Foote Ed. & F. E., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Harriman Selah D., The Square, Bellows Falls, " 

Largess Napoleon B., Towns Hotel, Bellows Falls, " 

WHEELER GEORGE D., Bellows Falls, 
Howe David, r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 



558 



BARK DEALERS — BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS. 



^MITCHELL A. S., 

TAFT ROYAL E., r 14, 

Lawrence Martin R., r 17^, Bartonsville, 

Basket Makers, 

Nash George W., r 22, West Brattleboro, 

Bathrick Henry E., r 27, 

Walkup John W., r 20, 

Ramsey Ernest E., Bellows Falls, 

WARE SYLVESTER M., Canal st., Bellows Falls, 

Clark Lewis, r 43, Saxton's River, 

Dunnakin Calvin J., r 16, West Northfield, Mass., 

Bee Keepers. 

See Apiarists. 

Billiards. 

Hildreth Frank, Main St., 

Howe Moses B., Crosby block, 

BUCKMAN ROSWELL H., Westminster st. 



Bark Dealers. 

(See also Tanners.) 

P. O. address Box 11, East Lexington, Mass. 



Jamaica 
Rockingham 



Brattleboro 

Grafton 

Putney 

Rockingham 



Vernon 



Brattleboro 



Bellows Falls, Rockingham 



Bill Poster. 

GREEN FRANK, Jr., at I. N. Thorn & Sons, 

Blacking Manufacturer. 

Dunham Alva, r 17^^, Bartonsville, 

Blacksmiths and Horseshoers. 

Bailey C. W. & Son, 65 ElHot St., 

Brown Samuel A., Asylum st., 

Cobb Daniel P., Canal st, 

Elliot Charles S., r 30, Elm St., 

Loomis Nelson W., 

MATTOON JOSEPH C, r 31, West Brattleboro, 

POND GEORGE W., r 30, 

Pratt Wallace D., Spring st., 

Sargeant Chauncey D., r 11, 

Walker Fitch B., Frost St., 

Marsh Norman C, r 3, 

DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor r 37 and 38, West Dover, 

Knight John, r 32, 

Ward Elliot, r 26, East Dover, 

Clark Myron, 

Davis Charles, West Dummerston, 

Stj^kney Benjamin, r 38, West Dummerston, 

Clough Worthy E., Main St., 

Johnson Charles A., r 13, 

JEPSON HERBERT C, 

Newton Horace M., r 15, 

Rudd Richark K., r 52, 

TAFT FRED H., r 27 cor 28, Guilford Center, 

TAFT HORACE, r 27 cor 28, Guilford Center, 

WILDER HENRY N., r 52, 



Brattleboro 



Rockingham 



Brattleboro 



Brookhne 
Dover 



Dummerston 

tl 

Grafton 
(( 

Guilford 



BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS. 559 

MINER FRANCIS T, r 31, West Halifax, Halifax 

Amsden John L., off r 15, Jamaica 
BARNES WILLIAM L., 
KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., Rawsonville, 

Rawson Judson L., Rawsonville, • " 
Albee William A., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Blair Frederick, Main st., " 
CLOUGH HARVEY R., r 30, 

Pierce Joel T., r 20, " 

Whitman Charlie A., Main st., South Londonderry, '* 

WHITAKER JULIUS L., r 15, Marlboro 

Coane Charles D., r 34, East Dover, Newfane 
NEWTON REUBEN M., 
O'LEARY ARTHUR, Williamsville, 

PARK ELIHU, r II, " 

WELLMAN HENRY B., r ii, " 

COBB NORMAN, Jr., r 45, East Putney, Putney 

Leeman Frank E., r 44 cor 47, " 

Willard Charles B., Factory^st., " 

Willard Warner, Circle St., " 
Benson Dexter C, r 26, Rockingham 

Cobb Fred R., Rockingham st.. Bellows Falls, " 

Diamond Stephen M., Main st.^ Cambridgeport, " 

Johnson Granville R., r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Lovell William M., (farrier) 3, Bartonsville, " 

McGreen & Broderick, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Rogers George M., rear of 10 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Milliken Royal, Saxton's River, " 

Walker Romanzo C, River St., Saxton's River, " 

Woods John T., Main St., Saxton's River, " 

Sheldon Lafayette, r 11, Stratton 

Adams Jerome G., West Townshend, Townshend 

Ingalls Williams H., r 32, " 

Marcille Moses, r 32, " 

Weatherbee ElUott M., r 37, " 

Lee George N., r 14 cor 13, ' Vernon 

Peeler Ethan L., r 9, " 
STREETER BENJAMIN A., r 10, 
Streeter Noyes, r 9, 

BENSON & SON, r (^, Wardsboro 

Brown Gillman B., r 34, " 
INGALLS JAMES W., r ig, West Wardsboro, 
Rice Ezra L., r 19, 
Wells Jesse E., r 14, 

Cobb Madison, r 26, Westminster 

CORY WILLIAM W., r 59, Putney, ' '*' 
Metcalf George W., r 34, 

Spalding Charles H. L., r 7, Bellows Falls, " 

Winchester Benjamin F., r 39, Westminster West, " 
CHAMBERLAIN DANA J., r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Farnsworth Luther R. & George W., r 31, Jacksonville, " 

Gillett Herbert B., (horse-shoer) " 
JEPSON HERBERT C, r 33, Jacksonville, 



i:;6o BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. 

OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (horse-shoer and carriage irouer) r ^;i, 

Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Courtemanche Joseph, Wilmington 

Courtemanche Tunis, •' 
HAYNES ESTUS W., r i6, 

Howe Oscar F., " 

Donley Alexander, r 29, Windham 

Boats to Let. 

Fitzsimmons Edward, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Book Agents. 

MORRILL JULIUS A., (Scribners) Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Severance Fred C, r 18, West Northfield, Mass, Vernon 
GRANT GEORGE W., r 21, 

Book Binders. 

SALISBURY GEORGE H., 41 Main st., Brattleboro 

Books and Stationery. 

CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, 

GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main St., 

*SELLOCK & DAVIS, (stationery) 8 Main, 

Davis Henry H., Westminster St., Bellows Falls. Rockingham 

HOLDEN WILL A., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Howe Wayne B., Main st., Saxton's River, " 

MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel Block, Bellows Falls, 

Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " 

Boots and Shoe.s, Dealers and Shoemakers. 

(See also General Merchants.) 

Boynton Austin F., i3 Main, Brattleboro 

Cutler George, 18 Main, " 
*DROWN & BLISS, Brook's House block, 

Eddy Amasa T., 3 Main, " 

Judge Thomas, 32 Main, " 

SIMONDS HENRY W., Elliot st., «' 

Stevens Hiram F., 36 Main, " 

Wells Arthur, South Main cor Canal, •' 

Newell Job A., r 26, West Dover, Dover 

Abbott Peter, r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston 

Everleth George, r 58, West Dummerston, " 

Page Joseph C, Grafton 

Orcutt EHsha K., r 15, Guilford 
PUTNAM AUGUS'lUS W., r 21, Guilford Center, 

Worden Lucius S., r 25, Green River. " 

NILES JESSE M., r 31, West Hahfax, Halifax 

DAY SIMEON S., Jamaica 

Gould Henry P., r 21, . " 

Wells Samuel, " 

Allen .A.lbert M., r 49, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Walker George, Church St., South Londonderry, " 

Knapp Fayette W., r 34, East Dover, Newfane 

Mack Henry H., r 9, •* 

Redfield George W., Williamsville, " 



BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. BUILDING MOVERS. 



561 



Sherwin Sylvanus, 

Shipman James W., Williamsville, 

SPARKS SYLVESTER W., r 42, Williamsville, 

Marcotte Antoine, r 42, 

Prouly Isaac R., High St., 

Amsden Monroe J., Main st, Saxton's River, 

Frost Charles S., Main st., Saxton's River, 

Harriman & Roche, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, 

Holden Amos F., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Keefe John T., 30 Blake's block, Bellows Falls, 

Tehan Thomas, Bellows Falls, 

Martin Marshall M., r 38, 

Sanderson I. Eugene, r 30, West Townshend, 

Freeman Joel A., West Northfield, Mass., 

Newton William A., r 18, West Northfield, Mass., 

Randolph Edmund, r g, 

Slate Charles, off r 10, 

Phillips Samuel S., r 6, 

SMEAD HENRY C, r 24 cor 18, 

Cutler Bradford, r 31, 

Cutler William, r 31, 

Harris Jonas, r 34, 

HATCH JAMES W., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Barber Hardy F., 

BARBER LUTHER H., 

Hubbard Horace M., 

Smith Asa, r 36, South Windham, 

Bottling Works. 

EDDY C. H. & CO., (ginger ale, soda, etc.,) Flat st., 

Box Factories. 

PIERCE FRANKLIN L., r 45, 
BACON BROS., Mill st.. Bellows Falls, 

Brewery. 

WALKER, DEWEY & BLAKE, Bellows Falls, 

Brick Manufacturers. 

AKLEY HENRY, r 39, West Brattleboro, 

Marsh Daniel H., r 41, West Brattleboro, 

HOUGHTON JOSEPH M., r 11, 

McClure John, r 35, 

Ward Joseph F., r34. 

Bridge Builders. 

BROWN JAMES F., r 31, West Townshend, 

Broom Maker. 

Thayer Solomon, r 20, 

Building Movers. 

GALLUP AMOS S., off r 43, Green River, 
LYNDE GILBERT D., r 42, Green River, 
Wilder John, Bellows Falls, 



Newfane 

a 

Putney 
(( 

Rockingham 



Townshend 

(C 

Vernon 

(( 

Wardsboro 
Westminster 



Whitingham 
Wilmington 



Windham 



Brattleboro 



Putney 
Rockingham 



Walpole, N. H. 



Brattleboro 

Guilford 
Westminster 



Townshend 
Vernon 

Guilford 
Rockingham 



562 BUTTER BOX AND TUB MANUFACTURERS — CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 



Butter Box and Tub Manufacturers. 

(See also Coopers, also Tub Manufacturers.) 

White Cassius G., r 22, Jamaica 

PIERCE W. W. & CO., Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

ESTABROOK JEDADL^VH C, r 24, Wardsboro 

Corse James O., r ;^;^, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

PORTER HERBERT G., r S3, Jacksonville, 
PUTNAM EDWIN E., r s^, Jacksonville, 
STETSON BROS., r ^5, Jacksonville, 
WHEELER OTIS B., r — , , 

Titus Edwin, r 42, Wilmington 

Cabinet Makers. 

(See also Furniture Manufacturers and Dealers.) 

WILDER ANDREW F., Tyler's block, Brattleboro 

Vaile Melvin, r 4, Rawsonville, Jamaica 

Spencer Sidney A., r 49, Westminster 

BROWN LEONARD, r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Calciminers. 

(See also Painters.) 

Willard Everett E., Brattleboro 

Willard Linus B., Canal st., " 

PRATT MELVIN R., Newfane 

Brooks William H., r 27, Bellows Falls, Westminster 

Houston John, r 8, Bellows Falls, " 

Cancer Doctor. 

*ROBINSON AMOS, St. Albans 

Carpenters and Builders. 

(See also Architects and Builders, and Masons and Builders.) 

Perham Daniel S., r 15, Athens 

Whitney Ralph, r 18, " 
ADAMS WINTHROP H., 29 Washington st., Brattleboro 

Alvord Abner O., Elm cor First, , " 

Amidon Ephraim, Maple St., " 

Barrett Alanson r 44, West Brattleboro, " 

Barrett Lockhart H., 7 Canal, " 

Bishop George I., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Bingham Marshall W., Chestnut St., " 

Bulkley Wilham G., Washington St., '" 
Carey Marvin G., Elhot St., 

Cathan Amandrin, 20 High St., " 

Clisbee H;;nry N., r 32, West Brattleboro, '* 

Coats Ezekiel B., 28 Washington St., " 

Eddy Nelson L., 53 High st., " 
ElHs William T., 3 South Main, 
FARNSWORTH ROBERTUS H., Western ave., 

Fisher George W., r 30, " 

Fisher William H., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 
Gibbs Almon B., 

Harris Albert R., " 

Harwood Gilbert D., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 



CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 563 

Haywood Jerry E., Walnut St., Brattleboro 

Hildreth John, r 3ii-, " 

Hill Alexander F., " 

HINES ALONZO H., 46 Green St., 

Houghton Harvey, 24 Canal St., " 

Ingram Willard, Brook St., " 

Knight Thomas J., r 30, " 

Lord Lysander, Forest St., " 

Mack Oscar B., 31 Green. " 

Marsh George D., 58 Elliot, " 

Monroe Edmund, Chestnut St., " 

Mason Charles N., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

NILES FAYETTE H., 23 Washington, 

Perham Elbridge, Vine St., " 

Reed Frank, h Reed Hill, 

RICE CHARLES N., Maple St., 

Root Jarvis, Atwood lane, " 

SARGENT GEORGE B., r 11, 

Sargent Nathan Wallace, r 31^, " 

Sawen Edgar D , Elliot st., " 

Smith Jonathan, Elm St., " 

Stearns William, Elliot St., " 

Stockwell George F., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Stowe A. Wells, r 31, West Brattleboro, ' " 

Thomas Arnold, South Main St., " 

Thomas Frederick R., r 13, " 

TUCKER JOHN M., h Chase St., 

Whitaker Ethan S., r 32, West Brattleboro, " 

White Noyes H., 30 High St., " 

Whitney Joseph G., r 44, West Brattleboro, '* 

Wilcox John C, h Brook st , , " 

Willard George S., Birge st., " , 

Willard Joel F., Birge st., 

Willard Oscar, Estey St., " 

Willcut Henry, 12 Clark St., " 

Williams Isaac A., 82 Frost St., " 

Witt Lucian A., Chestnut St., " 

Winchester Hiram, r 31, West Brattleboro, • " 

Wyatt Ammi N., Wesselhoeft Place, " 

BUSH E. WRIGHT, r 12, Newfane, Brookline 

BUSH JACOB, r 12, Newfane, 

Rist William, r i, 

Stebbins William P., r 6, Newfane, " 

Whitney Erastus, r 2, 

Bartlett James L., r 17, West Dover, Dover 

BOGLE MOSES J., r 37, West Dover, 

HALL CLINTON L., r 26, East Dover, 

LAZELLE OSCAR A., r 27, East Dover, " 

METCALF JAMES H., r 26 cor 27, West Dover, " 

Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, " 

Smith Alanson C., r 37, West Dover, ' *' 

Yeaw Frank E., cor r 41 and 43, East Dover, " 

Bailey Abner B., r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston 



564 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 

-<1CANCERS!>- 



-^<mi ►—— « w»^ 



If Yea Die with a Garicer it is Year ewn Faalt, 



—FOR WITH MY— 



EW*iANCEK*i.EMEDY, 

/ EXTRACT CANCERS, ROOT AND BRANCH, 

In less time, and with less pain, than can be done by any other method. 
«<« ->-^.-* »>» 



—IT IS DONE WITHOUT THE USE OF- 



RRSENIC, THE KNIFE, DR ERRUIING EL DDE, 



— AND IF APPLIED IN TIME IS— 



CERTAIN DEATH TD A EANCER. 

<«« >—• — < »» 

1^^ Patients treated at jny residence in Swanton, or at their 
homes. A ddress, 

DR. AMOS ROBINSON, 

Drawer 121. ST. ALBANS, VT. 



CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 565 

COMBS LEWIS C, r 25, West Dummerston, Dummerston 

Houghton John F., r 47 cor 49, Brattleboro, " 

Miller H. Harry, r 9, " 

Norcross Alonzo O., r 22 cor 23, West Dummerston, " 

Norcross Henry H., r 23, West Dummerston, " 

Randall Lewis, rio, " 

Reed Benjamin A., r 31, " 

Reed Stephen D., r 23, West Dummerston, *' 

SAMSON FREDERICK E., r 20, West Dummerston, 

Stickney Peter, r 39, West Dummerston, " 

Blodgett Luther, r 21. Grafton 

Gallup William H., r 26, " 

Gibson Alden B., Chester st., " 

Sparks John L., " 

StowellJ. Henry, Main St., " 

Stowell James H., r 10, " 

Thompson Herbert E,, Cambridgeport, " 

WRIGHT MARSHALL W., r 28, 

Wyman Russell H., r ^^, Cambridgeport " 

Barstow Gervis, Guilford Center, Guilford 

Bond Dexter S., r 2, Green River, " 

Boyden Samuel B., r 18, " 

Brackett Charles F., r 27, Green River. . " 

CARPENTER BROS., (bridge) r 39, " 

ELLINGWOOD HART J., Bernardston, Mass., " 

FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, " 

GALLUP AMOS S., off r 43, Green River, ' " 

HALLADAY OBED H., r 10, Brattleboro, 

Howard Erastus C, r 27, Green River, '* 

Keith Vinal, r 2. Green River, " 

LYNDE GILBERT D., r 42. Green River, 

MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., r 44, Green River, 

Orcutt Elisha K., r 15, " 

Parker Willard, r 38, 

Potter Charles P., r 22, Guilford Center, •' 

Koberts Russell L., r 35, Barnardston, Mass., " 

STAFFORD JOHN A., r II. 

THOMAS CALEB V., r 25, Green River, 

Thomas Henry, r 37, " 

Weatherhead Charles G., r 52, " 

Worden L. Allen, r 47, Green River, " 

Worden Lucius S., r 25, Green River, " 

WORDEN MARCUS, r 28, 

WRISLEY LUKE S., r 24, Green River, 

Burnett Albert, r 44, Halifax 

GRIFFIN HENRY W., r 30, West Halifax, 

Kingsley Ozias D., r ^3, West Halifax, " 

Wallen Harrison, r 28, " 

Worden Albert F., r ;i;^, West Halifax, " 

WORDEN FRANK, r 31, West Halifax, 

ALLEN MILTON E , Depot St., Jamaica, 

Amsden John L., off r 15, " 

CLARK CHARLES S., Factory st., 



566 CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 



ELLIS GEORGE H., r 41, . Jamaica 

FARR JAMES M., r 34, 

Howard David, r 3, Rawsonville, " 

Howard Eugene, r 3, Rawsonville, «' 

Howard Lewis, r 47, Wardsboro, " 

Howard Orison S., r 34, " 

JOHNSON WILLIAM B., 

LANDMAN CHARLES H., r 6 cor 3, Rawsonville, 

Sanders Harland W., " 

Sanders Harvey W., " 

Sanders Herbert W., " 

Sanders Hiland W., " 

Sanders Horace W., " 

Skinner Moses C, r 24, " 

White William W., r 32, 

Clayton Moses N., r 30, Londonderry 

Dean Fred C, r 44, South Londonderry, 

JOHNSON NAPOLEON B., South Londonderry, 

Parker Gilbert L., " 

Patterson Hiram, Main st., " 

Sheldon Lorenzo P , Mainst., . " 

Westcott Fernando N., " 

Whitman John, South Londonderry, " 

Williams Adril, r 51, South Lcndonderry, ' " 

Young Alfred, r 17, " 

CORBETT CECIL M., r 49, West Marlboro, Marlboro 

CORBETT JOHN N., r 49, West Marlboro, 

Betterley Philander C, Williamsville, Newfane 

BROWN CLARK L., r 36, East Dover, 

Eager Benjamin C, " 

Houghton Marshall, Williamsville, " 

Knapp Clark A., r 35, East Dover, " 

Morse Frank H., East Dover, " 

Morse Luke O., Williamsville, " 

MORSE SAMUEL, 

BOLSTER JOEL C, r 42, Putney 

Clough William, r 42, " 

Cobb David R., 

Gale Marshall H , r 45, " 

HALL FRANK J., rig, 

Ploughton Curtis E., " 

Houghton Ebenezer F., r 42, " 

Johnson George S., Factory st., " 

Mansfield Emery, r 19 cor 41, " 

O'Neal Patrick C, Factory st., " 

PRIEST NEWTON E., r 19, 

Sischo John T., r 11, Westmoreland Depot, N. H., " 

Aher John, Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Albee James B., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Baird Samuel E., 46 Green, Bellows Falls, " 

Boucher Joseph, Bellows Falls, '• 

Burnham Fred E., Bellows Falls, " 

Bush John A., 19 South, Bellows Falls, " 



CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 567 



Butterfield Charles E., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Buxton Benajah C, Jr., Bellows Falls, " 

Cotta Eugene C, Bellows Falls, " 

Cram James B., rj, Bartonsville, " 

Cutler Frank F., lo School St., Bellows Falls, " 

Fddy Earl G., 34 Canal St., Bellows Falls, " 

Edson Josiah E., r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Eassett Herbert H., Bellows Falls, " 
FITZSIMMONS EDWARD, (ship) Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

Fuller William H., Farr's block, Bellows Falls, - " 

Gibson Clement H., 24 Green St., Bellows Falls, " 

Gould Elmer E,, 34 Canal, Bellows Falls, " 

Gould Stillman, Williams St., Bellows Falls, *' 

Griswold Joseph, 18 South st.. Bellows Falls, " 

Hall Oscar, Terrace St., Bellows Falls, " 

Hapgood Elbridge, 26 School st.. Bellows Falls, " 
Hildreth Edward W., Bellows Falls, 

Holden Merritt H , r 43, Saxton's River, " 

Howard Sidney A., r 30, Bellows Falls, " 

Howard Will, Bellows Falls, " 
Howard WiUard H.. Jr., Bellows Falls, 
HUDSON SULLIVAN, Terrace St., Bellows Falls, 

Lamb Alden E., Bellows Falls, " 

Lawton George S., Bellows Falls, " 

Lockwood Lorenzo D., Bellows Falls, " 
*LOCKWOOD & WHEELER, New Terrace, Bellows Falls, 

Low Rosvvell, 38 Canal St., Bellows Falls. " 

Manning Henry, New Terrace, Bellows Falls, " 

Manning William H., Bellows Falls, " 

Miller James, Bellows Falls, " 

Moore John F., Bellows Falls, " 

Morrison Solon D., Saxton's River, " 

Moulton Ansel A., Bellows Falls, " 
MULQUEEN THOMAS. Bellows Falls, 

Nichols T. A., Bellows Falls, *• 

Olden Joseph J., Bellows Falls, " 

Osgood Charles W., Bellows Falls, " 

Perry Amasa R., Bellows Falls, " 
Phelps Frank B., Bellows Falls, 

Phelps Henry A., Bellows Falls, " 

Pope George E., Bellows Falls, " 

Pratt Augustus H., BelloA's Falls, " 

Prouty Oric, Bellows FaHs, " 

Ramsey John H.. Saxton's River, " 

Rand Joseph F., Bellows Falls, " 

Severance Joseph, Saxton's River, " 

Smith Arthur A., Bellows Falls, " 

Smith John J., Bellows Falls, " 

Smith Moses E., r 16, . '* 

Spaulding Walter S., Bellows Falls, " 

Spring Adelbert G., Bellows Falls, ; «' • 

Stone George H., Bellows Falls, • " 

Stowell Oscar D., r 26, " 



568 CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 

Straight William A., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Strong Lewis R., Bellows Falls, " 

Strong Lycurgus, Bellows Falls, " 

Taylor WiUiam H., Bellows Falls, 

Tenney Lewis, Saxton's River, " 

Thompson Herbert, Cambridgeport, " 

Underwood George, Bellows Falls, " 

Welch George E., Bellows Falls, " 

WESTGATE STRATTON W., Saxton's River, 

WHITMAN IRA E., Bellows Falls, 

Wilder Willie, Bellows Falls, 

Williams Henry C, Bellows Falls, " 

Woodward Wright M., Saxton's Fiver, " 

Wright John W^, Bellows Falls, 

Allen Seth T., r 30, West Townshend, Townshend 

Brown James F., r 31, West Townshend, '• 

Chamberlin Harrison H., » " 

Hall Charles H., r 14, *' 

Manning William H., r 32 cor 37, 

Plumb Francis E., r 38^, ' 

Sanders Hynes W., 132, '• 

BROOKS ADDISON L., r 10^, Vernon 

Brooks Uriel, r 12, " 

Brown Edwin B., r lo, " 

DAVIS CHARLES E., r 14, 

FAIRMAN GEORGE E., r 9I 

Johnson Elias P., r 14, *' 

Peeler AUender, '•14, " 

Peeler Elliot R., r 9, ■ " 

Rav Gilbert W., r 20, 

Stebbins Chandler H., off r 14, 

Stockwell Elijah T., r 14, " 

White Cyrus M., r 13, 

Eddv Asa G., r 15, Wardsboro 

ESTABROOK SAMUEL G., r 24, 

JOHNSON THOMAS F., r 23. West Wardsboro, 

Shipman Ezra O., r 19, West Wardsboro, " 

Willard Wales H., r 16, 

Adams Abel, r 30, Westminster Station, Westminster 

Butterfield Edwin G., r 39, Westminster West, " 

Church Charles H., r 28, Westminster Stition, " 

Moore John B., r 7, Bellows Falls, " 

Nichols Truman A., r 8. • " 

Parmenter Lucian N., r 3, Saxton's River, " 

RICHARDSON LUCIUS C, (builder) r 35, 

RICHMOND BENJAMIN F., r 31, 

SHATTUCK SAMUEL A., r 54,;Westminster West, 

Sischo Samuel, r 31, " 

Spencer Sidney A., r 49, " 

Underwood Joseph H., r3r, " 

Walker Barton A., r 39, West.ninster West, " 

Willard Henry A., r 31/ " 

BALLOU HOSEA B., Whitingham 



CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS, ETC. 569 

Barker Simon, Whitingham 

Bishop Luna, r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., " 
BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

Corse James O , r 33, Jacksonville, " 

Easton Solomon G., r 38, Jacksonville, " 
HATCH JAMES W., r S3, Jacksonville, 

Hull Fred W., r 26, f< 

Morse Elliot K.,r 36 cor 37, Jacksonville, " 
PEEBLES EMERY, r 31, Jacksonville, 
PEEBLES JAMES M., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Pike Otis H., r ;^^, Jacksonville, " 

Porter George, r 8. Jacksonville, " 
PORTER HERBERT G., r 3^, Jacksonville, 
REED ELMER J., 

Sawyer Fred W., r 58, Jacksonville, " 

Stetson Ezra, r ^^, Jacksonville, " 
Averill Philetus, Wilmington 

Haskell Ephraim, r 40, " 

Haynes George E., << 

PIKE SAMUEL C, r 25, <« 

Pike John L., '< 

Rose George, • t< 

Wellman Chandler F., r 48, «' 
WHITE JAMES L., r 55, 

Wilder Oscar F., r 45, " 
Gould EUiot J., r 14, Windham 
HARRINGTON RANSLEY, r 36, 

Pike Silas, r 28, South Windham, " 

Rhoades Aaron A., r 19, " 

Carpet Dealers. 

BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6 Main st., Brattleboro 

Houghton Henry F., Main, " 

PRATT OSCAR J., 67 Main. 

RETTING BROS., High st.. 

Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Winnewisser August F., The Square, Bellows Falls, " 

Carpet Weaver. 

Harrington Ardelia, r 26, Whitingham 

Carriage, Wagon and Sleigh 3Ianulacturers and Wheelwrights. 

Adkins John F., r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 

AKELEY CHARLES, r 41, West Brattleboro, 

CLARK GEORGE W., Spring st., 

Herrick Herbert C, r 47, " 

Johnson Eugene C, r 47, " 

Martin John H., Flat St., " 

RAY JOHN L., (dealer) 22 Main st, «' 

ROCKWELL & SHERWIN, Elm st., 

SHEPARDSON ORRIN P., 26 Washington st., 

Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) Frost st., " 

Stebbins John H., Canal cor South Main st., " 

Whitney Erastus, r 2, BrookHne 

37 



570 



CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS AND WHEELWRIGHTS. 



DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor r 37 and 38, West Dover, 

HALL CLINTON L., r 26, East Dover, 

Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, 

Dutton Winslow, r 29, 

Stickney Benjamin, r 38, West Dummerston, 

Amsden Jonas H., r 28, 

French Dexter B., Water St., 

French George N. & Son, School st.. 

Walker Harry H., r T9, 

Barstow Gervis, Guilford Center, 

Brackett Charles F., r 27, Green River, 

FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, 

MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., r 44, Green River, 

Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) Brattleboro, 

WILDER HENRY N., r 52, 

Worden Lucius S., (repairer) r 25, Green River, 

Kingsley Ozias D., r 33, West Halifax, 

Ramson Judson L., Rawsonville, 

RICHMOND GEORGE F., r 22, 

ST. ONGE JOSEPH, Main st.. South Londonderry, 

Westcott Fernando N., 

Whitman John, South Londonderry, 

Whitman Silas, Main st., South Londonderry, 

Dickinson George W., Williamsville, 

FISH FREDERICK A., 

Warren Albert T., 

Whitney Solomon F., 

Buxton Albert, r 45, East Putney, 

Farnum Charles F., r 11, 

HALL FRANK J., r 19, 

Clark Albert, rear 10 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

Earl Sidney R., River St., Saxton's River, 

GRAVES JOHN W., Main st., Saxton's River, 

Kmght W. E. & Son, near Main St., Saxton's River, 

Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, 

Severence Joseph, Saxton's River, 

Whitman Orrin H., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

Ingalls William H., r 32, 

Kimball John R., West Townshend, 

Sanders Hynes W., r 32, 

MARTIN ADDISON J., r 6, 

Smith Robert H., r 7^, 

Atcherson Byron F., r 34, 

BARNES MYRON O., (dealer in wagons) off r 38, West 

Wellman Horace E., r 39, Westminster West, 

Brown Hezekiah N., 

Davis Arad A., r 23, 

FOSTER WILLARD, r 27^, 

Shepardson Henry C, r 33, Jacksonville, 

HARRIS LUCIUS, r 36, 

Howe Oscar F., 

Wilder Oscar G., r 4^, 

RICHARDSON GEORGE A., r 29, 



Dover 

(( 

(( 
Dummerston 

Grafton 

(( 

(( 

Guilford 



Halifax 
Jamaica 

Londonderry 



Newfane 



Putney 



Rockingham 



Townshend 



Wardsboro 
Westminster 
minster West, " 

Whitingham 



Wilmington 



Windham 



CARRIAGE AND SLEIGH STOCK — CIDER MILLS. 



571 



Carriage and Sleigh Stock. 

Eddy William B., r 7^, 
MORSE EDWARD S., r 7^, 

Cement Water Pipe. 
(See also Sewer Pipe.) 
Lake Clark S., Saxton's River, 

Carriage Trimmers. 

See Harness Makers. 

Chair Manufacturers. 

(See also Furniture Dealers.) 

FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, 
ALBEE GEORGE L., r 25, 
HULL ANDREW JACKSON, r 26, 

Chair Stock Manufacturers. 

DAVIS JOHN B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, 

PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, 

Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, 

MARSH & LELAND, (splints) 

Hagar Albert M. V., r 54, Jacksonville, 

STONE BROTHERS, r 37, West Halifax, 

STONE ELIAS, cor 37 and 37^ South Halifax, 

Thurber Albert L., r 14, West Halifax, 

WARREN OILMAN, r 18, West Brattleboro, 

Adams John Q., r 23, 

GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, 

Houghton Benjamm B., r 3, Rawsonville, 

WARDWELL & FLINT, 

Abbott Ora S., South Londonderry, 

Farnum Ceylon D., Main St., South Londonderry, 

Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, 

Stewart Henry J., r 50, Rawsonville, 

Wood Frank M., South Londonderry, 

Cheney Jeduthan H., r 37, Williamsville, 

Davenport, Underwood & Co., 

PIERCE FRANKLIN L., r 45, 

Eddy Francis W., r 40, 

GOODELL A. A. & CO., West Townshend, 

WILLARD CHARLES H., 2d, r 38^, 

HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, 

Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, 

Lamson Caleb B., r 7^, 

Cheney Wales A., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Corkins Elisha J., r ^^, Jacksonville, 

STETSON BROTHERS, r S3, Jacksonville, 

Pierce Ezra, r 29, South Windham, 

Cider Mills. 

CARPENTER OLIVER H., r 3, West Brattleboro, 
Chamberlain William M., r 2, West Brattleboro, 
Dunklee Edward C, r 4, West Brattleboro, 



Wardsboro 



Rockingham 



Brattleboro 
Whitingham 



Dover 



Grafton 
Halifax 



Jamaica 



Londonderry 



Newfane 

(( 

Putney 
Townshend 



Wardsboro 



Whitingham 



Windham 



Brattleboro 



572 



CIDER MILLS — CLAIM AGENTS. 



GOODENOUGH HENRY F., r 39, West Brattleboro, 

JOHNSON LEWIS J., r 21, West Brattleboro, 

Nesbit John, r 45, West Brattleboro, 

Thayer Lorenzo D., r 48, 

WOOD JOHN S., r 45, West Brattleboro, 

Adams Asaph C, r 6. South Wardsboro, 

LEONARD EROS. & BOGLE, r 34 cor 37, West Dover, 

Knight Riley E., r 13, Putney, 

Newton Julius C., r 35, Brattleboro, 

Reed Edward F., r 29, 

Stockwell Dv_^nsmore M., r 72, Williamsville, 

TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Durnmerston, 

Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, 

WHITE & WILBUR, r 28, 

AKELEY MARTIN, r 4, West Brattleboro, 

AKELEY RANSOM W., r 6, West Brattleboro, 

BULLOCK JOHN L., r 7, Guilford Center, 

GALE JANE E., r 14, 

WILDER WARREN J., r 38, 

Weatherhead Hiram, r 37, 

WELD ISAAC A., r 39, 

WARREN OILMAN, r 18, West Brattleboro, 

Ryder Fred M., r 32, 

VIALL PHILETUS, r 35, South Londonderry, 

Brooks William A., Jr., (and jelly) r 42, Williamsville, 

Hoyt Henry H., (and jelly) Williamsville, 

Radway Frank A., r 10, 

Pierce Frederick O., r45, East Putney, 

Adams Lucius W., r 3, Bartonsville, 

FRANKLIN WOODBURN A., r 4. Guilford, 

NEWTON CHARLES H., 

DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., oft r 34, South Wardsboro, 

Ramsdell J. W. & Son, r 24, 

HOUGHTON H. N. & L C, r 24, Green River, 

CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, r 40, Westminster West, 

BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

Pike Willard, r 41, 

STETSON BROS., r S3, Jacksonville. 

Titus Edwin, r 42, (and jelly,) 

Civil Engineers and Surveyors. 

Balistier Joseph N., Jr., r 10, 

Clark George II., South Canal st., 

Hines George A., 51 Canal St., 

Phelps Samuel, Main St., 

HASKELL CHARLES F. B., r 14, 

Norton Charles H., r 9, 

DAVIS MARVIN W., (surveyor) r 10, Bellows Falls, 

DIX CHARLES W., r 52, Jacksonville, 



Brattleboro 

u 
(( 
(( 
u 

Dover 
Durnmerston 



Grafton 

(I 

Guilford 



Halifax 

Jamaica 

Londonderiy 

Newfane 



Rockingham 
Vernon 

Wardsboro 



Westminster 
Whitingham 



Wilmington 



Brattleboro 



Grafton 
Vernon 

Westminster 
Whitingham 



Claim Agents. 

(See Pension and Claim Agents.) 



CLERGYMEN. 573 



Clergymen. 

Edwards Othniel B., (M. E.) r 15, Athens 

Clayton Austin W., (M. E.) r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 
COLLINS WILLIAM H., A. M., (Episcopal) h Tyler St., 

Crothers Samuel M., (Unitarian) High St., " 

Cunningham Patrick, (Catholic) h Walnut St., " 

GROUT LEWIS, (Cong.) r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 

Lee Samuel H., (Cong,) h North Main st., " 

Merritt Charles H., (Cong.) r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Ober Benjamin, (retired Cong.) 17 Green, " 

Powers Charles R., (Baptist) r 32 cor 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Smith Origen, (Baptist) 22 Canal St., " 

Tower Francis E., (Baptist) h Main st., " 

Truax Albert B., (M. E.) h 48 High, " 

TuUer Charles D., (Baptist) 40 Clark st., " 

Tyler Thomas, D. D., (retired Episcopal) Tyler St., " 
Whitney Elbert W., (Univ.) h 14 Main, 

Farrar Charles, (Baptist) r 7, Newfane, Brookline 

Kinney Luman, (Baptist) r37. East Dover, Dover 

Ward J. Earl, (Cong.) Grafton 

Sherman Cyrus S., (Baptist) cor r i and 2, Green River, Guilford 

Fowler Horace, (Baptist) r 37, South Hahfax, Hahfax 

Baker Orrin G, (Cong.) Jamaica 
Knapp James E., (M. E.) South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Leavitt Halsey C, (Baptist) South Londonderry, " 

Metcalf Royal D., (Cong.) " 

Mackie Thomas, (M. E.) South Londonderry, " 

Arms Goodsill F., (M. E.) East Dover, Newfane 

CROCKER WALLACE, r 40, (Baptist) Williamsville, '* 
LAWRENCE GEORGE W,, (Cong.) 

FOSTER AMOS, (Cong.;) r 19, Putney 
Harlow Lincoln, (Cong.) 

Knight Fred H., (M. E.) " 
PARSONS NAAMAN D., (Baptist) rig, 

Austin Harvey F., (M. E.) h 73 Atkinson, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Chapin George F., (Cong.) Saxton's River, " 

Emery J. Newton, (Universalis!) Bellows Falls, " 

Kenney Charles, (Advent) r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Page Frederick, (superannuated Univ.) Bartonsville, " 

RANDALL WILLIAM H., (Baptist) Saxton's River, " 
Riggs Albert, r 42, Cambridgeport, 

Roberts Warren H., (Episcopal) Church st.. Bellows Falls, " 

Wiley Sarah A. Mrs., (Spirhualist) r 25, " 

Acterian H. H., (Cong.) Townshend 
Mitchell Richard S., (Baptist) r 381, 
Porter George Rev. Dr., (Cong.) 

Suitzer Christopher J., (Cong.) West Townshend, " 

Fairman John. (Baptist) r 20, Vernon 

Bryant William A., (Methodist) r 7^ Wardsboro 
Hopkinson Henry M., (Baptist) r 20, West Wardsboro, 
Martin Addison J., (local preacher) r 6, 

Richardson Nathaniel, (Cong.) r 31, South Wardsboro, |^ 
Wells Dennis, (superannuated) r 7^, 



574 



CLERGYMEN COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 



Dascomb Alfred B.. (Cong.) 131, Westminster 

Lewell John L., (Cong.) r 35, " 

STEVENS ALFRED, (Cong.) r 40, Westminster West, 

WILBUR WILLIAM N., (Baptist) off r 2, Saxton's River, 

BISHOP MILTON B., r 47, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Whitingham 

SHERMAN NATHAN D., (Universalist) Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

Forrest Hanson F., (M. E.) Wilmington 

GIFFORD JEREMIAH, (Universalist) r 60, 

Goodnow Augustus W., (Baptist) " 

TITUS HERBERT R., (Cong.) 14 West Main, 

Baker Henry V., (Baptist) South Windham, Windham 

Holbrook Amos, (Cong.) " 

Clothiers, Merchant Tailors and Tailors. 

(See also General Merchants.) 
Clark Ellen E., (tailoress) Tyler block, Main st., Brattleboro 

Gilbert Mary E. Mrs., (tailoress) Elliot St., " 

Joy Jane, (tailoress) 18 Canal St., " 

PRATT WRIGHT & CO., 3 Granite block. 
*STARKEY & WELLMAN, 3 Brooks House block, [Card on 

page 5 16.] » " 

WHITNEY F. A. & CO., 4 and 5 Granite Row, 

Woolley Arlette A., (tailoress,) Grafton 

Pierce Sarah A., (tailoress) South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Ballou Warren F.. (tailor) 6 Westminster, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

CAPRON CHARLES E., The Square, Bellows Falls, 
Fletcher Charles L., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, " 

HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, The Square, Bellows Falls, 
Hughes Kate, (tailoress) 8 Flemming Place, Bellows Falls, " 

ROBINSON & GARMON, (Blue Store) Union block. The Square, 

Bellows Falls, " 

Sabin Allen H., Saxton's River, " 

Smart Deha, (tailoress) Westminster St., Bellows Falls, " 

Walsh John, (tailor) Gray's block. Bellows Falls, " 

WATERMAN SARAH H., (tailoress) Bellows Falls, 

Hodgkins George, (tailor) bet r 26 and 14, Wardsboro 

Brown EUzabeth N., (tailoress) r ^^, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Demming Theodore B., Wilmington 

Coal Dealers. 

BARROWS EDWARD B., 3 Main st., Brattleboro 

Gleason Austin J., 63 Main st., " 
MANNING TAMES D. & ELLEN, 

BOLSTER JOEL C, r 42, Putney 

HOWARD L. G. & C. E., Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Coffin and Casket Manufacturers. 

(See also Undertakers.) 
Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Commission Merchants. 

Crosby E. & Co., 9 Crosby block, Brattleboro 

HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, 17 and 19 Rockingham, and 15 Canal, 

Rockingham 



CONCRETE WALKS — CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 



575 



Smith Henry F., 38 High St., 
Wilder John, Bellows Falls, 



Concrete Walks. 



Brattleboro 
Rockingham 



Confectioners, Fruits, Ice Cream, etc. 

(See also Bakers and Confectioners, also Grocers.) 

Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main St., Brattleboro 
*THURBER A. E., 57 Main St., 

Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney 

CANEDY HARVEY L., 5 Canal, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Chapin Charles C. Washington St., Bellows Falls, " 
POLLARD ALPHNZO P., Cana' St., Bellows Falls, 

Contractors and Uuilders. 

(See also Architects and Builders, Carpenters and Builders, and Masons and 

Builders.) 
CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost St., Brattleboro 

GOODRICH PHINEHAS B., Chase St., 
HARRIS BRODEN D., (railroad) h 15 Main st., 

Harris & Butterfield, " 

MILLER DAVID W., 19 Main St., " 

ORTON JOHN A., (light wood work) Harmony block, 
Plummer |. Dwight, 11 1 Main st., " 

BALLARD EDGAR A., Jamaica 

Bills Emery A., " 

HALL FRANK J., r 19, Putney 

GIBSON WAYNE T., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

STUART SILAS W., Bellows Falls, 

Coopers. 

(See also Butter Tubs, also Wooden ware.) 
Holmes John W., r 11, Grafton 

CLOUGH ALONZO P., r 34, Jamaica 

Howard Mason F., " 

Howe Titus, r 15^, " 

Wilder George N., r 3^, 
Spaulding Simeon D., r 15, cor 8, 
Allen Charles A., r^ 16, 
Whitcomb Nathaniel, r 21, 
Allis Wells P., 
Bigelow Ivory, 
Wellman Chandler F., r 48, 
Butters Enoch, r 12, Grafton, 

Country Stores. 

(See General Merchants.) 
Crockery and Glassware. 

(See also General Merchants.) 
DUNKLEE SCOTT, Brattleboro 

*VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block. 

Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

*WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls, 



Londonderry 

Wardsboro 

Whitingham 

Wilmington 



Windham 



576 CURRIERS — DRESSMAKERS. 



Curriers. 

(See Tanners.) 
Cutlery. 

(See also Hardware, also Jewelry, also Druggists.) 

Pratt E. Austin, r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 

Dairy Apparatus. 

Holmes Sidney, (churn) Main st., Crafton 
FESSENDEN WARREN S., r 4, Green River, Guilford 
BLACK JAMES B., r 38, Putney 
*VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Nathan D.,Williams, mana- 
ger. Mill St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
JOHNSON DWIGHT, r 20, Vernon 

Dentists. 

CLARK CHARLES S., Granite block. Main St., Brattleboro 

PETTEE A. L & SON, 43 Main, " 

POST ORAMEL R., cor High and Green, " 

Putnam Arms D., 9 Crosby block, " 

WOODBURY FRED A., Elliot St., •' 

KNAPP ALVIN, r 2, Dummerston 

Loomis Phineas S., Jamaica 

ARNOLD LUTHER S., Main St., Londonderry 

GEORGE OZIAS M., Union block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

KEYES JOHN W., D. M. D., Times b'Id'g, Bellows Falls, " 
PARKER JAMES P., D. D. S., Bellows Falls, 

Parker Addison J., r 39^, Townshend 

Wilder Frank L, r 30, West Townshend, " 

BARBER GEORGE F., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 

Johnson Albert M., Wilmington 

Drain Tile. 

(See Cement Pipe, also Sewer Pipe.) 

Dressmakers. 

Brimhall Henrietta, 49 Elliot St., Brattleboro 

Brown Emily H., 10 Clark St., " 

DICKINSON LUCY S. Mrs., h 7 Clark st., " 

Doolittle Sophie A., Union block, " 

Dunton Jennie B., Brattleboro House, " 

Dwight Ella G., Crosby block, ' " 

Eldredge Lavinia, South Main st., " 
FARNSWORTH E. MARIA, Leonard's block, 

Fisher Lucinda E., Western ave., " 

FOX AUGUSTA A., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Gibson Harriet, Elliot st., " 

Griswold Sarah E., 30 Clark St., . " 

Hall Martha A., 37 ElHot St., " 

Hastings Bertha A., bds Canal St., -' 

Hiscock Mary, 57 Elliot St., " 

Houghton Susie IB., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

McKee Hattie, Elliot st., " 
PETTEE ARVILLA E., Main st., 

Pino Isadore F. Mrs., South Main st., " 



DRESSMAKERS — DRY GOODS. 577 

Ramsdell Hattie, Elliot St., Brattleboro 

Robinson Georgia A., Green st., " 

Samson Mary B., i Oak st., " 

Sawetille Jennie Miss, bds Green st., " 

Sould Melissa, 69 Main st., " 

Spaulding Julia, Elliot St., " 

Walker Charlotte, 75 Main st., " 

Wheeler Ellen M., 55 Main St., " 

Wheelock Lydia S. Mrs., 125 Main St., " 

Knapp Rosa J., Dummerston 

Robbins Christopher Mrs., West Dummerston, " 

Clough Worthy E. Mrs., Main St., Grafton 

Cresser Addie W., " 

Woolley Arlette A., " 

FULLER EFFIE T., Bondville, Bennington Co., Jamaica 

Perry Anna C. Mrs., North st., " 

Yearly Janette V., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Darling George L. Mrs., r 16, Newfane 
JONES HARRIET A E., Williarosville, 

Shattuck Mary E., High St., Putney 

Adams Lucia E., 12 School st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Archer Lucena A., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " 

Darby Carrie, Bellows Falls, " 

Hawley E. L. Mrs., Main st., Saxton's River, " 

Stowell Eva & Ida, West St., Saxton's River, " 

Austin Carrie E., Townshend 

BAILEY LAURA E., r 14, Vernon 

Gleason Ella, r 6 cor 7^, Wardsboro 

Perry James A. Mrs., r 20, West Wardsboro, " 

Watson Lydia J., r 6 cor j^, *' 

Drugs and itiedicines. 

(See also General Merchants, also Proprietary Medicines.) 

GREENE GEORGE D., 63 Main st, Brattleboro 
THORN I. N. & SON, 2 Crosby block. Main St., 

Willard Henry C, Brooks House block, '• 
EATON WATSON S., Main st., 
SMITH FRANK E., 

Smith & Taylor, Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Batchelder Newton M,, Newfane 

WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, . Putney 

Davis Henry H., Westminster st.. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
HOLDEN WILL A., The Square, Bellows Falls, 
MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel block. Bellows Falls, 

Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " 

CLARK SILAS B., Townshend 

Winslow Samuel D. 2d, cor r 32 and 38, " 

Haskell William B., cor North River and Main, Wilmington 

Dry Goods. 

(See also General Merchants, also Millinery and Fancy Goods.) 

Barnard Thomas W., 4 Crosby block, Brattleboro 
BARROWS FLETCHER R., 107 Main st., 

Barrows Peleg, Brooks block, " 



578 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



o<]th:ec> 



Q,ip\\i YEpopT LiflE 




Wagner Palace Sleeping and Drawing Room Cars between Montreal 
and New York. Passenger and Baggage Cars between Troy and 
Montreal. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Boston and Chicago. 
Pullman Parlor Day and Sleeping Cars^ also Passenger 
and Baggage Cars between Montreal, Boston and 
Springfield. Pullman Drawing Room Cars be- 
tween Saratoga and the White Mountains, 
and Saratoga and Boston. 

Theie advantai^e§, with l§teel Rails, Fast Time and Sure Connec- 
tions, nialie it the Unrivaled Line in ^ew England. 

1^ it ^i You will Find it p? flo Equal foif ^olid (Jogfort ! 

<x1TICKET OFFICES> 

2 ED UJashingtan StrEEt, Enstan. 

271 ErDadu/dijj New York, and 

13E St JamEs StrEEt, MnntrEal 

J. \V. HOBART, Gen'l Sup't. S. W. CUMMINGS, Gen'l Passenger Agent. 

D. McKENSIE, Ass't Gen'l Passenger Agent. 



PEINCIPAL OFFICES, 



ST. ALBANS, VT. 



DRY GOODS FANCY FOWLS. 



579 



Havvley Newton I., Brooks House block, Brattleboro 

Houghton Henry F., Main St., " 

PRATT OSCAR J., 67 Main St., 

Simons Emma P., (fancy) bds Brooks House, 

Day J. C. & Co., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

GUILD GEORGE O., Centennial block. Bellows Falls, 

ROYCE & DEWEY, Bellows Falls, 

Warner Israel R., Saxton's River, 

Bouker Jane, (fancy dress goods) North River st.. 

Dye House. 

Perkins Charles B., South Main st.. 

Embroidery Teacher. 
Simons Emma P. Miss, bds Brooks House, 

Engravers. 
LEONARD DE WITT, Harmony block. 

Essences and Extracts. 
Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, 

Evaporators, (Maple Sugar.) 

FESSENDEN WARREN S., r li Green River, 
*ADAMS & HAYNES, r 18 and 19. 

Express Agents. 

BEMIS WILLIS, High st., 

TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, 

Hall Elizabeth S., Main st., 

Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport. 

BOYNTON MYRON L., 

MARTIN JAMES, (U. S. & C, Winhall station) 
donderry, 

MELENDY E. WEBSTER, South Londonderry, 

GREEN JOSEPH J., 

Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, 

PIERCE MARSHALL, r 50, 

Babbitt Frederick H., (U. S. & C.,) Bellows Falls, 

Babbitt George H., (supt. U. S. & C, agent American) at depot, Bel- 
lows Falls, 

BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, Townshend 

HASTINGS EDWIN L., off r 38I 

STEBBINS JOSIE S. Mrs., r 9I 

Fancy Fowls. 
(See also Poultry Dealers.) 

BEMIS CHARLES N., (Wyandotte and Black Java) r 11, Brattleboro 

Loomis Nelson W., (Plymouth Rock, Buff Cochins and White Leg- 
horns) Reed St., 

Miller Fred H., (pigeons and ducks) Forest St., '•' 

Tasker Dennis E., (Plymouth Rock and Light Brahma) " 

Thomas Russell B.. (Plymouth Rock) r 31, " 

Waite Alfred F., (Plymouth Rock) r 31, cor 10, " 

WALES ELIJAH, Jr., (Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte) Elliot St., 

WHITNEY HIRAM M., (Plymouth Rock) r 3, 

HENRY DAVID A., (Plymouth Rock) r 26, Guilford Center, 



Rockingham 



Wihnington 

Brattleboro 

Brattleboro 

Brattleboro 

Rockingham 

Guilford 
Wilmington 

Brattleboro 

Dummerston 

Grafton 

Jamaica 
r 42, South Lon- 

Londonderry 

(( 

Newfane 
Putney 



Rockingham 



Vernon 



Brookline 
Guilford 



58o 



FANCY FOWLS FLOUR, FEED AND CHAIN. 



RICHMOND HERBERT J., (Plymouth Rock) r ii, Guilford 

Whitaker Foster H., (Plymouth Rock and White and Brown Leg- 
horns) Williamsville, Newfane 
*BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., (Langshans) Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
*HALLADAY A. A. & L. H., (Langshans) 20 School St., Bellows 

Falls, 
Brooks George, (Brown Leghorn) r 48^^, Townshend 

STREETER BENJAMIN A., (fancy and game fowls, Rouen and 

Pecan ducks) r t6, Vernon 

Feather Renovator. 
SMITH OSCAR, EUiot st., Brattleboro 

Farm Implements. 

(See Agricultural Implements.) 

Fertilizers. 

Frost & Proctor, 8 Crosby block, Brattleboro 

MINER OZIAS L., (Pacific guano) r 47, 

Winchester Fred, (phosphates) Main st.. South Londonderry, Londonderry 
Batchelder Newton M., Newfane 

WHEAT HERBERT E., High st., cor Factory, Putney 

BROWN LORENZO, West Northfield. Mass., Vernon 

Prescott & Eason, (manuf. bone meal) r 14, " 

Fish and Oysters. 
(See also Restaurants, also Grocers, also Meat Markets.) 



Brattleboro 



ROGERS & STOCKWELL, 8 EUiot, 

Salisbury George H., 41 Main st., 

WOOD JOHN S., r 45, West Brattleboro, 

Blake Walter G., 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls, 

Straight William A., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

TYLER & NEWTON, (wholesale and retail) r 17, 

Fishing Kod Manufacturer. 
*GOODRIDGE SAMUEL W., [Card on page 586,] 

Florists and Seedsmen. 
(See also Seedsmen.) 
*ALLEN CHARLES E., 64 Canal, 
CHENEY SAMUEL T. R., Western ave., 
BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, 

Flour, Feed and Grain. 
(See also Grist and Flouring Mills, also General Merchants, also Grocers.) 



Rockingham 



Vernon 



Grafton 



Brattleboro 



Rockingham 



CROSBY E. & CO., 9 Crosby block, 

LYNDE WILLIAM W., Brattleboro House building, 

HALLADAY WELLS C, r 26 cor 27, East Dover, 

EATON WATSON L., Main St., 

CROSIER ORVAL H., r 39, Halifax Center, 

HOWE OSCAR, r 31 cor 30, West Hahfax, 

BOYNTON MYRON L., 

BUTLER EDGAR M., r 28, East Jamaica. 

ADAMS FRANK & CO., Bellows Falls, 

HARRIS EDWIN D., r 32, 

WINSLOW SAMUEL D. 2d, cor r 32 and 38, 

JOHNSON DWIGHT, (feed) r 20, 

Kingsbury Hiland S., r 36, South Windham, 



Brattleboro 

Dover 
Grafton 
Halifax 

u 

Jamaica 

Rockingham 
Townshend 

Vernon 
Windham 



FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY GENERAL MERCHANTS. 581 

Fruits and Confectionery. • 

(See also Confectionery, etc.) 

BLISS GEORGE A,, r 42. Main st., Brattleboro 

Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main St., " 

Gorborino Angelo, Main st., " 

CARMODY JOHN, 2 Farr's block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Chapin Charles C, Westminster St., Bellows Falls. " 
SMART DELIA, Westminster st., Bellows Falls,' 

WARE SYLVESTER M., Canal st. Bellows Falls, " 

Flouring Mills. 

(See Grist Mills.) 
Freight Agents. 

(See Railroad Agents.) 

Furniture Dealers. 

(See also Chair Manufacturers.) 
BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6 Main st., Brattleboro 

FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, 
*JACOBS JAMES EUGENE, (camp) West Brattleboro, 
Kirwin Gerald B., Main St., " 

RETTING BROS., High st., 

RUSSELL EDWIN F., Jamaica 

BURDITT FREDERICK O., . Newfane 

Stowell J. W. & Co., Water st., Putney 

Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

HALLADAY ALBERT A., 20 School st.. Bellows Falls, 
WARE SYLVESTER M., (repairing) Canal st., Bellows Falls, 
*WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls. [Card 

on page 484.J 
Rose George, Wilmington 

Furs and Skins. 
(See also Clothing, etc.) 
SHEPARDSON ORRIN P., 26 Washington st., Brattleboro 

Hastings Henry E., off r 5, Newfane 

Atcherson Alexander, r 34, Westminster 

BOND HENRY F., r II, Bellows Falls, 

Gas. 

BRATTLEBORO GAS LIGHT CO., H. D. Holton, prest. ; C. F. 

Thompson, treas. Brattleboro 

MECHANIC'S GAS LIGHT CO., Jacob Estey, pres. ; J. J. Estey, 

treas. ; office Estey Organ Works, " 

General Merchants. 

(Who keep a general assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, etc. 
See also Dry Goods, also Groceries.) 

Robbins Eugene W., r 15, Athens 

Eaton & Neweil, r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 
HALLADAY WELLS C, r 26 cor 27, East Dover, Dover 

Knowlton Emmons P., " 

May Daniel N.,r 26, West Dover, " 



582 



GENERAL MERCHANTS — GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. 



Townsend John E., r 20, West Duramerston, 

Gushing David F., Cambridgeport, 

EATON WATSON S., 

Phelps L. & C, 

Twitchell Daniel W., r 13, 

WALKER WALTER E. L., Main, 

CLISBEE CHARLES, r 27, Green River, 

GLARK GEORGE L., r 31, West Halifax, 

GROSIER ORVAL H., r 39, Halifax Center, 

HOWE OSCAR, r 31 cor 30, West Halifax, 

Muzzy Abijah & Son, 

Sherwin Daniel, 

SMITH FRANK E., 

Curtis Alonzo A., Main st., 

Richardson & Leonard, Main st., 

Smith & Taylor, Main St., South Londonderry, 

Batchelder Newton M.. 

EDWARDS & PIERCE, 

Park Charles E., Williamsville, 

Sherman Oscar L., Williamsville, 

Pierce George L., High St., 

Ward James D., r 45, East Putney, 

WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, 

Bowker Harrison H., r 3, Bartonsville, 

Gushing David T., Cambridgeport, 

DivoU Josiah B., r 26, 

Glynn C. L. & Co., Main St., Saxton's River, 

Sabin E. S. & A. H., Main st.. Saxton's River, 

Stevens Warren, Main St., Cambridgeport, 

BARBER BROTHERS, Main st.. West Townshend, 

BARRETT CORTES P., Main St., West Townshend, 

KNAPP EDWARD J., r 32 cor 38, 

WINSLOVV SAMUEL D., 2d, cor r 32 and 38, 

CROWELL HILAND R., r 19, West Northfield, Mass. 

Whithed Addison, r 14, 

Briggs Charles A., r j^, 

Edwards & Miller, r 35, South Wardsboro, 

FITTS OSMER C, r 20, West Wardsboro, 

GALE CHARLES C, r 7^, 

Goodridge Austin, r 31, 

Ranney Alfred P., r 39, Westminster West, 

Safford Ralph S., r 31, 

Howard Levi C., r 33, Jacksonville. 

MILLINGTON HENRY C, r 27^ 

Sherman Drury A., r 61, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

STETSON NORRIS L., r 2^, Jacksonville, 

STICKNEY MELVIN W., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Andrews & Spencer, North River St., 

Ware Orrin O., cor East Main and South River sts., 

WHIPPLE JAMES E., r 58, South Windham, 

tieQts' Furnishing: Goods. 
(See also Clothing, also Dry Goods, also General 
Knapp Ambrose, 



Dummerston 
Grafton 



Guilford 
Halifax 



Jamaica 

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Brattleboro 



gents' furnishing goods— grist and flouring mills. 



583 



*STARKEY & WELLMAN, 3 Brooks House block, [Card on 

P^g^ 516,] Brattleboro 

WHITNEY F. A. & CO., 4 and 5 Granite Row, 

Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockineham 

HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, The Square, Bellows Falls •' 

ROBINSON & GARMON, The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Glassware. 

(See Crockery and Glassware, also General Merchants.) 

Grain Dealers. 

(See also Flour, Feed and Grain, also Grist-Mills.) 

Frost Julius O., r 14, Vernon 

Granite Workers. 

(See Marble Workers.) 

Grist and Flouring Mills. 

(See Flour, Feed and Grain, also General Merchants.) 

CHURCH JONATHAN A., (feed mill) Frost St., Brattleboro 
GOODENOUGH JOHN P., r 52, West Brattleboro, 

Larkin Henry B., r 31^, " 

Valley Mill Co., J. W. Frost, pres't; W. H. Minor, manager, " 
WHITAKER FOSTER S., r 22, West Brattleboro, 

Bush Lorenzo W., r g, Newfane, Brookline 

COMBS WILLIAM & W. K, West Dummerston, Dummerston 

Crosbv Frederick F., r 48. Brattleboro, " 

PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, Dover 

BULLARD RICHARD W., r 28, Grafton 

Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, " 

Stowe Henry, r 44, Green River, Guilford 

SUMNER LEWIS W., off r 32, West Halifax, Halifax 

KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, Jamaica 

Curtis Alonzo A., Londonderry 

Shattuck William A., Main St., South Londonderry, " 

CORBETT CIRIL M. & JOHN N., West Marlboro, Marlboro 

Bingham Willard E., r 40, Williamsville, - Newfane 

Pierce James K., Williamsville, " 

Pierce George L.. High st., Putney 
THWING ORRIN S., Water st., 

Walkup |ohn W. , r 20, " 
BELLOWS FALLS GRIST-MILLS, Frank Adams & Co., props., 

Mill St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Farnsworth George R., Main st., Saxton's River, ' " 

Hubbard Leonard C, Westminster st., Saxton's River, " 

Lawrence Martin R., r 17^, Bartonsville, " 

Hastings Loren W., r32, Townshend 
HOLMES EDWARD A., West Townshend, 
WINSLOW NELSON, r 38^, 

FAIRMAN HENRY W., r 9, Vernon 
Johnson T. W. & W. D., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., 

Prescott & Eason, (feed mill) r 14, "■ 

Whithed Addison, r 14, . " 



584 



GRIST AND FLOURING MILLS — HARDWARE DEALERS. 



Brown & Shipman, r 19, 

Plimpton Edward D., r 27^, 

Snow & Stevens, r 24, 

MAYO PETER, r 37, 

PORTER HERBERT G., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Wheeler Zachariah, r 26, 

MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st. 

Pierce Ezra, r 29, South Windham, 

Groceries and Provisions. 

(See also General Merchants.) 

DAVENPORT ALONZO C., 3 Crosby block, 
FARMER'S AND MECHANIC'S EXCHANGE STORE, 

Barlow, manager, Leonard's block. Main St., 
Frost & Proctor, 8 Crosby block, 
LILLIS & SMITH, 49 Main st., 
NEWTON WILLIAM S.. 14 Main St., 
ROGERS & STOCKWELL, 8 Elliot st., 
SCOTT M. & SON, 81 Main st., 
*THOMPSON CHARLES F. & CO., 123 Main st., 
DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor 37 and 38, West Dover, 
Miller H. Harry, r 9, 
Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport, 
Brosnahan Daniel W., The Square, Bellows Falls, 
Grisvvold Bros., 8 Westminster, Bellows Falls, 
HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, 17 and 19 Rockingham and 15 

Bellows Falls, 
Howe Wayne B., Main st., Saxton's River, 
Keene Cash Grocery, T. Sullivan, prop., Wilson block, Bellows 
Kelley Morris R., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, 
WHITNEY MARSHALL M., it, 13 and 15 Westminster st.. 

Falls, 
Woods Orsamus F., The Square, Bellows Falls, 
KNAPP EDWARD J., r 32 cor 38, 
Williams Samuel E., r 30, West Townshend, 
CHILDS ADNA L., 4 West Main st., 
Haskell William B., cor North River and Main sts.. 

Guns, Gun and Locksmiths, Ammuuition, etc. 

(See also Hardware.) 
HOWE CHARLES H., 30 Main St., 
Rawson Judson L., Rawsonville, 
Brockway Norman S., Henry st., Bellows Falls, 

Handle i^Ianufacturers. 

See Woodenware. 

Hardware Dealers. 

(See also General Merchants.) 
CLARK BARNA A., 5 Crosby block, 
Cox Allen V. & Co., 38 Main st, 
HOOKER GEORGE W., (manuf.) 
THOMPSON CHARLES F. & CO., 123 Main st., 



Wardsboro 



Westminster 
Whitingham 

Wilmington 
Windham 



Brattleboro 
E. W. 



Dover 

Dummerston 

Grafton 

Rockingham 

Canal, 



Falls, 
Bellows 

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Townshend 
Wilmington 



Brattleboro 

Jamaica 

Rockingham 



Brattleboro 



HARDWARE DEALERS HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 585 

Winchester Fred, Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Glynn C. L. & Co., Main St., Saxton's River, Rockingham 

HOWARD L. G. & C. E., Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, 

BENSON & SON, r 6, Wardsboro 

Reed Emery P., (also tin shop) r ;^^, Jacksonville, VVhitingham 

Andrews & Spencer, North River st., Wilmington 

Haskell William B., cor North River and Main sts., '' 

TONES ANSEL C, Riverside si., 

WHEELER ALBERT L . North River st., '« 

Hnrness, Trunks, etc. 

Bassett Frank T-, Main st.. Brattleboro 

HEUSTIS & BURNAP, 20 Main st., 

Miller Fred W., 65 Elliot St., 

PRATT, WRIGHT & CO., (trunks) 3 Granite block, 

*STARKEY & WELLMAN,3 Brook House block, [Card on page 516.] " 

Britton Charles J., r 33, Guilford 

TANNER & CO., Main st., Jamaica 

Bryant Charles V.^ Church St., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Sparrow Benjamin, Main St., " 

Knapp Fayette W., r 34, East Dover, Newfane 

Houghton William, Hi2;h st.. Putney 

COOK NORRIS H., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

GRAVES JOHN W., Main st., Saxton's River, 

HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE., (trunks) The Square, Bellows 

Falls, " 

Provo Oliver, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Page Levi W., West Townshend, Townshend 
Taft Charles C, r 3SI 

Barry Lucius M., r 6, Wardsboro 

Aldrich James B., r ^^, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

French Franklyn J., r 17, Jacksonville, " 

French Josiah, r 17, Jacksonville, " 

Bassett John S., East Main St., Wilmington 

Hats, Caps and Furs. 
(See Clothiers, also General Merchants.) 

*CHAMBERLAIN BELA N., 2 Brooks block, [Card on page 586,] 

Brattleboro 

Knapp Ambrose, " 

Hop Growers. 

TYLER ERASTUS, r 8, Vernon 

Horse Trainers. 

Drown John M., Brattleboro 

Titus Thomas W., High St., " 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

AMERICAN HOUSE, J. H. Mathews, prop., Main st., Brattleboro 

Archer Samuel, (boarding) Elliot St., " 

Barker & Moody, (boarding) Brattleboro House, " 

Bigelow Annie Mrs., (boarding) Elliot St., " 

BROOKS HOUSE, F. Goodhue, prop., Main St., " 

CLISBEE MARY C, r 32, West Brattleboro, " 

Dutton Caroline, (boarding) 3 Oak St., " 
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s. T^. a-oo^i^i3Da-E, 

—MANUFACTURER OF FINE— 

<X1HAND-MADE FISHING RODS,I>^ 

GRAFTON, WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT. 

I use none but the best material, principally White Ash for Buts, and selected Cuba 
Lance Wood for all other Joints and Tips. My Rods are all made by hand entirely. 
Trout Fly aud Bate Rods and Black Bass Rods a Specialty ! 

The Henshall Bass Rod is made under instruction from Dr. Henshall. My prices are 
lower than any other manufacturer or dealer for the same quality of work. 

Extract from a letter to Dr. Rowe, editor of American Field, Chicago, published in that 
paper November 17th, 1883 : — 

" 1 took a Holabird General Rod, made by S.W Goodridge, of Grafroii, Vt.. and put on one of Coinstock's 

flyine Helcraniites, and had fun from itie start. The rods made by Goodridire are the very best, and for 

price cannot be beaten in any country. His No. 10 Biss Rod prtseuted to me by yourtielf has be in tried in 

many a hard tU8»le, and has" never failed in any respect. A. A. .MOSHER. 

Spirit Lake, IoW-\, November 5th, 1883. Ass't Fish Commissioner of Iowa." 

|^°° Rods can be sent by mail to any part of the United States. Send for Catalogue 
and Price List. 



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ESTABLISHED 1854. 



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DE.\LER IN 



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LADIES' FUR GOODS, 

DuffaloiPancy r-url\obes, 

Trunks, Traveling Bags, Whips, 

Cane?, Umbiellas, Gloves, Mittens, 

Gents' Furnishing Goods, Etc., 
No. 1 Brooks Block, 
BRATTi.KBORO, VT. 



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HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. egj 

EDWARDS FANNIE A., (boarding) Elliot St., Brattleboi^ 

Lamson Meda, (boarding) Birge St.. *t 

LISCOM JOHN P., (summer boarding) r 42, 
MILLER DAVID VV., 19 Main, 

SALISBURY GEORGE H., (European plan) 41 Main, 
WARE OSCAR T., (summer boarding) r25, 

(xRAFTON HOTEL, F. & H. Phelps, props., Grafton 

Broad Brook House, C. C. Miller ])rop , r i 1, Guilford 

GREEN RIVER HOTEL, Park W., Shearer, prop., r 27, 
JAMAICA HOUSE, McLean Bros., props., Main cor Mechanic, Jamaica 
Houghton Stephen, (boardmg) r 49. South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Huntley Chester, (summer boarding) r 12, North Windham, « 

Londonderry Hotel, Geo. O. Davis, prop.. Main st. cor North, " 

Lowell Lake House, r 14^, George H. Hilton, prop., " 

PEABODY HOUSE, Col. H. O. Peabody, proprietor, South London- 
derry, <( 
WAIT DANIEL D., (boarding) r 7, 

Union House, Absalom Snow, prop., r 31, Marlboro 

Fayetteville Hotel. Stillman Worster. prop., Newfane 

WILLIAMSVILLE HOTEL, Frank B. Plimpton, prop., Williamsville, " 
KENDRICK'S HOTEL, D. H. Kendrick, proprietor. Main cor 

High St., Putney 

LEWIS FRANKLIN M., (summer boarding) Factoryst., " 

Cain James, (boarding) Mam St., Cambridgeport, Rockingham 

CANEDY HARVEY L., (boarding) 5 Canal st., Bellows Falls, 
Doolittle Barbara, (boarding) 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls. " 

Fall Mountain Boarding House, C. G. Moore, manager, Island ave., 

Bellows Falls, << 

GIBSON WAYNE T., (boarding) Westminster Court, Bellows Falls, 
Gould William, (boarding) Bellows Falls, " 

Graves Mary E., (boarding) 1 1 Green, Bellows Falls, " 

ISLAND HOUSE, C. W. Towns, prop.. Island ave.. Bellows Falls, 
Kinney Mary, (boarding) Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Low Roswill, (boarding) 38 Canal, Bellows Falls, " 

Mellish Sarah E., (boarding) Wood's block. Bellows Falls, " 

Ranvill Fred L., (boarding) Bellows Falls, '' 

SAXTON RIVER'S HOTEL, M. A. Wilder, prop., Saxton's River, 
TOWNS HOTEL, C. W. Towns, prop.. The Square, Bellows Falls, 
White Luthera E., (boarding) 70 Westminster, Bellows Falls, " 

WILSON LYDIA S , (boarding) The Square, Bellows Falls, 
Wilson Nelson, (boarding) Atkinson cor Williams, Bellows Falls, " 

Ayer A. D., prop. West Townshend, Townshend 

West River House, Osman F. Coombs prop., cor r 38 and ^8^, " 

SOUTH VERNON HOUSE, Russell F. Smith, prop., r ig, West 

Northfield, Mass., Vernon 

VERNON HOTEL, William A. Squires, prop., r 9, 
Green Mountain House, Henry A. Wait, prop., r 20 cor 22, West 

Wardsboro, Wardsboro 

WARDSBORO HOUSE, Fred Underwood, prop., r 6 cor 7I, 
GLEN HOUSE, R. Q. Wilcox, prop., Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Sadawaga House, Charles E. Cutler, prop., r 25, " 

SPRING HOTEL, Edward A. Cutler, prop., r 25, 
Vermont House, Paxton G. Wilder, prop., West Main, Wilmington 



588 



HUMAN HAIR GOODS JEWELRY, WATCHES, ETC. 



Human Hair (ioods. 

PHILLIPS ALICE NEWELL, Main st., opp. Brooks House, Brattleboro 

Stearns Hattie Y., 2 Granite block, •' 

Hayes Joanna Miss, Canal St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Ice Cream. 

See Bakers and Confectioners. 



Brattleboro 
Rockingham 



Brattleboro' 



Brattleboro 

It 

Brookline 

Dummerston 

Grafton 

Guilford 

Jamaica 

Londonderry 

Putney 

Rockingham 



Ice Dealers. 

Brattleboro Ice Co., 80 Flat st., 
*BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, 
EARL IRA L., Earl st.. Bellows Falls, 

Ink Manufacturer. 

Dunham Alva, r 17^, BartonsviUe, 

Insane A-sylum. 

Vermont Asylum for Insane, Joseph Draper, M. D., supt., 

Insurance Agents. 

CUDWORTH & CHILDS, 10 Crosby block, 

*SHERMAN & JENNE, New Bank block, 

Stickney Charles P., r 6, 

Wilson Sanford W., (life) r 22, West Dummerston, 

WALKER ED. L., 

RICHMOND J. HENRY, r 23, Green River, 

Taylor Francis G., r 30, 

Sprague Fred L. & Co., Mechanic St., 

Robinson George C, r 34, South Londonderry, 

BOLSTER JQEL C, r 42, 

*FARR NORMAN H., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, 

GUILD GEORGE O., (life) Centennial block. Bellows Falls, 

*HAYES LYMAN S.', The Square, Bellows Falls, 

O'Brien John C, Centennial block, Bellows Falls, 

ROYCE LA FAYETTE, Bellows Falls, 

Vilas Samuel S., Bellows Falls, 

Rand Theodore C, r 38^, 

BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, 

Iron Founders and Machinists. 

(See also Machinists.) 

Curtis Francis, r 26, West Brattleboro, 

Gregg Andrew R., Frost St., 

Garfield Egbert S., 

OSGOOD & BARKER, Mill st, Bellows Falls, 

Jewelry, Watches, &c. 

CLAPP ARTHUR B., (wholesale) 127 Main st, 

PRINK URBANE W., Main St., 

Randall & Clapp, 127 Main, 

Ranger & Thompson, 79 Main, 

Tipp Charles A. & Co., Main- St.. 

Leonard Samuel T., Schooi st , 

MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., (repairer) r 44, Green River, Guilford 



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Townshend 



Brattleboro 

Londonderry 
Rockingham 



Brattleboro 



JEWELRY, WATCHES, ETC. LAWYERS. 



589 



KINGSBURY DANIEL O., r 18, Jamaica 

Holden Sylvanus M., r 28 cor 31, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Whitman Charlie A., Main St., South Londonderry, " 

Wilbur Ruel S., Main St., South Londonderry, " 

PIERCE JOHN D., xVewfane 

AMADON FRED L, 2 Times block, The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Rockingham 

Amadon .Aenry M , 17 The Square, Bellows Falls, " 

Carlton Charles B., Main St., Saxton's River, " 

Jackson Marshall D., 11 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, " 
JOHNSON GRANVILLE R., r 3, Bartonsville, 

BARRETT CORTES P., Main st., West Townshend, Townshend 

HAMILTON GEORGE G., r 32, TacksonviUe, Whitingham 
NORCROSS DAVID W., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Junk Dealers. 

Gale Jacob C, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Ladies' Furnishings. 

See Dry Goods, also General Merchants, also MiUiners. 

Lath .Manufacturers. 

(See also Saw Mills, also Lumber Manufacturers.) 

Allen I. K. & Co., Flat st, Brattleboro 

St. Marie & Ball, r 42, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Laundries. 

Atwood Ann, 18 Green St., Brattleboro 

Wheeler George B., Rockingham st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Lawyers. 

CLARKE RANSLURE W., Crosby block, Brattleboro 

HASKINS & STODDARD. Crosby block, 

MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, 

TYLER JAMES M., Williston block, Main st, 

TYLER ROYALL, Crosby block, 

Dressor Albert W., Grafton 

Walker Lewis L., Main St., • '' 

TANNER OSCAR A., Main st, Jamaica 

WATERMAN ELEAZER L. Hon., 

WHEELER HOYT H. Hon., (U. S. district judge,) 

Cudworth Addison E., Main st.. South Londonderry, I>ondonderry 

DAVIDSON MILON, Newfane 

MORSE BENJAMIN E., r 40, Williamsville, 

Newton John, Williamsville, " 

Ward Calvin, " 

HOUGHTON FREDERICK L., off r 39, Putney 

AUbee Zina H., Union block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Bolles Francis A., Union block Bellows Falls, '• 

Bridgman & Weston, Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, " 

Brown George A., Union block, Bellows Falls, " 

EDDY C. B. & C. F., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " 

READ LAVANT M., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., West Townshend, Townshend 



59° 



LAWYERS LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 



Westminster 
Whitingham 

Wilmington 



Brattleboro 



STODDARD ABISHAI, r 31, 
Butterfield A. Augustine, r 31, Jacksonville, 
CHASE CHARLES S., 
HIX HORATIO N., r 27I 
BUTTERFIELD OSCAR E., 
Davenport Stephen T., 5 South River, 
Goodnow Milton A., 
Mann Hosea, Jr., 

Leather and Findings. 

(See also Tanners.) 

Fowler Charles, South Main cor Canal, 

Libraries- Circulating. 

BRATTLEBORO FREE LIBRARY, Katie M. Austin, librarian, 

Town Hall, Brattleboro 

Agricultural Library, Dummerston 

Town Library, " 

Grafton Library, Grafton 

Halifax Library Association, Halifax 

Jamaica Library Association, Jamaica 
South Londonderry Library Association, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Jacksonville Library, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Wilmington Library Association, Wilmington 



Guilford 

Putney 

Whitingham 



Athens 



Lime, Cement, Plaster, «Src. 

HOUGHTON JAMES M., r n, 
WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, 
BISHOP MILTON B.. r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 
Pike Willard, r 41, 

Live Stock Breeders and Dealers. 

KINGSLEY JEROME O., (Cotswold sheep) r 14, 

OBER WILLIS G., (Morgan horses, Cotswold sheep, and Poland China 

swine) r 14, 
Stevens Abram, (Merino sheep) 
FROST ROSWELL L., (grade Jersey cattle) r 18, West Brattleboro, 

Brattleboro 
Johnson Alonzo N., (Poland China hogs)-r 21, West Brattleboro, 
JOHNSON LEWIS J., (Guernsey cattle and Poland China hogs) r 21, 

West Brattleboro, 
Knowlton Emery, (horses) " 

Miller Marshall M., (stock horse) r 11, " 

PERRY DAVID T., (Guernsey cattle) r 13, 

PRATT DANIEL S., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r 30, 
Sargent John P., (dealer) r 31, West Brattleboro, • " 

Waite Alfred F., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r 13 cor 10, '" 

WARE OSCAR N., (dealer) r 25, 
WEATHERSHEAD John, (dealer) r 44, 
BEMIS JAMES B., (dealer) r 2, Townshend, 
Shattuck Joshua A., (Poland China and Berkshire hogs) r i, 
Stebbins Chalmer W., (grade Durham cattle) r 7, Newfane, 
HILL OZRO E., r 16, West Dover, 
Houghton Timothy, (dealer) r 18^, West Dover, 
Howe E. Hamilton, (dealer) r 17, East Dover, 



Brookline 



Dover 



LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 59 1 

JONES LABAN, Jr., (Durham cattle) r 23, Dover 

LEONARD D. GREENE, (Jersey cattle) r 35, West Dover, 

MANN WILLIAM H., (dealer) otf r 21, West Dover, 

Perry Wilton H., (dealer) cor r 23 and 24, " 

CORSER ERASTUS T., (Merino sheep) r 14, Putney, Dummerston 

ESTEY SAMUEL W., (Southdown sheep) r 60, West Dummerston, " 

PUFFER CHANDLER E., (Alderney cattle) r t8, Putney, " 

Reed Carl T., (grade Durham cattle) r 5, " 

ROEL CHARLES G., (Southdown sheep) West Dummerston, 

WARWICK GEORGE, (Southdown sheep) r i, 

WILSON CHARLES F., (grade Ayrshire cattle and Southdown sheep) 

r 24. West Dummerston, " 
CONANT SIMEON, (Merino sheep and Durham cattle) r 36, Grafton 
DEAN WILLARD A., (dealer) r 11, 

GILSON WESLEY W., (Durham cattle and Blackhawk horses) r 15, " 

Hall George W., (dealer) r 2, Chester, Windsor Co., " 

Perham Charles J., (^Southdown sheep) Cambridgeport, " 
TOWNSEND WARNER G., (dealer) r 36, 

Wilbur David, (Merino sheep) r 36^ " 
ALEXANDER CHARLES E., (dealer) r 11, Brattleboro, Guilford 
Alexander Judson A., (Jersey cattle) r 27, Guilford Center, " 
CLARK GILBERT, (Jersey and Guernsey cattle) r 24 cor 26, Guil- 
ford Center, " 
FLAGG JOEL, Sr., (grade Durham cattle) r 11 cor 12, " 
JACOBS W. HERBERT, (Durham cattle) r 19 cor 7, Guilford Center, " 
JAQUITH LEWIS E., (grade Durham cattle) r 40, Guilford Center, " 
JOHNSON TYLER L., (stock horse, also Poland China hogs) Vernon, " 
RICHMOND HERBERT T , (Jersey cattle, Yorkshire and Poland 

China hogs) r 11, " 

Squiers Charles A., (dealer) r 16, " 

Thayer Frank E., (Durham cattle) r 22, Guilford Center, " 

Thayer Orson, (Durham cattle and Messenger horses) r 30, '' 

WARD SAMUEL B., (Durham cattle and Messenger horses) r 30, "■ 

Weeks & Potter, (Jersey cattle) Boston, Mass., " 
Powers Milton, (grade Durham and Jersey cattle) r 39 cor 29, Halifax 
STARK JEDEDIAH, (Southdown sheep) r 50, South Hahfax, 

STOWE ISRAEL, (French Merino sheep) cor r 49 and 50. South Halifax, " 
STOWE WARNER W., (dealer) cor r 49 and 50, South Halifax, 
Barnes George H., (dealer) Jamaica 

Clark Stillman, (dealer) r 18. " 
CLOUGH ALONZO P , (grade Jerseys) r 34, 

Coleman Allison O., (grade Durhams) r 2, Bondville, Ben. Co., " 
Coleman William F.. (grade Durham cattle) r 2, Bondville, Ben, Co., " 
Foskett Sullivan, (dealer) " 
FULLER A. P. & SON, (grade Durham cattle) Bondville, Ben. Co., " 
HOWARD ISAIAH, (Merino sheep) off r 13. East Jamaica, " 
Howard Revilo, (dealer) r 14, " 
HOWE OSMORE O., (dealer) r 13, East Jamaica, ' " 
Sage John, (dealer) r 33, " 
Carlton Elijah F., (Morgan horses) r 4. Londonderry 
Chase Charles W., (dealer) r 37, South Londonderry, " 
COLLINS HENRY H, (Durham cattle and dealer) r 28, South Lon- 
donderry, '• 



592 LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 

Holden Sylvanus M , (dealer) r 28 cor 31, South Londonderrv, Londonderry 

JAMES GEORGE VV., (Devon cattle) r 32, 

Peabody A. L. & Son, (Durham cattle) r 12, North Windham, 

PIERCE JOSIAH, (grade Jersey and Holstein cattle) r 35, South 

Londonderry, " 

PIERCE SEM, (Durham cattle) r 41, South Londonderry, " 

Thompson John A., (Southdown sheep) r 21, " 

VAILE L. N. & SON, (dealers) r 37, South Londonderry, 
VIALL PHILETUS, (stock horse) r 35, South Londonderry, 
ADAMS EDWIN P., (Durham cattle) r 12, Marlboro 

ADAMS IRA, (dealer) West Marlboro, 
Bellows Hamlet C, (dealer) r 26, 

Allen Welcome, (grade Alderney cattle) r 30, Williamsville, Newfane 

BAILEY CHAUNCEY B., (grade Southdown sheep) r ^8. South 

Newfane, " 

BLODGETT ELLIOT W., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) 

ofif r 9, '• 

LAMSON CULLEN M., r 30. WiUiamsville, 
MERRIFIELD HOLLIS R., (Durham cattle,) 

Moore Franklin, (dealer,) '■ 

PERRY CHESTER E., (Cotswold sheep) WiUiamsville, 
RAND WILLIAM R., (Durham cattle,) 

Sparks Herbert C, (Southdown sheep) r 30, WiUiamsville. " 

WHITE FRANK H., (Southdown sheep) r 15, South Wardsboro, 
White Mason C, (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r ;^;^, East 

Dover, '' 

WILLIAMS GEORGE B., (grade Durham cattle) WiUiamsville, 
APLIN WILLIAM S., (Durham cattle) off r 14, East Putney, Putney 

Bailey Royal S., (Southdown sheep and Jersey cattle) r 5, " 

BAKER JOHN M., (Jersey cattle) r 5, 
BENNETT WARREN, (grade Durham cattle) r37, 

BLACK HIBBARD, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 39, " 

BLACK JAMES B., (Holstein cattle, Southdown sheep, and Hamble- 

tonian horses) r 38, " 

BLANCHARD IRA S., (grade Durham cattle, r 15, East Putney, " 

BURNHAM HENRY J., (dealer) r 41, 

Crawford Henry, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 20, " 

CRAWFORD WALTER C, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 19, " 
DAVIS DENNISON. (dealer) r 6, ' '• 

HOUGHTON FREDERICK L., (Holstein cattle) off r 39, 
LEWIS WILLIAM E., (Palen cattle) r 31, 
LOVELL JOHN B., (dealer) r 37, 

Marrietta W. Curtis, (horse dealer,) " 

PAGE CHARLES R., (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 31, 
PARKER JOSIAH K., (Durham cattle) r 48, 

PHILLIPS GEORGE H., (Durham cattle) r 6, " 

PRIEST NEWTON E., (Jersey cattle) rig, 
WASHBURN JULIUS F.. (Jersey cattle) r 19, 
WHEAT JOHN D., (Southdown and Merino sheep) rig, 
ALBEE CHARLES P., (grade Durham cattle, Cotswold and South- 
down sheep) r 30, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
ALBEE LEWIS, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 7, Springfield, " 
Bailey Emery, (Durham cattle) r 37, Saxton's River, " 



LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 593 

BLAIR ROSWELL H., (Liolstein cattle) r 30, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
Cobb Henry,(Durham and Jersey cattle) r 52, Saxton's River, " 

Davis Hubbard B., (Merino sheep and grade Durham cattle) r 34, " 

DivoU J. B. & J. L , (Merino sheep) r 16, " 

Eddy Lewis S., (dealer) r 26, " 

GLAZIER E. L. & E. N., (Merino sheep) r 44, Saxton's River, 
Greer John H., (Durham and Holstein cattle) r 37, Saxton's River, '' 

Hodgkins Roswell F., (carriage horses) Saxton's River, " 

Johnson & Gay, (grade Durham and Ayrshire cattle, and Merino and 

Cotswold sheep) r 30, Bellows Falls, " » 

Lawrence George M., (Merino sheep) r 35, Saxton's River, " 

Lovell William M., (cattle broker) r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Morrison George W., (Durham cattle) r 17, Bartonsville, " 

Proctor John, (Merino sheep) r 16, " 

RICHARDSON RICHARD, (Merino sheep) r 32, 
ROLLINS JAMES R., (Merino sheep) r 6^, 

Roundy Morton C, (dealer) r 13, " 

Smith William M., (grade Jersey cattle and Merino sheep) " 

Spaulding Alfred P., (Spanish Merino sheep) r 50, Saxton's River, " 

STOWELL CHARLES G, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 16, 
Way & Tliompson. (Durham cattle) Springfield, Windsor Co., " 

WEBB CARLTON E., (grade Durhams) r 30, Bellows Falls, 
WEEDEN BROS., (Durham and Holstein cattle) r 6, 
Weston J. Page, (Merino sheep) r ;^^. " 

Whiting John G, (Merino sheep) r 32, Saxton's River, " 

WILEY HENRY C, (dealer) Saxton's River, 

ALLEN FRED, (dealer fat cattle) West Townshend, Townshend 

CHAFFEE JAMES C, (Merino sheep, grade Durham cattle) r 22, 
DERRY JAMES D. & SON, (Durham cattle) r 2^, 

Garfield Oscar R. & Son, (dealers) r 30, West Townshend. " 

Houghton George H., (Durham cattle) r 39, " 

Johnson Carlos C, (sheep dealer) cor r 25 and 28, " 

RAND FRED C, (dealer) r 38I, " 

Rutter Phillip H., (Short-horn cattle) r 48^, ■ " 

Underwood Henry, (grade Durham cattle) r 38, " 

WARE JOSEPH B. & SON, (dealers) 
WOOD NORMAN W., (dealer) r 31, West Townshend, 
BROWN LOWELL W., (Jersey cattle) r 16, W^est Northfield, Mass., Vernon 
Frost Julius O., (Jersey cattle) r 14, " 

MORGAN JAY H., (Jamestown poled cattle) r 13, " 

WEATHERHED JONAS G, (Durham cattle) r 15, 

DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., (dealer) off r 34, South Wardsboro, Wardsboro 
DURKEE ALMON F., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, 
FARNUM DAVID, (breeder and dealer) off r 9, 

Fitts Elwin N., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, " 

FITTS HENRY N., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, 
Hammond Darwin A., (dealer) rig cor 2, West Wardsboro, " 

WHITE ELIOTT R., (dealer) rsi. West Wardsboro, 

BARNES MYRON O.. (dealer) off r 38, Westminster West, Westminster 
CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (Spanish Merino sheep. Durham 

cattle and Poland China hogs) r 40. Westminster West. 
CHURCH CHARLES, (Atwood Mermo sheep, Shorthorn cattle) 

r 28, Westminster Station, 



594 LIVE STOCK BREEDERS, ETC. LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. 

CLARK J. HUNT, (grade Ayrshire cattle) off r 40, Westminster 

West. Westminster 

CLARKE JOSEPH, (Jersey and Durham cattle) r 46, 
COBB STEPHEN K., (Durham cattle) r 30, Westminster Station, " 
CORY GEORGE M., (Southdown sheep) r 50, Westminster West, 
DRISLANE DENNIS D., (grade Durham cattle) r 10, Bellows Falls, " 
Farr John V., (Merino sheep) r 30, Westminster Station, '' 

FISHER P. & O. L., (Jersey cattle. Merino sheep) r 31, 
Goodell Charles C, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, Westminster West, " 
GORHAM DAVID C, (Spanish Merino sheep) off r 38, Westmin- 
ster West, "■ 
Hall Edward B., (Jersey cattle) r 39, Westminister West, "■ 
HOLDEN JEROME. (Spanish Merino sheep, Suffolk and Poland 

China hogs, and Durham cattle) r 38 and 40, Westminster West, "^ 
Kimball Harry H., (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, Saxton's River, "■ 

Leach David W., (Jersey cattle and Hambletonian horses) r 31, "■ 

MILLER JAMES M., (Chester white hogs) off r 23, 
MILLER REUBEN, (grade Jersey and Guernsey cattle,) r 64, West- 
minster West, " 
Minard John B., (Merino sheep) r 2, Westminster West, " 
Nutting Charles A., (dealer) r 34, Westminster, " 
Nutting Stephen M., (Southdown) r 35 cor 34, *' 
PIERCE NATHAN G., (Holstein cattle) r 3, 
SMITH JOSEPH, (sheep and horses) Saxton's River, 
UNDERWOOD G. HERBERT, (Jersey cattle and Merino sheep) 

WATKINS ALEXANDER S., (Merino sheep) r 30, Westminster 

Station, " 

WETHERELL GEORGE T., (staUion Godfrey Patchin, Jr.,) r 31, 

WILBUR WILLIAM N., Rev., (Jersey cattle, Spanish Merino sheep, 

Poland China hogs,) off r 2, Saxton's River, " 

WRIGHT DANIEL C, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, 

CHASE JOSEPH & WILLIS D., (Jersey cattle) r 21. Whitingham 

ADAMS HENRY, (grade Durham cattle) r 18, ' Wilmington 

Adams Newell, (grade Durham cattle) r 18, " 

Barber Henry W., (grade Durham cattle) r 64, Jacksonville, " 

Bissell Charles W., (Durham cattle) r 38, " 

HARRIS LOREN, (grade Durham cattle) r 28. 

HASKELL HIRAM 2d & SON, (grade Durham cattle) r 39, 

HAYNES I. & E. M., (grade Durham cattle) r 12, 

HAYNES P. & SON, (sheep and cattle) r 31, 

PALMETER DANIEL J., (grade Durham cattle) r 37, 

RICH PERLEY, (Hambletonian horses) r58, 

SMITH FRANCIS R., (Durham cattle) r 36, 

STOWE JOHN H., (grade Durham cattle) r 34, 

Ballon Tuman A., rag, Windham 

ROBBINS DAVID E., (dealer) r 36, South Windham, 

Livery, Sale and Boarding Stables. 

Atkins Henry C, rear of Harmony block, Brattleboro 
Burke Howard M., Elliot st., rear of Crosby block, " 

GOODHUE FRANCIS, Brooks House, Main St., " 

MORRIS SIDNEY L , r 31, West Brattleboro, " 



LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES — LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, ETC. 595 

RAY JOHN L., 22 Main. Brattleboro 

SMITH J. WILDER. Main st. 

TAYLOR JOSEPH A., rear of Brooks House, 

PHELPS F. & H, 

Barney Ezra P., Main, Jamaica 

McLean Bros., cor Main and Mechanic st, " 

Curtis Samuel D., Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

HIGGINS SAMUEL B., Newfane 

PLIMPTON FRANK B., WilHamsville 

Worster Stillman, " 

KENDALL DUDLEY H., Main st. cor High, Putney 

LEWIS FRANKLIN M., Factory st., 

CAMPBELL WILLIAM H., Saxton's River, Rockingham 

Frost Henry S., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Lovell Leverett T. 2d, Bellows Falls, " 

TOWNS HOTEL STABLES, 

Coombs Osnian F., Townshend 

Holland William S., 

SMITH RUSSELL F., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 

SQUIRES WILLIAM A., r 9, 

CUTLER EDWARD A., r 25, Whitingham 

Locksmilhs. 

See Gunsmiihs, etc. 
Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers. 

(See also Saw-mills. ^ 
Allen I. K., & Co., Flat st, ' Brattleboro 

CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost st, 
DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., i Western ave., 

Doolittle Warren, " 

MILLER DAVID W., 19 Main st, 

JOHNSON TYLER L., r 3 1, Vernon, Guilford 

Bills Emery A., Jamaica 

GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, 

Higgins J. Wilson, r ;^;^, " 

Taylor Edward G., ' " 

Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

EDWARDS & PIERCE, Newfane 

Morse Frederick J., WilHamsville, " 

BOLSTER JOEL C , r 42, . Putney 

Alexander Solon N., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

BACON BROS., Mill st., Bellows Falls, 

Barber Fred M., Mill St., Bellows Falls, " 

MILLER MOSES, Bellows Falls, 

GROUT JOEL F., r ti. ArHngton, Ben. Co., Stratton 

Lyman & Son, off r 18, West Wardsboro, " 

PIKE ALEXANDER H., r 18, West Wardsboro, • 

Prescott & Eason, r 14, Vernon 

Brown & Shipman, r 19. West Wardsboro. Wardsboro 

HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, 

Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, " 

Lamson Caleb B., r 7^, 
Ramsdell J. W. & Son, r 24, '* 



596 



WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 



THE mimm fhieid ! 

POST'S Etti^eiia., 

THE PERFECT 






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The maple tree looks beautiful, 

('Tis useful, all admit,) 
How sweet the sugar or the sap 

That people get from it. 
How much of sap's lost every year, 

How much of time as well. — 
By having wretched wooden pails. 

As all the farmers tell- 

One C C. Post, of Burlington. 

I A Science man is he, ) 
Has a Sap Spout you may affix 

To any maple tree; 
It has a Bucket Hanger, too, — 

The two combined in one: 
That every farmer ought to see, 

And every farmer's son. 

This Galvanized Metallic friend 

■' Eitrekii " has been styled; 
'■ I've found it ! " sugar makers shout. 

And every farmer's child. 
And 't is to a tree affixed 

With Post's Sap Bucket bright. 
The maker knows sap will be saved, 

And all things will work right. 

The Tin Sap Bucket, conical, 

Its indented side you'll see — 
So made that it will fit the shape 

Of any maple tree. 
And to its brim with sap 't will fill 

Ere any sap runs out; 
It should be sold to sugar makers 

This Bucket with the Spout. 

To make the thing the more complete 

And bring good things about, 
A Cover he has now affixed 

To Bucked and the Spout. 
When to the tree they are applied. 

All storm and dirt without. 
From sap so very pure you'll See 

The nicest sugar out. 

I can't describe them as they are 

In any verses here. 
But much of maple sap they'll save 

In each succeeding year. 
Go see them, and appreciate.— 

Their maker does not boast ; 
But he'll convince you very soon 

That he's a useful Post. 

Oh. Sugar Makers, save your sap, 

For maple sugar's high; 
Eureka .Spout and Hanger have. 

This Bucket and Cover try. 
These useful ihings describe them- 

Can suiiar makers please, [selves. 
Each sugar manufacturer 

Should have them for his trees. 



Over 20,000 IWaple Sugar Makers 

? have discarded every other kiod and have 
W purchased 

Post's Patent Metallic Eureka Sap Spouts and 
Bucket Hangers. 

They are destined to be the universal article of the 

kind used for the com- 
ing century. 

Their construction 
is wholly Mechanical, 
Scientific and Practi- 
cal, combining Con- 
venience, Simplicity, 
Durability and Econ- 
omy. They are guar- 
anteed to work per- 
fectly and to give per- 
fect satisfaction, or 
money refunded. 

Mauj' millions have 
been sold and not one 
returned. At least 
one-fourth more sugar 
and a better quality is 
made yearly by their 
use. They will last 

_ , - - V T, . „ . ^ for generations, an;i 

Eurel'a Sap Spout with Post s Patent n ■ . -i a 

Indented Conical 3ap Bucket and all points considered, 

Cover attached. are the CHEAPEST 

and most PROFITABLE SAP SPOUT the Sugar 

Maker can use. 

N. B. — The public are cautioned against the ptir- 
chase, sale or u.se of any Sap Spout having fins or 
flanges and chambers between tlie same for the free 
flow of sap, or a bucket hanger detachable, or one 
permanently attached to a spout. 

IT^Biij ilic El REKASand you e§cape 
all liifriiii^eiiieiit. 

.Address, O. C POST, l*ateiitco, 

E-u.rll2ag-t03n., "Vt. 

Dealer in Sugar Evaporators, Arch Grates and Sugar 
Fixtures in General. 




LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, ETC. — MASONS AND BUILDERS. 597 

Nutting Stephen M., r 35 cor 34, Westminster 

BROWN WILLIAM A., r :^s, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Chase Norman A., r 33, Jacksonville, " 
GOODNOW GEORGES., 
SAWYER LINCOLN H., (hard and soft lumber) r 27I, 

.Machinists. 

(See also Iron Founders and Machinists.) 

BARRETT CHARLES E., (paper machinery) Main St., Brattleboro 

WELD CALVIN J., Asylum St., 

Knight Riley E., r 15, Putney, Dummerston 

JEPSON HERBER V C, Guilford 

Parker Willard, r 38, 

WILLIAMS & HAYWARD. Main st., Londonderry 

COBB NORMAN, Jr., r 45, East Putney, Putney 

JEPSON HERBERT C, r 5^, Jacksonville, Wliitingham 

Machinists' Supplies. 

WILLIAMS & HAYWARD, Main St., Londonderry 
Marble and (iianite Dealers and Workers, and Monumental Works. 

Dutton William A., Depot St., Brattleboro 

*GOODELL J. W. & CO., Burlington 

GRANT CHARLES H., r 20, West Dnmmerston, Dummerston 

SPR.AGUE LEWIS N., (bronze monuments) Jamaica 

WILRINS A. W. J. & CO., Main st., Londonderry 

Kidder Amasa N., r 50. Putney 
BELLOWS FALLS MARBLE WORKS, Hiram King, Jr., prop., 

rear of Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Fessenden Edwin H., Townshend 

BUELL JOHN R., West Main st., ' Wilmington 
ROBINSON STILLMAN, 

Masouis and Builders. 

(See also Architects and Builders, also Carpenters and Builders.) 

Bemis Nial, (stone) r 9, Athens 

Bemis Simeon N., (stone) r 9. " 
GLYNN UTLLIAM T., (stone) r i, 

Alexander Clark, r 43, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro 

Connors John, (brick) " 

Deyo Moses, (stone) " 
DOWNER DAVID E., (stone) h Birge St., 

McGuire Patrick, (brick) - " 

Morse Sprague, (brick) n r 31^, West Brattleboro, •' 

Newton Charles, Clark st., • " 
Pillett Thomas A., 

Sargent George B., (stone) r it, " 

Staples Clark M., (stone) Elliot St., " 

Stewart Fred T., " 

White Patrick, Birge St., " 

Yeaw J. Frederick, (stone) 57 Elliot, " 

Rist Andrew S., r i, ■ Brookline 

Boyd James J., (stone) r 30, Dummerston 



5g8 MASONS AND BUILDERS MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS. 

Ayres John, (stone) r 21, Grafton 

Wright Seth W., r 26, 

Davis Henry S., (stone) r 28, '• 

Eddy Artemus, r 14, Guilford 

FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, 

Allen A. Franklin, (stone) Jamaica 

CASTLE SAMUEL B., r 16, Bondville, Ben., Co., 

Skinner Zelotes M., (mason and builder) " 

Packard James A., r 37, East Dover, Newfane 

PARSONS GEORGE W., 

Davenport Charles, Putney 

Lovell Henry M., r 6, " 

Bennett Levi L., 17 Henry st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Blood John R., (mason and contractor) Bellows Falls, " 

CHALMERS CHARLES M., Bellows Falls, 

Cunningham Abner, Saxton's River, " 

Dorand Quartus M., r 3, Bartonsville, '• 

Edson John W., r 19, Bartonsville, " 

Emery Osman B., r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Emery Samuel H. R., r 3, Bartonsville, " 

Fountain Zeb., Bellows Falls, " 

GIBSON WAYNE T., Bellows Falls, 

Gordon Frank, (stone) Bellows Falls, " 

Hadley Timothy T., (stone) Bello.vs Falls, " 

KINSMAN GEORGE H., Bellows Falls, 

Leech Jeremiah, (stone) Bellows Falls, . " 

Lewis Henry B., 7 Terrace, Bellows Palls, " 

McNamara Michael, (stone) Bellows Falls, " 

Morrison Solon D., (Saxton's River) " 

OBER HEZEKIAH, Bellows Falls, 

Page George, (brick) Bellows Falls, " 

Simonils Joseph V., (stone) Saxton's River, " 

Spring John O., Bellows Falls, " 

Timothy Fred, (brick) Bellows Falls, " 

Vegnault Gregory, Bellows Falls, " 

Cyr Charles, (stone) r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster 

Daggett Samuel, (stone) r 8, Bellows Falls, 

Houghton James J., r 52, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Pierce Putnam H., r 31, Jacksonville, '• 

WHEELER D. BVRON, r 31, Jacksonville, 

RICK JOHN S., r 37. Wilmington 

RUSSELL LEANDER C, r 49, 

iVeat Markets and Butchers. 

BARNES MILLARD F., r 17, Athens 

Springs Sabin L., r 15, " 

BLODGETT ROYAL T., r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattlebcro 

Brown Chandler A., r 28, West Brattleboro, " 

REDVVAY JOSEPH D., r 6, 

Richardson W. F. & Co., 35 Elliot, and 37 Main, " 

STEARNS JOHN A., h Frost st., 

COLLINS ANSEL -B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, Dover 

REED EDWARD D., r 31, Dummerston 



MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS — MILLWRIGHTS. 



599 



TOWNSHEND CHARLES B., Main st., Grafton 

ALEXANDER CHARLES E., r n, Bratileboro, Guilford 

Smith Henry S., (wholesale) r ii, « 

Woodard John W., r 42, Green River, " 
WRISLEY LUKE S., r 24, Green River, 

Shaffner Henry L., Tamaica 

Young Fred E., Factory st., " 

CHASE WORTHY N., Newfane 
MOORE JOHN M., r 41, WilHamsville, 

COLLINS HENRY H., r 28, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Howard George A. , r 17, u 

Martin Joshua B., r 31, South Londonderry, " 

KENDALL FRANK D., High st.. Putney 
DOKAND PETER, r 21, Bartonsville, Rockingham 
GOODNOVV CHARLES F., Bellows Falls, 

Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, " 

Sheridan Martin B., Bellows Falls, " 

Smith James O., 9 Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " 

Wheeler & Moody, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " 
ALLEN FRED, West Townshend, Townshend 

Butterfield George H., r 11, Vernon 

AVeatherhead Alanson E., (butcher and meat peddler) r 15, " 
CORY GEORGE M., r 50, Westminster West, ' Westminster 
GOODHUE CHARLES F., (meat peddler) r 10, Bellows Falls, 
Davis Richard L, r ^t,, Jacksonville, 
Wheeler Elmer E., r 42, 

Milliners, Ittilliiiery and Fancy (luods. 

(See also Dry Goods, also General Merchants.) 

Avery Emma A., Bank block, Elliot st., cor Miin, 

Hall Annie M. Miss, iiy Main St., up stairs, 

Walker Jane L., Crosby block, 

Perry Anna C. Mrs., North st., 

Newman Sarah A., Main st., 

Sheldon Lizzie E., Main St., 

Bolles Mary E., 

JONES HARRIET A. E, WiUiamsville, 

Shattuck Mary E., Hight St., 

Walkup Ellen, High St., 

Guild B. R. & Sister, 20 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

Hawley E. L. Mrs., Main st , Saxton's River, 

Holden Sarah, The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Austin Carrie E., 

Chamberlin Estella, 

Jillson Ora M., r 33, Jacksonville, 

KINGSLEY JULIA A. Mrs., r ^3, Jacksonville, 

Smith Berriila M., r 18, Jacksonville, 

White Lestina A., North River St., 



Whitingham 
VVilminston 



Brattieboro 



Millwrights. 



Miller Fred H., (paper-mill) Forest St., 
Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, 
Sturgess Albert, South Londonderry, 



Jamaica 
Londonderry 

Newfane 

Putney 

Rockingham 

Townshend 

Whitingham 

i. ■ 

a 

Wilmington 

Brattieboro 

Dover 

Londonderry 



6oo 



MILLWRIGHTS NEEDLE MANUFACTURER. 



O'NEAL PATRICK C, 

Burr John W., r 40, Cambridgeport, 

BAKER CALVIN, 

Bishop Luna, r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., 

MoAvers and Reapers. 

(See Agricultural Implements.) 

i^Iusic and Musical Instruments. 

(See also Organ Manufacturers, &c.) 



Putney 
Rockingham 
Whitingham 



Brattleboro 



Baldwin Albert, (organs) 

Burnett George W., (organs) bds 60 Canal St., " 

*CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., (organs) 

CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, 

CLARK EDWARD, (pianos and organs) 4 and 5 Granite block, " 

DUNKLEE SCOTT, 

ESTEY ORGAN CO.. (organs) 

STEWART CHARLES W., People's Bank block, 

Collins Charles P., r 22, West Dummerston, Duramerston 

WRIGHT MARSHALL W., (violin manuf.) r 28, Grafton 

GODDARD DAVIS B., South Londonderry, Londonderry 

AMADON FRED L., 2 Tunes block. The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Barber Calvin L., cor Atkinson and Henry sts., Bellows Falls, " 

LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry and Atkinson sts., Bellows Falls, " 

*LAKE HENRY E.. Main st , Saxton's River, " 



Music Teachers. 

Barrett Calvin T., (vocal) r 3, 

Alexander Henry W., Canal St., 

Brasor Hattie E., 80 Frost st., 

Burnham Mary H., (instrumental) iS Main St., 

Gale Agnes D., (instrumental) 24 South Main, 

Howe Alice, Harris Place, 

Lightsinger Emma E. Mrs., 52 Cedar St., 

Mozart Belle, 3 Flat St.. 

Rider Julia N., (instrumental) 20 South Main, 

SCHUSTER CHRISTIAN F., (instrumental) North St., 

Stevens ColHns R., (instrumental) Crosby block, 

Streeter Emily E., r 31, West Brattleboro, 

Streeter MandaC, r 31, West Brattleboro, 

Miller Mary D., (instrumental) r 9, 

TENNEY ELLERY C, (vocal) r 28. 

KING WALTER E., r 35, 

Lang Willie L., 

Brown Hattie, (instrumental) 28 Canal, Bellows Falls, 

*L.A.KE HENRY E., Main St., Saxton's River, 

Twitchell Nellie H., r 38, 

Kimball Harry H., (vocal) r 31, Saxton's River, 

STIMPSON JOEL C, r 40, 

Needle Manufficturer. 

Randall James B., (knitting machine needles) Harmony block, 



Brookline 
Brattleboro 



Dummerston 

Grafton 

Marlboro 

Newfane 

Rockingham 

Townshend 

Westminster 

Whitingham 



Brattleboro 



NEWS DEALERS PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS. 



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News Dealers. 

(See also Books and Stationery.) 
CARPENTER EDWARD J., Elliot St., 
LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry and Atkinson, Bellows 



MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, 
Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, 

Newspapers. 

See Printing Offices. 

Nurserymen and Dealers in Fruit Trees. 

(See also Florists, etc.) 
*ALLEN C. E., 
Evans Charles M., 
CHASE JOSIAH B., r 30, Jacksonville, 

Nurses. 

Everest Jennie, h South Main St., 
Hastings Eliza, 49 High St., 
Stearns J. Foster, h Pearl st., 
NEWTON CARRIE C, r 33, Jacksonville, 

Optician. 

(See also Jewelry and Watches.) 
Tripp Charles A. & Co., Main St., 

Organ Manufacturers. 

♦CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., Flat St., 
ESTEY ORGAN CO., Birge st., 

Organ Reeds. 

WHITNEY J. D. & SON, Harmony block. 

Overalls Manufacturer. 

NOYES JOSEPH C, East Jamaica, 

Painters and Paper Hangers. 

(See also Artists.) 
Kingsley Eugene S., r 14, 
AT WOOD WARREN C, rear of town Hall, 
BEMIS WILLIAM L., i Market block, Elliot st., 
Bennett William F., Elm St., 
Blondin Daniel D., (general) Frost St., 
Boyce James, Jr., 
Bradley Russell C, (house) 
Cain Thomas, (house) 35 Birge, 
COOK OSCAR W., 
Davis Fred B., r 31^, 
Davis John, Chestnut St., 
Davis Simon C, r 31^, 
FISHER MARSHALL E., r 30, 
Fox Frank E., Crowell building, Elliot St., 
Gregg Patrick, (house) 
Hildreth Austin O., (carriage) 
39 



Brattleboro 
Falls, 

Rockingham 



Brattleboro 

Londonderry 

Whitingham 

Brattleboro 



Whitingham 

Brattleboro 
Brattleboro 

Brattleboro 
Jamaica 



Athens 
Brattleboro 



6o2 PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS. 

Kinney Lorenzo D., (house) 58 Elliot, Brattleboro 

Manning Michael^ Elliot, " 

Manning Michael W.^ 96 Elliot, " 

McKee Milton A., Elliot St., " 

McVeigh Matthew, (house) r 25, " 

NEW'ION JOHN G., (carriage) Canal, " 

Packard Samuel W., (house) 21 Washington, " 

Pratt Thomas, r 31^, " 

Pratt Thomas R., Harmony block, " 

Ramsdell Cyrus, Elliot St., " 

Reynolds Henry A., h old Brattleboro House, " 

Rugg Henry, (carriage) Elliot St., " 

Sargent Chester A., (house) Harmony block, " 

Smith Edward, " 

Smith Hazen A., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Stone Riley, r 31, " 

Streeter Esmond E., r 6, " 
TENNEY JAMES O.. r 44, Dummerston 
TENNEY WHITNEY r 57, West Dummerston, 

BAILEY SAMUEL S., Grafton 

Sherwin Charles C, " 

Weatherbee Fred H., Main St., " 

Campbell Matthew, r 52, Guilford 

Crary Isaac, (house) r 11, " 

CLARK CHARLES S., Factory St., Jamaica 

Packard James A., r 37, East Dover, Newfane 
PRATT MELVIN R. 
Warren Albert T., 

Bailey Albert A., (house) r 27, Londonderry 

BROWN FERNANDO S., South Londonderry, 

Tyler Harland D., Main st., South Londonderry, " 

Buxton Albert, r 45, East Putney, Putney 
COBB FRED R., 

Farnum Charles F., r 11, " 

Knight Charles D., Main St., " 

Wilber Chnton D., r 50, " 
Allbee Elijah W., (house) Saxton's River, Rockingham 

Bishop Charles A , Saxton's River, " 

BOWEN C. LOUIS, i Prospect cor Gove, Bellows Falls, " 

BOWEN CHARLES A., Bellows Falls, " 

Brown James M., 28 Canal, Bellows Falls, " 

Burrows Isaac H., Bellows Falls, " 

CANNON BARNEY, Jr., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " 

Cunningham Abner, Saxton's River, " 

Damon H. Lincoln. Bellows Falls, " 

Day Franklin, r 3, Bartonsville, " 

*DAY JOEL F., Canal st., Bellows Falls, " 

Dugan Archie W.. (house) Saxton's River, " 

Hinckley Charles W., r 29, " 

Hinckley Samuel A., r 29, " 

Hodgkins R(3swell F., Saxton's River, " 

Kilburn Alfred G., Bellows Falls, " 

Lawton Fred S., Bellows Falls, • " 



PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS — PAPER MANUFACTURERS. 



603 



Lovell Winfield S., r 3, Bartonsville, 

O'Connell John, Bellows Falls, 

Shuttleworth John, Bellows Falls, 

Smith George S., Bellows Falls, 

Travis John A., (house) Bellows Falls, 

WATERMAN AZRO B., Bellows Falls, 

Johnson Homer, r 18, West Wardsboro, 

PRATT BRADLEY D., r 38^, 

Johnson Israel, r 20, 

Marshall Henry C, r 11, 

Clark WiUiam F., r 7I 

Estabrook Jedadiah C, Jr., r 24, 

Smith Robert H., r 7^^, 

Davis George C, r 56, Westminster West, 

Houston John, r 8, Bellows Falls, 

GORHAM JASON, r 39 cor 40, Westminster West, 

GORHAM WILLIAM A., r 39 cor 40, Westminster West, 

Wilkins Luther A., off r 7, 

BROWN MERVIN M., 

Cutler Charles E., r 25, 

FOX MARTIN L., r 33, 



r ^;^, Jacksonville, 
Jacksonville, 



38, 



Streeter Moses, 
Hanks W. H., 
Abbott Henry M., r 



19. 



Rockingham 



Stratton 

Townshend 

Vernon 

Wardsboro 



Westminster 



Whitingham 



Wilmington 
Windham 



Painters, Portrait, &c. 

See Artists, Portraits, Landscape, &c. 



Paints, Oil and Glass. 

(See also Druggists, also General Merchants, also Hardware.) 



EATON WATSON S., Main st., 
Andrews & Spencer, North River st., 



Grafton 
Wilmington 



Palm Leaf and Palm Hats. 

FULLERTON JOHN H., off r 30, West Townshend, Townshend 

Howard Levi C, r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Paper Hangings, Window Shades, &c. 

(See also General Merchants, also Book and Stationery.) 
GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main st., Brattleboro 

*VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block, 

Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

*WINNEW1SSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Paper iHanulacturers. 

VINTON T., Brattleboro Paper Mill, South Main, Brattleboro 

COLE & GOUGH, Circle St., Putney 
ROBERTSON WILLIAM & SON, Owl mills. Water st., 

ARMS OTIS B., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 
FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., W. A. Russell, of Lawrence, 

Mass.. pres.. Bellows Falls, " 
FLINT WYMAN & SONS, off Mill st.. Bellows Falls, 

Moore, Arms & Thompson, off Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " 

ROBERTSON JOHN & SON, off Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " 

RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., off Mill St., Bellows Falls, " , 



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PAPER STOCK PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 



Rockingham 



Athens 
Brattleboro 



Paper Stock. 

Locke F. B. & Co., Main st. cor Factory, Saxton's River, 
*WILLIAMS & CO., 15 Bridge st. Bellows Falls, 

Peddlers. 

Hitchcock David J., (tin) r i, Cambridgeport, 

Allen Henry J., r 51, 

Baker George, Maple St., 

BARTLETT ADDISON W., (tin) r 31^, 

Hosford Ralph E.^ r 31, West Brattleboro, 

Knapp Leroy I., (silk goods) r 27, 

Noyes Charles D., 60 Canal St., 

Drown Charles W., West Dummerston, 

Reed David S., r 32, 

Wilson Wallace W., (sewing silk) off r 25, West Dummerston, 

Brown Elisha, 

Russell George, r 31, Cambridgeport, 

THOMPSON DANIEL M., (Yankee notions) r 51, 

Wilkins Barnard E., r 25, Geen River, 

Richardson Henry L., 

Betterly George W., r 46, Williamsville, 

Day William D., Saxton's River, 

Gleason Frank E., West Townshend, 

Williams Samuel E , r 30, 

CoUer Watson, (tin) r 20, 

Severence Fred C, r 18, West Northfield, Mass., 

STODDARD FAYETTE W., (tin, glass and woodenware) r : 

GATES ALBERT E., r 18, Jacksonville, 

Stickney Harvey, r 33, Jacksonville, 

Tyler Obed, r 38, 

Pension and Claim Agents. 

MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, 
Flagg Josephine Mrs., r 3, Bartonsville, 

Perlumery, etc. 

(See also Druggists.) 
Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, 

Photographers. 

HOWE C. L. & SON, Main st. cor Elliot, 

PROUTY JASON W., 19 Prospect St., 

WYATT & PHILLIPS, 61 Main st.. 

Walker George H., Church st.. South Londonderry, 

Allen Jonas, r 38, 

CATHAN LUCIUS H., r 38^, 

Blake Frederick J., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, 

Taft Preston W., Main st., Saxton's River, 



Physicians and Surgeons. 

'bEMIS SAMUEL N., r 11, 
BRUCE MARTIN L., 25 Elliot St., 
CONLAND JAMES, Crosby block, 
DEARBORN DAVID P., (homeo.) North Nain st, 
DRAPER JOSEPH, M. D., supt of Vt Asylum for Insane, 



Dummerston 

u 

Grafton 

Guilford 

Jamaica 

Newfane 

Rockingham 

Townshend 

Vernon 

^' . . " 

Whitingham 



Brattleboro 
Rockingham 



Rockingham 



Brattleboro 



Londonderry 
Townshend 

Rockingham 



Brattleboro 



PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 



605 



GALE GEORGE F., 24 Green st., Brattleboro 

GREGG JAMES W., ng Main st., 

Harvey George H., r 23, West Brattleboro, " 

Holton Henry D., Main cor Walnut St., <« 

LAWTON SHAILER E., M. D., Insane Asylum, " 

Rockwell William H., Asylum St.. " 

Steadman Josiah H., r 31, West Brattleboro, " 

Talbot George H., North Main st., " 

TUCKER HENRY, M. D., (homeo.) Leonard block, (up stairs) 

WEBSTER DAN P., 27 Elliot, 

Wells Lucian E., r 5. <' 

Wentworth Lowell F., M. D., Insane Asylum, " 

Weston Eugene S., 119 Main, " 

KNAPP ALVIN, r 2, Dummerston 

Bishop Isaiah M., (alio.) Grafton 

Foss E. Frank, (alio.) Main St., " 

HICKS HERNANDO A., r 27, Green River, Guilford 

Whitmg Walter C, (alio.) r 49 cor 38, Halifax 

HOLTOxNT JOEL, Main cor Factory st., Jamaica 

RAY CHARLES W., Main St., 

BLAKESLEY CALEB S., (alio.) WiUiamsville, " 

DeVane Joseph, (alio.) " 

HOWARD G. HENRY, (alio.) 

White P. P., (alio.) WiUiamsville, " 

ARNOLD LUTHER S., (eclectic) Main St., Londonderry 

Coleman Lizzie, (botanic) " 

Marden Daniel H., (alio.) South Londonderry, " 

Newman William, (botanic) Main St., " 

WOOD NORMAN P., Main St., South Londonderry, 

WOODWARD WILLIAM R., (eclectic) North st., 

FOSTER GEORGE S., (alio.) Main St., Putney 

Munger Edson S., (alio.) High St., " 

Allbee Elmore S., (alio.) 13 Bridge, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

CAMPBELL DANIEL, Main st., Saxton's River, 

Campbell Edward R., (alio.) Centennial block. Bellows Falls, " 

Chapin Henry B., r 40, Cambridgeport, " 

Gosselin Vincent, (alio.) Green st.. Bellows Falls, " 

Nichols Samuel, (alio.) Bellows Falls, " 

Parker Plinny B., r 20, Bartonsville, " 

Pettingill Edward H., Factory st., Saxton's River, " 

Phelps Olney W., (alio.) 10 School, Bellows Falls, 

WHITE WILLIAM L., (alio.) Bellows Falls, 

Whitman Frank, (alio.) The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Ayer A. D., (eclectic) West Townshend, 

KENYON HENRY B., (alio.) r32, 

Terrell Clark M., (alio.) r 38, 

Goodwillie Thomas, r 14, 

Blist Abner F., (alio.) r 7I 

Martin Franklin, (botanic) off r 7^, 

Harrington Walter L., (alio.) r 34, 

GILLETT WATERS, M. D., r 48 cor 39, 

Johnson Frank B., r 33, Jacksonville, " 

Stafford Ftank D., r 27^, " 

Titus Elmer J., South River St., Wilmington 



Townshend 



Vernon 
Wardsboro 

Westminster 
Whitingham 



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PIANOS AND ORGANS — POULTRY DEALERS. 



Pianos and Organs. 

See Music and Musical Instruments, also Organ Manufacturers. 

Picture Frames. 

(See also Books and Stationery, also Furniture, also Photographers.) 

CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, Brattleboro 

GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main st., 

WILDER ANDREW F., Tyler's block, 

LANDMAN LUKE T., r 7, South Londonderry, 

LANDMAN WILLIAM H., r 6 cor 3. Rawsonville, 

Barber Fred M., Mill st.^ Bellows Falls, 



Planing Mills. 

(See also Saw-mills, also Sash, Doors and Blinds.) 

CHURCH J. A., Frost St., 

FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, 

TENNEY ELLERY C. r 28, 

CARPENTER BROS., r 39, 

PIERCE W. W. & CO., Main st. South Londonderry, 

Bingham Willard E., r 40, Williamsville, 

BURDITT FREDERICK O., 

Wheeler & Morse, Williamsville, 

KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle St., 

BACON BROS., Mill st.. Bellows Falls, 

Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, 

Gage Sidney «& Co.. r 11, Bellows Falls, 

MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st., 

Plating. 

Spencer Newcomb H., r 20 cor 21, West Dover, 

Plaster. 
See Lime, Plaster, &:c. 
Plows, Harrows, &c. 

See Agricultural Implements. 

Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters. 

*ANDERSON & REED, Flat st., 

Burnham & Willis, Grove st., 

GOULD WILLIAM, Clark st., 

BAILEY SAMUELS., 

MILLER WILLIAM A., 9 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, 

Portrait Painters. 

See Artists, Portrait, Landscape, etc. 

Poultry Dealers. 

(See also Fancy Fowls.) 
Shaffner Henry L., 



Jamaica 

(( 

Rockingham 

Brattleboro 

Grafton 

Guilford 

Londonderry 

Newfane 



Putney 

Rockingham 

(( 

Westminster 
Wilmington 



Dover 



Brattleboro 



Grafton 
Rockingham 



Jamaica 



PRINTING OFFICES — PULP WOOD DEALERS. 



607 



3Sr- H- IDO"^7;7-3>TS' 

VEOETABLE BAZSAMIC 

ELIXIR 

11^" Is a sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping- 
Cough, and all Lung Diseases, when taken in season. 

People die of consumption simply because of neg- 
lect, when the timely use of this remedy would have 
cured them at once. 

■Fifty-tu-o years of constant use proves the 
fact that no cough remedy has stood the test like 
T> ore ns ' Elixir, 

Price 35c., 5CC. and $1.00 per bottle. 

^^^For Sale Everywhere. ..^^ 



Dr. Baxter's Mandrake 

%Vill cure Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, 
Indigestion, and all diseases arising from Biliousness. 
Price 25 cents per bottle. For Sale Everywhere. 



HENRY & JOHNSON'S 

ARNICA AND OIL 

LINIMENT, 

Fox* ]>Iaii and Uea,s*t, 

The most perfect liniment ever compounded. 
Price Z5c. and jcc. For Sale Everywhere. 



Printing Offices. 

Robbins William C, (job) r i, Athens 

HOUSEHOLD THE^ (monthly magazine) George E Crowell, prop., 

13 Crosby block, Brattleboro 

LEONARD DEWITT, (job) Harmony block, 
*SELLECK & DAVIS, (job) 8 Main st., [Card on page 586] 
*VERMONT PHCENIX, French & Stedman, props., Main St., 
*WINDHAM COUNTY REFORMER, C. H. Davenport, publisher, 

Tyler block, " 

WOMAN AT WORK, (monthly magazine) Frank E. Housh, pub- 
lisher, Crosby block, " 
WEST RIVER REPUBLICAN SPY, H. E. Mundell, prop., Jamaica 
*LONDONDERRY SIFTER, George T. Shanks, prop., Main st.. 

South Londonderry, Londonderry 

*LIVERMORE BROS., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

*BELLOWS FALLS TIMES, A. N. Swain, prop., The Square, Bel- 
lows Falls, " 
Stetson Forest E., (job) r 2,lii Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Produce (Country) Dealers. 

(See also General Merchants, also Speculators.) 

MINER OZIAS L., r 47, Brattleboro 

TOWNSHEND WARNER G., r 36, Grafton 

COLLINS HENRY H., r 28, South Londonderry, Londonderry 

Ranney Alfred P., r 39, Westminster 

DIMMICK GEORGE W., (potatoes) offr 19, Windham 



Proprietary Medicines. 

(See also Drugs and Medicines, also General Merchants.) 



FLAGG EMERSON E., 14 Prospect st., 
GREENE GEORGE E., 63 Main st., 
THORN L N. & SON, 2 Crosby block. Main st., 
Willard Henry C, Brooks House block, 
*HENRY, JOHNSON & LORD, 
Gale Jacob C, South Londonderry, 
Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, 
ALLEN ROBERT, (cholera syrup, etc.,) r 21, 

Pulp Wood Dealers. 

Bacon Holden D., (poplar wood) r 19, Bartonsville, 
Bathrick Charles, Saxton's River, 



Brattleboro 



Burlington 

Londonderry 

Rockingham 

Vernon 

Rockingham 



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PUMPS RAKE FACTORIES. 



Pumps. 

(See also Hardware, also Stoves, Tin, etc.) 
CLISBEE HERBERT C, (agent for "Star" pump) 



GOULD WILLIAM, (manuf.) Clark St., 

Quarries. 



Brattleboro 



Dummerston 



Bailey Silas A., (granite) r 39, West Dummerston, 

GRANT CHARLES H., (granite) r 20, West Dummerston, " 

BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (soap-stone) Main st., Carabridgeport, 

Grafton 
BLACK HIBBARD C, (slate) r 39, Putney 

BLACK HORACE, (slate) r 39, 

Rag Dealer. 

(See also Paper Stock.) 

Forest Woolen Co., r ir. Bellows Falls, Westminster 

Railroad and Ticket Agents. 

BROOKS EDWIN F., (station) Brattleboro 

CAREY EDMUND, (ocean steamers) h Vernon st, " 

Ashley Albert B., r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston 

TENNEY JAMES O., (station) r 44, 

BOYNTON MYRON L., (station) Jamaica 

Butler Aaron M., (station) East Jamaica, " 

MARTIN JAMES, (Winhall station) r 42, South Londonderry, Londonderry 
MELENDY E. WEBSTER, (station) South Londonderry, 
GREEN JOSEPH J., (station) Newfane 

Merrifield Arthur M., (station) r 46, Williamsville, " 

Frost David M., (station) r 47, East Putney, Putney 

PIERCE MARSHALL, (ticket and freight, Vt. Val. R. R.) r 50, 
Adams Lucius W., (station) r 3, Bartonsville, Rockingham 

Bigelow Edward B., (station) " 

BOWTELL HENRY E., (freight agent Vt. Val. & Sull. R. R.) Bel- 
lows Falls, " 
Gates Nathan P., (freight agent Cheshire R. R.) Bellows Falls, " 
Goodwin James E., (supt. of Sullivan Co. & Vt. Val. R. R.) Bellows 

Falls, 
GUILD GEORGE O., (western tickets) Centennial block, Bellows 

Falls, 
*HAYES LYMAN S., (western R. R. ticket and ocean steamers) The 

Square, Bellows Falls, " 

Hildreth Fred C, (freight division agent C. V. R. R.) Bellows Falls, " 
Johnson Henry C, (freight and ticket, C. V. R. R. ) Bellows Falls. " 

BOYDEN DEXTER E., (station) West Townshend, Townshend 

HASTINGS EDWIN L., 
STEBBINS JOSIE S., (station) r gi Vernon 



Rake Factories. 



JACOBS HENRY W., (hand hay rakes) r 30, 

FARR & ROLL, r 34, 

PARKER STERNE O., (wire tooth rakes) r 45, East Putney, 



Guilford 

Jamaica 

Putney 



REAL ESTATE SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS. 



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ARE YOU GOING WEST? 



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TI^J^"^EI_, BY THE 

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llLi \ 

MAKING CLOSE CONNECTIONS AT 

lonyood, ivitli Hoiiiejatftoffii k Ogdeiisliirg Ikilraai. 

Ogdensburg, with Grand Trunk Railroad, 

(By Ferry to Prescott,) 

For all Points in the Western States and Territories. 

JSf^ Special attention giYen to parties seeking homes in the West. 

B®" Special Rates and Accommodations given on application. 

/I. /I. G ADDIS, F. L. POMEROY, 

Gen'l Manager. tioii'l Pass. Agent. 

0.G-IDEITSB"U":RC3-, ItT. -ST. 

Real Estate. 

CAMPBELL EZEKIEL B., 

CROWELL GEORGE E., h Spruce st, 

CUDWORTH & CHILDS, 10 Crosby block, 

MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, 

SHERMAN & JENNE, new Bank block. 

Holden Sylvanus M., r 28 cor 31. South Londonderry, 

BARRY LUCIUS P.. Saxton's River, 

BRIDGEMAN JABEZ D., Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, 

Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, 

HARRIS WILLIAM, 

Restaurants. 



Brattleboro 



Londonderry 
Rockingham 



Windham 



BLISS GEORGE A., r 2, Main st, 

Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main st., 

Martin WiUiam, 6 Elliot St., 

ORMES CARL D. & DRAPER S., Main st., 

SALISBURY GEORGE H., 41 Main st.. 

DEPOT RESTAURANT AND DINING ROOM, O. 

prop., depot, Bellows Falls, 
POLLARD ALPHONZO P., Canal st.. Bellows Falls, 
CHILDS ADxNA L., 4 West Main st, 

Sash, Doors and lilinds. 

(See also Hardware.) 

CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost St., 
CLARK BARN A A., 5 Crosby block, 
*DAY JOEL F., Canal St., Bellows Falls, 
Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, 



Brattleboro 



L. Slader, 

Rockingham 

Wilmington 



Brattleboro 

Rockingham 
Whitingham 



6lO SAW-MILLS. 



Savv-iMills. 

(See also Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers.) 
Hudson Mary Mrs., r 15, Athens 

Fletcher Henry, Birge St., Brattleboro. 

GOODENOUGH JOHN C, r 32, West Brattleboro, 
WHITAKER FOSTER S., r 22, West Brattleboro, 

Bush Lorenzo W., r 9, Newfane, Brookline 

DAVIS JOHN B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, Dover 

Hescock Horace L., r 18, West Dover, " 

PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, 

Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, " 

COMBS WM. & W. E., West Dumnierston, Dummerston 

Crosby Frederick F., r 48, Brattleboro, " 

Reed Edward F., r 29, " 

Stockwell Denslow M., r 72, Williamsville, " 

TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Dummerston, 

BULLARD RICHARD W., r 28, Grafton 

Haskell Alonzo & W. A., 

Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, " 

WHITE & WILBUR, r 28, 

CARPENTER BROTHERS, r 39, Guilford 

Cook Francis F,, r 18, " 

Stowe Henry, r 44, Green River, " 

Denison Willard A., r 26, Green River, Halifax 

GATES JESSE E., r 16, West Brattleboro, 

Hagar Albert M. V.. r 45, Jacksonville, " 

STONE BROTHERS, r 37, West Halifax, 
SUMNER LEWIS W., off r 32, West Hahfax, 

Thurber Albert L., r 14, West Halifax, " 

Densmore Solon J., r 45, East Jamaica, Jamaica 

Felton Henry H., r 35, " 

Houghton Benjamin B., r 3, Rawsonville, " 

KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, 
NICHOLS CHARLES M., Jr., r 22, 

WARDWELL & FLINT, " 

WHEELER WILLIAM H., r 23, 

Curtis Alonzo A., Londonderry 

Farnum Ceylon D., Main st.. South Londonderry, " 

Wood Frank M., South Londonderry, " 

CORBETT CIRIL M. & JOHN N., r 49, West Marlboro, Marlboro 

HIGLEY ORANGE, r 11, 
Metcalf John O., r 8, Williamsville, 

Bingham Willard E., r 40, South Newfane, Newfane 

Brooks William A., Jr., r 42, South Newfane, " 

BROWN CLARK L., r 36, East Dover, 

Cheney Jeduthan H., r 37, South Newfane, " 

Davenport, Underwood & Co., " 

DICKINSON DANA D., Williamsville, 
TIMSOiV ALBERT L., Williamsville, 

Walker Ephraim C, " 

KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle st., Putney 

Pierce Franklin L., r 45, " 

Walkup John W., r 20, " 



SAW-MILLS — SEWING MACHINES. 6ir 

Hubbard Leonard C, Westminster st , Saxton's River, Rockingham 

Lawrence Martin R., r ij^, Bartonsville, " 

Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, ^ " 

Covey Myron A., r 7, Grafton, Townshend 

Chamberlain Harrison H., " 

GOODELL A. A. & CO., West Townshend, " 

WTLLARD CHARLES H. 2d., r 38^, 

Whithed Addison, r 14, Vernon 

WAIT ETHELBERT H., r 40, West Wardsboro, Wardsboro 

Wait Martin V. B., r 40, West Wardsboro, " 

Gage Sidney & Co., r ii, Bellows Falls, Westminster 

Harlow Henry G., r 40, Westminster West, " 

MAYO PETER, r 37, 

SMITH IRA, r 31, •" 

BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Whitingham 

Cheney Wales A., r ;^;^, Jacksonville, " 

Corkins Elisha J., r 33, Jacksonville, " 

CORKINS HENRY, r 16, Jacksonville, 

GOODNOW GEORGE S., 

Hager Albert M. V., Jacksonville, " 

HULL ANDREW JACKSON, r 26, 

Plumb Lucius H., r 62, Readsboro, Ben. Co., " 

PUTNAM EDWIN E., r t,^, Jacksonville, " 

SAWYER LINCOLN H., r 27^, 

STETSON BROS., r 33. Jacksonville, 

WHEELER OTIS B., r — , " 

Barnard Frank E., r 60, Wilmington 

CLARK CHARLES C, r 27, 

MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st., 

Titus Edwin, r 42, 

Harrington Ransley, South Windham, Windham 

MASON ALBERT O., r 29, 

Scroll Sawing. 

ORTON JOHN A., Harmony block, Brattleboro 

Schools. 

See Academies and Schools. 

Seedsmen. 

(See also General Merchants, also Hardware.) 

*ALLEN CHARLES E., 64, Canal, Brattleboro 

*BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

PIERCE NATHAN G., (improved corn) r 36, Westminster 

Sewer Pipe Dealers. 

(See also Cement Pipe.) 
Pellett John C, South Main cor Pine, Brattleboro 

Sewing Machines. 

Witherell Richard L., r 7, Athens 

BRATTLEBORO SEWING MACHINE CO., L. K. Fuller, pres. ; 
J. L. Simons, supt. and treas. ; manufs. of the Estey sewing 
machine, r 30, Brattleboro 



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SEWING MACHINES — SHODDY FLOCKS. 



Cleves & Ryan, agents Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co., Brattleboro 

Cummings Josiah E., 33 Elliot St., " 

DUNKLEE SCOTT, 

Higby Sewing Machine Co., (manufs.) Elliot St., " 

Williams John H., (repairer) 2 Walnut St., " 

CoUins Charles P., r 22, West Uummerston, Dummerston 

TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, 

CLARK GEORGE L., r3i. West Halifax, Hahfax 

LANDMAN LUKE T., r 7, South Londonderry, Jamaica 

LANDMAN WILLIAH H., r 6 cor 3, Rawsonville, 

CAPRON CHARLES E., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Marsh Amasa A., Bellows Falls, '= 

Upham William H., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, " 

FU.LLERTON JOHN H., off r 30, West Townshend, Townshend 

STICKNEY MELVIN W., r S3< Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Sheep Breeders. 

(See Live Stock.) 
Shingle Mills. 

(See also Lumber Dealers, also Lumber Manufs., also Saw-Mills.) 

Allen L K. & Co., Flat st., Brattleboro 

Fletcher Henry, Birge St., " 

GOODENOUGH JOHN P., r 32, We.st Brattleboro, 

Hescook Horace L., r 18, West Dover, Dover 

Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, " 

COMBS WM. & W. E., West Dummerston, Dummerston 

Knight Riley E., r 15, Putney, " 

Read Edward F., r 29, " 

TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Dummerston, 

TENNEY ELLERY C, r 28, Grafton 

WHrrE & WILBUR, r 28, 

CARPENTER BROS , r 39, Guilford 

Cook Francis F., r 18, . " 

Weld Isaac A., r 39, " 

GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, ' Jamaica 

KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, 

NICHOLS CHARLES M., Jr., r 22, 

Metcalf John O., r 8, WilliamsviUe, Marlboro 

Bingham Willard E.. r 40. WilliamsviUe, Newfane 

TIMSON ALBERT L., WilliamsviUe, 

Walkup John W., r 20, Putney 

GROUT TOEL F., r n, Arlington, Ben. Co., Stratton 

WILLARD CHARLES H., 2d, r 38^, Townshend 

Brown Sz Shipman. r tq, West Wardsboro, Wardsboro 

DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., off r 34, South Wardsboro, 

HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, 

Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, " 

STETSON BROS., r S3, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

RICHARDSON GEORGE A., r 29, Windham 

shoddy Flocks. 

F'orest Woolen Co., r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster 



SILVERWARE SUGARMAKERS SUPPLIES 



613 



Brattleboro 



Brattleboro 

Guilford 
Westminster 



silverware. 

(See also Jewelry, etc.) 
Pratt E. Austin, r 31, West Brattleboro, 
*VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block, 

Slate Roofers and Dealers. 

(See also Roofers, etc.) 
RYAN NICHOLAS T., 5 Crosby block, Main st., 
WILLARD frank E., 59 Mam st., 
Hughes Robert E., off r 31, 
BOND HENRY F., r n, Bellows Falls, 

Soap Manufacturers. 

FLAGG EMERSON E., 14 Prospect, Brattleboro 

LISCOM JOHN P., r 42, 
W0RDEN'& MOORE, (soft) Brattle st., 

Soapstone Manufacturers. 

Dunham David O , (manuf.) r 12, Athens 

BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (soaps-stone quarry and manuf.) Main 

St., Cambridgeport, Grafton 

Spring-bed Manufacturer. 
Wilson Chester, Jamaica 

Sporting Goods. 

(See Hardware, also Guns, etc.) 
HOWE CHARLES H., 30 Main st, Brattleboro 

*GOODRIDGE SAMUEL W., (fishing rods) [Card on page 586.] Grafton 

Stage Routes. 

(See Star Mail Routes and Stage Lines.) 

Stair Building. 

HUNTER & O'NEIL, Flat St., 

DAY JOEL F., Canal St., Bellows Falls, 

stenographers. 

CHASE CHARLES S., (court) 

stoves and Tinware. 

(See also Hardware) 
Wood Edward A., 53 Main, 
Strong Levi J., (tinware, etc.) 
Farnsworth Mark H., (tinware) Main St., 
Winchester Fred, Main St., South Londonderry, 
BROWN A. H. & F. H., 27 Union block, Bellows Falls, 
Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, 
MILLER WILLIAM A., 9 Rockingham st.. Bellows Falls, 
Warner S. W. & Son, Main St., Saxton's River, 
Burrough Benjamin B., (tinware) r 30, West Townshend, 
Wilson Andrew J., (manuf) 

Sugarmakers' Supplies. 

(See also Evaporators.) 
*POST C. C. [Card on page 594,] 
*ADAMS & HAYNES, r 18 and 19, 



Brattleboro 
Rockingham 

Whitingham 



Brattleboro 

Jamaica 

Londonderry 

Rockingham 



Townshend 



Burlington 
Wilmington 



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SURVEYORS — THRESHERS AND WOOD SAWYERS. 



Surveyors. 

See Civil Engineers and Surveyors. 

Tailors . 

See Clothiers. 

Tanners. 

Warren Sherman H., r 31^^^, Brattleboro 

TUCKER ALBERT J., West Halifax, HaHfax 

Bogle William A., Jamaica 
*PERRY FRANCIS VV. & SON, 

WALKER HENRY A., Main st., South Londonderry Londonderry 

Barry & Schofield, Saxton's River, Rockingham 

STARR EDWIN C, r 3^, Jacksonville, Whitingham 

Taxidermist. 

Twitchell Luther H., r 31, Jamaica 

Telesraph Operators. 

Bardwell James A., Brattleboro 

Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport, Grafton 
WALKER WALTER E. L., Main st., 

BOYNTON MYRON L , Jarn.aica 

MELENDY E. WEBSTER, South Londondeirv, Londonderry 

GREEN JOSEPH J., ' Newfane 

Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney 

Grover Charles T., (manager W. U.) Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Welch Edward, Bartonsville, " 

BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, Townshend 

Bishop Willard I., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 

Fenn Richard R., r 19. West Northfield, Mass., " 

HILLS EDWARD A.', r 35, Westminster 

Telephone Companies. 

BRATTLEBORO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, F. VV. Childs & 

Co., managers, 8 Crosby block, Brattleboro 

Boston & Northern Telephone Co., G. M. Rossman, local manager, 

Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Telephone Manufacturer. 

NILES GEORGE H., Elliot st., Brattleboro 

Teas, Coffees, etc. 

(See also Grocers.) 

BLISS GEORGE A., 42 Main st., Brattleboro 

*THURBER E. A., 57 Main st., [Card on page 484,] 

Chapman Lewis M., Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

Threshers and Wood Sawyers. 

Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, Londonderry 
VIALL PHILETUS, r 35, South Londonderry, 

Wiley John, r 40, South Londonderry, " 

Brainerd Harvey A., r 19, Putney 

Gilbert James M., r 45, East Putney, " 

Beumond Daniel B., r 13, Rockingham 
Severance Warren, Saxton's River, " 

RANNEY G. A. & J. P., r 51, Westminster West, Westminster 



TINWARE TRUSSES. 



615 



Tinware. 

See Stoves and Tinware, General Merchants, also Hardware. 
Tobacco and Cigars. 

(See also Groceries, also Drugs, also General Merchants.) 

Ahrens William, 58 Elliot St., Brattleboro 

Alden & Frost, Main St., " 

BLISS GEORGE A., 42 Main st., 

BOYCE & BOHRMAN, 34 Main St., 

Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main st., " 

Leonard & Roess, 4 Brooks block, " 

PRATT CHARLES H., 61 Spring, 

SARGENT FRANK A., r II, 

TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, Dummerston 

VVellman Wilbur H., Jamaica 

Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney 

GASSETT E. O. & H. D., (leaf) rig, 

BLAKE WALTER G., 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls, Rockingham 

CANEDY HARVEY L., 5 Canal st., Bellows Falls, 

Chapin Charles C, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, *' 

CONWAY WILLL\M E., School st., cor Westminster, Bellows Falls, " 

POLLARD ALPHONZO P., Canal St., Bellows Falls, 

*WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Tobacco Grower. 

Barber Franklin, r 9, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 

Brooks Henry N., r 14 cor 15, " 

HEARD EDWARD M., r 9, " 

HOUGHTON SAMUEL B., off r 18, West Northfield, Mass., " 
HUBBARD GEORGE H., r 3, 

Scott Alva E., r 20. " 

TYLER ERASTUS, r 18, " 

Tool Manufacturers. 

BRATTLEBORO TOOL CO., J. L. Martin, prest. ; C. F. Thompson, 

sec'y and treas. ; Wm. Steers, supt.. Frost St., Brattleboro 

Toy Manufacturers. 

Stowell J. W. & Co., Water St., Putney 

Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) . Brattleboro 

Trapper. 

Barnes Joseph J., r 23, Saxton's River, Westminster 

Trunks. 
(See Harness, Trunks, etc., also Clothiers, a'so General Merchants,) 

Trusses. 

(See also Druggists.) 

GREENE GEORGE D., (dealer and fitter) 63 Main st., Brattleboro 



Wadsworth Henry A., (manuf.) 35 Oak cor High, 



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TUB MANUFACTURERS WATERING TROUGHS. 



Tub .Mfinniaclurers. 

(See also Butter Tubs.) 
Wheeler & Morse, Williamsville, 

I'ndertakers. 

BOND HENRY E., 40 Main st, 

BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6, Main St., 

Holmes Sidney, Main st., 

Skinner Edmund C, 

MELENDY BROS., South Londonderry, 

BURDETT FREDERICK O., 

KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle St., 

Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, 

Salisbury Henry, 

BAKER CALVIN, 

Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, 

Rose George, 

Upholsterers. 

(See also Furniture Dealers.) 

Kerwan Gerald B., Main st., 

SMITH OSCAR, Elliot St., 

HALLADAY ALBERT A., 20 School st. Bellows Falls, 

Veterinary Sur$;eoiis. 

FISHER MARSHALL E., (vet. dentist) r 30, 

Trendell William, 

WARWICK GEORGE, r i, 

Mallory Isaiah T., r 35, Bernardston, Mass., 

Stratton John S., r 42, Williamsville, 

Vinegar Manufacturers. 

(See also Cider-Mills.) 
LOVELL LEVERETT T., 2d, Bellows Falls, 

Violin Manufacturers. 

Conant William A., 20 Canal St., 
WRIGHT MARSHALL W., r 28, 
Parker Loring D., r 17, Barlonsville, 

Wagon Makers. 

See Carriage Manufacturers. 

Wall Paper. 

See Paper Hangings, &C. 

Watches. 

See Jewelry, etc. 

Watering Troughs. 
*ADAMS & HAYNES, r t8 and 19, 



Newfane 



Brattleboro 

(( 

Grafton 

Jamaica 

Londonderry 

Newfane 

Putney 

Rockingham 

Townshend 

Whitingham 

Wilmington 



Brattleboro 



Rockingham 



Brattleboro 

Dummerston 
Guilford 
Newfane 



Rockingham 



Brattleboro 

Grafton 

Rockingham 



Wilmington 



WOOL DEALERS — WOOLEN MILLS. 



617 



Frost St., 

I Western ave. 



Wood Dealers. 

Powers Alonzo, Jr., r 15, 

CHURCH JONATHAN A., 

DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., 

Doolittle Warren, 

MANNING JAMES D. & ELLEN, 

Partridge James A., Terrace St., Bellows Falls, 

SALTER LYMAN Q., r 12, Grafton or Windham, 

Wood Pulp. 
FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., Bellows Falls, 
RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., off Mill st., Bellows Falls, 

Wood Turning. 
Davenport, Underwood & Co., 
Gilbert James M., r 45, East Putney, 
Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, 

Wooden Ware Alanufacturers. 
Colton Charles E., (axe-helves) r 7, 
POWERS JERRY IVI., (scythe snaths) r 15, 
Cook Francis F., (fork and hoe handles) r 18, 
JACOBS HENRY W., (hand hay-rakes) r 30, 
Weatherhead Hiram, (ox-yokes) r37, 
Allen Jonas W., (axe-helves) r 46, 
FARR & ROLL, (hand-rakes) r 34, 
Frost Alvin, (trays) 

HOLTON GEORGE W., (" Little Giant " wash-tub bench) 
St. Marie & Ball, (cloth boards) r 42, South Londonderry, 
Johnson George S., (hammer handles, etc.) 
Johnson William, (hammer handles, etc.) High St., 
Derby & Ball, (scythe snaths) Wells St., Bellows Falls, 
Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, 
Warner S. W. & Son, Main St., Saxton's River, 
Lyman & Son, (eave spouts) off r 18, West Wardsboro, 
Jenison Romanzo F., (bobbins) r37, 
Hubbard C. A. & Co., (chopping and butter trays) r 23, West 

boro, 
Jordan William E., (bench and hand screws) r 41, 
Brown Homer, (scythe sticks) South Windham, 
Kingsbury Everett N., (scythe sticks) r 36, South Windham, 

Wool Carders and Cloth Dressers. 
Lamson David B., r 42, Williamsville, 
BAKER CALVIN, 

Wool Dealers. 
MINER OZIAS L., r 47, 
Hall George W., Chester, Windsor Co., 
WOOLLEY HENRY, 25, 
Barry & Schofield, Saxton's River, 
Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, 
Scofield Benjamin, Saxton's River, 
Weaver & Dwinell. r 23, Cambridgeport, 
WILEY henry' C, Saxton's River, 

Woolen Mills. 
Brown John E., (shoddy) Bellows Falls, 
FARNSWORTH Si CO., Factory st., Saxton's River, 
Sabin Elisha S., Jr., Saxton's River, 

40 



Athens 
Brattleboro 



Rockingham 
Windham 

Rockingham 



Newfane 

Putney 

Rockingham 

Athens 

(< 

Guilford 

(( 

a 

Jamaica 



Londonderry 
Putney 

Rockingham 



Stratton 
Townshend 
Wards- 

Wardsboro 

Wilmington 

Windham 



Newfane 
Whitingham 

Brattleboro 
Grafton 

Rockingham 



Rockingham 



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WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. 




Dr. S. B. ME'RRIAM, 

Indiaq pei'b Doctor' ! 

SHELBURNE FALLS, MASS., 

To whom all communications should be addressed. 
BliHOLD, THE \¥ONDER OF THE TTORLD ! 

ROOTS AlVD HERBS have sole power over disease. Vegetaule and Botanic 
Medicine ! Reform Practice Triumphant. 

DR. MEKRIAM is widely known as Coppeway, the Great Indian Medicine Man, 
the Chief Medicine Man of the World. 

EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS.— In justice to myself and for the benefit of those 
who may not be acquainted with the successful result of my practice, I will point out to 
you, when you call at my office, many remarkable cures of the first families of this vicinity, 
performed by me. Proofs of successful treatment are the most desirable credentials to the 
public that a physician can produce. The public mind being naturally better satisfied with 
the evidence that a physician exercises a mastery over disease, than with the most elaborate 
demonstrations of the scientific character of his theory. 

£^ff JtONIC DISEASES. — All those who are afflicted with chronic diseases should 
consult me by letter or in person, as I am often called away, and wish to see my patient 
before completing, a cure. Years of experience among the Indians of Western Canada 
■and among the tribes of this country from Maine to Oregon, and a life devoted to travel 
study of chronic disease in every form and stage, constitute me the master of my profes- 
sion. I tell your disease without asking questions, putting my finger upon any ache or 
pain, thus pointing out the diseased organ. By this means I am enabled to prescribe suc- 
cessfully in all diseases. 

OVER 5,000 PATIEIVTS treated by me in this State during the past year, and 
all who followed directions CURED or benefitted. If you are sick, no matter what the 
disease, write to me at once and 1 will see you immediately. 

con^STJUiTJ^Tioisr :fi^e:e i 

1^" Read this carefully and show it to a sick neighbor. 

A FORFEIT OF |;500 wherein I fail to reduce a large, fleshy person to any j 

weight desired. 

IJ^" Private Parlors for Ladies, and all communications strictly confidential. 

Yours truly, DR. S. D. MEERIAM, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 

Milton, Vermont, August jo, 1882. 

Dr. S. D. Merriam— Dear Sir: — It is a duty that I owe you, myself and also suffering humanity, that I 
acknowledge the geod received at your hands, after lying on my back for five years, perfectly helpless while in a 
lying or sitting posture, so much so as to be unable to move a muscle or even turn an eye in its socket, my flesh 
all gone, in short, perfectly helpless. After remaining in this situation for five years, eni]iloying seven of the 
best Allopathic physicians and one Clairvoyant, (to whom I give great credit,) all of whom failed in getting up 
any muscular ecti n or power, I, as a last resort, resolved to try something entirely new, to me at least. I now 
proclaim to the world that the test surprised me, as it also did the community at large It is now nearly tour- 
teen years since I first saw Dr. Merriam. I seem to be in the best of health and still improving. 

Any one wishing more minute particulars can be furnished the same by addressing, 

H. D. KINNEY, M. D. 



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PUBLISHER'S NOTES- 



Adams & Haynes publish illustrated advertisements on pages 534 and 548. 
They manufacture at Wilmington, patent water tanks for watering stock, 
improved gathering tubs, patent holders and evaporting pans for the manu- 
facture of maple sugar. These goods are all made of the best selected material 
and in a thorough manner. By bringing out new improvements and thorough 
work they have built up a good trade. They guarantee their work to give good 
satisfaction. 

C. E. Allen, florist, seedman and small fruit grower at Brattleboro, pub- 
lishes an illustrated card on page 358. Mr. Allen is this year cultivating 
twenty acres. He grows a great variety of nursery stock, and deals exten- 
sively in the same. He wholesales and retails cut flowers for bridal, festival, 
or funeral occasions. His large business gives employment to twelve hands 
during the summer season, and during the strawberry season from forty to 
fifty are required. Among his specialties may be mentioned roses, of which he 
has over two hundred varieties, and verbenas, of which he has about fifty 
varieties. His grounds are just outside the village, on fine, level land, where 
the soil, a warm, sandy loam, is best adapted to the business. 

Anderson & Reed, plumbers, steam and gas fitters, at Brattleboro, publish 
a card on page 374. This firm will attend to orders in their line without 
"requiring their customers to mortgage the premises to pay the bill." As a 
matter of fact they conduct their business on an equitable basis. 

Bellows Falls Times. — This staunch family newspaper, with a growth of 
nearly thirty years, and for a longtime under the management of A. N, Swain, 
its present proprietor, is welcomed weekly by a large number of the Wind- 
ham county citizens. Not only political interests are discussed, but general 
and local news and the markets receive due attention. The paper is a folio 
of thirty-six columns, and is neatly printed. With the many friends of the 
Times we wish editor Swain continued success. For terms &:c., we refer the 
reader to the card on page 310. 

C. L. Brown & Son, of Brattleboro. — The fame of this firm as furniture 
dealers, undertakers andembalmers, is now well established. The business is so 
systematized, and their stock so complete, that they can fill very elaborate 
orders in an hour's time. Buying largely of first hands they avail themselves 
of all discounts, thereby enabling them to give their customers goods at the 
lowest margin, — an advantage the people will not be slow to perceive. In 
their undertaking department, more especially, Brown & Son, are constantly 
making use of all the improvements that are coming before the public, and 
giving them to their patrons without cost, such as properly laying out the 
dead, embalming and keeping bodies any desired time, arranging and con- 
ducting funerals, and doing all work connected therewith free of charge to 
those emyloying them. And they take especial pride in being able to show 
their customers as large and varied an assortment of rich and plain goods to 
select from as can be found in any city establishment, and at prices impossi- 
ble for city people to match ; because they own their building, and do their 
own work, and are not obHged to add a large per cent, to their prices to cover 
business expenses. They offer special inducments for out of town business. 
A history of the business may be found on pages 94-96. 



620 publisher's notes. 



C. W. BuTTERFiELD, whosc Card appears on page 326 has been engaged 
as a florist and seedsman at Bellows Falls, since 1877, and his business exhib- 
its a constant and gratifying growth. In 1883 he began poultry breeding, 
and is now prepared to supply pure blooded Langhan fowls for breeding pur- 
poses, or eggs for hatching. 

Drown & Bliss, the "bonton" boot and shoe dealers of Brattleboro, are 
located in the Brooks House block. They keep a large and varied stock, and 
aim to please all their customers. By all means read their card on page 390, 
and then visit their store for anythmg in their line needed. 

E. P. Carpenter Organ Co., at Brattleboro, print an illustrated card on 
page 374. Mr. Carpenter's well known ability in the manufacture of organ 
actions and organs, in Worcester, and elsewhere, should be a guarantee of the 
success of the enterprise here. 

Central Vermont Railroad Company. — This extensive corporation, 
operating a majority of all the Vermont lines, offer superior accommodations 
to the travelHng public. With palace cars by day and sleeping cars by night, 
attentive officers and quick time, it is a pleasure to travel over this superb 
road, among the mountains, along the picturesque valleys, and anon catching 
glimpses of the beautiful Lake Charnplain — )«he ever varying scenery makes 
this a popular route for tourists. The principal offices are located at St. 
Albans. See card on page 578. 

B. N. Chamberlain, dealer in hats caps, furs, &c, advertises on page 586. 
Mr. Chamberlain buys close, keeps a fresh stock in great variety, and hence 
is able to suit any reasonable customer. Try him. 

J. F. Day, having purchased the stock and trade of R. H. Ramsay, of 
Bellows Falls, will continue the sash, door, and blind business with the addi- 
tion of stair building and dealing in stair builders supplies. He has the 
advantage of years of experience in this work, in Boston and elsewhere, and 
guarantees satisfaction. Card on page 326. 

N. H. Farr, of Bellows Falls, general fire insurance agent, represents some 
of the strongest companies doing business in this country, and he is prepared 
to give as fair rates as any. His card is on page 326. 

J. W. GoODELL & Co., of Burlington, advertise their extensive business as 
manufacturers of and dealers in marble and granite goods, on the fly leaf 
opposite last cover. This firm has superior facilities, employing as they do 
artists of skill and experience, and having abundant capital, they are ready 
to undertake a job of any magnitude desired, and are enabled to off"er very 
liberal terms. 

S. W. GooDRiDGE, of Grafton, is well known among the noted anglers of 
the country as an expert in the manufacture of fine fishing rods. He has had 
many years experience, uses only the best of material, and is happy in 
giving satisfaction to his customers. Among many references we select the 
following : Fred Mather, fishing editor Forest and Stream, Chicago, 111. ; 
W. H. Halabird, Valpariso, Ind. ; W. W. Evans, Chicago ; H. J. C. Camp- 
bell, and Capt. H. T. Rockwell, Boston, Mass. ; A. H. Tuttle, Rutland, 
Vt. ; Col. C. L. King and Charles V\^ Towns, of Bellows Falls ; Hon. Jo. D. 
Hatch, Mayor of Burlington, Vt. ; Dr. N. Rowe, editor American Field, 
Chicago; and E. 'J'. Pond, field ^dixtox Turf , Field and Farm. Many others 
might be given, but these are enough to establish the character of Mr. Good- 
ridge's goods. Read his card on page 586, and then apply to him for par- 
ticulars. 



publisher's notes. 621 



A. A. & L. H. Halladay, Bellows Falls, Vt., make the breeding of Lang- 
shan fowls a specialty, their yards being the largest, and their stock standing 
among the highest in America. The Langshan fowls are the greatest layers 
of any breed in this country, and their fine, juicy flesh, places them in the 
front ranks as a table and market fowl. All who are interested in poultry 
should send to them for their handsomely illustrated circular. See card on 
page 326. 

J. E. Jacobs. — Messrs. Nash & Jacobs, of Brattleboro, Vermont, began 
manufacturing patent folding furniture for camp and household use, in 
June, 1882, and had steadily increased their business up to March 12, 
1884, when Mr. Jacobs bought out Mr. Nash's interest in the firm, and 
will continue as heretofore, increasing as the demand increases. Mr. Jacobs 
will endeavor to sustain the high reputation the goods have already attained, 
and is now ready to fill all orders in his Hne. See theit advertisement on 
page 390. 

Henry Johnson & Lord, an enterprising firm of Burlington, ofter nepen- 
the to their suffering brethren, in the several proprietary medicines they 
manufacture, mentioned in their card on page 607. We would advise all 
afl^icted ones to heed their proclamation and receive a respite from the ills 
flesh is heir to. 

L. S. Hayes, of Bellows Falls, represents one of the strongest insurance 
agencies in the country. Th.e agency was established in 1858, by Johnson 
& Babbitt. In 1875 it was changed to Babbitt & Hayes, and later to Hayes 
& Holden, followed in 1882 by Mr. Hayes assuming the control. In fire 
life, and accident business, the companies represented by him are all among 
the first in the country. He also sells western tickets over all routes, and 
ocean steamship tickets and drafts for three first-class lines. At present he 
is having monthly excursions to the west at largely reduced rates, having 
charge of the land department of the Union Pacific Railway for Windham 
county. Note his advertisement on page 420. 

"H. E. Lake, of Saxton's River, deals in pianos, organs, music books, &c. 
He is agent for several celebrated makers, and is also a teacher of vocal 
music. See card on page 484. 

D. Leonard, job printer at Brattleboro, has had large experience in his 
business, and has now the largest job printing ofiice in Vermont. It will pay 
any one interested in fine, artistic work, to examine his card on page 358, 
and to visit his office when occasion permits. 

Livermore Brothers, of Bellows Falls, having purchased the job printing 
office lately owned by Charles F. Meacham, are now prepared to furnish all 
kinds of job printing. They bring to their business the skill acquired by 
years of practical printing, and guarantee first-class work and satisfaction to 
their patrons. Their card will be found on page 420. 

LocKwooD & Wheeler, contractors and builders, at Bellows Falls, are pre- 
pared to execute orders for building, especially of houses. As you would 
employ a skilful physician when sick, so when in need of a building employ 
those who, from experience and ingenuity, are best adapted for the business. 
See card on page 420. 

Dr S. D. Merriam, of Shelburne Falls, Mass., the noted Botanic physi- 
cian and Indian doctor, invites the attention of those afflicted with chronic 
diseases to his advertisement on page 618. He has many testimonials from 
Vermont parties who have been relieved by his treatment. 



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A. S. Mitchell, of East Lexington, Mass., is widely known throughout Ver- 
mont as a buyer of hemlock bark, to be dehvered on cars at any railroad 
station in the State. He also deals in hard wood lumber. See his card on 
page 484. 

The Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R. R. Co. publishes a card on page 
609, stating some of the desirable points travelers will find on their road. 
The company has made complete arrangements for connections with other 
roads, and also takes great pains to accommodate their patrons and make 
their journeys pleasant. We commend them to the reader, and invite atten- 
tion to their card. 

F. W. Perry & Son, tanners, at Jamaica, buy hides and skins and will 
supply cattle hair, brown or white, washed and in bales. They will pay cash 
for hemlock bark, delivered as advised in their card on page 452. 

C. C. Post, of Burlington, is extensively engaged in the manufacture and 
sale of improved utensils for the gathering of sap and making of maple sugar, — 
that toothsome sweet in the manufacture of which Vermont excels any one 
of the other States of the Union. Ten million pounds of maple sugar have 
been made in this State in a single year. How much labor might have been 
saved had all the manufacturers employed Mr. Post's improved appliances, 
is a problem. The reader is referred to Mr. Post's illustrated page 596. 

Dr. Amos Robinson, of Swanton, Vt., advertises his new cancer remedy 
on page 564. The remedy was first applied to a cancer on his own breast, in 
1878, with perfect success. Next, Mr. Joseph Eaton, of Fairfield, who had a 
cancer under his left ear, which had been treated a long time by a noted can- 
cer doctor, without success, applied the remedy, which in ten days killed 
and removed the cancer. The doctor refers to Mr. Eaton. Many other 
removals of cancers from the cheek, Hps, nose, hands, breast, abdomen, etc., 
it is said, have been effected completely. He has several times been called 
to Boston, where he has applied his new treatment to cancer in the breast, 
successfully removing them. The doctor has large specimens preserved, 
which may be seen at his office. He also removes wens, corns, moles, 
warts, etc. 

Selleck & Davis. — Steam book and job printers, at Brattleboro, are ready 
to cater for patronage in their line. Their facilities are good and they promise 
to execute work neatly and promptly. See card on page 586, and remem- 
ber this firm when in want of printing. 

Sherman & Jenne, general insurance, real estate and loan agent, s at Brat- 
tleboro, publish an illustrated card on page 406. The superior facilities of 
this firm for placing insurance, either life, fire or accident, should commend 
them to all seeking after such investment and protection. Citizens of the 
county having money to loan can undoubtedly find with them opportunities 
where the securities will be safe with maximum interest. Try them. 

Starkey & Wellman, clothing dealers, at Brattleboro, are members of the 
New England combination of twenty-nine stores, and hence, buying in im- 
mense quantities, are enabled to give customers unexcelled advantages in 
fine, medium or cheap goods, for men's, youths', or children's wear. The firm's 
card is on page 516. 

The Londonderry Sifter, a sprightly, independent newspaper, was started 
last spring, at South Londonderry, by George E. Shanks. Its early success 
compelled an enlargement of the sheet, and it is to be hoped the enterprise 
will so continue to boom that its permanence may become an established 
fact. Card on page 516. 



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A. E. Thurber, successor to C. B. Dickinson, baker and confectioner at 
57 Main street, Brattleboro, asks the attention of all readers to his illustrated 
card on page 484. He will furnish good goods at reasonable prices. 

C. F. Thompson & Co., hardware dealers and grocers, at Brattleboro, are 
honorable dealers, where farmers may find fertilizers, tools, etc.. builders may 
-find paints, oils, and supplies, and everybody good flour and groceries. They 
advertise on page 452. 

M. T. VanDoorn & Son, at Brattleboro, deal extensively in crockery, 
wall-papers, window shades, silver ware, lamps, &c. See their card on page 
452, and then go to the Crosby block and buy of them. 

The Vermont Farm Machine Company, at Bellows Falls, Vt., publishes 
an illustrated advertisement inside the back cover. Among the chief of this 
company's manufactures are the justly celebrated Cooley Creamers and the 
Davis Swing Churn, both of which have been very successful in being awarded 
the highest premiums at International, State, and other exhibitions and agri- 
cultural fairs. Parties interested in their Hne of goods are invited to cor- 
respond with this firm, one of the largest in the world engaged in manufactur- 
ing dairy utensils. 

The Vermont Phcenix, the oldest paper in the county, is issued every 
Friday at Brattleboro, by Messrs. French and Stedman. It is a clean, tidy 
sheet, a folio of thirty-two large columns ; and its history may be found on page 
52 and 53. The paper is well managed, its local department not being 
neglected while the weighty affairs of the State and Nation are fearlessly dis- 
cussed. During its long hfe it has been so well known throughout Windham 
county that recommendation from us would seem to be superfluous. 

The Vermont State Normal School, located at Castleton, many of 
whose graduates and former pupils are residents of Windham county, was first 
opened for the reception of pupils m 1830, by the late Solomon Foote, since 
which many hundreds of cultured young men and women have gone out from 
its halls upon a useful life. In 1867 it became a State Normal school, and in 
1 88 1 it came under the charge of Capt. Abel E. Leavenworth, A. B., A. M., 
an educator of high standing throughout this, his native State Born in Char- 
lotte, Vt., he graduated from the University of Vermont. In 1855 he was 
principal of Hinesburg academy, and in i860 became principal and proprie- 
tor of the Brattleboro academy at West Brattleboro. In 1859 he was editor 
and proprietor of the Vermont School Journal, with which he was connected 
about three years, until he entered the army in 1863 as a private in Co. K, 
9th Regt. Vt. Vols., giving up his school with an income of one hundred 
dollars per month to accept the privations and duties of active military life 
at thirteen dollars per month. His promotion reached a captaincy in Decem- 
ber 1864. He was appointed by several of the generals, inspector-general, 
and A. A. Adjt.-general. and April 3, 1865 he commanded the skirmish line 
of Vermonters, which led the advance into Richmond, and on the 5th was 
appointed special provost-marshal, department of Virginia, with headquarters 
at Richmond. After his discharge he returned home and became successively 
principal of Hinesburg academy; Beeman academy at New Haven, Vt.; 
and of the State Normal school at Randolph, Vt. While at the head of 
the latter school over two hundred of his graduates were commissioned to 
teach. His school at Castleton has accommodations for one hundred boarders 
and two hundred day pupils, the building and grounds being admirably 
adapted for their welfare and convenience. See illustrations of building on 
page 304'". 



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The Windham County Reformer, established in 1876, by its present 
proprietor, Mr. Charles H. Davenport, though one of the youngest, has corae 
to be one of the strongest papers in the State. The motto under which the 
Reformer unfurls her flag is a grand one. " Let all the ends thou aimest at 
be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." Lived up to, only success can 
follow. Mr. Davenport, with the help of an able corps of editors, issues four 
editions, one of them being for Bennington county, another for the State at 
large, and one for Frankhn county, Mass. The four having a united circula- 
tion of about 11,000 copies weekly. The paper is weekly illustrated with 
political and satirical cartoons, portraits of notables, &c. Its immense size, a 
quarto with an extra sheet, in all seventy columns weekly, is conclusive evi- 
dence of its great popularity. It is a mystery how so much can be afforded 
for the low price of $1.50 per year. For further particulars see card on page 
342. 

Williams & Co., dealers in paper stock, cotton and woolen rags, 15 
Bridge street, Bellows Falls, continue the business established by S. T. 
Coy in 1875. From a comparatively small beginning the business has con- 
stantly extended its scope until it now embraces Vermont and much of New 
York and New Hampshire. The attention of local dealers and collectors of 
rags is invited to their card on page 420. 

A. F. WiNNEWisSER, dealer in furniture, crockery, paper hangings, carpets, 
silver and plated ware, picture frames, etc., at Bellows Falls, invites attention 
to his card on page 484. Mr. Winnewisser believes in the " nimble sixpence " . 
rather than the "slow shiUing," and hence will sell at bottom prices. 



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